by FinerMinds Team March 18, 2011
Do you want to know how to improve positive thinking in your life? If you do, join the club. Now that we all understand the power of our thoughts to create our reality, we know this is key to a happy life. The trick is getting control of – and changing – those thoughts that aren’t giving you what you want. This is where the ‘reset’ button comes in real handy.
Your mind is like a computer. The operating system is your brain and it’s got all kinds of programs running. There are programs that run automatically – like breathing, digestion, and your heart beating. They run no matter what. You’ve also got ‘emergency’ programs that kick in during a threat, like when your immune system encounters a virus, or the ‘fight or flight’ instinct when sudden, immanent danger is at hand.
And then there’s that program called ‘Thinking’.
The thinking program has two levels: Conscious and Subconscious. The two are interconnected – informing and building upon each other as you go through life. So if you’ve got some negative subconscious thoughts from not-so-great (or even really bad) experiences from the past, they tend to bubble up and over into your conscious mind. And your conscious mind, when it repeatedly thinks these thoughts, strengthens the wiring (synaptically speaking) of your subconscious.
There are some great ways to work with the subconscious. Hypnosis being one of the best. But there’s still the rest of your day to think about (no pun intended). This is where the Reset Button can be your biggest boon. When your computer system has gone haywire and you just can’t seem to fix the problem, what do you do? Hit the reset button. Well, you can do the same thing with your brain. Here’s how it works …
Your Conscious Reset Button
The first thing you need to do in order to use the reset button is pay attention to your thoughts when you think you’re not thinking anything. When does this happen? You might be surprised to find out it’s most of the time. Here are some examples:
■when you’re driving your car
■when you’re cooking
■when you’re cleaning
■when you’re just ‘spacing out’
■when you’re taking a walk
In fact, whenever you’re doing things on ‘auto pilot’, your thoughts are usually active, even if you’re not paying attention. And what are these thoughts? Often they’re things bubbling up from the subconscious. And when they’re not, these thoughts are usually ‘shaded’ by the general attitudes (fears, worries, self-doubt; or self-confidence, trust and love) that are most predominant in your subconscious.
So when you start paying attention to what you’re thinking about, when you think you’re not thinking, you’ve take then biggest step toward change.
In fact, the next part is really easy.
As soon as you catch yourself thinking any thoughts that aren’t positive, you just say (out loud if you can) ‘Reset!’ And then shift your thoughts in a better direction.
Sound too simple? Well, the first few times you might not get very far past the reset button before you go back to thinking you’re not thinking and letting negitude rule. But with just a little bit of practice, you’ll be surprised at how well this works.
Give it a try and leave us a comment to let us know how the reset button is working for you.
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.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wake Up to Who You Are - Abraham Hicks
An introduction to the current awakening of consciousness...
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
What Jose Silva Did That Napolean Hill Did Not!
Jose Silva did something that nobody else had done:
He used electronic equipment to see what was going on inside of the ultra successful people, and he found a way to teach all of us to do what they do. Here is an article he wrote several years ago.
Written by JOSE SILVA
Napoleon Hill spent 20 years observing the most successful people in the world and studying what they did and how they did it.
He wrote about what he observed, and taught courses on it.
He spoke of how they all had a definite chief aim in life, how they had great desire and enthusiasm, a strong work ethic, and much more.
All of these are mental traits, not physical. They all arise from within the person.
Yet Hill was only able to study them from an objective - outer - left brain - point of view.
He studied - and taught - the effect, not the cause.
He was not able to teach how to make changes within, so he taught people to imitate the actions of
successful people. This is very different from becoming like the successful people.
So instead of installing these characteristics from within, he tried to force them in from the outside, because that's all he knew how to do.
If you imitate the actions of successful people, eventually you might internalize some of it. If you do
enough, for long enough, it is sure to help you.
Some people are even able to internalize it, to make it their own, so that their actions spring from within, instead of merely being on the outside.
A few people - the ten percent or so who are natural alpha - right brain - thinkers, were able to internalize these ideals, and they went on to become huge successes in their lives.
Meanwhile, all the other people who tried to follow the teachings and failed to achieve much success, thought of themselves as failures, as somehow falling short because they were lazy or dumb or something.
But that's not true! They often worked just as hard, acted just as enthusiastic as the most successful
person, and imitated all of the other characteristics that Hill wrote about.
So why didn't they succeed?
Because they were trying to shove it in from the outside. They were dealing with effects, not causes.
Any success book or success course will work for some people. It will work for some of the ten percent or so who are natural alpha - right brain - thinkers. That's why you will always see some people who swear by a success book or success course. They are the lucky few who can get it to work for them. These books and courses are always authored by successful people who are successful because they are natural alpha - right brain - thinkers.
Some people who are not natural alpha - right brain - thinkers can follow the instructions in the success books and imitate the successful and become successful themselves. These are usually people who have great energy and drive. But even then, their success is limited.
Not because they are lazy or dumb, but because they have never learned how to enter the alpha level with conscious awareness, and remain at the alpha level when they become mentally active, so that they can use their right brain hemisphere to think with, so that they can get subjective information through the right brain hemisphere - that is, they can read minds.
It is much more difficult to achieve much success when you are not able to enter alpha and think with your right brain hemisphere and detect information mentally, information that is not available to your physical senses, and send information mentally, through subjective means.
It is much like a person who has never learned to read or write. They can still get by in the world, but it is more difficult, and their options are more limited. There are many fields that are not open to a person who cannot read or write.
Even a person who is a slow reader and a mediocre writer can usually go much farther than a person with high energy and great intelligence who is illiterate.
A person who is illiterate is not dumb, is not necessarily lazy. A person who does not know how to enter the alpha level with conscious awareness, and become mentally active while remaining at the alpha level, is not dumb, is not necessarily lazy.
These are skills that anybody can learn by using the Silva Method techniques. And everybody should learn, if we are to solve the problems of the world.
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.
He used electronic equipment to see what was going on inside of the ultra successful people, and he found a way to teach all of us to do what they do. Here is an article he wrote several years ago.
Written by JOSE SILVA
Napoleon Hill spent 20 years observing the most successful people in the world and studying what they did and how they did it.
He wrote about what he observed, and taught courses on it.
He spoke of how they all had a definite chief aim in life, how they had great desire and enthusiasm, a strong work ethic, and much more.
All of these are mental traits, not physical. They all arise from within the person.
Yet Hill was only able to study them from an objective - outer - left brain - point of view.
He studied - and taught - the effect, not the cause.
He was not able to teach how to make changes within, so he taught people to imitate the actions of
successful people. This is very different from becoming like the successful people.
So instead of installing these characteristics from within, he tried to force them in from the outside, because that's all he knew how to do.
If you imitate the actions of successful people, eventually you might internalize some of it. If you do
enough, for long enough, it is sure to help you.
Some people are even able to internalize it, to make it their own, so that their actions spring from within, instead of merely being on the outside.
A few people - the ten percent or so who are natural alpha - right brain - thinkers, were able to internalize these ideals, and they went on to become huge successes in their lives.
Meanwhile, all the other people who tried to follow the teachings and failed to achieve much success, thought of themselves as failures, as somehow falling short because they were lazy or dumb or something.
But that's not true! They often worked just as hard, acted just as enthusiastic as the most successful
person, and imitated all of the other characteristics that Hill wrote about.
So why didn't they succeed?
Because they were trying to shove it in from the outside. They were dealing with effects, not causes.
Any success book or success course will work for some people. It will work for some of the ten percent or so who are natural alpha - right brain - thinkers. That's why you will always see some people who swear by a success book or success course. They are the lucky few who can get it to work for them. These books and courses are always authored by successful people who are successful because they are natural alpha - right brain - thinkers.
Some people who are not natural alpha - right brain - thinkers can follow the instructions in the success books and imitate the successful and become successful themselves. These are usually people who have great energy and drive. But even then, their success is limited.
Not because they are lazy or dumb, but because they have never learned how to enter the alpha level with conscious awareness, and remain at the alpha level when they become mentally active, so that they can use their right brain hemisphere to think with, so that they can get subjective information through the right brain hemisphere - that is, they can read minds.
It is much more difficult to achieve much success when you are not able to enter alpha and think with your right brain hemisphere and detect information mentally, information that is not available to your physical senses, and send information mentally, through subjective means.
It is much like a person who has never learned to read or write. They can still get by in the world, but it is more difficult, and their options are more limited. There are many fields that are not open to a person who cannot read or write.
Even a person who is a slow reader and a mediocre writer can usually go much farther than a person with high energy and great intelligence who is illiterate.
A person who is illiterate is not dumb, is not necessarily lazy. A person who does not know how to enter the alpha level with conscious awareness, and become mentally active while remaining at the alpha level, is not dumb, is not necessarily lazy.
These are skills that anybody can learn by using the Silva Method techniques. And everybody should learn, if we are to solve the problems of the world.
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.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
How to Be Successful
I'm so thankful that someone kept Jose's articles. Enjoy!
Better & Better,
Barbara
by JOSE SILVA
If you want to be successful, then learn to do what successful people do.
Successful people have certain traits, they do certain things, and they function in certain ways. Learn those things and do them, and you will be successful too.
*Successful people want to be successful. They have a burning desire to succeed. They are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. This powerful desire propels them towards their goals, through obstacles, etc.
*Successful people learn to believe in themselves. They turn away from thoughts of failure and focus their attention on success.
*Successful people accomplish things.
*First, they manage their own lives, so that they can direct their energy into activities that will help make them more successful.
*Second, successful people get into action. They have strategies to help them determine what to do, and then get into action and do it. They have goals, and they go after those goals.
*Successful people relate well to other people. You do not achieve great success in a vacuum. The better you are at dealing with other people, at knowing what other people want and need, and how to satisfy those needs, the more successful you will be.
*Successful people are able to get the information that they need to make correct decisions. This enables them to solve more problems. There is no such thing as a problem without a solution; only problems for which we do not yet have enough information to know what the solution is.
Now scientific research has finally learned how to teach all of these traits to anyone who is willing to put in the time and energy to learn them.
It is more than simply a matter of learning something - you have to take action. You learn a new way to function, to process information the way that the super successful people do.
And then you use your new abilities and apply them in the same manner that highly successful people do, so that you will be more successful also.
You have already learned the Silva Method.
Now practice what you have learned.
Practice the Long Relaxation Exercise once a week.
Work health cases regularly, and establish more points of reference so that you will be able to use your clairvoyant faculties more effectively.
Help to correct problems whenever possible.
Get involved in a Silva Graduate Support Group. Do not depend on your Silva Method lecturer to take care of your problems. Help each other.
If we all keep working to correct problems, then we can bring peace to the planet, and convert the planet into a paradise.
Better & Better,
Barbara
by JOSE SILVA
If you want to be successful, then learn to do what successful people do.
Successful people have certain traits, they do certain things, and they function in certain ways. Learn those things and do them, and you will be successful too.
*Successful people want to be successful. They have a burning desire to succeed. They are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. This powerful desire propels them towards their goals, through obstacles, etc.
*Successful people learn to believe in themselves. They turn away from thoughts of failure and focus their attention on success.
*Successful people accomplish things.
*First, they manage their own lives, so that they can direct their energy into activities that will help make them more successful.
*Second, successful people get into action. They have strategies to help them determine what to do, and then get into action and do it. They have goals, and they go after those goals.
*Successful people relate well to other people. You do not achieve great success in a vacuum. The better you are at dealing with other people, at knowing what other people want and need, and how to satisfy those needs, the more successful you will be.
*Successful people are able to get the information that they need to make correct decisions. This enables them to solve more problems. There is no such thing as a problem without a solution; only problems for which we do not yet have enough information to know what the solution is.
Now scientific research has finally learned how to teach all of these traits to anyone who is willing to put in the time and energy to learn them.
It is more than simply a matter of learning something - you have to take action. You learn a new way to function, to process information the way that the super successful people do.
And then you use your new abilities and apply them in the same manner that highly successful people do, so that you will be more successful also.
You have already learned the Silva Method.
Now practice what you have learned.
Practice the Long Relaxation Exercise once a week.
Work health cases regularly, and establish more points of reference so that you will be able to use your clairvoyant faculties more effectively.
Help to correct problems whenever possible.
Get involved in a Silva Graduate Support Group. Do not depend on your Silva Method lecturer to take care of your problems. Help each other.
If we all keep working to correct problems, then we can bring peace to the planet, and convert the planet into a paradise.
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.
Friday, March 11, 2011
How Do You Expect to Age?
Do you think you should start ‘slowing down’ at about 60? How about 70? 80? Meet Ida Keeling. At 95 years old, she’s the world’s oldest sprinter...starting her career at 66!
Listen to Ida and get inspired about aging with strength and speed in a much better way.
As Silva Grads we have an advantage: we can program for optimum health, great energy and vibrant life...and get it!
Listen to Ida and get inspired about aging with strength and speed in a much better way.
As Silva Grads we have an advantage: we can program for optimum health, great energy and vibrant life...and get it!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
David Morelli
This video just gets better and better and you listen and experience it. I encourage you to take the time...experience the meditation...think of his suggestions...and think about how this relates to what you've learned in Silva. You already have the tools - and more! - that he's talking about. Blessings...
taken from the FinerMinds blog...by FinerMinds Team February 23, 2011
As many of you might know, last December, we hosted a personal growth getaway on the pristine beaches of Costa Rica called AwesomenessFest. About 200 people passionate about self development and spirituality came together, connected, and shared their learnings.
So for those who couldn’t join us, I wanted to share one of the best rated speeches at AwesomenessFest. It’s by psychic, David Morelli. He’s incredibly successful, having hit 2 million-dollar businesses over the past couple years and his radio show podcast, Everything Is Energy (hosted by him and his wife, Kristin) is the #3 show on iTunes just behind Oprah Winfrey and Marianne Williamson.
And he achieved all this using his intuition. Check out this video and if you want to skip straight to the meditation at the end, fast forward to the minute 22:33.
taken from the FinerMinds blog...by FinerMinds Team February 23, 2011
As many of you might know, last December, we hosted a personal growth getaway on the pristine beaches of Costa Rica called AwesomenessFest. About 200 people passionate about self development and spirituality came together, connected, and shared their learnings.
So for those who couldn’t join us, I wanted to share one of the best rated speeches at AwesomenessFest. It’s by psychic, David Morelli. He’s incredibly successful, having hit 2 million-dollar businesses over the past couple years and his radio show podcast, Everything Is Energy (hosted by him and his wife, Kristin) is the #3 show on iTunes just behind Oprah Winfrey and Marianne Williamson.
And he achieved all this using his intuition. Check out this video and if you want to skip straight to the meditation at the end, fast forward to the minute 22:33.
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