Specific Example

Specific Example

Dear Ultra Mind Instructors

I have recently bought the cassette pack and have gone through it twice doing all the exercises.

I realise that the Mental Video Technique is the cornerstone to the system and I am requesting a more detailed step by step description using an example if possible to make sure that I am applying the Technique correctly.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Hi,

Thank you for writing... and I am sure glad that you understand the value of the MentalVideo technique. Seems like a lot of people kind of overlook it. So did I in the beginning.

If you want to ask me specific questions, involving specific projects you are working on, that might be the best thing. I will give you an example of how I use it:

I go to level, usually with the Long Relaxation Exercise (what we now call the Centering Exercise). I do all of the relaxation as it is done on the tape... but quickly. I don't use the tape.

Then I bring on my video crew. In the beginning, I imagined using a little camcorder, holding it myself. But being a very lazy person, and appreciating professionals, I hired a professional video crew. A camera operator, a sound technician, a director, etc. Now I just tell them what to videotape and leave the details up to them. They always do a very professional job.

I usually cover health problems first. I have them video tape people I know with health problems. We include in the video, the person in a typical daily activity, and we show what they are doing to improve their condition. If they have experienced anything new - a setback, an improvement - we video tape that. It is not a long video; it is like you see on television, just a shot here and a shot there to give you the idea of what is going on. Then I go to the next person, and the next, etc.

Then other projects. If I am aware that somebody is working on a specific project, and I know some details about it, I cover that story too. Just like a good reporter. (I grew up in the newspaper business, and still consider myself a reporter.) We touch on all the highlights. And we create images of how we think the project should turn out. You can check the wording in the formula to hear the way that Mr. Silva explained it.

Then my own projects. If I am working on a flyer for instance, and it is important to do an especially good job so that we can help more people with Jose Silva's UltraMind ESP System, my crew will make a video tape of me thinking about how to do the flyer, what to say, how to arrange it on the page; and then actually doing it and being very happy with the results; and then the flyer being used to help introduce people to the System and getting them to sign up for the class.

Earlier this year we wanted to get a new computer set up specifically for digital audio editing, that we could also use for email, word processing, etc. I contacted some people in Laredo but never felt comfortable with them. I used the MentalVideo.

My video crew made pictures of me needing a new computer, and searching for one. We watched for indications of how to proceed.

The local people took my request but never got back to me with a price. I asked again, same results.

Eventually, through "coincidence," I located a company in California that built exactly what I wanted at a very good price. I am using the computer right now, and it works flawlessly.

I kept doing MentalVideos night after night, updating what was happening. When I called the California company one Saturday morning, everything went so smoothly that I knew it was the right thing to do... the inspired thing to do... the thing that my tutor had arranged for me.

After doing the mental videos, I look for indications of how to proceed. For instance, one of the people I was working on (who was also using the MentalVideo Technique himself) has mercury poisoning. You can eat cilantro to get the mercury out of your system.

His sister picked up some cilantro for him at the grocer story... but she made a "mistake" and brought home parsley instead.

Bill looked up parsley in his natural health book and the first thing it said is that it is good to improve adrenal functioning. Just the night before, he had been doing some research to find out what to do to improve his adrenal functioning. That is the kind of coincidence that we look for. When this sort of thing happens over and over, that makes the whole process scientifically valid: The repeatable experiment with objective results.

That particular project went beyond that. Through some additional coincidences, we discovered that I also have adrenal insufficiency, which has been causing me a lot of fatigue and interfering with my ability to work. Over the last six years, nobody thought to test for that. So the tutor stepped in and helped.

I've been giving a sort of abbrevated version of things. First you make the MentalVideo at beta, with your eyes open, of the problem, or the existing situation.

Follow the formula and get it working for you. Then if you find ways that make it easier for you, and it still works as well or better, go for it!

Once my video crew has completed all of the videos, I make sure they pack up the tape securely and head off to deliver it to my tutor while I am in deep (delta) sleep. That's it. I can think about other things, and go to sleep.

The first time I tried the technique, I thought I had to keep thinking about delivering the videos to my tutor as I went to sleep, and of course thinking about it kept me awake! Bad idea. Mr. Silva had already passed away by then, so I couldn't ask him about it, I had to figure it out for myself. Eventually I did.

Please do me a favor: Let me know if this helps you. Please give me any feedback that you desire about what I have written. The reason is... we need to find the most effective ways to explain this, in detail. This is all so new that we are still working on it. Your question has already been very helpful, and we appreciate it. Hopefully, many people will benefit as a result. If there is anything you don't understand (I have discovered that I can sometimes really confuse people!), or anything you want more clarification on or information about, please let me know.

Also, check out the Purpose of UltraMind article on the web site... we recorded that about a year and a half ago, to help explain it:

There are some pictures of me on there, with Alex, who was my boss for 20 years, going through a bit of foolishness. We did those for another purpose, but they seemed to fit the story.

Please let me know how this helps, or what else you need to know. Or if I've written too much. Brevity is not my strong point!

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