How to Realize Your Goals

We all have goals whether we admit them to ourselves or anyone else, or not.. The question is, what are you doing about them? Have you written them down? Do you look at them often? Do you talk about them? Do you take action to achieve them?

Setting specific measurable goals is the way to go!

In Jack Canfield’s book "How to Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be" there's a funny / not funny comic: a drawing of a man lying in the road and under it is written, “Encumbered by a low self-image, Bob takes a job as a speed bump.”

Is this you...with a low self-image? If so, you’re probably not putting much effort into setting goals because you probably believe you can't have them. You may have a case of speed-bump-itis!

NOTICE:  It’s time to make a commitment with and to yourself. Most every successful person has set specific goals and then taken action - one step at a time - to achieve them. If they can do it, so can you.

1. Have a Goal Journal

Expensive or inexpensive, pretty or just aplain pad of paper, the important thing is that it's dedicated to only one thing: your goals.

2. Create your 'bucket list'

Write at least five, must-do-before-I-die goals, one per page.

3. Take the plunge

Be daring! Be bold! Write down what you really want to be, do and have for your life.

4. Be Specific

Goals are specific. “I want a good car” isn’t a goal. “I will have (a specific make/model) by XYZ date,” is. The more specific you are, the more clearly you program for success.

5. Say them!

Repeat your goals out loud to yourself three times a day, every day.

6. Find a 'buddy'

Find someone you trust to share your goals - an accountability partner. When you actually share your goals with someone else, you make a deeper level of commitment.

7. Take Action

For each goal, write down 5 or more, small, action-steps to take each week reach your goals.



Take The Gratitude Challenge

The Brighter Side – Take The Gratitude Challenge

by FinerMinds Team  December 1, 2010

30 bloggers + 21 Days = delight, beauty, love and a whole bunch of other cools stuff. Check out what happened when the company Tiny Prints challenged bloggers to take up three weeks of gratitude.

The 3 A's of Awesome

TEDxToronto - Neil Pasricha "The 3 A's of Awesome"

Abraham-Hicks Emotional Guidance Scale

Do you know if you're "on the right track"? Here's a great way to assess your "state of flow".

(The list from the video is below.)




The Emotional Guidance Scale from the book "Ask and It is Given" by Abraham-Hicks.

1. Joy/Knowledge/Empowered/Freedom/Love/Appreciation

2. Passion

3. Enthusiasm/Eagerness/Happiness

4. Positive Expectation/Belief

5. Optimism

6. Hopefulness

7. Contentment

8. Boredom

9. Pessimism

10. Frustration/Irritation/Impatience

11. Overwhelment

12. Disappointment

13. Doubt

14. Worry

15. Blame

16. Discouragement

17. Anger

18. Revenge

19. Hatred/Rage

20. Jealousy

21. Insecurity/Guilt/Unworthiness

22. Fear/Grief/Depression/Despair/Powerlessness


 

Is The Right Side Of Your Brain Taking Over?

The New Era Of Creativity

by Editorial Team (MindValley)

Published in: Creativity

Editor’s note: Do you consider yourself a creative person? Have your found being creative a help or a hassle in your personal, professional or financial life? Check out what author Laura Silva has to say about the positive future for creatives.

Are The Right Brains Taking Over? The New Era Of Creativity

Peek into any history book and you can see the progression of society. From the stone age to the agriculture age, then with the invention of machines came the industrial revolution. As recently as the early 90’s with the birth of the internet, we entered the stage we have come to know now — the information age.

But some are saying that a new era is dawning upon us. In Daniel Pink’s book “A Whole New Mind — Why Right Brainers Will Rule The Future” — Pink suggests we are moving into a Conceptual Age — characterized by creators and empathizers. According to him “Artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, counselors, big-picture thinkers – will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys.”

The Conceptual Age

Pink goes on to state that, like in the industrial revolution whern many human jobs were replaced by machines, these days any job that requires logical, analytical left brain thinking is now being replaced by a computer program. Many new professions are changing to right brain professions — and if you’re not creative it could be harder for you keep a job in this new era. The new job market no longer belongs to knowledge workers, but the creative — those who can take the abundance of information and knowledge and create something with intrinsic value. As he puts it

“A funny thing happened while we were pressing our noses to the grindstone: The world changed. The future no longer belongs to people who can reason with computer-like logic, speed, and precision. It belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind. Today — amid the uncertainties of an economy that has gone from boom to bust to blah — there’s a metaphor that explains what’s going on. And it’s right inside our heads.”

Not only “right inside our heads”, but the right hemisphere of our brain — the side responsible for creativity.

For more on the conceptual age, check out Dan’s great article “Revenge Of The Right Brain”.

The Value Of Creativity In The Workplace

This can be exemplified if you take a peak at FastCompany’s top 100 creative people in business in 2010. The top 10 not surprisingly contains a international pop star, film maker and TV producer — but the other 7? Shockingly the top ten rounds out with a Harvard law professor, the CEO of Safeway and top executives from Apple, Nike, Microsoft and Nissan. Proving that the perceived value of creativity has spread to sectors not previously thought of as “creative”.
Improved creativity is not only limited to the job spectrum. Expressing your creativity leads to a more energetic and greater quality of life. This is because when we create things and make things we are expressing ourselves in our truest form.

Creativity Adds Value To Your Life

You can improve your relationships with loved ones through a little creative thinking. Ever find yourself in a rut? Or maybe going through the same arguments over and over again? Simply by flexing your creative muscles you can approach old problems with a fresh outlook. Maybe even surprise your loved ones with a unique surprise that expresses your true feelings and appreciation for them? You can also attract new, exciting people into your life through a little creative efforts.

The definition of creativity is “whereby something new is created that has some kind of value.” The truth is the more creativity you deploy, the more things you CREATE and the more you HAVE! You can create more love, happiness, joy, health or time in your life.

Discovering Your True Self

When you express yourself you journey down the path of self discovery and authenticity. When we create something, we take it from the essence of what we truly believe, feel and think. Creativity is also a spiritual expression, so naturally people who often express themselves creatively feel more self-confident and connected to a higher source.

So maybe creativity isn’t just for art class anymore?

Success Using the Silva Method

Certain principles apply to achieving success with all of the techniques in the Silva Method.

There are seminars and home study courses to help you in every area of your life, from health and relationships to business and learning and sports and more.

Common factors that are necessary for success with all of the techniques, in all areas of life, are:

     Functioning at the alpha level, and
     using visualization and
     imagination.

Fortunately, Jose Silva did not have good visualization...Most people don't.

Our research indicates that about 10 percent of people have good mental images spontaneously when they think of something. Another 10 percent can quickly create a mental image when they think of something.

The rest of us have to take time to recall what the object looks like. If you have completed the Silva Method Basic Lecture Series or the Silva UltraMind ESP System, then you have gone through the process that Jose Silva and most of us go through. (blogger's note: this also would include the Silva Life System and Intuition Training)

Remember in the Projection to Human Anatomy Conditioning, your instructor asks you to recall someone you know very well, whose face you can recall with the least effort. Then you are instructed to recall the person's features, one by one: The hair, the forehead, the skin tone, the eyes, the cheeks, the character of the face. Have you ever wondered: If this is someone whose face I can recall with the least effort, then why do I need to recall all of those details?

Because most of us - 80 percent of us - need to recall those details, to recall what the person looks like, in order to visualize the person.

Most of the ultra successful people who write the "success books" are among the 10 percent who are great natural visualizers. The problem is: They assume that all the rest of us function the same way they do.

Fortunately, Jose Silva functioned like most of us do, so he understood what is necessary in order to achieve success with our programming in the subjective dimension.

The most important factor is the first one we mentioned: Functioning at the alpha level. You can learn that by practicing the Silva Centering Exercise with the procedures that Juan Silva recommends in his great article on Deepening in the Guidance for Grads section of the SIGA.org web site.

Once at your level, you can use visualization and imagination to program to correct problems and improve conditions...provided that you use visualization and imagination at the alpha level. That's the real key to success.

Here is an article from Jose Silva about using these important and valuable tools.

Silva Method techniques will bring about changes for the better in every area of your life: health, relationships, business, learning, self-confidence - anything you desire to change.

Why do they work so well? What mechanisms are involved in making these changes?

The key is functioning in the subjective (mental) dimension. When you enter your level, you are then functioning in the invisible world of the mind, and you are able to make changes in the visible world of the body.

The tools of the subjective dimension are visualization and imagination. They are two faculties of genius.

Let's take a close look at these tools so you will understand exactly what they are and how to use them in the spiritual dimension to make the needed changes.

Remember that it is important to use visualization and imagination in the subjective dimension, that is, at your level. Many books tell you to visualize your goals, but if they do not teach you a method for doing so in the subjective dimension, then this will do you little good.

Visualization is memory. Visualization is remembering what something looks like. Visualization is a receiving mechanism. In the subjective dimension, you receive a mental image of what something looks like.

If your mental image is not as clear as you would like it, simply recall what the subject looks like. Recalling what something looks like is visualization. Recall the details and the colors.

Imagination is a creative process. With imagination, you create a mental image of something you have not seen previously. With imagination, you create whatever you desire.

When you create something in the subjective dimension, with your imagination, then it actually exists - in the subjective dimension - and can be perceived by other people when they are functioning in the subjective dimension.

Everything must first be created in the subjective dimension; then it can manifest in the physical (objective) dimension also.

Imagination is a transmitting mechanism. With imagination, you can transmit your desired end result to the physical dimension.

There is no time or space in the subjective dimension. When you create something, it exists as of that moment. But the physical dimension does have time and space, so it may take time before your desires manifest in physics.

Visualization is the receiving mechanism, imagination is the transmitting mechanism. How do you put these to use?

You can use the 3-Scenes Technique or the Mirror of the Mind Technique.

For the 3-Scenes Technique, use visualization to receive (recall) a metal image of the situation as it exists now, the problem. Then go to the 2nd Scene, to your left (towards the future in the subjective dimension) and visualize whatever you are doing to correct the problem. Then with your imagination, create and transmit to the physical dimension the desired end result, your goal, in the 3rd scene, farthest to your left.

With the Mirror of the Mind, use visualization to receive (recall) a metal image of the situation as it exists now, the problem, in the blue framed mirror. Then erase the problem image, move the mirror to your left (the future in the subjective dimension) and change the frame to white - and with your imagination create and transmit an image of the solution to the physical dimension the desired end result, your goal.

Use this same technique to create better health, better relationships, a better job or increased business, better grades, any traits or characteristics you desire for yourself - anything at all that you want to have, to do, or to be.

You can use the same technique to help other people. First, recall (receive information) about the existing situation (the problem), then use your imagination to create a solution (goal) and transmit it to the physical dimension. Just be certain you do your programming in the subjective dimension, while at your level.

In the future, when you think of your project, visualize (recall) the goal you created with your imagination in the subjective dimension. Take it for granted that the solution already exists, and is being transmitted to the physical dimension so it can manifest in the physical world-of-the-body dimension.

This is what is meant by the phrase "Pray believing you have already received." Our way of saying it is to "Program in the future in a past tense sense."

Take it for granted, and you will get your results.

provided by SIGA

Are You Happy but Broke or a Stressed Visionary?

Vishan Lakhiani provided an interesting video today called   Which Are You: "Happy but Broke” or a “Stressed Out Visionary?"

Think about what he has to say and discover where you really are. Then think about what that means for you. Do you need to do something differently? If so, what?

Enjoy!

What's Your Life Purpose?

Have you ever thought about the importance of finding your life purpose? How do you go about finding it? Do you have to have a specific thing....Isn't it alright if you have a 'general idea'?

Watch this short video done by my collegue, Mandy Bass, to get your thoughts moving. (Soon there'll be another in the series.)
Enjoy!

How Do Small Things Equal Big Success?

Following is an article written by Jose Silva which I believe bears reading. It has some real insights.


SMALL THINGS EQUAL BIG SUCCESS

by Jose Silva

My brother Juan and I were giving out the awards to the Silva Method lecturers during the recently completed Silva International Convention and, as is usually the case, all eyes were on us and the winners who came to center-stage for their awards.

In the midst of the applause and cheers which the winners received as their names were called out, I became very reflective.

"Why, I asked myself, "are these people getting an award? What made them special in this particular regard this year?"

Becoming conscious of those thoughts, I began to seek a strand that connected all the winners this year. Was there a link to their performances? Did they share something in common?

We are blessed, I think, in having outstanding individuals associated with us as lecturers and graduates, and this fact is a principal reason why the Silva Method has become one of the most significant planetary forces in existence today. It is these people - all of them - that give life to the Method, and it is their zeal that has carried it to almost every corner of the world.

Yet, for this particular year, there were some who had excelled even further. Why?

As I kept thinking of this, that connecting strand eventually appeared. These graduates, it seemed, had been specially careful to notice small details.

All of us focus on the bigger things - and well we should. But oftentimes, the small details do not get the attention they deserve. After all, big things are nothing more than the accumulation of small things. It stands to reason, therefore, that small details make big things happen.

This is not as philosophical as it may sound, for the person who does small things well regardless of the importance - is going to do big things well. Conversely, the person who does not give importance to small things is not going to make big things happen.

In the Silva Method, we have fully become aware of this, and we attempt to better ourselves through the very powerful tool of habit. Individuals are creatures of habit, and if we program ourselves to good habits, we shall, indeed, become "Better and Better." But the opposite can also be true. Nourishing bad habits will become disastrous to the individual.

Making it a habit to do small things well - day in and day out regardless of how insignificant they may seem will eventually program us to do big things well. This programming, I felt, was what the winners had in common. The small things had given them their prize.

One of the most useful tools of the Silva Method, I think, is that it allows the individual to assume responsibility for his total self, and to allow him to analyze his total being through the different parts that make him a unique human being.

Our human system is made up of many parts, each one playing a definite but distinct role. All of them are equal, and the ability to blend all of their functions harmoniously is a main task of the Silva Method.

Through the Silva Method, we are provided an effective way to search for self, but once we do that we must assume total responsibility for ourselves, including each and every part of our being and each and every role that we as humans play.

Our journey as humans on this planet is comprised of many decisions, many alternatives, many opportunities, many disillusions, many joys and many sorrows. All of these situations will shape us as human beings, and they will affect our way of life and our way of being. They are significant events in our lives, yet if we look closely we can notice that all of these situations came about because of small things.

That big opportunity arrived in my own life, but it came about because day by day I paid attention to doing my job well, learning as much as I could, possessing a cheerful personality, coping with the stresses and responsibilities of the job.
Yes, we must indeed have our sights fixed on the big events in our lives; but we must never forget those small things.

It was doing small things well that earned those individuals their awards this year, and, in a bigger framework, it is doing small things well that eventually will make us better and better human beings.

Is the Law of Attraction Working?

Many people express excitement when they learn about the Law of Attraction...identify what you want in life, think about it, visualize it, and soon it's yours. Simple, right?

This is exciting stuff, isn't it! However many of those same people become deflated if their goals and dreams aren't manifested quickly.

They may be dooming their dreams if they think it's magic and they don't need to participate in the process...take action. Patience is important as is persistance.

Soon they join the ranks of the disillusioned...those people who say "It doesn't work." or "It doesn't work for me."
They're right and they're wrong.

First they're right because anything, any process or technique, cannot work if you quit working it. Being disillusioned or doubtful indicates you're no longer 'working' it.

Secondly they're wrong because the Law of Attraction always works. Yes, I said always. It cannot not work. That would be like expecting gravity to work sometimes!

The 'trick' is to discover where the original idea (desire) came from...or maybe I should say why it came...then notice the thoughts that ride around in the back of the mind. Are those thoughts desperate, needy, panicky, doubting, fearful? If so, then they'll manifest more of what they currently have.

For instance, if I desperately need a new car and don't have the resources to meet that need then I may start focusing on having a new car. However, it's very likely that the underlying feelings of desperation and need will keep on manifesting. Why? They're probably more powerful!

Compare that situation with a car collector who decides he'd like to have a new car...whether for his collection or personal use. We'll assume his situation is that of a person who has the resources to buy as he chooses. He decides he desires a particular car, starts shopping around, narrows the choices, and then buys his car. There's never a doubt in his mind that this car will be his..soon!

When using the Law of Attraction successfully come to your project with the assurance, the knowing, of the car collector.

Happy driving to us all!

What Does Jack Canfield Say About Silva?

Hear what Jack Canfield has to say about Silva.

Enjoy!

How to Develop Intuition

Since linking this blog to facebook I've had some inquiries about what Silva is. Give me a half hour and I can give you a pretty good answer!
The bottom line is intuition...Here's a short video overview of some of the things we do to develop our intuition. Enjoy!

How Our Education System Needs to Change

This is an interesting, focused, brief video re education. Please watch and comment.

A terrific book

Based on experiences at Monroe Institute, Frank de Marco's re-creation of his program experience makes you feel like you're there. This is a must-read for everyone interested in "altered states" of consciousness, energy healing and much much more.

Program the WHAT - not the HOW

Often in classes we discuss the best way to do our 'programming'. Certainly we have enough techniques in the courses to cover virtually every scenario, every desire, every goal.
There is a "trick" though and that is to make sure you're programming for your desired outcome - the WHAT - not the steps necessary to get there - the HOW.

Our job is to identify our intended outcome - the WHAT - and Spirit is in charge of HOW to get us there. If we believe that we know HOW to get where we choose to go, we limit what Spirit can do for us.

Although this didn't happen in one of my classes, I remember a story I heard about years ago. Sometimes we discuss it in class.
Once upon a time, some years ago, there was a Silva Method Basic class in progress. One student had a dream to go to Hawaii for 2 weeks and she estimated it would cost her $2000 for the trip of her dreams.  During the Mirror of the Mind exercise she programmed for the money...she visualized a hand writing out a check to her for the amount she desired. 

At the next class she returned and BOY was she mad! When she calmed down the lecturer asked her how she had done her programming so she shared what she'd done.  She also told everyone the check HAD arrived but she'd needed to use it for a medical bill, not a vacation.

I think you can see the problem: she programmed for the HOW, not the WHAT. During the second class she programmed for her trip instead of how to make it happen. 

As the story goes, soon after the class she met an older lady at the laundromat and they struck up a fun conversation. After a while this lady asked the Silva Grad if she'd consider accompanying her to Hawaii for 2 weeks - all expenses paid.

WOW! She received her desire, the WHAT, and didn't even need to worry about the HOW. Often we can't know the very best way for things to occur but Spirit does.

It's always good to end your programming session with "This or something better." By adding this Spirit is free to meet your desired outcome with no restrictions...in the best way possible.

Remember to identify WHAT you choose and let Spirit take care of getting there.

Better and Better
Barbara

How to Make Your Quality of Life Better and Better

I'd like to share a story about a young lady's experience.

My daughter "was having some problems feeling left out and not part of her friends’ group so I told her to use mirror of the mind to create the relationships she would like to have. The next day after school, she greeted me full of excitement and said “it worked”. As soon as she got to school that morning, her friend (who has been ignoring her for several months) ran up to her with a big hug and included her in lots of activities. In PE that day she was asked by 2 different teams to join them in the beginning of picking their players (usually she is one of the last people to get picked). That was so exciting to see that it worked so easy for her and gives her a great foundation on the power of Silva.
Thank you."


What a delight! To know that there's a way to change life experiences for the better...for all concerned...is awesome. I'm thrilled to be part of relaying that information and more.

Better & Better every day in every way,
Barbara

Are You a Victim of Your DNA?

With an active interest in science, particularly biology, I've always read everything I could get my hands on about DNA.  In fact in college I considered a career in genetics.

Certainly we were taught that whatever our DNA legacy was we could, would and MUST fulfill it.  That perspective is almost a 'sentence', isn't it!

Take a few minutes to listen to this video with Dr. Lipton and Dr.Wayne Dyer.  It may be quite surprising to you.

Kindness

A nice video.  Deep thoughts if you want them.

"Search for the Hero Inside Yourself" - video

Talk about uplifting, energizing and 'feel good' I love this video!!

Abraham-Hicks Video

I'm sure you recognize Abraham-Hicks.  Enjoy this Wise and Feel-Good video!