12-8-11
In meditation (or prayer) you've asked a question to obtain guidance from Spirit.
You don't understand the answer or feel you didn't get an answer. What now?
First let's look at the most important part of your answer...the question: The quality of the answer is determined by the quality of the question.
Sometimes what we're really asking is "How can I make this pain stop?" That will get a vague response.
How can you ask a better question? phrase the question differently?
Spend time considering your situation in detail. Yes, it will most likely be an uncomfortable process but it provides the clarity you need. THEN create the question.
"Should I do this?" is a poor question.
Hint: if the question starts "Should I..." it's probably looking for a way to stop pain instead of getting guidance!
How can it be improved? One suggestion might be "If I do this, will it move me further along the path of my life purpose?"
Bottom line: give yourself the opportunity to really think about the situation before posing the question.
Next, when in your meditation, make sure you're at that perfect place where you know you're successful at getting guidance. Some people call it "being in the groove".
Perhaps you need to go deeper. How? One of the simplest ways is to count downward from 100 to 1...any number down to 1 will do. There's something about counting down that causes almost anybody to relax.
Then, assume your answer is coming at any moment. All you have to do is be 'on the alert' for it.
In Silva classes we often talk about this when discussing use of The Glass of Water technique yet it's true virtually all the time. We ask questions, look for Guidance, on a regular basis.
Bottom line: what we look for, we find. This applies to answers, ideas, opportunities...everything! Keep your eyes focused on what you desire and you'll see it.
Barbara Hawkins
The Silva Method, Silva Life System and Silva Intuition Training - sharing these is a joy. It's so uplifting and rewarding to see people learn the skills and techniques, apply them in their lives and increase their fulfillment and happiness. I am privileged to work with Silva Graduates in a coaching relationship.
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Think With the Right Brain Hemisphere and Act With the Left
This article has some of Jose Silva’s reflections as one year came to an end and a new year began.
He saw what he usually saw: That the 90 percent of humanity who only think with the left brain hemisphere, are causing more problems than the 10 percent who think with the right brain hemisphere and act with the left, can correct.
by JOSE SILVA
Many people like to take time out at the beginning of the new year to pray for peace on earth.
There are new age groups that meditate on peace on earth. A lot of Silva Method graduates pray for it.
We certainly need it.
Look wherever you like, and you will see problems:
*People trying to destroy whole races in the name of the creator.
*Governments treating their citizens like property to be used at their pleasure and then disposed of.
*Politicians who fight any idea from the opposing party no matter how good the idea might be for the citizens.
*Businesses taking advantage of every possible loophole - and even resorting to dishonesty and sabotage of their competitors - in order to improve the "bottom line."
*Individuals hoping to "get rich quick" through any means possible, from lawsuits against corporations with "deep pockets" to gambling to fraud and theft whenever they think they can get away with it.
It is not all bad, of course. There are still people out there - and businesses and governments - that care about other people, who care about the effect that their actions have on other people, and who try to do what they honestly believe is best for all concerned.
A NEW WAY
These problems are taking their toll. This has been recognized by individuals, by businesses, and by governments.
And this has spawned a whole new industry -an industry involved with "reinvention."
There are business guru's who want to help us "reinvent" business. And others who want to help us "reinvent" government.
They boast whenever they manage to get someone to do the right thing, the thing that is best for all concerned.
*A politician goes on national television and boasts about how he got a government agency to stop paying 100 times more for some product than it is worth!
*An officer of a corporation writes a best selling book about how his company has started to actually provide satisfactory service to its customers!
*It is headline news nationwide when somebody returns a valuable item that they found to its owner!
DIFFERENT VALUES
Thirty years ago in the United States a guru was a spiritual person who dedicated his or her life to helping people and uplifting the human spirit.
Now when you mention "guru" people want to know the title of his latest book, and what method he uses to help businesses be more competitive in the '90s.
And the new style of guru obliges. He comes up with new models for operating a business. You flatted out the organizational chart, or "empower" employees, or actually listen to your customers!
A BETTER PLAN
As we begin this new year, I'd like to suggest another way to go about correcting our problems and bringing peace to the planet.
It is not the institutions that are at fault.
*Not government.
*Not business.
*Not politicians.
*Not lawyers.
Institutions are run by people. Decisions are made by people. Actions are taken by people.
If we make a better person, then the institutions will automatically be better.
They will function more efficiently. They will serve people better. We will all be happier and better off.
If we can somehow convince people to work for the common good, to do what is best for all concerned, then we will all be better off.
I am not saying that you should not stand up for what you believe in. You should fight for what you believe is right.
At the same time, you should realize that different people have different goals. They may have needs that are different from yours.
RESPECT EVERYONE
Some people may want to worship in a different way than you do.
Let them!
Have you ever noticed that the people who start wars are the people with little minds who cannot conceive of anyone else being right except for themselves?
The people who say, "I believe I have found the correct answer, but I respect your right to differ with me," do not start wars.
It is the people who say, "My way is the only way." They are the ones who start wars.
It amazes me that the people who claim to be the most religious, those who profess their strong belief in their religion, are usually the ones who show the most disrespect for the creator's greatest creation: other human beings.
Rather than supporting people and respecting their ideas and helping them to live productive, happy lives - they condemn them because their ideas about the creator are different.
Most wars are started by people who are so narrow-minded - who have such little minds - that they cannot accept the fact that might not know everything there is to know.
These little-minded people act like they are some kind of god, with the right to tell everybody else how to live and how to believe and how to pray.
In order to have peace on this planet, we must learn to respect everyone. We must respect each other's right to do as we choose, so long as we are not harming anyone else.
HOW TO PROGRAM
We are not going to bring peace to the planet just by wishing for it.
We are not going to correct the problems that face us by "reinventing" business and government.
All of the cute slogans that the guru's write about in their books and say so eloquently on their tapes may feel good for a moment, but they are not going to change the basic problems facing humanity today.
Those problems deal with humans...with people.
To make a better world, we need to make a better person.
Fortunately, there is a way to do that.
The people who correct the most problems, who bring the greatest benefits to humanity, are the people who do their thinking at the alpha brain wave level, where they can use their intuitive and creative right brain hemisphere to think with.
With your right brain hemisphere, you can get more information than you can from the left hemisphere alone. You can sense information intuitively that is not available to your physical senses. This will help you make better decisions.
The alpha brain wave level is the ideal level to think at, the ideal level for decision making.
When all people on the planet learn how to use the alpha level to think with, to get information and make decisions, then our institutions will work properly, nations will live in peace with each other, and we will actually have a paradise on earth.
At the alpha level, it is easier to determine what our purpose is in life. It is easier to understand and respect other people.
Those people who speak hateful words, who condemn others simply for being different, are not alpha thinkers. They are losers. They deserve our pity. We should try to help them, by showing them how to use both brain hemispheres to think with.
Teaching all of the 5 billion people on the planet to learn how to center themselves at alpha is too big a job for one person. It will take all of us, working together, to get the job done.
If you have children between the ages of seven and fourteen, then teach them to use visualization and imagination. Teach them to use their intuition. Just ask them to do it, and praise them every time they are correct.
If you do that, they will grow up with the ability to function at alpha whenever they desire. If you have questions about it, contact your local Silva Method lecturer, or contact us here in Laredo. We have written a book, and are putting together a home study course, to help parents help their children.
People older than fourteen need to take the Silva Method training to regain the ability to function at alpha.
It can be done. It should be done. I believe that it must be done if we are to have peace on our planet.
And I believe that when we do this, when everyone can - and does - function at alpha, then we will have a paradise one earth.
Please be sure to check in at our online alumni association clubhouse from time to time - www.SIGA.org - and take advantage of the resources available there. Thank you.
Avlis Productions Inc., P.O. Box 691809, Houston, TX 77269, United States
He saw what he usually saw: That the 90 percent of humanity who only think with the left brain hemisphere, are causing more problems than the 10 percent who think with the right brain hemisphere and act with the left, can correct.
by JOSE SILVA
Many people like to take time out at the beginning of the new year to pray for peace on earth.
There are new age groups that meditate on peace on earth. A lot of Silva Method graduates pray for it.
We certainly need it.
Look wherever you like, and you will see problems:
*People trying to destroy whole races in the name of the creator.
*Governments treating their citizens like property to be used at their pleasure and then disposed of.
*Politicians who fight any idea from the opposing party no matter how good the idea might be for the citizens.
*Businesses taking advantage of every possible loophole - and even resorting to dishonesty and sabotage of their competitors - in order to improve the "bottom line."
*Individuals hoping to "get rich quick" through any means possible, from lawsuits against corporations with "deep pockets" to gambling to fraud and theft whenever they think they can get away with it.
It is not all bad, of course. There are still people out there - and businesses and governments - that care about other people, who care about the effect that their actions have on other people, and who try to do what they honestly believe is best for all concerned.
A NEW WAY
These problems are taking their toll. This has been recognized by individuals, by businesses, and by governments.
And this has spawned a whole new industry -an industry involved with "reinvention."
There are business guru's who want to help us "reinvent" business. And others who want to help us "reinvent" government.
They boast whenever they manage to get someone to do the right thing, the thing that is best for all concerned.
*A politician goes on national television and boasts about how he got a government agency to stop paying 100 times more for some product than it is worth!
*An officer of a corporation writes a best selling book about how his company has started to actually provide satisfactory service to its customers!
*It is headline news nationwide when somebody returns a valuable item that they found to its owner!
DIFFERENT VALUES
Thirty years ago in the United States a guru was a spiritual person who dedicated his or her life to helping people and uplifting the human spirit.
Now when you mention "guru" people want to know the title of his latest book, and what method he uses to help businesses be more competitive in the '90s.
And the new style of guru obliges. He comes up with new models for operating a business. You flatted out the organizational chart, or "empower" employees, or actually listen to your customers!
A BETTER PLAN
As we begin this new year, I'd like to suggest another way to go about correcting our problems and bringing peace to the planet.
It is not the institutions that are at fault.
*Not government.
*Not business.
*Not politicians.
*Not lawyers.
Institutions are run by people. Decisions are made by people. Actions are taken by people.
If we make a better person, then the institutions will automatically be better.
They will function more efficiently. They will serve people better. We will all be happier and better off.
If we can somehow convince people to work for the common good, to do what is best for all concerned, then we will all be better off.
I am not saying that you should not stand up for what you believe in. You should fight for what you believe is right.
At the same time, you should realize that different people have different goals. They may have needs that are different from yours.
RESPECT EVERYONE
Some people may want to worship in a different way than you do.
Let them!
Have you ever noticed that the people who start wars are the people with little minds who cannot conceive of anyone else being right except for themselves?
The people who say, "I believe I have found the correct answer, but I respect your right to differ with me," do not start wars.
It is the people who say, "My way is the only way." They are the ones who start wars.
It amazes me that the people who claim to be the most religious, those who profess their strong belief in their religion, are usually the ones who show the most disrespect for the creator's greatest creation: other human beings.
Rather than supporting people and respecting their ideas and helping them to live productive, happy lives - they condemn them because their ideas about the creator are different.
Most wars are started by people who are so narrow-minded - who have such little minds - that they cannot accept the fact that might not know everything there is to know.
These little-minded people act like they are some kind of god, with the right to tell everybody else how to live and how to believe and how to pray.
In order to have peace on this planet, we must learn to respect everyone. We must respect each other's right to do as we choose, so long as we are not harming anyone else.
HOW TO PROGRAM
We are not going to bring peace to the planet just by wishing for it.
We are not going to correct the problems that face us by "reinventing" business and government.
All of the cute slogans that the guru's write about in their books and say so eloquently on their tapes may feel good for a moment, but they are not going to change the basic problems facing humanity today.
Those problems deal with humans...with people.
To make a better world, we need to make a better person.
Fortunately, there is a way to do that.
The people who correct the most problems, who bring the greatest benefits to humanity, are the people who do their thinking at the alpha brain wave level, where they can use their intuitive and creative right brain hemisphere to think with.
With your right brain hemisphere, you can get more information than you can from the left hemisphere alone. You can sense information intuitively that is not available to your physical senses. This will help you make better decisions.
The alpha brain wave level is the ideal level to think at, the ideal level for decision making.
When all people on the planet learn how to use the alpha level to think with, to get information and make decisions, then our institutions will work properly, nations will live in peace with each other, and we will actually have a paradise on earth.
At the alpha level, it is easier to determine what our purpose is in life. It is easier to understand and respect other people.
Those people who speak hateful words, who condemn others simply for being different, are not alpha thinkers. They are losers. They deserve our pity. We should try to help them, by showing them how to use both brain hemispheres to think with.
Teaching all of the 5 billion people on the planet to learn how to center themselves at alpha is too big a job for one person. It will take all of us, working together, to get the job done.
If you have children between the ages of seven and fourteen, then teach them to use visualization and imagination. Teach them to use their intuition. Just ask them to do it, and praise them every time they are correct.
If you do that, they will grow up with the ability to function at alpha whenever they desire. If you have questions about it, contact your local Silva Method lecturer, or contact us here in Laredo. We have written a book, and are putting together a home study course, to help parents help their children.
People older than fourteen need to take the Silva Method training to regain the ability to function at alpha.
It can be done. It should be done. I believe that it must be done if we are to have peace on our planet.
And I believe that when we do this, when everyone can - and does - function at alpha, then we will have a paradise one earth.
Please be sure to check in at our online alumni association clubhouse from time to time - www.SIGA.org - and take advantage of the resources available there. Thank you.
Avlis Productions Inc., P.O. Box 691809, Houston, TX 77269, United States
Monday, March 21, 2011
Earthquakes Within and Without – 7 Steps For Changing Beliefs
Ever think about changing your beliefs? Think it's impossible? Or nearly?
It's not!
The Silva Method provides a great system to do this very effectively. If you're a Graduate of one or more of the Silva courses, probably you quickly
BTW the bold and italic fonts are mine.
by Dawn DelVecchio March 13, 2011
If you’ve been feeling on edge lately but can’t really put your finger on why – let me assure you: you’re not alone. A lot of us are starting to realise that something is going on. There’s some big changes happening here on planet Earth – both geologically and metaphysically – and it doesn’t always feel good.
As earthquakes literally rock our world, we humans are being rocked by an internal upheaval just as life-transforming. What is it?
Changing Beliefs
You see, we’re undergoing a shift in human consciousness. And that shift has got a lot of us feeling like the very ground beneath us is rocking and swaying – not unlike the earth quakes that are getting more intense and frequent all around our planet.
This is a time when our ‘higher selves’ are asking us to make some radical changes in our beliefs, because the beliefs we once thought stable and certain are now shifting like so much sand under our feet.
But how do we go about changing beliefs? How do we stay clear and strong even as all we once knew is in flux? First, let’s have a look at what beliefs are, (or more importantly, what’ they’re not), and then look at what to do to make this transformation as smooth as possible.
1. You’re NOT your Beliefs
Here’s the dilemma: we think our beliefs define who we are. Then, when life offers us information that clearly challenges those beliefs, we tend to get angry, scared or shift into denial, feeling as if our very life is threatened. Sounds irrational, doesn’t it? But think about how many times you’ve experienced or observed hostility, resentment and even the loss of friendships (to say nothing of war and abuse) all because someone said you were wrong, or because you told someone they weren’t right.
But the thing is – you’re not your beliefs. Not at all. A belief, as Abraham-Hicks explains, is simply “a thought you keep thinking.” No matter how long you’ve held a belief, no matter how much you’ve invested your life, time and energy into a belief, you are much, much more than that. Let’s take an example to illustrate …
Let’s say you lived during the 15th century, and you grew up believing that the world was flat. Then this guy Columbus comes along and willy-nilly, the world becomes round and your beliefs are wiped aside like a silly bit of nonsense. Does this change change you? Does it reduce you, limit you or in any way diminish you? Of course not! In fact, if you lived during such an era of sweeping change (and believe me – you do!), the discoveries that demand an instantaneous change in your beliefs would have rocked your world – for the better.
2. Ask for Guidance
Whether you ascribe to a higher Self, higher power, deeper knowing, angelic forces or ultimate God/Source energy, during this time of change, calling upon that which is most sacred to you will help you find ease with this personal and planetary transition. This is because when we ask for guidance we reach beyond the ego-based personality, a structure founded on the very beliefs we may now be called to change.
3. Breath
Sounds simple – is mighty. Breath is Life, and bringing your attention to it during times of stress can actually assist your physiological functioning as well as calm your mind. So when changing beliefs is feeling so painful that it’s more like cutting off a limb, breath and breath and breath.
4. Face your Fears
Take some time to look with courage at the beliefs you cherish most, then ask yourself the scariest question of all: “What would happen if this belief were wrong?” Scary, eh? I understand. But the strange thing is, when you actually face your greatest fears surrounding your beliefs, you open the door to mental and emotional liberation. Don’t believe me? Try it and see.
5. Forgive
Forgive yourself, forgive others, forgive your fears, your doubts, your disbeliefs. Forgive anyone and anything – including those who taught you any beliefs that now seem false. The more your forgive, the freer you’ll feel. Promise.
6. Meditate
In order to really begin to feel that you are not your beliefs, you have to get some mental ‘space’ from them. And there’s no more powerful, efficient way to get some space between your self-beyond-your-beliefs and your thoughts is through meditation. Meditation creates spaciousness in the mind. Allowing you to recognize – as Eckhart Tolle would say – that your thoughts and beliefs are no more than “content in the NOW.”
7. Choose Love
I’m not just talking about romantic love. And I’m definitely not talking about conditional love of any kind. I’m talking about love as the opposite of fear. I’m talking about loving acceptance for self, for others and for the earth, no matter what changes come. I’m talking about dropping judgement, drama and fear and committing yourself to a higher, deeper presence – no matter how tumultuous life feels.
Are you feeling a tumult of changes in your life that are demanding you reevaluate your beliefs? If you are, please share your story with us in the comments section below. This way we can help to support each other during these changing times.
Dawn DelVecchio is the author of ...The Healers Way. The mission of the Healer’s Way is to be a resource for healers and all others. This healing community of over 25,000 healers engage in dialogues to explore the latest information on alternative healing, energy healing, and the healing of humanity.
It's not!
The Silva Method provides a great system to do this very effectively. If you're a Graduate of one or more of the Silva courses, probably you quickly
BTW the bold and italic fonts are mine.
by Dawn DelVecchio March 13, 2011
If you’ve been feeling on edge lately but can’t really put your finger on why – let me assure you: you’re not alone. A lot of us are starting to realise that something is going on. There’s some big changes happening here on planet Earth – both geologically and metaphysically – and it doesn’t always feel good.
As earthquakes literally rock our world, we humans are being rocked by an internal upheaval just as life-transforming. What is it?
Changing Beliefs
You see, we’re undergoing a shift in human consciousness. And that shift has got a lot of us feeling like the very ground beneath us is rocking and swaying – not unlike the earth quakes that are getting more intense and frequent all around our planet.
This is a time when our ‘higher selves’ are asking us to make some radical changes in our beliefs, because the beliefs we once thought stable and certain are now shifting like so much sand under our feet.
But how do we go about changing beliefs? How do we stay clear and strong even as all we once knew is in flux? First, let’s have a look at what beliefs are, (or more importantly, what’ they’re not), and then look at what to do to make this transformation as smooth as possible.
1. You’re NOT your Beliefs
Here’s the dilemma: we think our beliefs define who we are. Then, when life offers us information that clearly challenges those beliefs, we tend to get angry, scared or shift into denial, feeling as if our very life is threatened. Sounds irrational, doesn’t it? But think about how many times you’ve experienced or observed hostility, resentment and even the loss of friendships (to say nothing of war and abuse) all because someone said you were wrong, or because you told someone they weren’t right.
But the thing is – you’re not your beliefs. Not at all. A belief, as Abraham-Hicks explains, is simply “a thought you keep thinking.” No matter how long you’ve held a belief, no matter how much you’ve invested your life, time and energy into a belief, you are much, much more than that. Let’s take an example to illustrate …
Let’s say you lived during the 15th century, and you grew up believing that the world was flat. Then this guy Columbus comes along and willy-nilly, the world becomes round and your beliefs are wiped aside like a silly bit of nonsense. Does this change change you? Does it reduce you, limit you or in any way diminish you? Of course not! In fact, if you lived during such an era of sweeping change (and believe me – you do!), the discoveries that demand an instantaneous change in your beliefs would have rocked your world – for the better.
2. Ask for Guidance
Whether you ascribe to a higher Self, higher power, deeper knowing, angelic forces or ultimate God/Source energy, during this time of change, calling upon that which is most sacred to you will help you find ease with this personal and planetary transition. This is because when we ask for guidance we reach beyond the ego-based personality, a structure founded on the very beliefs we may now be called to change.
3. Breath
Sounds simple – is mighty. Breath is Life, and bringing your attention to it during times of stress can actually assist your physiological functioning as well as calm your mind. So when changing beliefs is feeling so painful that it’s more like cutting off a limb, breath and breath and breath.
4. Face your Fears
Take some time to look with courage at the beliefs you cherish most, then ask yourself the scariest question of all: “What would happen if this belief were wrong?” Scary, eh? I understand. But the strange thing is, when you actually face your greatest fears surrounding your beliefs, you open the door to mental and emotional liberation. Don’t believe me? Try it and see.
5. Forgive
Forgive yourself, forgive others, forgive your fears, your doubts, your disbeliefs. Forgive anyone and anything – including those who taught you any beliefs that now seem false. The more your forgive, the freer you’ll feel. Promise.
6. Meditate
In order to really begin to feel that you are not your beliefs, you have to get some mental ‘space’ from them. And there’s no more powerful, efficient way to get some space between your self-beyond-your-beliefs and your thoughts is through meditation. Meditation creates spaciousness in the mind. Allowing you to recognize – as Eckhart Tolle would say – that your thoughts and beliefs are no more than “content in the NOW.”
7. Choose Love
I’m not just talking about romantic love. And I’m definitely not talking about conditional love of any kind. I’m talking about love as the opposite of fear. I’m talking about loving acceptance for self, for others and for the earth, no matter what changes come. I’m talking about dropping judgement, drama and fear and committing yourself to a higher, deeper presence – no matter how tumultuous life feels.
Are you feeling a tumult of changes in your life that are demanding you reevaluate your beliefs? If you are, please share your story with us in the comments section below. This way we can help to support each other during these changing times.
Dawn DelVecchio is the author of ...The Healers Way. The mission of the Healer’s Way is to be a resource for healers and all others. This healing community of over 25,000 healers engage in dialogues to explore the latest information on alternative healing, energy healing, and the healing of humanity.
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