Can EFT Really Cut Cords of Attachment?

Emotional Freedom Technique, EFT, is good for many things. But it won’t fix the plumbing in your sink. Nor will it effectively remove a cord of attachment.

Yet you’ll find that many people give this a try. Why not? You can read the entire technique in less than five minutes, as in this popular article by Alan Morison.

There’s no harm in taking your time to experiment with his technique. But can EFT ever be a quality method of removing cords of attachment? I don’t think so. And I’d like to tell you why.

Yes, below I would like to share my perspective in some detail, as a healer and teacher who has professionally worked in the field of Energy Spirituality, cutting cords of attachment for clients since 1986.

Problem #1 with using EFT to cut cords of attachment

Cords are considered “energy” for the purposes of EFT.

Uh-oh. This vague description is your first clue that EFT won’t successfully be able to remove a cord of attachment. Every single cord of attachment is unique and very real. It is shaped as a tube-like structure, made of astral-level energy, connecting two people’s auras.

“Bad vibes” are energy. “Worry” could be considered energy. But if you can’t perceive a cord of attachment directly enough to describe it as more than “energy,” you will have no ability to permanently remove it.

Although I can teach you how to do the complete 12 Steps to Cut Cords of Attachment(R), if you’re in a hurry to move out a very toxic cord of attachment you might prefer to make an appointment to have an expert like me facilitate permanent healing for you.

Problem #2 with using EFT to cut cords of attachment

Cords are not necesssarily about drama. Yet Mr. Morison writes:

Cutting ties allows people to remove the hooks that have been in place for years, constantly drawing them into that other person’s drama thereby making it impossible for them to enjoy their own peace and freedom.

Many technical terms are  jumbled up in this EFT expert’s sentence. Probably that’s because he isn’t an expert at cutting cords of attachment!

• “Hooks”? Sometimes people’s auras do have hooks, and you can learn to tell who has got this. Useful! But hooks in auras have nothing to do with cords of attachment. Your favorite movie star probably has great big hooks, for instance. I would love to teach you to how read auras.   An alternative is to have me do detailed Aura Reading Research for you. No problem!
• Drama? You can be sure that you have a cord of attachment to your gentle old grannie, your favorite sibling, your best friend, your lover. And even if all these relationships are positively wonderful, even certified drama-free, you still will have a cord of attachment. And, yes, you’ll benefit from removing that cord permanently.
• “Ties” — as in Psychic Ties –now that is a completely different problem from Cords of Attachment. (I teach an annual workshop to help people learn to heal various forms of astral-level debris, one of which is Psychic Ties.)

Problem #3 with using EFT to cut cords of attachment

One benefit claimed for using EFT to cut cords is that it frees the other person, as well as the client.

I can appreciate that an EFT practitioner would be all in favor of freedom. ;-)So am I, actually. But I’m not in favor of psychic coercion, which is what would be happening if you or I, or Mr. Morison, could do any healing technique whatsoever to change another person who never consented to the healing.

Actually,  if you make a study of cords of attachment, even a rather casual study, you’ll find out that cords of attachment, like spiritual ties, usually develop in pairs. If you have a cord of attachment to Grannie Glenda, she probably has one to you.

But her cord of attachment to you is none of your business.

And when you cut the cord of attachment to her, she may notice or not. But that is none of your business either.

The implications of changing around another person’s energy field, whether “for her/his own good” or not are, really, frightening.

Yes, I have had a client with a cord of attachment to someone who practiced voodoo. “Henry” is the most frightened client I’d ever had. But we were able to successfully remove his cord of attachment to the coercive cordee. Anyway, back to the fine points of EFT and cutting cords….

Problem #4 with using EFT to cut cords of attachment

Cords of attachment, according to Mr. Morison, are “most often round the stomach area.”

What an interesting idea! I have facilitated removing cords of attachment from every part of the body you can think of, because cord location is one of those skills every practitioner needs to learn in order to do cord removal with quality control.

If you can’t find the cord of attachment and must, instead, resort to generalizations or asking an unskilled client “where do you feel it,”  there cannot be authentic removal of a cord of attachment.

Problem #5 with using EFT to cut cords of attachment

Lack of information is a very serious problem with trying to cut cords by means of EFT. There is nothing informative for a client in saying out loud generalizations like one suggested by Mr. Morison:

Even though this cord is hooking me to this person, I recognize it is not doing me any good and I choose to cut it now for my own good and for the good of this person.

Every cord of attachment contains a distinctive set of Cord Items that circulate 24/7 through that cord. Learning what was in the cord provides necessary validation and is an important part of the healing power for cutting any cord of attachment.

Based on my experience, doing these healings for clients and training others to develop professional-level skills, I am convinced that there cannot be permanent removal of a cord of attachment unless the client learns something.

And “learning something” means understanding the very specific patterns/themes/items of Cord Dialogue that have been lodged in a cord of attachment.

Problem #6 with using EFT to cut cords of attachment

Cords of attachment do not necessarily pull a person into someone else’s energy, another concept from Mr. Morison. Not necessarily so!

You could actually be losing energy because of a cord of attachment. Just last night I facilitated a session with a client who was losing the equivalent of 500 lbs./day of her power energy. I’ve had clients who were losing sexual energy, communication, physical vitality, etc.

Energy can be lost, or distorted, in innumerable ways. Instead of generalizing, it’s really going to be far more effective to permanently remove a cord of attachment. In the process, you’ll find out exactly what was going wrong.

Problem #7 with using EFT to cut cords of attachment

If we were to treat Mr. Morison’s instructions as a humor piece, surely the punch line would be his final tip:

One final point: cords of attachment may slip back in time if an issue remains unresolved so it is best to check every now and again and do some tapping to keep yourself clear.

I assure you, when a cord of attachment is removed properly, it doesn’t come back. If you have a cord of attachment to Grannie Glenda, that’s separate from your spiritual tie, brimming with unconditional love.

And when that cord is removed, you don’t have to keep checking back to re-do a technique that didn’t work in the first place.

When I advocate quality control in cutting cords of attachment, it’s to save you time, worry, confusion, etc. You know, cutting a cord properly could actually give you more freedom!

If you have questions or comments, don’t hesitate to share your thoughts below.