Silva UltraMind System Bi-Monthly Newsletter

Re-Programming the Past

2005-09-15T03:23:00.000-07:00

Do you know your purpose in life?

Are your current goals and dreams helping you to move towards your life purpose? Or do you have barriers that stand in the way from your growth?

These barriers might be the result of the programming by outside agencies. If you feel that you might be on the wrong path, it's time to gain a better understanding of what your past has programmed into you and what you need to do to change directions.

Burt Goldman, one of our most recognized Silva Instructors, shows you how to evaluate our goals and dreams to see if it's on the right path with your life purpose. Learn the techniques to break the barriers that stand in your way, and learn how to reprogram and visualize to make your life truly fulfilling.

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Placebo Effect is Not All in the Mind

2005-09-15T03:20:00.000-07:00

When inert placebo effect acts like a drug, is it a psychological illusion? Or is it a real biological effect?

Research reported that patients felt better if they believed they're taking painkillers even if their doses contain no medication, according to a University of Michigan Study.

Psychologists from Colombia University even used brain scans to show activity decreased in pain-sensitive areas of their brains when they felt pain relief from a placebo.

Read the Full Article on USA today >>

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Meditation: It's Not What you Think!

2005-09-15T03:18:00.000-07:00

So where does ". . .the beginner begin and the master end" when it comes to meditation?

The basics and a few tips of this peaceful practice are quite simple to do and easy to pick up even after long periods without practice.

Meditation is a cultivation process - be patient and natural, enjoy each moment, and don't over exert yourself...just allow everything to fall into place naturally.

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Dealing with Guilt

2005-09-06T20:47:00.000-07:00

Do you have feelings of guilt?

The first rule of happiness is “If you like a thing, enjoy it.” There are only two reasons not to enjoy something you like; fear and guilt.

To understand guilt we must first be aware of what precedes and what comes after guilt. For guilt is part of a threesome, accompanied by two fellow travelers, sin and punishment.

Burt Goldman, one of our most recognized Silva Instructors shares a brief story illustrates how this trio works together and teaches us a simple technique to overcome the burden of guilt.

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The Mental Video Technique and Dream Incubation

2005-09-06T20:44:00.000-07:00

An article on Using Silva Techniques

Is your unconscious mind trying to tell you something in your dream? Maybe your receiving information and ideas but you cant make sense of it.

Sheryl Westergreen, a certified Silva Instructor, shares a technique to combine The Mental Video Technique and Dream Incubation to help you gain insight on the issue. Try the technique tonight and record your progress.

Sweet Dreams!

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Do You Believe in ESP?

2005-09-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

People who took part in a fun ESP test with paranormal guru Uri Geller correctly guessed what he was thinking.

Geller conducts these weekly experiments and the results are amazing. He had hand-drawn five shapes and told people to "tune in" to his thoughts using their power of concentration. Amazingly, 53% of people correctly guessed the answer with 15% each for the square and triangle.

Did these people really log into Geller's mind?

Read the Full BBC News Article >>

The Controlled Remote Viewing Manual: A Historical Document

2005-09-06T20:38:00.000-07:00

The original manual dated May 1, 1986 and was used by the Army intelligence unit that utilized remote viewing.

Our friend, P.J. Gaenir, of firedocs.com has the first-ever web posting of this reference manual that is now used for remote viewing training. Her posting has additional notes from the author of the Manual as well as the founder of the Method.

Read the Full Document >>

PS - If you're specifically interested in Remote Viewing you might want to read about the Silva UltraMind Remote Viewing Home Course by Nightingale Conant.
Just visit this link.

Continuous Learning with UltraMind

2005-09-06T20:36:00.000-07:00

Expanding your Learning in Silva's Teachings

There are two popular ways to further your Learning of Silva UltraMind to the next level. You can try the Home Study Course or Attend a Seminar.

The Seminar tends to produce better and faster results in students. The combination of group learning, a trained instructor and group consciousness create a more dramatic effect. The seminar also gives you a chance to ask question and receive answers.

You can get full details on Seminars here: http://www.silvaultramindsystem.com/seminars/

The Home Study Program is also an excellent way to learn and it's produced by the Nightingale-Conant company in cooperation with Silva UltraMind. Our Home Study Course is useful because not everyone can afford to travel to a seminar.

The Home Study Course however, requires the student to spend more time practicing at home. Results can be dramatic (see our testimonial section) but you'll just have to work a little longer. Plus you can share the home study course with your family and friends.

You can get more info on the Home Study Course here: http://www.silvaultramindsystem.com/products/

If you need further help deciding on your best option, just drop us an email

Your Question Answered

2005-08-16T20:35:00.000-07:00

"How Do I Know When I've Reached the Alpha Level?"

In our last newsletter, we wanted you to ask what your most pressing question about Silva.

One of the top questions we received was "How Can I tell When I've Reached the Alpha Level".
A certified Silva Instructor shares his knowledge. . .
The most important thing to understand is that you can reach alpha and that you reach it every single day (for example, early in the mornings when you just wake up but have yet to get out of bed).

The alpha level is not a mystical spiritual level but simply a level of supreme relaxation and connectedness, where it almost feels like your body is asleep yet your mind is wide awake. It’s impossible to describe it because everyone experiences it differently.

Here's how you can tell when you're at Alpha

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The Journey to Wild Divine

2005-08-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

"The Journey to Wild Divine allows people to influence what is happening in their body, in their mind, and the world they create everyday."
~ Deepak Chopra, M.D.

In this new "inner-active" computer program, you'll learn to use biofeedback along with breathing and meditation to increase your mental and physical wellness.

The Journey is an effective tool to help restore balance and wholeness to your life. Visit their site to demo ' The Passage' -the first in a series of three "inner-active" biofeedback programs that teach breathing, meditation and relaxation techniques to improve mind and body wellness.

We discovered this at a New Technology Show in New York
and fell in love with it.

Learn More >>

Fear ~ Faith ~ Courage

2005-08-16T20:30:00.000-07:00

What's your deepest fear?

It's important to realize that most fear is imaginary, based upon misperceptions on inner conscious level.

Your fears may even develop into phobias, which are greatly exaggerated, distorted responses to some things perceived as hazards.

Burt Goldman, one of our most recognized Silva Instructors teaches you how to deal with and overcome fear so that you can live to your fullest potential as a unique individual.

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Meditation 'Brain Training' Clues

2005-08-16T20:28:00.000-07:00

Researchers state that people who use meditation, including the Dalai Lama have said that the ability to control and direct your thoughts can be very beneficial in terms of mental health."

Dr Toby Collins, of the Oxford Centre for the Science of the Mind, told the BBC News website: "Meditation is a way of tapping into a process of manipulating brain activity."

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The Healing Power of Meditation

2005-08-16T20:17:00.000-07:00

Research has shown that Meditation can contribute to an individual's well-being of both the mind and body. This is accomplished as Meditation brings the brainwave pattern into an alpha state, which is a level of consciousness that promotes the healing state.

Meditation can reduce blood pressure to relieve pain and stress. When used in combination with biofeedback, Meditation enhances the effectiveness of biofeedback.

Dr. Patricia Norris, Director of the Biofeedback and Psychophysiology Clinic at the Menninger Foundation, reports: "In our practice at Menninger we use meditative techniques to enhance immune functioning in cancer, AIDS, and autoimmune patients. We consider meditation a recommended practice for anyone seeking high-level wellness."

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Further Ways to Learn UltraMind

2005-08-16T19:26:00.000-07:00

There are two popular ways to expand your Learning on Silva UltraMind. You can try the Home Study Course or Attend a Seminar.

The Seminar tends to produce better and faster results in students. The combination of group learning, a trained instructor and group consciousness create a more dramatic effect. The seminar also gives you a chance to ask question and receive answers.

You can get full details on Seminars here:

Silva UltraMind System Seminar Schedule

The Home Study Program is also an excellent way to learn and it's produced by the Nightingale Conant company in cooperation with Silva UltraMind. Our Home Study Course is useful because not everyone can afford to travel to a seminar. The Home Study Course however, requires the student to spend more time practicing at home. Results can be dramatic (see our testimonial section) but you'll just have to work a little longer. Plus you can share the home study course with your family and friends.

You can get more info here:

Silva Ultra Mind System Home Study Course

If you need further help deciding on your best option, just drop us an email.

What's Your Biggest Question about Silva UltraMind?

2005-08-02T01:59:00.000-07:00

This is your chance to ask your single biggest question on practicing The Silva UltraMind System. Our instructors will receive your questions and we'll answer the top questions in our next newsletters.

Go ahead – ask us anything. We want to know what your needs are, what challenges you face and what doubts or questions you have.

We're Looking forward to building an even stronger relationship as you're on your journey of self-discovery using Silva teachings.

Visit the link below to Ask...

Go Ahead and Ask Us Anything >>>

$7 Billion to Bring Meditation to Schools

2005-08-02T01:57:00.000-07:00

Film Director Robert Lynch (Director of Twin Peaks) wants to raise $7 billion to introduce meditation into US schools in a bid to bring about world peace. Lynch sees meditation, not just a stress buster - but as a way to attain world peace.

The 59-year-old film-maker said he had been practicing meditation himself for more than 30 years.

Sounds like a odd-ball goal? Decide for yourself.

Read the article on BBC News >>

Read an Interview with David Lynch on Newsweek Magazine >>

Science Explores Meditation's Effect on the Brain

2005-08-02T01:53:00.000-07:00

Scientists are taking advantage of new technologies to see exactly what goes on inside the brains of Buddhist monks and other so-called "Olympian" meditators -- individuals who meditate intensively and regularly.

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The One and Only Cause of Failure in Any Area of Life and The One and Only Solution

2005-07-21T19:15:00.000-07:00

Every day, and for no reason at all, unconsciously, we destroy our own efforts and then fail or suffer unnecessarily.

When it comes to success, we are our own worst enemy and we don't even know it. We take one step forward and two steps back, or more.

Today we can all stop this unnecessary step backwards.

Read the Article Here >>

Introducing the Silva UltraMind Affiliate Program

2005-07-21T19:13:00.000-07:00

If you have a website, with a good amount of visitors that might be interested in Silva UltraMind, we have an incredible opportunity for you.

The Silva UltraMind System website has one of the most generous affiliate programs on the Internet. Help promote UltraMind and earn affiliate commission.

If you own a website - visit the link below to learn more about this opportunity..

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Are You Happy When You Are Happy?

2005-07-21T19:00:00.000-07:00

Burt Goldman, one of our most recognized Silva Instructors, talks about The Five Rules of Happiness.

These rules create a powerful philosophy he'll teach you how to adopt, allowing you to identify many problem areas in your life and find solutions.

Learn the Rules Here...

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Silva Instructor Shares His Experience in Montana

2005-07-21T01:59:00.000-07:00

Big Sky Country (Montana)

Spending few weeks in Montana near a vortex, traveling by plains, trains, buses and automobiles and then coming home just in time to say goodbye to your four legged friend who decided to move to the Big Sky Country (not Montana) sure places life in its rightful perspective.

The official reason, for the trip, was to see, experience and explore the vortex but there were other reasons that shall remain my private property at this time. Overall, I wanted to visit three places in Montana and Idaho. Due to unforeseen difficulties I’ve only made it to two.

I drove to Chicago from Toronto and took a plane to Denver and another one to Spokane in Washington where I rented a car and started this epic journey to Kalispell in Montana.

The vortex is located in Kalispell. My friends, Ali and Joe Houser, are the current keepers of the vortex. Possibly finest caretakers this place ever had.

Driving through the Rockies in Washington, Idaho and Montana was fun. I was trying to keep my eyes on this narrow and winding road while enjoying views, succeeding most of the time. There were plenty of signs along the way that said “Falling Rocks” and “Bears Xings” but at that time I was not paying much attention to them. Ignorance might be blissful but, as J. Silva used to point out, it does not exempt you from suffering.

The air is sure different there. Everywhere you look, surrounding you, are snow covered mountain peaks. Dark blue water of cold lakes, low in the valleys, complements the green of ubiquitous forest.

I arrived in Kalispell after 25 hours of traveling. Hospitality extended by Ali and Joe exceeded my wildest expectations. I even got to sleep on memory foam mattress!
Sleep is deep in Montana. Next day I started to learn about vortex.

What is a vortex? Difficult question. No one really knows for sure.

It is some sort of energy field, with circular energy lines, that does strange things to your senses, body and any material objects in it. Artificial intelligence frequently stops working in the vortex. Watches stop, digital and video cameras turn on and off without any one touching it, compasses spin in circles. Some people report dizziness others report healing their body by standing in the eye of the vortex.

You can physically feel the energy pushing against your body. To enhance the feeling floor of the vortex house is inclined 18 degrees. The strength of the vortex fluctuates.

On a really strong day you can throw a broom into the house and it will assume a vertical position.

If someone is looking for a proof that everything that surrounds us is just an optical illusion, Maya if you will, vortex can provide plenty of evidence.

Inside the house you will find a ramp that is, what appears to be, inclined upwards around 40 degrees. You can put a golf ball or a rock on what seems to be the lower end of the ramp and it will roll uphill. Amazing, isn’t it?!

The only problem with this is that when you check the inclination with a level, that is in the house for this purpose, it tells you that what you see being up is actually down and vice versa! Still pretty amazing! Some people choose not to believe the level preferring to believe their eyes.

For them the ball rolls uphill, for the rest of us it rolls down hill while it appears that is going up. Makes sense?! It jives well with Kabbalah that in essence claims that up is down and black is white.

Optical illusions abound in the vortex. Well, either it is an illusion or people shrink and grow on the leveled platform just outside the vortex house.

Let me explain.

The platform is about five feet long and made of concrete. It is completely leveled. This fact can be checked with a five feet long level. When you stand on one on end of the platform you may shrink up to five inches. On the other side you will grow up by the same measure. It also shows in pictures or video footage

Some say that vortex’ energy is generated by electro-magnetic Earth's field. Maybe. I more inclined to think that the field is created by two intersecting energy lines.

What energy? The other dimensional energy called: Prana, Chi, Kundalini, Holy Spirit. Could vortexes play the same role, for the planet, chakras play for a human body? Are they gateways that support the life of the planet allowing for the energy flow that supports all life? Are they portals to another dimension?

Hall Puthoff who formulated “Zero Point Energy” theory explains that all matter is supported by this energy field into which electrons tap every few seconds to gain fuel that allows them to keep orbiting the nucleus. Without this field all matter would just collapse into itself.

Doesn’t it sound like omnipotent, omnipresent God? Is it possible that this field also has channels, that can be compared to rivers, that carry and disperse the energy. When two such channels intersect it creates a vortex.

That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it!

After few days filled with vortex, Mexican food, sun and peace of mind it was time to leave my gracious hosts and head for Bozeman Montana.

I did not get far. Two hours later close to Missoula I had an unscheduled appointment with a wolf and few people. Cops, firefighters, tow truck driver. They were all very helpful and I’m grateful for it.

As I was crusing along, around noon, a huge wolf came out of the plain, running full speed, on my left, heading straight for the front of my car. I hit the brakes and cleared the animal by inches. I looked into the back mirror and saw a car very close to me. I pulled almost onto the shoulder but that did not help. Few seconds later he slammed into me and I went down a steep embankment about 30-40 feet right into the forest.

I did not have a scratch on me. Not even a whiplash.

The other driver and his son were OK too, after the air bags exploded in their faces. We talked a bit before emergency people arrived. Turned out he is a painter who lives in the area. He was very apologetic for the accident.

I said: “ Don’t worry about it I believe in the law of Karma, there is a reason for everything that happens to us”

He looked at me kind of strange and said: “ So do I” I wanted to give him P. Yogananda book “Autobiography of a Yogi” but he told me that he had one at home.

This was the second time I was trying to give it to someone and was told that someone already had it.

The first person was my host at vortex house, Ali, who has instructed and practiced Yoga for 28 years.

The book was eventually given away in Bozeman at a gas station to a fellow from California name Mike.

Mike has just fallen off a wagon, according to him. He was talking to a cashier with a friend when I walked into the store. They were arguing about the meaning of the word “Theology” Mike asked if I know what it means. “ Science of God” I said with some authority. Mike was impressed. We started talking and in the next 10 minutes I explained to him how the Universe is constructed. He was eager to get to know God so I gave him the book.

My car was winched out and turned out to be roadworthy. I stopped at a first truck stop and got something to eat. After that I sat on a table outside thinking about this situation. Somehow I lost all taste for driving. Sitting on this table I turned around and something behind me really drew my attention. Huge sign that said “ You’ve got to stop!”

Got to watch for the omens according to the book “Alchemist” that Joe Houser gave to me at the vortex house.

I returned the car to a rental agency in Missoula and took a bus to Bozeman. I met few interesting people on the bus including a young native men from the Plains in South Dakota.

We had a good conversation about Great Spirit and naturally I managed to give him a 10 minute crash course on how the Universe is constructed.

After two days in Bozeman unable to make connection to Idaho I returned to Kalispell.

Take me to your leader!
(inside Vortex house)

Life on the edge

The force is strong around vortex house and it brings all kinds of original characters in. Strange things happen there all the time.

There are unexplainable smells and sounds coming from the vortex area. Vortex might be a sound loop that replays sounds made weeks prior.

Vortex area has orbs. Joe takes pictures every night to check on them. Some nights there are none, others they show up by hundreds.

What are orbs? Again, no one knows for sure. Sylvia Browne says that orbs are spirits or souls. Some of them seem to have faces. Check the web site below for more information.
www.montanavortex.com

Ali and Joe offer guided tours to their customers or should I say students? Joe’s tours are more science oriented while Ali’s are more spiritual. There is a bit of healthy competition going on there. Joe gets a lot of standing ovations helped by the fact that there is nothing to sit on.

I was following Ali on one of her tours. It involved few people, among them two nuclear physicists. They were very impressed with the vortex and Ali’s insights. At one point I heard one of them commenting to another: “ I wish I took this tour when I was still in school” I wanted to say to him “ Don’t worry about it, you still are in school” but kept my mouth shut.

On my last day there interesting event took place.

Two men were traveling, on two bikes, to the Glacier Park on the highway that runs by the Vortex House. One of then has been to the Vortex before and wanted to stop by on his way back but he forgot to tell his friend about it. On the way back his friend was the leader.

Driving behind him, the men who wanted to stop, was sending him a desperate mental message: “ Stop at the Vortex House, stop a. . .” and to his surprise and joy the leader turned into the parking lot of the vortex house.

The men said to his friend: “ Great, you have heard my mental call to you” The other guy answered: “ No, I stopped because a huge bug smashed into my visor and I couldn’t see anything, so I stopped to clean my visor”

This is a perfect example of how the FORCE works…in a mysterious way.

...........and then this huge bug smashed into my visor!

It was hard to leave Montana, the Big Sky Country. When I came back home my pal “Thunder” was about to go on a journey. He checked out in a few hours after I came back. To me it felt as if he was waiting for me to say goodbye.

Roam the Big Sky Country “Thunder” one day I will see you again in this world or another!

Karol Zelazny
Toronto, Ontario
Instructor, Silva UltraMind System

Check Out Karol's Seminar Schedule on this page.

The Seven Mighty Principles

2005-07-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

Burt Goldman, one of our most recognized Silva Instructors, talks about The 7 Mighty Principles of the Universe.

These principles are the rules of life.

1. Mentalism

2. Correspondence

3. Vibrations

4. Polarity

5. Rhythm

6. Cause and Effect

7. Gender

They influence all things and are immutable. They can not be changed, modified, or destroyed. They are the universal rules that govern all things. Gain an understanding of these rules gives you a step up on the game of life.

We offer these principles to you in the hope they'll serve to help you to grow and mature in your continuous journey of self-discovery.

Read the Article to Learn More...

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Gallup Poll Statistics

2005-07-01T21:01:00.000-07:00

Americans On: The Paranormal

A Gallup poll released statistics indicating that about three in four Americans profess at least one paranormal belief. The most popular is extrasensory perception (ESP) at 41%.

See the statistics breakdown of paranormal beliefs

Read the Results of the Poll >>

Introducing the Silva UltraMind Holistic Faith Healing System

2005-07-01T20:59:00.000-07:00

Learn what we have found to be the most effective holistic faith healing, alternative medicine, and the therapeutic touch techniques practiced by faith healers throughout the world.

You can learn how to use the correct level of mind -the alpha level- and the correct techniques to direct your natural human energy for the correction of health problems to help you and your loved ones live a healthier, happier, and more successful life.

This 2-day seminar is open to all who want to develop their natural faith healing abilities to help one self and their loved ones.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Everyone interested in helping others
• Everyone interested in alternative medicine
• Everyone interested in natural healing without side effects
Seminars will be held in San Francisco, Dallas, Rhode Island, San Antonio and Atlanta.

“Good health is the foundation of good life. Without good health, you will not be as productive as you could be, you cannot be there for your family the way you want to be, and you won’t enjoy all the goodness that life has to offer.”
~ Jose Silva

Visit this Link to Learn More >>

How to Stay Awake when You Meditate

2005-07-01T20:54:00.000-07:00

Your Questions Answered:

"I often fall asleep while meditating.
How can I stay awake and alert?"

First understand that this is a normal occurrence and happens even to experienced meditation practitioners.

It is also very easy to solve.

Let's look at it scientifically.

When you practice meditation your brain waves slow down to the alpha level. The alpha level is where you want to be when meditating and practicing Silva UltraMind. However, beginners often get too relaxed and their brain waves slow down further into the theta level. Experienced mediators can stay awake at theta but beginners often start drifting off to sleep.

From the theta level you might drift into delta, the level for deep sleep. At this point your conscious mind is no longer active and you're asleep.

So the trick is simply to stay at alpha and not let yourself relax too much. Relaxation is good - but relax too much and you might find yourself drifting all the way down to delta.

To stay at the right balance of relaxation, do not meditate in the same way in which you sleep. So don't meditate while lying flat in bed. Or if you often fall asleep in your favorite comfy chair, avoid that chair for meditation.

Another way is to create some minor discomfort in your body. Stay relaxed, but sit upright on a flat back chair. This is an ideal position for meditation because the flat back of the chair would prevent you from slouching or getting too comfortable.

If that still does not work, you might want to try sitting in the classical cross-legged position with your back straight. A proper position for this would be to sit on a pillow with your legs crossed and your knees pointing downwards and touching the ground. Keep your back straight and your arms balanced

It really is that simple. All you need to do to keep yourself awake is to create just enough discomfort in your body, that you can remain at alpha or theta, but not be too comfortable to fall asleep. With practice and a few experiments with different positions, you can identify the position that's best for you.

Happy Meditating!

- Written by a Silva UltraMind Instructor

Further Comments and Tips from Silva UltraMind Online Community Members

Hi, perhaps you should try sitting in a chair if you are lying down while going to level. It is natural to fall asleep at first if you are not used to the Alhpa level. Keep trying though, as you will be suprised at the results ~ Michael

When I'm tired, I sit with my elbow resting on one arm of the couch
with my forearm and hand pointed straight up at the ceiling. That way
if I start to fall asleep, my arm falls down and wakes me up. One of
the great American inventors (Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Edison? I
don't remember who) taught himself to 'meditate' in a similar way. He
sat on a stool with a piece of metal in his hand held over a metal
bucket so it would clang and wake him up if he dropped it. He was a
heavier sleeper than I am! Better and better, ~ Rebecca -- Seattle

One way to prevent falling asleep is to go through the exercise while seated in a chair. Lying down often causes me to relax so completely that I can no longer comprehend spoken words consciously. I've always preferred lying down, but the instructors usually pressured me to sit up instead. ~ Jeff

Make sure you are sitting up, I have the same problem sometimes. Also keep your mind busy thinking of things that you are concentrating on. I still sometimes fall asleep but I'm able to feel it coming on. So then I just slightly shift my position. hope it helps. ~ Misty

As long as you set your intention to benefit from the meditation and don't go all the way to sleep, you'll receive benefits from it anyway. Having said that, you need to get your mind conditioned so that you can remain aware at that level of mind. Otherwise, the Silva Centering Exercise functions as nothing more than a powerful relaxation exercise. Try holding your hand up at your side while you meditate. When you go too deep, it will fall down and wake you up. Do this several times and your mind should get the idea soon enough. ~ Kaye

This is what has helped me. After doing the 3 to 1, I give myself the
following suggestion: "My body and mind are now relaxed, I am in alpha,
and I will not fall asleep, I repeat, I will not fall asleep"
Hope this works for you too. ~ Silvia

[Commenting on Silvia's Tip] When making affirmations do not use a negative Rather use a positive say "My body and mind are now relaxed, I am in alpha, and I will stay awake. The subconscious doesn't recognize a negative so "My body and mind are now relaxed, I am in alpha, and I will not fall asleep, I repeat, I will not fall asleep" will translate to the subconscious as "My body and mind are now relaxed, I am in alpha, and I will fall asleep, I repeat, I will fall asleep" ~ Larry

Creative Overdrive While Catching Your Zzzzz's

2005-06-16T03:04:00.000-07:00

Need an idea?
Go to sleep. Our brains go into Creative Overdrive as we Snooze.

"Researchers found that fully 33 percent of the people they polled said they get their best ideas in bed, while only 11 percent have their top ideas at work. The trick to generating the flow of creativity is to relax and get a break from everyday pressures."

Could this be scientific evidence that helps explain how Jose Silva's Mental Video Technique works?

Read the Article to Learn More...

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Speech by Steve Jobs at Stanford University

2005-06-16T03:01:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs, Zen meditation enthusiast and creator of Apple, Pixar and the iPod Shares 3 Stories on Life.

We decided to include a link to Steve Jobs commencement speech at Stanford University in this newsletter because we feel it bears significance to Silva grads.

Steve Jobs has been called the most creative man since Edison and has left his mark in 3 industries. He co-invented the personal computer, pioneered digital animation in films such as "Toy Story" and revolutionized the music industry with the iPod player.

He's also an active practitioner of Zen and meditation.

In the 3 short stories Steve conveys the idea of "trusting your gut", "not losing faith" - even when life hits you on the head with a brick and not being "trapped by dogma".

It's an inspiring speech and a beautiful message.

Read the Full Speech >>

How to Improve Your Creative Visualization

2005-06-16T02:55:00.000-07:00

Using Image Streaming to Improve Your Visualization Skills

Creative visualization is an important part of the Silva UltraMind System. When you practice Silva Techniques you visualize and imagine scenes projected on your mental screen.

The better your visualization skills, the faster you see results. So it's important to harness this skills and learn to make your visualization and clear and realistic as you can.

Here's a technique you can use that does this really well. It works for almost everyone and brings instant improvements in your visualization skill.

It's called Image Streaming.

This technique was created by Dr. Win Wenger and his Project Renaissance. He has also written a book titled "How To Increase Your Intelligence."

Dr. Wenger is considered one of the foremost authorities on genius and intelligence. He has pioneered this unique mental application. Doing this exercise will open up the higher cortical brain areas and allow you to become aware of your "inner witness."

The theory here is that if you are speaking aloud an experience that you are witnessing in your mind, with your eyes closed, you are actually causing the brain to make neural connections cross-hemispherically that were previously not there. In fact, most people never combine these two abilities, that of speaking while the eyes are closed in a process of visualization. Thus, the language centers on the front left brain are never cross-linked to the optical centers on the back right brain.

This technique accomplishes that neural linking.

TECHNIQUE

1. Sit comfortably with eyes closed and go to your Alpha Level.

2. On your mental screen, visualize the problem you are trying to solve.

3. Start mentally describing what you see. If you're seeing an image of an unhealthy person, describe the image in detail. Mentally talk to yourself and describe what you are seeing with the person - the hair, the skin, the arms etc.

If you sense a smell describe it. If you are hearing anything describe it too.

4. You'll find that as you start mentally telling yourself what you're seeing, the visualized image also becomes clearer - thus giving you more to describe.

5. Continue this process - describe that you see - thus causing the image to become clearer - thus providing you more to describe.

You'll find that by doing this you instantly create an improvement in the quality of your visualization. The process really is that simple.

Apply streaming every time you practice Silva UltraMind. It will help makes your visualization and imagination more real - and your healing, manifestation or guidance more powerful.

The more you practice - the better your ability visualize.

Putting Your Mind to Work

2005-06-02T02:34:00.000-07:00

News Article from NewScientist

Boosting your mental faculties doesn't have to mean studying hard or becoming a reclusive book worm.

There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to your lifestyle, diet and behavior that can help you flex your grey matter and get the best out of your brain cells.

Read the news article for 11 of them.

Visit this Link to Learn More >>

Summer Silva UltraMind Semianrs

2005-06-02T02:33:00.000-07:00

There is no self-disclosure, no surprises... just your newfound intuitive ability. The fastest way to develop your ESP is from a certified UltraMind ESP System Instructor whose mind can guide your mind to success.

It takes a mind to guide another mind.

Before you leave the course, you will have the chance to test your ESP on at least 10 problem cases, to verify that you can project your mind and detect information that is not available to your physical senses, and verify that you are accurate and correct.

We have 11 UltraMind seminars over the next month all over US and Canada.

Make a Commitment to Transform Your Life.

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Zen and the Art of Being a Jedi

2005-06-02T02:30:00.000-07:00

In developing Star Wars, George Lucas has drawn on many religions, myths, and cultural practices

from all parts of planet Earth. As we will soon see, the roots of the Jedi can be found in Asia.

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Meditating in the Beautiful Outdoors

2005-06-02T02:28:00.000-07:00

Here's a Summer Idea: Sip on an ice-cold lemonade, layout the picnic blanket, sit in a comfortable position, and put on your headphones before you press"play" on your portable CD-walkman.

Sounds relaxing already, right?

As long as you have a tranquil outdoor area where you can play the centering audio, you can still reach your alpha level without having to be in front of your computer at home.

We provide the guided mediation audio in Mp3 format so that you can use your CD burner to create a CD you can take with you anywhere.

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The Remedy is Fake...But the Treatment is Real

2005-05-16T22:19:00.000-07:00

News Article from The New York Times

A sham version of acupuncture works just as well for treating migraine headaches as the real thing, and both fake and real acupuncture work better than no treatment at all, a new study has found.

The results showed that although the remedy is a fake, both treatments had about the same success rate.

Acupuncturist may protest - but the study provides evidence that it is not the needles - it's the mind that is actually responsible for the benefits supposedly caused by acupuncture.

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Learning Silva UltraMind at Home

2005-05-16T22:10:00.000-07:00

We Congratulate You If You've taken our Silva UltraMind Basic Online Training

Now take Your Mind to the Next Level.

Here's How to Gain the Powerful Benefits of a Silva Seminar for Your Entire Family for a mere fraction of the Seminar fee, While Remaining in the Comfort of Your Own Home.

Introducing The Silva UltraMind System Home Study Program.

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How to Use the Power of Love to Improve Your Self-Esteem

2005-05-16T21:53:00.000-07:00

by Karol Zelazny, Silva UltraMind Supervisor, Eastern Canada.

"I'm healthy, wealthy, happy and wise!"

Don't condemn me for having a narcissistic attitude before I can explain the statement above. The truth is, we're all square pegs trying to fit into round holes. Learning to love ourselves is the best way of healing any mental or physical illness.

I talked about loving our enemies in my previous article. That's easy. Giving love to yourself is much more difficult.

As a hypnotherapist, I work with many clients and I've noticed that most of them simply don't love themselves. Because your life is a reflection of your subconscious beliefs if you don't love yourself the world will not love you. I usually help my clients find and realize a primary cause of their troubles and send them off with a tape containing script like the one you will find below. Sometimes all it takes is one session for them to change their minds about themselves.

Based on my experience, I feel the most powerful tool of healing available to all of us is our subconscious mind. I like to call it, the mind of the soul. This mind could be our best friend or worst enemy if used incorrectly.

The error based subconscious programming will wreck havoc in your life. Such program could start with innocent suggestion. Your family member could say to you one day: "You are really ugly" for whatever reason. You may start looking at yourself in the mirror and you soon notice how ugly you are. Once this conviction takes hold in your mind, people around you will add fuel to this fire.

Why? Because your mind is a broadcasting station in constant psychic contact with everyone around you and you are beaming out a message: "I'm ugly". We constantly talk to ourselves through other people so don't be surprised that you'll be given plenty of evidence of being ugly. It's a short step from physical ugliness to not liking your character traits.

Soon you will start being hard on yourself because of how you perceive yourself. Before you know it, you'll end up not really liking yourself, and the world around you responds according to your beliefs. Everyone is against you because you are against yourself. Not loving yourself, in effect, means giving license to your subconscious mind to organize a life of sickness and misery for you.

Do you really want to do it?!

Don't worry. There's a way you can change all of this. A cure - if you'd like to call it that. All you need to do is install a new program in your subconscious mind called "I love myself". This could be done by recording a script below and listening to it few times a day with your eyes closed or simply by reading it.

I meet many people who claim that they can't love themselves. "How did you arrive at such programming?" I ask.

I've found that some people can trace this type of thinking to past childhood experience. Often times, our past experiences with external environment, whether it's the people we love and care for or if it's acquaintances that are the root of where we start our self-hate program. However it happened, you didn't start this program. You didn't want this program. If you were aware of how our two minds work you would never allow this programming to become your guiding light in life.

I know how hard it is to go against your subconscious programming. Give yourself a chance! Remove the negativity that was installed in your mind by others and overwrite it with a program that you consciously choose. A program called "I love myself" You will be surprised how quickly your illnesses, your depression, your enemies and your own negative self-concepts can disappear.

"I love myself. I love myself. I love myself. I'm healthy, wealthy, happy and wise! I celebrate myself everyday. My life is a story of love, happiness and fulfillment. My parents, friends and strangers respond to me with a smile and kind word. My mind is a broadcasting station of happiness. I lead a charmed life with a peace of mind. I'm the happiest person on Earth. I live my dream. My home is an exotic paradise of happiness and peace. My mind has a calmness of a frozen lake."

"Everything inside my house is organized to remind me of love I feel for others and myself. Everywhere I look I see word love. In the morning my bedspread crumples itself to create word LOVE. My shoes arrange themselves to project word Love. The produce in the fridge does the same."

"Love, Love, Love everywhere. Everything and everyone one loves me because I love myself. I'm easy to love anyway. I‘m irresistibly attractive, smart and caring. I'm a genius! I'm wealthy. I live a life of prosperity. I know that giving is receiving. I give with an open heart. I give and receive love freely. I'm kind and loving and share this feeling with others. Love makes me beautiful and healthy. I deserve love because I give love. The reservoir of love in me is increasing everyday. It becomes a swollen river that flows through my heart."

"I'm a co-creator of the Universe, which is powered by love. There are many shades of love. We all have it inside us. Without love, we simply would not exist. It's the main ingredient of life. The Universe is saturated with love. We breathe love the same way we breathe air. We inhale love with every breath. Love is the essence of Higher Intelligence and our own Higher-self "I feel love pulsing in my veins. Love has a lightness of a helium balloon. Loving yourself is like a fresh sea breeze touched by a wing of a butterfly. Loving yourself is easy. I'm love."

"Every time I start a car I mentally say to myself: I love myself. Every time I look in a mirror I mentally say to myself: I'm empowered by love. Every time I enter my school or work place I mentally say to myself: I'm a loving and caring person. And it is so!"

Once our civilization deciphers all the natural laws of the Universe and arranges them in mathematical equations, I guarantee you that these equations will contain mathematical formula for love. Simply because a Unifying Theory of the Universe is not possible without including love.

If you experiencing health problems I recommend placing affirmations around your house that read: "I love myself, I'm in perfect health."

Take care!

Love,

Karol Zelazny
Toronto, Ontario
Instructor, Silva UltraMind System

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Mysteries of the Mind

2005-05-16T21:50:00.000-07:00

News Article from U.S. News & World Report

Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions

According to cognitive neuroscientists, we are conscious of only about 5 percent of our cognitive activity, so most of our decisions, actions, emotions, and behavior depends on the 95 percent of brain activity that goes beyond our conscious awareness.

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The Five Rules of Happiness

2005-05-05T23:24:00.000-07:00

by Burt Goldman

Are You Happy When You’re Happy?

You know when you’re happy, and certainly no one has to tell you when you’re sad. But what is it that makes a person happy?

It is important to realize, however, that what makes you happy might depress another person. There are people, because of guilt, a feeling they do not deserve what they have, or a feeling they will lose what they have that makes them unhappy when they should be happy. Possessions are a poor measure of happiness. Possessions are subjective and relative to the individual and the individual’s viewpoint. Instead, we will use a philosophy as an example.

This philosophy is about enjoying things you like, avoiding or changing things you do not like, and accepting what you cannot avoid or change by the skillful use of your viewpoint. The use of this philosophy, as embodied in the five rules, will allow you to test many problem areas in your life and find solutions. With this philosophy, you will be well on your way on your pursuit of happiness.

The Rules of Happiness

Pursuit of Happiness - Rule Number One: If You Like a Thing, Enjoy It.

Now that seems outrageously simple. At first you might say, “That’s ridiculous, of course if I like something I’m going to enjoy it.” But when you stop to think about it you’ll probably agree that there are many things in life that we like but don’t enjoy. The reasons we don’t enjoy things we like are (a) guilt, and (b) fear. You will not enjoy something you like if you feel guilty after having done the thing, or if you are fearful of the consequences of doing it.

Pursuit of Happiness - Rule Number Two: If You Don’t Like a Thing, Avoid It.

The second rule seems simple enough, but reflect for a moment on how many people are involved with things they do not like — a job, a person, a vehicle, a type of food, any one of a thousand things — and for some reason they don’t avoid those things. “Well, I can’t avoid it. I have to work there because I need the money.” Or, “I have to be involved with this person for many valid reasons.” How many justifications can you think of for not avoiding the things you do not like to do?

Pursuit of Happiness - Rule Number Three: If You Don’t Like a Thing, and You Cannot Avoid It, Change It.

Here again, the answer is simple: change it. But just as in avoidance we rationalize that we need something about it — the money, the time, the security — something is holding you to that particular thing if you don’t like it, cannot avoid it, won’t change it, but are still involved with it.

Pursuit of Happiness - Rule Number Four: If You Don’t Like a Thing, Cannot Avoid It, and Cannot or will Not Change It, Accept It.

Acceptance — now there is a catch. How can you accept something you don’t like? How in the world do you accept something that is 'unacceptable'? How do you accept a situation that you’re not happy with? How do you accept a person that you’re not happy with? Well, you really don’t have to accept anything; you can, of course, be unhappy. If you don’t like it, won’t change it, cannot avoid it, and will not accept it, I guarantee that you will be unhappy. There are, however, five rules to the secret of happiness, and within the fifth lies the key.

Rule Number Five: You Accept a Thing By Changing Your Attitude Towards It.

You are the result of your viewpoints and attitudes. Everything is relative to the person experiencing it. There are no absolutes — nothing is good, nothing bad, except as it relates to you. Nor is life good or bad. Life simply is. You change those things you wish by changing your viewpoint about them.

How easy!
How difficult!

Your attitudes and viewpoints are all part of your mind and once you develop the power of self mind control you will be the master of your own attitudes and viewpoints.

Unremitting happiness, of course, is not a possible or desirable state. According to the principle of rhythm, there is always an inflow and outflow, an ebb tide and a flood tide. You’ll always have highs and lows — there’s no way to avoid that. However, your highs will be higher and your lows will be higher. You’ll then find that what is a happy state for you might be a state of depression for someone unaware of the Five Rules of Happiness.

Burt Goldman,
Rancho Mirage, California.

Burt Goldman has been a Silva lecturer for over 27 years. He is one of the most respected Silva instructors in the world and co-authored the book, The Silva Mind Control Method Of Mental Dynamics with Jose Silva. Burt has trained royalty, celebrities, heads of corporations, big business leaders, the workers and heads of small businesses, and the general public. From the great Cesar Chavez, to Tom Smith, Burt counts the people he has trained in the tens of thousands. The following extract, "The Challenge of Change" is from Burt's latest book, "The Power of Self Mind Control".

The Month of May - Upcoming Silva UltraMind Seminars

2005-05-05T23:03:00.000-07:00

In just two days - 16 hours of classroom time - you can develop your E.S.P. This is accomplished through a series of relaxing mind training exercises under the guidance of your certified UltraMind ESP System trainer. There is no self-disclosure, no surprises... just your newfound intuitive ability.

Before you leave the course, you will have the chance to test your ESP on at least 10 problem cases, to verify that you can project your mind and detect information that is not available to your physical senses, and verify that you are accurate and correct.

We have 13 UltraMind seminars this month all over US and Canada.

To contact an International Silva Instructors, please visit this page.

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Meditation May Cut Heart Disease Death

2005-05-05T23:02:00.000-07:00

Fox News Science Article.

Do you feel you have good genes? Get plenty of exercise? Eat healthy?

All this should help you in living longer. But what if you can do more?

Robert H. Schneider, MD, of the Maharishi University Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, is an advocate of transcendental meditation. He tells tells WebMD that one of the most significant findings was that meditation appeared to be as effective as drug therapy for preventing deaths from heart disease.

Another doctor from New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center teaches mediation to her cancer patients. She notes that the aim is not to not to cure their cancer but to help them reduce anxiety and stress.

"Meditation can be very empowering because it really teaches us to live in the moment," she says. "For some patients it is life changing, and for others it ends up being just a way to relax."

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Far-off Healing . . .also known as Distance Healing, is Put to the Test

2005-05-05T22:55:00.000-07:00

News Article from the L.A Times

On an operating table at a medical center in San Francisco, a breast cancer patient is undergoing reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy.

But this will be no ordinary surgery... The woman is a patient in an extraordinary government-funded study that is seeking to determine whether a healer who has been sent her name, photo and details about the surgery actually has the power to heal the patient from afar — a field known as "distant healing."

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The Military Unleashed My Mind

2005-05-05T21:31:00.000-07:00

News Article from Phenomena Magazine

A soldier shares his story of discovering ESP while fighting in the Cold War.

He was recruited by the US government to become a remote viewer for the United States Army.

Learn about his personal experiences as he used his mind to remote view into nearly every corner of the world and identified threats to American security, helped to capture narcotic-traffickers on the high seas, searched for kidnapped hostages, and spied out the secrets of many a potential foe – all without leaving the windowless building where he was posted.

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The Power of Unconditional Love Part II

2005-05-05T20:53:00.000-07:00

Note: You can read Part 1 here

by Karol Zelazny, Silva UltraMind Supervisor, Eastern Canada.

Why on Earth would we want to love our enemies?

The person who suggested this modus operendi is considered by some as GOD. It doesn’t matter. The advice he gave us is not idealistic. It’s very shrewd and down to Earth. By now you might be wondering if I haven’t been converting water into wine and drinking it. I assure you that I’m sober.

Let me explain.

Your life is created with all the seemingly external input of your beliefs that you encoded with your conscious mind on your subconscious mind. Once this process is completed, your subconscious mind will execute your “Belief Program” with ruthless accuracy. Take my word for it. You might want to examine patterns that you’re running and you will quickly arrive at the same conclusion.

Belief starts with a suggestion. Imagine a suggestion being a stick that lodges itself vertically in the bottom of a river. The debris that floats down the river stops there and creates a blockage. The debris represents events that reinforce the initial suggestion. If you formed a wrong belief that goes against Universal Law it will result in sickness, problems in your relationships and others negative things in your life. But it is not all doom and gloom.

Break the stick and the river or your life will start flowing peacefully. If you formed a belief that your enemies are bad people, this article will help you to see them in different light and change your mistaken belief.

As you know, our subconscious minds are in constant communication. All six billion of us can call on each other at any moment and we do it in order to execute our subconscious programs. If for example, some guys club you in a back alley and take your wallet, is it possible that you brought this on yourself with your subconscious programming? Yes it is. Do you think that world is a dangerous place to be, filled with crooks, thieves and other bandits? Well, you have just met few of them. Whatever you believe you will create or “as you believe so it will be done onto you.” This includes all the seemingly external events that are happening to you. In another words YOUR LIFE IS A REFLECTION OF YOUR BELIEFS!

Because our external circumstances reflect our beliefs, the following statements are true:

When we hate others we hate ourselves. We have a subconscious program called HATE, which could also be part of a bigger negative program.

You might want to protest now by saying: “I don’t hate myself and I still have few sworn enemies” O, really! Your beliefs are not what you consciously think. They are programs that are quietly running in the background. They are easy to identify and remove by hypnotherapy, when your conscious mind is not getting in the way.

When we’re angry with others, we’re really angry with ourselves. When we fight with others, we fight with ourselves. To change ourselves we have to understand and accept this statement: There is only one enemy we have . . . and it’s OURSELVES.

Jesus understood it perfectly when he suggested that we turn the other cheek. Because when we fight others, mentally or physically, we're really fighting ourselves, our own mistaken beliefs. We’re at war with our own shadow and the only way you can win a battle with yourself is by turning the other cheek!

When we strike somebody, we hit ourselves. Because giving is receiving. It simply does not make sense to do it. We are constantly prompted to react to external input. By choosing proactively to break the cycle of violence we are entering the path to higher awareness, to the consciousness of the Christ. When someone assaults you, I recommend that you defend yourself. (The damage is already done. Your negativity came back to you and is kicking your ass! So defend yourself, and then send love and forgiveness to the person that attacked you. In a way, you're sending the positive feelings to yourself.)

Turning the other cheek applies also to a mental attitude. Turn the other cheek when you feel insulted, misjudged, omitted, or misunderstood. Understanding that you’re the creator of all the external input that comes to you through others.

Your enemies are your best friends. You can see your own negative traits, magnified, in them. So you have a chance to understand what is wrong with you and correct it. Once you fix your negative traits, your enemies will disappear. Why? Because they will no longer be serving any purpose. There’s no chaos in the Universe. It’s so darn well organized. Cause and effect. Time creates an illusion that things happen “all of a sudden”. Well… look at it as if it’s just an illusion!

From experience, I can also say that if there is no seed of violence in you, no one will attack you. That's how the Universe is constructed. “Turn the other cheek” is a very shrewd advice from a man who mastered science of God. Love your enemies remembering that life is a human experience of your soul.

Summary:

There is only one enemy in our lives, ourselves.

One of the methods by which to defeat this enemy is to turn the other cheek.

Remember that when you fight with others, you really fight with yourself, with your own shadow (your subconscious programming), created by your own beliefs. So take it easy, don’t club yourself!

If you still think that all this is academic, idealistic, useless crap and B.S when it comes to so called “real life”, read the following e-mail . Below you will find an e-mail I received after publishing Unconditional Love 1 (it was sent out in the Silva UltraMind April 15 2005 Newsletter) that prompted me to write the second part. Love your enemies and good things will happen to you and the supposed enemies. Love is the most powerful force of the Universe! Stay the course, however difficult it might be. It’s the only way!

Comments:

“Dear Karol, you are so right. Three years ago, my son opened a store in a town in Ontario. At one, point, during the day, I was struck by a horrific sense of danger. I saw three men, planning to kidnap him and I saw clearly where they planned to hide him (in a cottage, in the North, in a cave)and beat him until he will give them all his money. It was too much for me. First I was afraid. Then, I asked for help and I started to fill those men with pure light and love. One of them gave up on the plan. The other two, went on and ...their car lost direction, and they went through the front
window of my son's store, and ended being stuck in the car. The police came and got them. I didn't stop sending them love, and they didn't try anything again. It is something I was doing for many years. Every time I was afraid of someone or I felt a sense of danger, I acted in full consciousness and some of the people who harmed me in the past are now my "admirers" (I don't know if such word exists in English, it is the translation from French"admirateur")

Thank you and have a good day.”

Cristiana Nicolae.

(This story is a part of Cristianas’ upcoming book, “Pig Head”, that she kindly allowed me to use)

We have a choice. We can put bars on our windows, hire more police, buy a gun and be afraid of every shadow. We can also send love to our fellow Earthlings and change the existing paradigm of ignorance and nosense. Take your pick!

Unconditional love to you.

Karol Zelazny

Karol Zelazny
Toronto, Ontario

Instructor, Silva UltraMind System

Check Out Karol's Seminar Schedule on this page.

Upcoming Seminars

2005-04-19T21:07:00.000-07:00

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How the Power of Intention Alters Matter

2005-04-19T21:06:00.000-07:00

Dr. Tiller's experiments to demonstrate the effect of mind over matter began by imprinting electrical devices with a specific intention. The imprinting was done by four experienced meditators, people who Tiller says were "highly inner-self-managed people."

Then this device — imprinted with the intent — was wrapped in aluminum and sent by overnight shipping to a laboratory 2000 miles away, where it was placed beside the "target experiment" and turned on.

So, for example, the electrical device might be imprinted with the idea of raising or lowering the pH of water. And if the device was turned on in the vicinity of a jar of water, the expectation was that the pH of the water would be raised or lowered, depending upon the original intent.

What were the results? Read the full article to find out.

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How to Become a Certified Silva UltraMind Instructor

2005-04-19T20:59:00.000-07:00

Feel a calling to serve humanity?

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Pursue your calling to serve humanity by teaching others to be self-empowered and in tune with their own natural intuition and mental abilities.

The best way to develop your skills in meditation and intuition is to teach others how to develop their skills.

We're seeking skilled people to spread the word. If you're qualified this could well be your dream job.

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Your Question Answered

2005-04-19T20:57:00.000-07:00

What's the Fastest Way to Get My Mind into Alpha?

Remember, there are many ways to put yourself in the Alpha level.

The 30 min guided exercise we provide on our site is one way.

The audio takes close to 30 minutes and takes you into deep Alpha for a supremely relaxing experience. However the goal of this audio recording is simply to take you to alpha using guided words and bring you out again. You did not have time to practice any of the visualization techniques we teach.

To do so you must learn to reach the alpha level automatically – without the aid of a tape. This, fortunately, is very easy to do.

However, once you've practiced with the audio a few times, you can simply put yourself into the Alpha level using the count-down method that Silva pioneered.

For instructions on how to do this, simply visit this page. You do not need the audio nor any other 'external' device to do this.

Graduates of UltraMind are encouraged to "center" themselves 1 - 3 times a day for 5 - 15 minutes each. In addition, at least once a week, we recommend using the 30 minute Guided Audio we provide on our website.

The Power of Unconditional Love

2005-04-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

by Karol Zelazny, Silva UltraMind Supervisor, Eastern Canada.

I don’t claim to be an expert on Unconditional Love, but few things happened in my life that urged me to talk about the subject. About six years ago my heart was a very lonely and dark place without any colors. Beautiful and soothing sounds were completely absent. One of the feelings I had was being disappointed with myself and with my life. I felt stuck in business that I didn’t love, despite decent financial results. I wasn’t paying much attention to my kids being depressed and I felt sorry for myself most of the time.

I finally realized that I had enough, and I needed to make the necessary changes in my life.

Four years ago I quit my own business, despite doom and gloom predictions from my wife which were never realized, and started a journey of self discovery. During this short and eventful trip I quickly realized that everything in our lives hinges on LOVE.

I started applying love, forgiveness and the advice to ‘turn the other cheek’ with life’s situations that I faced.

Things began to change. Honestly, it was a slow and painful process. I would take two steps forward and three back… But I believed in the UltraMind system and instinctively knew that this was the only way to go. I knew, four years ago, that I can succeed if I stay and continue on my course.

One of the biggest tests came three years ago from my 10 year son. He just went nuts. He threw temper tantrums everyday, was failing out of school, climbed out of detention through the window, and ran away from school. He went over the top when he set the fire alarm in school.

My wife suggested that we take some strong action to curb the behavior. I knew that force will not work and will only make things worse. The process lasted six months.

Everyday I would talk to him, then go to my room and spend half an hour sending him Unconditional Love. There were no visible results from day to day. Sometimes things got worse but I was just doing what I thought was right, which made my wife think that I have gone off the deep end.

Last year his behavior at home and school changed dramatically. His Principal called and left a message that I can still remember word by word: “…I don’t know what you parents are doing but keep doing it. He is not the kid we used to know”

It was one of the best moments of my life! Sometimes the most important things in your life are not big and flashy events, but you have at least one silent witness. Known as God, Higher Intelligence, zero point energy. This witness registers your every thought, intent, action. Your life flows according to this record. The more love there is in you, the bigger and faster “miracles” can happen for you.

At Silva seminars we teach to apply belief, expectancy and desire with our techniques. If you also apply Love and Forgiveness with the above three you will get results - in time - that are beyond your wildest dreams.
Today, I’m successful in every area of my life. I have many good friends and as a bonus I was granted the power to perform real time “miracles”. I will talk about it in the next article.

There is one Universal Law that you might want to consider applying in your
life:

“Giving is Receiving”. Generosity begets generosity. Stinginess impoverishes. Stinginess can be emotional or material. Both kinds will do great damage to your heart and leave you with this empty feeling of pointless existence.

Before I was allowed to journey forward towards happiness and fulfillment I was asked to give LOVE of Unconditional kind. I did not look forward and expect immediate results. If you have infinite patience the results will appear very quickly. Charity begins at home. You don’t need to look far and wide to perform a RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS. To illustrate the point read the e-mail below and notice the attitude of this student. The first one I received a day after the seminar. The other one few days ago.

Unconditional love to you.

Karol Zelazny

Karol Zelazny
Toronto, Ontario
Instructor, Silva UltraMind System

Check Out Karol's Seminar Schedule on this page.

Question from UltraMind Users: "How do I Program my Mind for Prosperity?"

2005-04-04T13:39:00.000-07:00

Question:

How Do I Program my Mind To Attract Money?

The following is a transcript of the answer as explained by Jose Silva in a class.
Answer:

When programming for money, the first thing to think about is, “What are you going to do when you get it?”

You don't want to just go away on a vacation and forget everything else. You must remember that as you are still alive - your obligations will continue. Even if you have to drag yourself across the ground, you'll have the same obligations to try and do your best to correct the problems in our surrounding environment. The day that you’re no longer here is when these commitments come to an end.

If you do the right job, stay honest to yourself and to those around you, then money will come to you. It's that simple. When you do the right job, people who need you will request for you.
I gained this understanding from my personal experience when I was in the service. I needed to supplement my income, so whenever I was looking for job and they'd ask me what I wanted to earn, I would answer, "Whatever you think I'm worth. Try me out, and pay me accordingly."

Prepare yourself.

All prosperity should be built on spiritual foundations. By spiritual we mean the functioning of the mind in a non-physical dimension. That’s where the mind, human intelligence, desire, love, belief and expectancy all function.

We need to first prepare ourselves in that area and meet God's requirements because in the spiritual dimension we can not fool anybody.Once we set our goals there, the next step will be to materialize them, to convert them or transfer them from one dimension to another.

Use what you create.

Be successful first in the spiritual dimension. Then the follow-up of that success is in taking advantage of what was conceived in the spiritual world. It’s what was conceived there will now manifest in the physical world. You help it to be transferred from one dimension to another.
That’s the concept of the man who said, "Whatever the mind conceives in the spiritual dimension, and believes enough to transfer to the physical dimension, you will achieve." So the achievement was the transference of that particular thing that was created in the spiritual world, into the material, physical world.

It’s just like the materialization of thoughts. You have to first create them in the spiritual world, and then you use these thoughts in the physical world. This will allow you to make sense and serve a purpose as you act upon your thoughts.

Do your thinking at alpha.

Thinking, planning, analyzing, are done in the spiritual world first.In the spiritual dimension, you determine what your purpose in life is. Then you plan how to go about doing it. Then you transfer it to the physical dimension.

Plan it out, a step by step procedure. Establish short goals. Take the first step, followed by the second, and so forth.

Programming to get things.

Suppose I want a new car. Here's how I would go about programming for it:

I wouldn't program for it just because I want it, but because I need it.

You may not always get what you want, but you can get what you need. Think about what you need it for. If it is to cause problems, you are not going to get it. If it is to correct problems, that's the reason you get it.

Again, remember the rules of the spiritual dimension: You have to think about it first, and set the rules spiritually before they can be materialized.

Think about your goals first. Center yourself to be able to think correctly, because you could be off center thinking eccentrically, which is not good. Centered thinking is what you want. Then most likely the right thoughts will come to you.

Center yourself by entering your level, the alpha level. Make sure that you have practiced and established points of reference so that you know when you are at alpha. You don't want to start daydreaming and let your mind wander, and drift out of alpha.You should justify your needs in all fairness. This is what I do in my business.

I program to attract whatever we need. I do not program to receive more than what we need, but I sure put emphasis on receiving no less than what we need.

Of course, you need to know in your own mind just what it is that you need. You don't need to ask specifically for $50,000 if that's what you need; just keep your goal in mind, and program for all bills to be paid, or to have the things you need.

Program to see your projects completed, keeping in mind what it takes to do it. Think of it as if somebody were looking in at your situation and wanting to know what you need so they can send it your way. If you don't keep it in your mind, how can that person let alone yourself know how best to help you get what you need.

Use your possessions to help correct problems.

We don't plan to stack up millions and millions and not use those millions, or even let somebody else use them.

Do you feel that everything you have acquired, you need? Or have you gotten some things you just want?

Everything that I have acquired, I think I have acquired it because I needed it.

Some people ask why I buy jewelry. Well, we don't have that much. It is to have a safety factor in case or an emergency. We don't want to cause problems for anybody. We don't want to go begging in case of an emergency. We can exchange it, so we can get whatever we need in an emergency. We don't have to bother somebody else.

I’m not limiting you to just your physical needs. We could include psychological needs, emotional needs, social needs, and so forth. If it helps you work better, do a better job, then it’s a need.

Help people to help themselves.

Some people have questioned why I bought a Cadillac. They ask if it would be better to buy two Chevrolets, drive one myself and give the other to a needy person who doesn't have a car but needs one.

The answer all depends on the circumstances. I have given cars to many people, but certainly not to everyone who wants one.

Giving someone something might be the wrong thing to do, because each person needs to qualify for his or her own needs.

Giving something to someone who has not qualified for it might destroy him, it might make him a selfish person because then he would not need to do whatever he is supposed to do to fulfill his mission, and he would not evolve and develop. Somebody is doing his thinking for him.

Always enter your level, center yourself at alpha, and use that level to make your decisions. This is a essential step in the process.

If you feel that you should help someone out by helping them do what they were sent here to do, and that this will help them, then by all means do it. I help many people, but only when I feel - at my level - that this is the best thing to do.

Remember the old saying about teaching a person how to fish. If you just give a person a fish every day, they may never learn how to fish for themselves.

But if the person is starving, you've got to save their life before they can do anything else. Sometimes people need help. We should certainly help them whenever it is appropriate. That's the reason we are here.

April Silva Seminars

2005-04-04T12:58:00.000-07:00

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The Challenge of Change

2005-04-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

by Burt Goldman, one of our most recognized instructors, talks about how to deal with and embrace change.

Feeling Safe and Secure

The processional caterpillar was first noted in 1855 by a French entomologist. He put a number of the caterpillars on the rim of a flowerpot and they followed one another around and around, the head of one following the back end of the one in front.

Round and round they went, not stopping, not slowing, just moving along around and around the rim of the bowl. They were placed in a one-dimensional world. They no doubt felt safe and secure as they were in that world with their own kind. As long as they followed the one in front of them they were going somewhere. But where can you go in a one-dimensional world?

One Small Change Would Have Done It

Round and round they went, until…. After a week of walking along what to them was an endless, straight road—fatigue, languor, starvation, and exhaustion set in and one by one, they fell off the rim and died. They never learned that all they had to do was to make one, small change. They had to step off one small part of an inch, a millimeter, a centimeter to the left or to the right and they would have been all right. They would have suddenly been in a two dimensional world and their lives would have changed.

Many people who should be living in a three dimensional world are blindly following other people around. Following their past programming by parents, by teachers, by friends, by institutions, both educational and religious. How many are blindly following other people's choices simply because it’s the easiest thing to do. The familiar, comfortable way is to stick your nose behind someone else’s ideas and follow along like the processional caterpillar. Is it possible that there are processional human beings? Let’s hope that you are not one of them. But then, how can you know?

When was the last time you looked to see where the line was going? It may well be going in the direction you want to go, it may be going in the direction you yourself would choose, if that’s so, fine, follow along. But if it’s not, then get off the rim. Stop following. Make a change.

We do know that you have choices. There are always choices in life. No matter where people find themselves there are always options. What you choose is what puts you on the road to where you wind up. Choose mediocrity and you will wind up with a mediocre life. Reach for the moon and who knows, you may deliver the stars.

I recently completed a book about Joe Brandt. (The Hundred Million Dollar Survivor, October 75 Publishing.) Joe is a survivor of the Holocaust. He was fifteen when he was captured and sent to a concentration camp to die. Everything was taken from him, his family, his friends, his freedom. He didn't follow the line however, he survived.

Not only did he survive, he flourished. He came to the United States when he was eighteen years of age after years of torment. He didn’t speak a word of English and he had no mentors to help him. But the one thing the Nazis could not take from him was his freedom to choose. Joe chose to survive and to flourish. He made many changes in his life.

He became a multi-millionaire and in 2002, completed the Holocaust Memorial in Palm Desert, California, commemorating the past event.

Every successful person on this planet, everyone who can look back and say to themselves, "I'm glad I'm where I'm at in life" has made choices to put themselves there.” And so can you.

The Power of Self Mind Control can be the catalyst to spring you to that good place. But it's up to you. You must first want it. You must first choose.

Virtually Everything Involves Change

Programming, goal setting, success, failure, fear, relationships, marriage, divorce, confidence, buying selling, events from birth to death, all are factors. Change is the single most important element in everyone’s life.

The conservative thinker detests change, the status quo is comforting, the liberal seeks to change everything being disenchanted with things as they are.

Nationalistic and religious groups treat change as they would a viper in bed, yet they proselytize outside their groups demanding that others change. So long as they change to their way of thinking.

But when you accept someone else's opinions and beliefs you must of a necessity give up your own—not necessarily the optimum thing to do.

Those who do not think of themselves as being at either end of the spectrum generally do not consider change at all, even though it is the one consideration everyone should have in mind.

Change, when instigated by ones self, is growth, expanding and evolving. But what constitutes change?

In one respect everything that we think or do changes something, therefore everything is constantly changing. The very flow of time changes things. The trick is to control the changes in life. But how?

We seek to instigate desired change by programming. The question is why doesn't programming always work?

Why, if programming is so effective do I have to do so much of it? And, how can I use programming to instigate cause for a change that will benefit my life?

Think now for just a moment—consider the major decisions you've made in your life; decisions related to business, relationships, or raising money. Also, there are family decisions, health decisions, investment decisions, and decisions that seemed minor at the time you made them but that reached into your future and had a major effect on your life.

Think how those decisions would have been different if you had considered all aspects, both positive, neutral, and negative, when you decided to do, to marry, to go into business, to invest, to move, to start or to change something in your life.

Change is Growth

To prove this—reverse it. Growth is change. Can you even imagine something growing, without changing? All growth is change. Everything is constantly changing Is it good, or bad? That depends entirely on the attitude of the individual.

You’re About to go Through Change in Your Life

You're going through a transitional time in your life and you are not sure about what to do. It's a major turning point. Whatever you decide will affect the rest of your life, as well as the lives of other people, some of whom you know and some of whom you do not yet know. You must determine whether this change will be a benefit for you and your loved ones. There will be an effect on your future even if you do nothing.

If you do nothing, things will continue as they are. Think about that. Do you want things to continue as they are? Look at your current situation in two ways, from a positive perspective and then from a negative perspective.

First, imagine the present continuing as it is now, but sense yourself accepting conditions; imagine yourself seeing the positive nature of all the things that are disturbing at the present time.

Imagine the way things will be if you allow them to continue with no changes. What are the positive aspects of that eventuality?

Next, view the negative side of all the things that disturb you at present. Imagine your circumstances if you allow them to continue the way they are now. What will be the outcome of this continuation?

Think Back to When the Problem Developed

Think back to a period in the past when the problems you seek to resolve first developed. Was your viewpoint different then? Do the things that disturbed you then leave you unconcerned today? Have you yourself changed? Change is growth. If you have changed, consider the fact that you may have matured and outgrown your old needs.

Project yourself into the future and imagine what it would be like with an entirely different situation. Will you be happy with this new situation? Would your loved ones be happy with this new situation?

Change involves establishing new patterns and breaking the old. An established pattern, or habit, is comforting because it is familiar (even when there are unwelcome results.) It’s easy to attach yourself to comfort. In addition, familiarity carries a measure of security; you feel secure because you know the territory.

Repetition of any activity breeds familiarity. When you do a job you’re familiar with, it becomes routine. Routine is comforting because you know what’s ahead.

Just as a child (who undergoes constant change and growing awareness) requires a familiar object about at all times, so does the adult. The only difference is in the type of object.

It takes a great deal of maturing before the child is willing to let go of the familiar object. It doesn’t matter in the least that the object may be unwashed, smelly, scratchy, or full of lumps.

What does matter is that it is familiar, and that is comforting. Any attempt to remove the familiar, before the child is willing to let go, leads to chaos. But if you allow the child to develop to a point where the letting go becomes a plateau of growth, you will see a beneficial crossroads in the life of that youngster.

We Fear Letting Go of the Familiar

We all have security blankets that we hang on to with fists of iron. Fearful of letting go of the familiar, we accept the continuing routine of things that someone outside might see as unacceptable. The outsider, not understanding that the seemingly negative experience represents security, will come up with false conclusions every time. Lacking information, the outsider cannot possibly understand what is going on. Even the person with the problem may not realize that the situation is necessary, that it represents the security of the familiar.

Most of us attribute to outside agencies the forces that direct us to failure or success. When we feel that we have no control over these forces, then change becomes a throw of the dice. Not wanting to gamble on change and perhaps lose the security of the familiar, we remain in the comforting place known as the status quo (the existing state of affairs).

Actually, there is no sense in worrying about or concentrating on past mistakes. For given the same information and the same you of that time, you would find that if you could relive the event you would do the same thing all over again. The reason you are seeing it as an error is that you have grown and are no longer the same person that you were then.

Look at things not as mistakes, but as guideposts showing you the way to a better place. See all things as experience. Your mistakes are only things that did not work.

The only way for you to know what works is to do.

If something does not work, it’s up to you not to use it again. Keep at it until you discover what does work. Persistence is the key.

View the Change as a Positive

To gain the strength necessary to view change as growth, as fruitful and challenging, you must view change as a positive experience (providing, of course, that the change is desired). By relaxing and bringing into your consciousness the dynamic visualization of the positive aspects of that change, you begin the process.

Do something right now. Begin by enjoying something. Begin now. Let the next moment just happen. Enjoy it for itself. Whatever you are doing, enjoy the doing.

Now relax. When you are relaxed, all your energies are flowing properly and in accord with one another. You are in balance.

Anxiety vanishes when you are relaxed. Anxiety is a form of fear, apprehension about some future event. You cannot be fearful of a future event if you expect that event to be positive. The fear of change stems from expecting something bad to happen.

When you fear the future, things of the past appear more desirable. Older people, seeing only decay in the future, fear it, feeling that any change will be negative; they dream of the past when they felt secure. The young are most resilient to change for the opposite reasons. For the young the future represents their dreams come true, their goals achieved, their knowledge base
increased.

To Avoid Change is to Avoid Life

Without change there can be no strengthening of concepts, no greater awareness, no evolution. Change is a necessary part of the human experience. To avoid change is to avoid life.

By viewing change as resulting in the successful attainment of a goal, change and the future become things of great joy, and the appetite for life is strengthened and reestablished. Desired change becomes a natural thing. Change becomes something to look forward to, a positive expectation. Change becomes a belief that something beneficial is going to happen.

To instill the strength necessary to view change as growth, as fruitful and challenging, you have only to use the resources outlined in this book.

We view change as a positive experience, providing the change is desired. Center yourself, go to the meditative alpha dimension, and visualize the change as a positive event.

See the end result you desire as though you were the author of a play about your life. View the aspects with a positive attitude and expect good things to take place. You’ll be making the unfamiliar familiar.

Change then becomes a natural thing, something to look forward to; a positive expectation, faith. Change then becomes a belief that something good is about to happen. Believe it to be and it will be.

Burt Goldman,
Rancho Mirage, California.

In the News...Can This Black Box See Into the Future?

2005-04-04T08:06:00.000-07:00

Deep in the basement of a dusty university library in Edinburgh lies a small black box, roughly the size of two cigarette packets side by side, that churns out random numbers in an endless stream.

At first glance it is an unremarkable piece of equipment. Encased in metal, it contains at its heart a microchip no more complex than the ones found in modern pocket calculators.

But, according to a growing band of top scientists, this box has quite extraordinary powers. It is, they claim, the 'eye' of a machine that appears capable of peering into the future and predicting major world events.

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In the News... No Better Than Placebo: Sham Surgery for Arthritic Knees as Effective as the Real Thing

2005-03-18T18:46:00.000-08:00

ABC NEWS: On a scale of zero to 10, Eutimo Perez Jr. says the pain in his knee that was once "worse than 10" is no more. Perez, who suffers from the degenerative joint disease osteoarthritis, took part in a clinical trial designed to test the efficacy of arthroscopic surgery on osteoarthritic knees, and has been pain-free for more than two years since.

The interesting thing, though, is that Perez was in the "sham surgery" group of the study and the researchers did almost nothing to him.

He never went through surgery - he only believed he did.

The implications are huge - Doctors have always thought that the placebo effect only applied to minor aches and pains. Now they are discovering that the placebo effect also applies to conditions that normally require surgery.

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Site of the Month: A Website for Scientists to Share their Experiences of the Mystical.

2005-03-18T18:34:00.000-08:00

Dr. Charles Tart found that many scientists he spoke to had claimed they experienced mystical moments in their life - these included out-of-body experiences, feelings of connectedness with the world and moments of sharp intuition.

Yet, many of these scientists were afraid to share their experiences for fear of ridicule. To help give these scientists a venue to share their experiences, Dr. Tart set up a website: The Archives of Scientists' Transcendent Experiences, where scientists could write about their spiritual experiences and share it with the world.

It's a must read...

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The Tomato Experience: Visual Evidence of the Healing Power You Have in Your Hands.

2005-03-18T18:26:00.000-08:00

by Daphne Beall

(These experiments with tomatoes were narrated and sent to us by Daphne Beall, a mathematics instructor for eight years at Yuba College in Marysville, California. In addition to being an academic instructor, for the last two years of those eight, she taught the Silva mind training system in Marysville. Many thanks to Ms. Beall for permission to present her observations to our graduates.)

By way of preface in relating these experiments and their results, let me state that they were occasioned by a remark made by Jose Silva in a lecture that he presented in Laguna Hills, California in August 1974.

Elaborating on the point that human energies can be focused and used for the purpose of healing, he suggested that we might observe the effects of humanly energized tap water and non energized tap water on a tomato. He indicated that going to the alpha brain wave level and energizing for twenty minutes the water placed in one container would affect the condition of a tomato in relation to a tomato placed in the same amount of non energized water.
I decided to perform the experiment for myself and note the results.

My first experiment

The first time that I conducted the experiment I filled a glass with water, entered the alpha level, and placed my hands around the container, not touching it, visualizing energy leaving my hands in the form of a white light entering the water.

I imagined the glass becoming white and bright from the energy from my hands, knowing that the water was being energized. I moved my hands around, playing with the energy, so to speak, feeling the energy fill the glass of water.

Although Mr. Silva had recommended twenty minutes of energizing, I found it tedious to do nothing except visualize energy, so I only visualized for ten minutes. Then I came out of level, placed a tomato in the energized water, left it in there overnight, then put it on a plate.
I also placed another tomato in an ordinary non energized glass of water, left it in overnight, then placed it on a plate also. This was in September of 1974.

The results

Within about three days, the tomato that had been in the ordinary (non energized) water began to leak, and continued to do so more each succeeding day. Eventually, with its fluid running out, it shriveled to become smaller and smaller.
The tomato that had been in the energized water, however, remained healthy looking for a week, and then after about eight days I noticed a small leak in it, and thought to myself, "Well, there goes that one."

It leaked for about half a day, and then sealed itself up and didn't leak any more. This eventuality interested me, and made me decide to be more accurate and scientific about the procedure of this experiment.

Another week passed, and the tomato that had been in the energized water got a split in its skin, and I thought, "Well, now it's really going to fall apart." Again, to my surprise, it didn't leak. The split remained there for about a week, but it did not leak. It did nothing: In fact, the break in the tomato's skin actually resembled a cut on human skin that is about half healed.

So, the tomato in the energized water was still holding up after three weeks, whereas the tomato that had been in the plain, non energized water had begun deteriorating after about three days. At that point I concluded the first experiment, because I was lecturing in both a college and a high school at that time, and the tomatoes were deteriorating rapidly as I carried them with me for demonstration.

My second experiment

Because of the marked difference in the "life span" of the two tomatoes, presumably because of the waters in which they had been placed, identical except for energizing the one, using deeper levels of mind for projecting energy and not energizing the other, I decided to conduct another experiment, but one different from that first one.

In this second experiment I decided to use a third tomato, it being placed on a pyramid energy generator, the kind used by Dr. Pat Flanagan in his pyramid researches.

Furthermore, I decided to photograph the three tomatoes in the experiment at different stages in the experiment.

The method

In this experiment, I energized the water for fifteen minutes instead of only ten minutes as I had done in the previous experiment - I am including photographs taken on the eleventh day, the twenty-ninth day and the fiftieth day. (Figs. I, II, and III) All three tomatoes sat in water for twelve hours.

The tomato on the left was in water that I energized mentally, the tomato in the middle was in non energized water, but it sat for twelve hours on a pyramid energy generator, and the tomato on the right was in ordinary non energized water.

11th day, Oct. 28
29th day, Nov. 15
50th day, Dec. 6

The results

As is apparent from the photographs, the pyramid energized tomato and the non energized tomato were decaying from the top down, whereas the humanly energized tomato was decaying only where it was in contact with the plate.

This leads me to wonder how much deterioration would occur on the humanly energized tomato were it not in contact with the plate - in other words, if the experiment could be set up with minimal surface contact.

As a postscript to the second experiment, it was interesting to note that in comparing the photographs that I took during the experiment, the energized water tomato at one hundred and twenty days looked like the ordinary water tomato did at thirty-five days - except that the energized water tomato had no mold on it, whereas the ordinary water tomato did have a fuzzy, white mold.

Conclusions

The results of this experiment have, as did the results of the first experiment, sparked my curiosity so that I anticipate still other experimentation.

My next experiment will again include three tomatoes: One in plain water, one under a very small cardboard pyramid, and the third, in water which I shall energize for fully twenty minutes.

Apparently Mr. Silva is correct in attributing healing energies to human beings who know that energy exists and can be transferred by technique, desire, belief and expectancy. So far, it has worked with tomatoes.

Editor's note:

In 1993, Mr. Silva asked that we publish the following:

Since this was first published in the 1970s, the procedure has been refined.
While the effect occurs when you imagine energizing the water, it also works when you use the mental screen and the Three Scenes Technique.

In the first scene, directly in front of you, visualize (recall) the present situation - an ordinary tomato.

In the second scene, towards your left, imagine the treatment - energizing the water, and soaking the tomato in it.

In the third scene, farthest to your left, imagine the tomato dehydrating but not rotting.

The main factor is to have strong and clear visualization and imagination. If you have a strong mental image of the end result that you want, this can happen in a fraction of a second. It is all that is necessary, provided that you have a strong and clear image of the end result that is desired. All that you need is to take enough time to clearly picture the three scenes, with a strong desire to reach your goal.

IN THE NEWS...Proving the Patient-Doctor Brain Bond, Telepathically.

2005-03-01T23:15:00.000-08:00

PORTLAND, Ore. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You’ve heard of telepathy -- it’s when you can communicate with someone just by thinking about it. Now, a researcher in Seattle says her studies show that, at least for some people, it works.

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IN THE NEWS...Study shows that meditation can help women prevent heart disease.

2005-03-01T23:12:00.000-08:00

Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia test the effects of meditation on women with high risk for heart disease. The results are very promising.

"Meditation has garnered lots of research attention. It's been found to be good for the heart, immune system, PMS, and even breastfeeding and hot flashes."

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Can the UltraMind System help me pass a test?

2005-03-01T23:05:00.000-08:00

Question from UltraMind User:

I'm a police officer preparing to take my captain's exam, which is necessary for me to get a promotion. Can the UltraMind System help me pass a test?

Answer:

Any time you are doing any mental work, remember that the ideal brain wave level is the alpha level - your center. When you function from the center of the brain frequency spectrum, you have access to information stored at the high beta (wide awake) frequencies, as well as the low theta frequencies that are typically associated with sleep and the so-called subconscious.

Once you have access to information impressed at the alpha and theta frequencies, it is no longer subconscious, or beneath conscious awareness. Jose Silva coined the term "inner conscious levels" for this.

So your first step is to establish a good deep level of mind and learn to activate your mind and function at your center - the alpha level - with conscious awareness. The best tool for that is the Silva Centering Exercise which you can obtain for free from our website.
(see http://www.silvaultramindsystem.com/products/alpha/)

Next, we suggest that you work on your motivation. Jose Silva always told us that when we are fulfilling our mission in life - which is to improve conditions on planet earth and make it a better place to live - then we will receive help from higher intelligence. The bigger your plans are, he said - in other words, the more people who will benefit - the more help you will receive.

If you do the motivation first, if you align yourself with higher intelligence - if you believe that you are doing what God sent you here to do - and if you recall all of the benefits to yourself, your family, your friends, younger officers, and the people in the community - if you have all of that motivation and desire going for you, then your concentration will be great, your retention will be great, the adrenaline will be flowing, all of the information you have ever accumulated will be right there ready for you to use, and for anything you are not quite sure of, your intuition - your ESP - will be working at full gear!

If you are just doing it for yourself, and you don't care about anybody else, then you won't have all that focus and concentration and energy and drive.

You can start with the personal benefits... the self-interest. Then expand it out beyond, even beyond your own family, to the community.

Then go even farther... to your mission in life, and how your efforts, and how the even greater contributions you will make as a Captain...how this will be your way of fulfilling your mission in life, of doing what you were sent here to do.

This is your way of improving conditions on the planet, making the world a better place for all of the people that you protects and keep safe from evil.

Couple all that with the ESP when you are taking the test and you are sure to pass.

How to use ESP when taking the test

First, in order to help you retrieve the information that you have impressed on your brain cells, go to your center - the alpha level - and seek the information. It will be easier to detect from your center.

When you get to a question that you are not sure of, turn your eyes slightly upwards, defocus your vision (daydream), fold your little finger back into the palm of your hand to trigger your intuition, and ask your Chief for the answer... or whoever is appropriate to ask.

Most police officers have great intuition... or else they don't last too long in the business. Recall the feeling you have when you see a car and "know" that it should be stopped, and when you stop it, you find drugs or stolen property, etc. That's the feeling you want - when your ESP is working. Every policeman knows that feeling. You can't talk about it or the defense lawyers will eat you alive, but policemen know the feeling.

The written part of your examination is easy: You can turn your eyes upwards and defocus, and seek the answer.

When taking the verbal part of your examination, just do whatever you can. You can always get that "far away look" in your eyes - you can always glance up, as people do naturally when seeking an answer - and while glancing up, fold your little finger back into the palm of your hand (the little finger is the one for intuition, according to the yogis), relax, recall the feeling of being accurate on caseworking and in the field when you are on patrol - and say whatever comes to you. Don't worry about what you are going to say; if your motives are right, then the right words will come to you.

Once you get the hang of it, you won't need any technique at all. You will recognize the feeling, and be aware of it when it comes, and be aware of what you do to trigger that feeling and to react to it, and what your attitude is, your emotions, etc. Then it will be a natural thing for you to do any time you need to use your ESP to get an answer and to know what to do.

IN THE NEWS...Scientist and doctors in Oregon are awarded a $2.4 million grant to studythe "expectancy effect" in healing.

2005-02-16T02:39:00.000-08:00

Harvard anesthesiologist Dr. Henry Beecher coined the phrase the "placebo effect," after he discovered that injections of a simple saline solution helped wounded soldiers in World War II overcome pain once the morphine ran out.

Now, a group of Oregon scientists are following in Beecher's footsteps as they begin mapping what they call the "expectancy effect" — the impact on health of a person's expectations of getting well.

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine has been awarded a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to study the phenomenon.

Just as Beecher discovered that up to 35 percent of a therapeutic response to any medical treatment could be the result of belief, Oregon researchers hope to show that a patient's expectation of getting well can have a positive affect on their health outcome.

Read the Full Article Here >>>

The Power of Desire, Belief and Expectancy in Healing

2005-02-16T02:24:00.000-08:00

by Jose Luis "Pepe" Romero

If you’re healing by spiritual means, (by using your mind), then spiritual factors are even more important than the formulas and methods. There are several different formula-type techniques that could work effectively, provided that you have the correct spiritual factors.

Jose Silva sums up the most important spiritual factors with the single word, "Faith." Faith is made up of three components: Desire, belief, and expectancy.

Desire is the motivating force that causes you to take action, that gives you the extra push, and is often the difference between failure and success.

Belief sustains you along the way. It helps you to maintain your hope, to keep thinking in terms of the person being healed, and being healthy again. The belief helps you to stay positive, to observe every sign and notice any improvement and rejoice about it. Belief in the techniques and in what you are doing makes it possible for you to take every setback as feedback, to let you know that you need to make adjustments to your programming, to modify what you are doing and find ways to help them get healthy quicker. Belief enables you to keep hope alive.

Expectation is keeping that mental picture of perfect health in mind. By hoping and praying that the person will reach that, it will manifest soon in the physical dimension. Expectancy means that you do keep hope alive, keep thinking of the person as being healthy, dynamic and happy.

You must have all three factors to be successful in your faith healing projects. If your desire is strong enough, you only need a small amount of belief and expectation. If you've got just a little bit of hope, and if you believe just enough to try the techniques, and you’ve got great, tremendous desire, - for instance, by wondering whether the technique is going to work or not, or worrying about whether you’re doing it correctly - then you can be very successful in your programming.

There’s one other factor that Jose Silva found to be important in his faith healing work: The attitude of the person who is sick. Mr. Silva would ask them why they wanted to get well. That might sound like a silly question, but it’s very important. If you’re sick, why do you want to get well? If you are sick, then pause for a moment and answer that before you continue reading.

Mr. Silva said if the person answered that they wanted to get well because they wanted to travel, to experience things they hadn’t yet experienced, to enjoy themselves, then he would have to counsel them before he could proceed. "That's not the correct attitude," he explains. "We were not placed here on planet earth so that we can just run around having fun. We were not sent here for a 70 year coffee break." He feels very strongly that we were sent here to help to correct problems and make this a better place to live. If you want to be close to the creator, he reasons, you must take part in constructive and creative activities. If you are helping the creator by taking part in constructive and creative activities to make this a better world to live in, then it stands to reason that the creator is going to help you, to keep you healthy so that you can continue to do your work.

If a person is not helping to correct problems, or if the person is causing problems, then there might not be enough incentive to help them. Your time might be better spent helping those who are doing their job and correcting problems.

Up to now we have been primarily providing you supporting information that will help you as we get more involved with holistic faith healing techniques. In future sessions we will be covering more techniques along with the supporting information. Until then . . .

MAY THE REST OF YOUR LIFE BE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE!

P E P E

Jose Luis "Pepe" Romero
Director, Silva UltraMind Systems LCC
Instructor, Silva UltraMind System

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IN THE NEWS...How Meditation can Help the 65 Million Americans who suffer from high-blood pressure.

2005-02-01T08:06:00.000-08:00

BOSTON - About 65 million Americans have high blood pressure, according to experts - a serious problem that increases your risk of having either a heart attack or stroke.

For patients taking medications to control hypertension, it can be expensive and cause side effects.

But, NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh reported, a new study applauded the effectiveness of a non-drug approach to hypertension - meditation.

A new study found that the simple act of sitting with eyes closed and breathing has a significant impact on blood pressure.

Experts in the field said they are not surprised.

Read the Full Article Here >>>

Cast the Net of Your Imagination Wide!

2005-02-01T07:45:00.000-08:00

by Karol Zelazny, Silva UltraMind Instructor, Eastern Canada

You might have been wondering what Silva Instructors do when they are not conducting Silva Seminars? Let me unveil the mystery.

We live the knowledge that we teach, while still learning the intricate mechanics of our own minds and workings of a Higher Intelligence. For example, I'm working on a book called "World of Symptoms". It covers areas of psychology, religion, and human history, while at the same time redefining life and shedding new light on what makes us human. I am also involved in conducting Past Life Regression research and exploration. A very exciting subject!

Overall, I use visualization for Knowledge and Higher Awareness. I also use self hypnosis and give myself various Post Hypnotic suggestions.

I've discovered that this yields some unexpected results!

I started by programming for prosperity since I noticed that my business minded (and very patient) wife is growing tired of me spending more than I make! The first time I used self hypnosis for prosperity, I was able to locate a winning $100 scratch ticket in a corner store.

It all began one night as I was driving my car. I was without a cent in my pocket and I had a maxed out Visa card. I started to wonder why I was in this situation. Soon I realized that the culprit responsible for being in this unpleasant state is my own program, that over the years I encoded on my subconscious mind. That program is titled "I don’t care about money! I always have enough, but overall making money is a dirty job so let somebody else worry about that."

Then I suddenly realized ( I’m only 42 :-) ) "I need money for my various projects, travel and research!" Many of us have programmed ourselves to subconsciously regard money as a dirty thing, while consciously needing and wanting it. That’s like pushing and pulling at the same time, you are not getting anywhere. With this kind of programming we spin in circles.Money is a way of exchanging energy. We pay money in exchange for products and services, and similarly the producer of a product or person giving the service does so in exchange for money. Money is neither good nor bad. It is neutral. It is YOU that makes it good, when YOU use it for good purposes.

I started deprogramming myself using my own award winning hypnotic script Prosperity and

Abundance that contains effective post hypnotic suggestions.

It worked fast.

One day while driving my car I realized that all I had in my pocket was $5 bill. "I need to get some cash quickly!" I said to myself.

I stopped at a corner store and thought about selecting a winning scratch ticket. I had done it several times before with good results. I go in Alpha, with my eyes open, and pass my hand over the counter where the tickets are. Sometimes I feel a tingly sensation or warmth in my hand when going over a winning ticket. Overall my success rate is about 80%. The problem is that there are not very many good winning tickets - you merely win back your $5 or $10.

Once I talked about this method during a seminar and two students reported on the second day that they used it to buy seven winning tickets from a total of eight they purchased. In the beginning, it was exciting but the novelty quickly wore off.

I decided on a bit more advanced technique of selecting a winning ticket.

I closed my eyes and went deeply in Alpha, possibly Theta. With my mind’s eye I saw all tickets on the counter. There were different colors: green, white, red and yellow. I asked myself, "What color ticket should I buy?" The green section started to pulsate like a neon sign. I followed with, "Which ticket from the top should I select?" Again the very first ticket started to pulsate. I went to the store and bought the ticket. My subconscious selected the ticket for me. I won $100 and gave a $20 tip to the store clerk. She was quite surprised. "Share the wealth!" I told her with a smile.

Sometimes we use our subconscious minds against ourselves, against our true purpose. Even if we are experts in the field. It happened to me twice in recent months. For me, it was also a learning experience that added to the material for my book. Maybe that was the true purpose of this experience.

A few months ago, over a period of two weeks, I became increasingly impatient, angry and overall disappointed with myself. I almost felt as if I were somebody else. There was not an obvious cause of this state of mind. Day by day, I grew more restless and angry. I was beginning to dislike these characteristics of myself. Finally I decided to program a dream with a method devised by Jose Silva to find a cause of this situation. In a dream, I saw giving post hypnotic suggestions to myself. I suggested, "Every time I open my e-mail program, I think about writing my book."

It was a suggestion I had given myself to keep my interest in finishing the book a few weeks before. I open my e-mail program several times a day. Post hypnotic suggestions grow stronger every time one performs a certain function. It is called an anchor or trigger. It has a compounding effect.

There was only one problem. While I was thinking about writing, I was not doing it! So I became angry and disappointed with the lack of effort. Because it all has been playing out in my subconscious mind, consciously I was just feeling the emotions not knowing where they are coming from. I deprogrammed the suggestions and instantly my frame of mind changed to my usual, happy, relaxed self. Be careful what you wish for!

We need to remember that part of our subconscious mind is an opportunist and partly a five year old kid at the same time. It will give us what we want using the least complicated methods that sometimes look like the work of a mischievous child. :-)

I can guarantee you that this negative energy can be your own subconscious mind! Look what I managed to do to myself. For example, a few weeks ago, I wrote an affirmation and placed it on my desk. It said, "I’m slim and trim. My weight is 185 pounds." I was 200 pounds at the time and felt a bit too heavy. I meant to start going to the gym, play tennis and start running with my dog. The work on the book absorbed me and I gained two more pounds while doing absolutely nothing to lose the unwanted weight except for reading the above affirmation few times a day. My subconscious mind soon got to work.

One of my sons brought home a flu virus. Nobody else contracted it but me. I lost my appetite. The illness lasted almost seven days. Very unusual since normally I can limit the flu to one day. I lost 10 pounds!

I got what I wanted but not in the way I expected. It happens frequently to us. To avoid such surprises, supply your subconscious mind with wide range of opportunities to provide you with the desired results.

Cast your net wide! Take action!... and your mind will only be happy to chip in. By the way, I started weight-training and roller-blading with my dog. Can’t afford to be sick again.!!

Editor's Note: Karol conducts classes throughout Eastern Canada.
For a list of classes, and to learn more about Karol please refer to his site here:
http://www.silvaultramindsystem.com/seminars/info/zelazny/

If you're looking for seminars outside Eastern Canada - refer to this page for a full seminar listing:http://www.silvaultramindsystem.com/seminars/

How Can I Improve My Ability to Visualize? All I see is a black screen...?

2005-02-01T07:14:00.000-08:00

"Is there any technique I can learn to help my ability of visualization? I am unable to visualize anything. All I can see is a white color on a dark background. " ~ Silva Student

Answer from Ed Bernd Jr.

Okay... visualization. That's a big stumbling block for a lot of people... and it was for me too for a long time. That's because so many people don't know what it is and have very unrealistic expectations.

Visualization is remembering what something looks like. Period.

You only "see" with your physical eyes, your eyesight. When your eyes are closed, you can't "see" anything, because you are not using your eyes. If you are trying to "see" something when you visualize, you will go to the beta brain frequency. You do not want to do this... you need to be at the alpha frequency in order to use ESP and to program your mind.

So... you SEE with your EYES, you visualize with your mind... that is, you recall to mind what something looks like.

Sure, it is wonderful to have nice clear "mental images" like you are talking about, but most people DON'T have them. Our research indicates that 80% of people DO NOT have good clear mental images.

It doesn't matter. To be successful in using ESP, to be successful in programming, all you need is to think about what something looks like.

Have you ever seen an animal... a dog, a horse, etc.? Can you tell me what it looked like? How many legs? How big? What color? Solid color or spots, or stripes, or what?

When you do that... when you recall what it looks like...you are visualizing.

That's all you need for success!

The clarity of the mental images... or the lack of them... has nothing to do with your success in using ESP, or your success in programming. Don't worry about it or create stress for yourself...

THAT will inhibit your chances of success!

I used to think to myself that I would just imagine what I would visualize if I actually could visualize. That works.

If you just think about what something looks like, you are visualizing.

If you think about what something would look like that you've never seen (or imagined) before, that's "imagination." If you imagine that dog with six legs instead of four legs, and imagine where the extra two legs would be, and what that would look like, that's imagination.

Later, when you recall that 6-legged dog, and where the extra two legs would be, and what that would look like, you are visualizing... recalling something you experienced before.

It doesn't matter whether you have mental images or not.

Better and better,

Ed

In Jose Silva's Words...Can you talk a person into Healing their Skin?

2005-01-20T07:45:00.000-08:00

Imagine commanding someone's skin to instantly create a blister, or heal a scar - with nothing but the power of suggestion.

Is this possible?

Hypnosis experiment showed how we can stimulate the body's healing mechanism we began our research into the human mind by studying psychology.

That led me to hypnosis, which I began to study.

This produced a lot of valuable information for us.

For instance, I was testing an individual at one time, for positive hallucination.

Positive hallucination means that the person would experience more than was actually present in the environment.

Here is how I did it:

Fooling the body
I took my subject to a deep theta level. Even though he was deeply hypnotized, he had his eyes open and was watching me.

Then I told him that I was going to touch him with a red hot iron. I picked up a piece of stainless steel with a pair of pliers, and touched the back of his hand with it. Even though the piece of stainless steel was not hot, when I touched him with it, he screamed. He felt the burn. He felt the heat...he experienced a positive hallucination...he was sensing more than what was there. The piece of stainless steel was still at room temperature.

Not only did he feel the pain, his body responded as if it has been burned. Ninety percent of the subjects you do this to develop a little red spot, little red dot, as if they were burned with boiling water, or something like that. Ten percent develop a blister. I was lucky to see that phenomenon. My subject developed a blister.I asked myself, "What happened here? I didn't burn him. Did I fool the healing process, the natural healing process of the body, to send healing chemistry to a spot that did not need it?"

I realized that that's exactly what happened. My suggestion caused his healing mechanism to build a blister, build new skin under it, and get rid of that burned skin. But the skin was not actually burned.

Then I wondered, "Could we send in extra healing chemistry to accelerate the healing process?

Of course you can do that. If you can do one, you can do the other. No question there.

Shortcomings of hypnosis
So, many things came through in experimenting with hypnosis.

But there are shortcomings. For instance, I found that the deeper a person went, the more they forgot.

At a certain level, they start forgetting. If you want them to forget everything, then you suggest to them that they forget everything. If you don't want them to forget, then you tell them to remember everything, and they will.

But you leave it alone, the deeper they go, the more they forget, until they forget everything. They remember nothing. If you want them to remember, you have to tell them to remember.We kept on working with our subjects hour after hour after hour after hour, until finally they started remembering a little bit, the way they did before, earlier in their training.

Then we continued for even more hours, and they started remembering more and more. It was as though they had dreamed it. Eventually, they reached the point that they could remember everything that took place while they were at deep levels of hypnosis.

Finding a new level

We wanted a level where they could remember everything. Not like in hypnosis where the deeper they went, the more they forgot. As we continued to investigate, we found that what was happening, they were coming up from theta to alpha. Theta is the deepest you can go in hypnosis. They were coming a little bit at a time, until finally they got to alpha, and then they remembered everything. They could even talk to you, like they did before.

A hypnotized subject in theta never asked questions. Their mind functions inductively, like when they were prior to seven years of age. When you take them to five cycles theta, that is comparable to when they were five years old.

Why do they forget? Because now they are 50. That happened 45 years ago, brain-wise. How can they remember?

So there at five cycles, in deep hypnosis, their mind functions inductively. They cannot formulate a question. They can answer questions, but they can never ask questions, because they are not able to while they are at that level.

So we found out what level they could become active at. It was at the alpha level that they could activate their mind, that they could analyze information and come up with solutions to problems.

That's how we discovered the alpha dimension and what could be accomplished at alpha.

After that, it was a matter of developing an altered state of consciousness to get a subject to alpha, where they could analyze information, where they could function deductively, where they could ask questions and also answer questions.

This is how we developed the Silva System

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IN THE NEWS...Scientist find that Meditation Alters the Brain in Good Ways

2005-01-20T07:35:00.000-08:00

Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries - meditation improves your brain.

According to one scientist "mental practice is having an effect on the brain in the same way golf or tennis practice will enhance performance."

It demonstrates, he said, that the brain is capable of being trained and physically modified in ways few people can imagine.

Read this Surprising Article below in the IndyStar Newspaper

How YOU Can Reach the Alpha Level - Easily and Naturally

2005-01-20T07:30:00.000-08:00

If you've listened to our free online training program, you have probably experienced the alpha level with the help of the Centering Audio we provide in Lesson 2.

But what happens if you don't have the audio handy? Is it possible to reach alpha naturally?

The answer is yes - and it requires only a little but of practice.

The technique here is different from the one we use at Silva seminars. Because you will be doing this without the benefit of a guide the technique will be a little slower than the one we use at class. But you should have no problems with it.

The first thing to remember is that we all go into the alpha several times daily. You are in alpha in the morning when you just wake up and again at night just before falling asleep. The alpha level is nothing mysterious or unattainable.
The easiest time to reach the alpha level is in the morning when you just wake up. So for the next few days we will ask you to practice the centering exercise in the morning.

Here is all you have to do to reach the Alpha level and Center yourself. Read and reread the instructions that follow until you understand them and start the exercise the following morning.

The Technique for Reaching Alpha

The exercise will be done in the morning when you have just woken up and it will take fifteen minutes.

As soon as you wake up, brush your teeth and use the bathroom if necessary. Then set your alarm for fifteen minutes later in case you fall asleep during the exercise.

Now sit in a comfortable chair or your bed with you feet flat on the ground. If you prefer, you can sit in a classic meditation lotus position. Hold your head well balanced, not slumped.

Close your eyes and look upwards, behind your eyelids, at a 20 degree angle.

Jose Silva found that positioning your eyeballs to look 20 degrees above the horizontal line of sight seems to help induce the alpha level.

Now concentrate on first one part of your body, then another, to consciously relax it. Starting with your scalp, slowly move down your body and feel each part of your body slowly relaxing and releasing tension.

Beginning with your scalp move the focus of your attention to your forehead, then face, throat, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, chest, abdomen, hips, thighs, knees, calves, feet, heels, soles, and finally toes. Consciously feel each of these parts relaxing. If it helps, imagine each part as a balloon and imagine the balloon gently deflating as air rushes out of it. Feel each part go loose and limp like a deflated balloon.

At this point, you will learn two routines, one to reach alpha and the other to come out of it. The routine to reach alpha is to slowly count backwards from 100 to 1. There is nothing complicated about this. Just count backwards from 100 to 1 and feel yourself going deeper and deeper into the alpha level. As you count backwards you will yourself get more relaxed, this is a good sign and it means you’re approaching alpha.

Now to come out of alpha you repeat the affirmation

I am going to count from one to five. At the count of five I will be wide awake, feeling fine, in perfect health, feeling better than before. One – two – three – at the count of five I will be wide awake, feeling fine and in perfect health, feeling better than before – four - five – (open your eyes) eyes open, feeling fine and in perfect health, feeling better than before.

Memorize this affirmation before you begin your first session.

When you first start practicing you will have to count from 100 to 1 to reach alpha.

After 10 days you will be ready to make this process more efficient. Now you can reach alpha by counting backwards from 50 to 1. Do this for another 10 days.

Once you complete this, for the next 10 days you can reach alpha by counting backwards from 25 – 1. Again do this for 10 days.

On the final 10 days you will be able to reach alpha by counting backwards from 10 to 1.

After ten days of using the 10 – 1 countdown, you should be able to reach alpha by simply counting from 5 – 1. At this point you no longer have to limit your practice to the mornings and will be able to reach alpha any time of the day.

Congratulations, you have now learned to meditate.

Now let’s look at these steps in order.

Going to Alpha – A Step by Step Guide

1. Upon waking up in the go to the bathroom if you have to then hop back in bed but sit upright. Set your alarm clock to ring in fifteen minutes in case you fall asleep. Make yourself comfortable, but too comfortable – you don’t want to fall asleep again.

2. With your eyelids shut, turn your eyes upwards about 20 degrees. Research has shown that this triggers more alpha rhythm in the brain.

3. Begin counting backwards from 100 to 1 for the first ten days. You can then reduce this to 50 – 1, 25 – 1 and final 10 – 1 for each 10 day block. By then end of the 40 days you will be able to reach alpha by simply counting backward from 5 – 1.

4. You are now in the alpha level. At this point you can practice the exercises described in the rest of this book.

5. When you’re done – simple count forward from 1 – 5 using the affirmations I am going to count from one to five. At the count of five I will be wide awake, feeling fine, in perfect health, feeling better than before. One – two – three – at the count of five I will be wide awake, feeling fine and in perfect health, feeling better than before – four - five – (open your eyes) eyes open, feeling fine and in perfect health, feeling better than before.

In general, we recommend staying at the Alpha level for 15 minutes.

Now before you forget, set your alarm clock for 15 minutes earlier than usual tomorrow so you will have time to practice the Silva Centering Exercise.

Please remember, the secret to success is discipline. Practice makes perfect. This is no different from training your physical body and getting into shape. If you exercise your body only once per month you get very different results than if you exercise daily. The same principle applies when you train and exercise your mind.

The more you go into alpha, learn to visualize, relax, and tune into your intuition, the healthier, and better your life becomes.

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How Can I Improve My Ability to Visualize? All I see is a black screen...?

"I often fall asleep while meditating.
How can I stay awake and alert?"