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Overcome Pbms

Why Isn't my programming working and what can I do?

Hello,

A few months ago I bought the Silva Ultramind ESP system on CD. I have been practicing the ESP system course for about 3 months, 2-3 times a day. I did not find any difficulties with the creative visualization and achieving alpha level meditation due to the fact that I have been practicing this for a few years and am pretty familiar with this technique. I fully believe that Mr. Silva's technique is very helpful and has changed many people's lives, with the help of this CD I have learned and believe the step by step process of how to achieve success in life. Regrettably after practicing for 3 months I noticed NO effects.

I am positive that I followed the instructions perfectly but now am beginning to doubt this process. I am not expecting miracles, but was hoping for life to either get a little bit easier or for some problems to became easier to solve I lost my business a while ago and an 8 year relationship with a man ended recently as well. My life has became very unstable and difficult because I could not find a job and stop feeling lonely. My only hope when practicing Jose Silva's method was positive result, so far I did not see any. Could you please give me some advice as to how I might be able to improve my outcome.

I am 55 years old, do you think it might be too late or my blueprint is already written and I have to have bitter experiences.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.

Dear M,

Thanks for writing and for your interest in Jose Silva's UltraMind ESP System. I apologize for not answering sooner... had to replace my monitor... twice. Might not sound like much, but I've slowed down a bit, and am only good for about one project a day, thanks to the polio I had many years ago.

Based on what you told me, it is kind of difficult to give you an specific answers - I'm not sure what you mean when you say that you have been "practicing" for 3 months, or what problems you programmed to correct, how you programmed to correct them, or what happened after you programmed.

So let me give you some general guidelines, then if you have specific questions you can ask me.

The first step is to find your level - the alpha level - and learn to activate your mind while remaining at the alpha level. This is a process you can learn, and you learn it by practicing the Silva Centering Exercise (the Long Relaxation Exercise).

That doesn't mean you listen to a recording with your eyes closed. It means you follow all of the instructions, get involved, and cause it to happen. You cause your body to relax, one part at a time; and you relax mentally by noticing details of the tranquil and passive scenes. The ideal way is to memorize the procedure and then practice it on your own, to make sure that you do not just drift off, but actually remain involved and do each step.

There is a great article by Juan Silva with his suggestions on how to do this. You will find it in the Guidance for Graduates section of the UltraMind Web Site: http://www.ultramind.ws/.

I'm also not sure about what you mean when you say you bought the UltraMind CDs a few months ago, and have been practicing "creative visualization and achieving Alfa level meditation" for a "few years."

Have you been practicing Mr. Silva's system... or some other program? It is important that you not mix various systems when you are learning one. Stick to the one you are learning. Give it a fair chance to work... use only the Silva System for entering your level.

How do you know that you are entering the alpha level and functioning there? An untrained person will go back to beta when they activate their mind to analyze information, solve problems, etc.

In class, everybody knows because at the end of class, they are able to do things with their mind that they cannot do physically. We test every student by having them project their mind to a distant location and detect information about a person who has been injured, or is sick. You pair up with another student to do this, and the other student has information written down about their relative or friend, so that you can confirm that you were accurate. You do this at least 10 times - you detect information about other people, and other students detect information about people you know.

We cannot teach this via recordings, because your mind needs another mind to guide it to learn how to do the mental projection. Once your mind has learned what to do, then you can easily continue on your own.

With the recordings, there are a couple of simple ways to know that you are on the right track:

First, when you use your mind (your thoughts) to relax your physical body, you know you are on your way. When your body relaxes, your brain waves slow down, so we take advantage of that natural phenomenon. When you relax your mind and keep your attention on tranquil and passive scenes, brain frequency slows. When you drift off, just bring your attention back.

He invested 22 years and half a million dollars working it out, and during the last 40 years, millions of people have used it successfully.

Once you have practiced entering your level - he recommends 10 hours practice for adults - then you can use it to correct problems.

So here's another way to know you are on the right track: When you have a situation that you do not understand, or you need an idea, or you are not sure of the best decision to make, enter your alpha level and think about it at alpha.

Alpha is the ideal level for thinking. It is named "alpha" because the 10 cycles brain frequency was the first frequency ever detected, emanating from the human brain. It is the strongest, so it is the only frequency that the crude equipment of the 1920 could detect in the beginning. It is the strongest because there is the least impedance at 10 cycles per second. The fewest impediments to the flow of electrical current... the fewest impediments to clear thinking.

To Mr. Silva, who had been in the electronics repair business since he was 14 years old, that meant it is the most efficient electrical circuit in the entire brain.

So when you do your thinking at the alpha level, you will detect more information than when you do your thinking at beta. Your mind will detect more of the information that has been impressed on your brain neurons throughout your life. You will analyze this information more clearly. And you will gain insights that you did not have while thinking at the beta level.

At alpha, you can think of all the things you have done successfully in the past - you will remember more of them when you are centered... at 10 cycles alpha - and you can think of many things you have to be thankful for. I've done that many times. When I get frustrated or scared, I can go to my level, relax "at the beach" for a few minutes (the beach is my "ideal place of relaxation" - there aren't any physical beaches here in Laredo), and then I can think of the possibilities that are out there.

An advantage of doing that is that it gets you into a better mood, and this is important when you are dealing with other people. Nobody wants to be around somebody who is projecting a lot of negative energy - fears, frustration, unhappiness. So you can use your level to change your inner feelings, and that will change the energy you are projecting... which will change how people feel about you. Instead of wanting to avoid you, they will want to work with you and help you.

You can use the 3-Scenes Technique to correct specific problems. First, of course, you need to identify the problem. It needs to be a problem that you can honestly believe that you can correct. And it must be "within the possibility area."

For instance, we do not have any formulate to regrow a flesh and blood arm or leg if a person has lost one. It is not within the possibility area - based on everything we know at this time. And no matter what we may say to ourselves, we know deep within that there is virtually no chance of growing a new one, no matter how we program.

A graduate who was repeating the class once complained that she had been programming to lose 50 pounds, without success. "Can you really imagine yourself losing 50 pounds?" the Instructor asked. She thought about it, and admitted that she couldn't. "How about 10 pounds, can you imagine yourself 10 pounds lighter?" he asked. "Maybe," she replied. "How about 5, can you believe that you could reduce your weight by 5 pounds?" She gave an enthusiastic "Yes!" to that question. "Then program to lose 5 pounds," the Instructor suggested. "Then another 5, and another 5 after that. Eventually, as you have more successes, your confidence will increase and you will be able to believe that you can reduce 10 pounds, then 20 pounds, and eventually you will reach your target weight."

The Laws of Programming are also very important. Mr. Silva always talked about "correcting problems." He didn't program just to get things for him, only to correct problems. If he needed something in order to help him correct a problem and improve conditions on the planet, then he would program to get it. The intention is very important: He programmed to get it in order to continue to correct more problems.

The first thing is correcting problems. We can only go by what people do. The same with higher intelligence. Promises don't mean anything without action to back them up. "Faith without works is dead."

People promise that if higher intelligence will just help them out a bit, they'll then go out and do wonderful things to improve conditions on the planet. "If I win the lottery, I promise I'll give 25 percent to charity!" Then the next person promises to give 50 percent to charity.

Those promises don't mean anything. "What percentage of your earnings have you been giving to charity already?" Mr. Silva would ask. "How much of your time goes to helping others, to correcting problems and improving conditions on the planet?"

There is an excellent story on the UltraMind Graduate Support Group Web Site about this. Go to http://www.ultramind.supportgroup.ws/ and find the story about the Wrong and the Right Ways to Find Romance. I think it is in the MentalVideo section. It is a detailed account about how one graduate used the MentalVideo to help her be the kind of person she would want to be friends with, and the wonderful results she got in her life.

As I mentioned, please study this, check the resources I have mentioned, think about it all at your level, and if you have specific questions about how to approach a certain situation, please feel free to ask me. We are happy to help.

One other though, as I look over your message one more time: Mr. Silva was always quick to point out that his System and his techniques don't change anybody's life. People would come and thank him for developing such wonderful techniques, and he'd reply: "Don't thank me, you did it yourself!"

In other words, the System and all of the techniques don't do anything. You can use them to help you achieve what you need to achieve, to carry out your mission in life. The MentalVideo is the most powerful technique I've ever seen, so take time to learn it, and to use it.

Do these things, and I'm sure that you will succeed.

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