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Reviews of spiritual, metaphysical and/or alternative modalities, as well as unconventional thoughts on conventional topics.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012
Access Bars - A Not-so-great Experience
‘Over this past year (2011), I've gotten tons out of listening to Access Consciousness
Heer & Gary Douglas on alternative talk radio.
However, my first course, Access Bars, was awful and so opposite what | thought Access
to be about - it was so bad it soured me on Access for weeks & weeks. Also since | got
nothing out of it, the class was a complete waste of time & money.
speakers Rika Zimmerman, Di
I debated on whether or not to post this, but in the end I decided some good may come
from sharing my experience.
What is Access Consciousness?
‘Access Consciousness, founded by Gary Douglas, is "a set of tools & processes to change
anything in your life". I's (supposedly) about "empowering you to know what you know",
celebrating your uniqueness, and empowering you to live from consciousness (which is
aware of everything but judges nothing)
There are many aspects to Access, but 3 that are important to note are:
1) Asking questions
‘So much of Access is about asking questions — empowering OPEN-ENDED questions
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There are many, many more tools, but even those few I've picked up have opened so
many doors for me, so | decided to jump in and take some courses.
The Bars Course
The prerequisite course is Access Bars. If you're not familiar, the Bars are 30-odd points
on the head that when touched, supposedly release thousands of years of programming,
causing perceptual shifts and giving you "a shiny new hard drive". It's marketed as "at
worst youll feel like you had the best massage of your life, and at best your whole life will
change".
‘One Bars session lasts approximately 1 hour. In the Bars class, you give & receive Bars
twice, so the class lasts about 5-hours (including introductions, q&a, breaks, etc)
Now perhaps it's been great for many, but honestly, | feel NOTHING with the Bars (and
I'm not dense - I'm highly sensitive); so whether giving or receiving, it's one long, boring
day of touching points on the head and watching the second hand slowly creep ‘round the
clockface,
But we're all different, so if this is my experience, so be it; it's boring, but I'l get through it.
My facilitator, however, was definitely NOT ok with it.
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G+1_ +1 Recommend this on GoogleWhen | admitted | felt nothing to my facilitator (who didn't seem to conceive how anyone
couldn't LOVE the Bars), she jumped into problem-solving mode and proceeded to scour
me for anything that needed fixing (maybe I was a perfectionist, cared too much about
doing it right, was too uptight, believed it had to be difficult, had a problem with touching,
had a problem being touched, etc, etc - none of which was true). | allowed her to do some
clearings, but none of it felt right
Not once did she ask questions like, "what's right about this that I'm not getting?" (which is
a big part of Access); instead she seemed more to ask "what's wrong with Ellen that I'm
not getting?"
Things got worse when she started comparing me to other people, saying she noticed (no
questions asked) | was “hidden” and this must be the culprit. Raising her hand high, palm
down, she said everyone else was "here", but - lowering her hand - that | was “here”. At
this point 'd had enough,
Fed up, | told her | didn't appreciate being treated like a problem to be solved, nor being
‘compared to others to see where | was "less than". | then asked "what if there are
thousands just like me who feel nothing in a Bars session....AND IT'S OK?" ~- which, not
surprisingly, left her dumbfounded.
Now there were many other things this woman did that | found manipulative (asking me
questions that were not open-ended, running clearings without asking my permission, etc),
‘or downright annoying (like repeatedly caressing my head as if | was a child), but let’s just
say I was less than impressed with this woman.
‘Anyway, the whole experience soured me on Access for weeks and weeks. My facilitator
had no interest in empowering me, but more in treating me as defective for not reaching
her standard. So much for celebrating my uniqueness. My gut feeling is that she was
insecure and had so much personally invested in people loving the Bars (and loving her
since she's the facilitator), and when | didn't love the Bars she got defensive. The worst
part was that she wasn't new — she'd been facilitating for nearly 10 years!In Summary
Besides the less-than-desirable treatment, not only did | feel nothing during the Bars class,
but | experienced nothing afterwards: no perceptual shifts, no "shiny new hard
drive"...nada, Therefore, | honestly believe that, for some of us, Access Bars is a complete
waste of time and money.
However, if the Bars class calls to you, here is my message for newbies and facilitators:
1) If you're a newbie | highly recommend attending a Gifting and Receiving session first;
they're low-cost and you can see what the Bars is all about.
If however you take the Bars class and, like me, you feel nothing, stand in the reality that
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. Dor't let your facilitator treat you like a
problem to be solved. If they do, don't be afraid to stand up for yourself and ask "What's,
RIGHT about me you're not getting?” or "What if a lot of people feel nothing...they just
don't admit it?" or "What if this is evidence of a great gift?". After all, you didn't pay $200 to
be treated as defective!
2) If you're a Bars facilitator and a participant feels nothing, please do not conclude there is
‘something "wrong" with them, and instead ask questions like "What's right about this I'm
not getting?" Facilitators should practice what they preach, Please remember that the Bars
is the first course we take, so if someone leaves feeling bad about themselves or Access,
you may have lost them permanently.
‘Anyway, thanks for reading - | hope some good will come of this post
“UPDATE: In May 2013, | heard Dain Heer saying in an interview that the Bars class is
no longer required (boy | wish that had been true back in 2011!) so don't let anyone talk
You into taking it if it doesn't call to you