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FROM THE EDITOR

by Nelda Sheets
There is a common thread that is woven in the tapestry of this issue of SilvaNews Magazine, Issue #15. It is one of CELEBRATIONS of various kinds of and for Silva graduates around the world. The Silva Team/sta of the Silva Headquarter, Laredo will soon CELEBRATE new oce space in a new building. Budapest, Hungary will host the largest Silva convention/celebration ever in August, 2008. Norway is honoring their 20th Anniversary of Silva classes with a Jubilee CELEBRATION in November. Adventurous Silva Graduates will CELEBRATE the 20th Anniversary Silva Cruise next January, 2009 with a grand sailing to the Panama Canal, Columbia, and Costa Rica. Worldwide millions of graduates are CELEBRATING the anniversary of their rst day of Silva Method classes. Denitions of the word CELEBRATION include: 1to observe as a festival, event, occasion or recognition with a demonstration of gratitude, praise, respect and rejoicing. 2. to make known to others 3.an expression of art to extol admiration and love for a particular subject such as love, life or a lily. When I reect on the meaning and reason for CELEBRATING special events, I think of our founder, Jose Silva; his teachings and his instructions to us to review past success in our mind before programming a new goal or before working a new case. In other words, reviewing and appreciating success is a type of CELEBRATION. We can say that CELEBRATING is somewhat like rebooting our computer so that it functions with revitalized energy. Want to be at the best level of mind and revitalize your case-working? Just review and CELEBRATE your most recent success. Self empowerment is the magic of the Silva Method and is much to CELEBRATE whether that is alone and private while programming to achieve a goal or working cases. Or with Silva Graduates at conventions, graduate meetings or cruises; when we reboot our spiritual energyreboot our gratitude, enthusiasm, energy and that magical high of achieving success. . That is the EMPOWERMENT OF CELEBRATION.
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p2 Editor, Nelda Sheets introduces and reects on the theme of this issue, THE EMPOWERMENT OF CELEBRATION AN EMPOWERING CELEBRATION: In his article, Silva Instructor Laszlo Domjan invites all graduates to join him and expected 8000 Silva graduates in a conference in beautiful Budapest, Hungary. It is expected to be largest Silva convention ever and it promises to be an exciting Empowering Celebration for all who experience the wonderful success of Silva Method in Hungary. We raise our glass to celebrate with Kain Samiya as we read his story, SILVA IN IRAN about his mission and amazing success with his introduction of Silva in Iran and surrounding countries. Ken Coscia celebrates the growth of the Silva Method and paints a picture of the new improved Silva programs in his article, LOOKING AHEAD-NEW BEGINNINGS. In her article, COINCIDENCE-IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JOSE SILVA, Diana Castillo-Oulahan relates an inspiring story of a graduate in Mexico who was inspired by Jose Silva to make the world better for hundreds of people. In her article, IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES, Marjorie Dearmont shares information she learned at a seminar presented by Bruce Lipton. In his article, HOW I USE THE SILVA METHOD FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, Graduate Victor Kovens shares Silva techniques that he used to help make his travel business successful. In his article, Victor invites graduates and others to celebrate the 20th anniversary cruise. Nelda Sheets explains the Silva techniques, nine year old Don Ingram learned for physical abilities for his well being. (Reprinted from SILVA STORIES) HOW I USE THE SILVA METHOD FOR CREATIVE ART, an article by Nelda Sheets explains the techniques she learned to become a real artist.
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AN EMPOWERING CELEBRATION:
THE WORLDS BIGGEST SILVA CONVENTION AND PROGRAMMING FOR A BETTER WORLD IN AUGUST IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY By Laszlo Domjan MD, PhD
We started to teach the Silva Method in Hungary a very beautiful country with 10 million inhabitants in the geometric center of Europe in 1990. We have almost 200,000 Silva graduates by now and our 4 day Silva courses are still very popular drawing with hundreds of new participants each time. On 16/August/2008 we will have a convention and an evening ball for Silva graduates. Since the rst part of the convention will be in English (with Hungarian translation) you can join it and then participate in tourist programs. Budapest is considered to be the most beautiful capital of Europe by most tourists. The program features three key guest speakers: Dr. Edgar Mitchell astronaut and founder of the Institute for Noetic Sciences; Laura Silva, leader of Silva International; and Dr. Rosa A. Rivas Mexican Silva lecturer. We expect 8000 participants for the convention! At noon (between 12.40 and 13.10, Hungarian time) we will program for a better world. If you cant come to Budapest you can still download this meditation in English (from May) by clicking on www.szebbeletert.hu. Youll feel the huge mental energy of the many Silva graduates being at level simultaneously! For information contact Laszlo Domjn at jobban@inext.hu. We are looking forward to meeting you in Budapest in August, and to inspire you I send along a few Hungarian success stories. (There are many fantastic success stories; however, I send you ordinary ones because they are more common.) HUNGARIAN SUCCESS STORIES I used the three ngers probably more this year than any other technique, and most often with success particularly in nding well stored or lost objects. The success of nding my gold necklace made me the happiest. I have practiced to the point where I quickly tire of searching fruitlessly and just think to myself, Out with that three nger technique, and then I automatically head or look toward where the sought object is hidden. -- By Ms. Erzsbet O. mentally, telling it to nd another place to be, like out in the garden. One week later, the scheduled operation date arrived. After doing an ultrasound examination, my doctor said he couldnt even nd where the cyst had been. With experimental curiosity I started sending mental messages to my husband. He is a German man and a lumberjack by trade. Where we live in the countryside men do not usually help with housework. At alpha several times I pictured my 200 pounds forest bear husband wearing my little apron while he was washing the dishes. Three days later he murmured the following to me: You look so tired, dear. Today, Ill wash the dishes. We have been married for eight years and that was the rst time (but hopefully not the last) when I saw my husband diligently scrubbing away. -- By Ms. Erika S.

In February of 1993 I started programming to meet the man of my dreams. We did meet in August and both of us feel that we were created for each other, and that neither of us had been this happy with anyone before. I was also programming to nd a satisfying job during that time. The day I met my new boyfriend was the same day I had an exciting job interview as well. It felt fantastic nding out that I had been chosen from 40 applicants. I feel my life to be owing much more dynamically since taking the course. I am full of life, full of energy and charged by the desire to live happily and to help others be happy as well. -- By X.Y.

I traveled from Germany to Hungary to take the course. I had a cyst on my left side and the doctors wanted to operate. I used the mirror of the mind technique. I decorated my white framed mirror with red roses because they are my favorite ower. Every day I imagined the cyst getting smaller and smaller. I even talked to it
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Partly out of curiosity and partly to help solve some problems, I took the course at the end of 1992. (I now know it was the best decision of my life.) At the time I was facing having a gynecological operation and my doctor told me that, without it, I could not expect to have children. Taking your advice, I used the glass of water technique for guidance in making the right decision. I was struck by a strong prodding to turn to another doctor. By chance I met the chief surgeon of a hospital in Budapest, who turned me to a colleague of his, a gynecologist, who happened to be experienced in articial insemination. My new doctor reviewed my earlier medical records and advised against having the operation. Of course, in the meanwhile, I was diligently programming daily to heal myself. At level, I imagined my uterine tubes as being passable and giving birth to a healthy baby.. I got pregnant two months later! Ive been carrying my long awaited baby under my heart for 16 weeks now and my joy knows no bounds! -- By Mrs. Eva B. Horvath

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About Laszlo Domjan,MD,PhD

Laszlo Domjn was born in 1953 in Budapest, Hungary, into a Christian family. He graduated from medical school in 1977 and became an expert in internal medicine and later in rheumatology and physiotherapy. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 and worked in the largest centre for rheumatic patients in Europe for more than a decade, located in Budapest, Hungary. He holds four internationally patents for inventions of medical instruments. Some of them have been produced and sold. He is the co-author of two medical textbooks, many medical articles in dierent medical journals and has taken part in medical symposiums in several countries. Laszlo translated and published the Silva Method book by Jos Silva and Philip Miele into Hungarian in 1989. The book became a best-seller immediately and Laszlo started teaching the Silva Method in October 1990. He has currently taught approximately 120,000 Hungarians. Laszlo rst came across the Silva Method in 1989; it immediately made him very enthusiastic and it opened a new world for him. He realized that there was a fantastic opportunity for all to learn to use more of their minds in a more ecient way. There are over 180,000 Silva graduates in Hungary with its population of 10 million. Many of them have produced amazing results with the help of the Silva Method. Laszlo has translated and authored many books on the subject, as well as audio recordings and DVDs that help people to live a more joyful and meaningful life. He has since retired from medical practice. His contribution in helping thousands of Hungarians improve their health by teaching them how to combine both the Silva Method and conventional medicine is something he is proud of. He has received numerous awards and accolades from Silva International during the last 18 years. He presents the Silva Method Ultra Seminar in the US, Australia, and Western Europe. His biggest pride is his contribution to the betterment of many. For information about classes in Hungary see web site: www.agykontroll.hu or Email: jobban@inexr.hu

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INTRODUCING THE SILVA METHOD TO IRAN

By Kain Samiya
Two and a half years ago the Silva Method had its ocial beginning in Persia (Iran) under the directorship of Kaykhosrow (AKA Kain) Samiya, of Dallas, Texas. A lot has happened during this short time as Silva has expanded into the surrounding countries of United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. There are a total of 15 trained instructors who are now trained and authorized to teach the Silva Method in Farsi (Persian language) in Iran. We have another 7 who will soon be trained to bring this wonderful method to the more than 72 million people of Iran and several millions more in these other countries. Most of the countries listed speak the Farsi language, with the exception of Armenia, which speaks Armenian and Azerbaijan, who speak Turkish. The instructors for Iran come from varying background of authors, psychologists, engineers, computer programmers, accountants, ight engineers, salesmen, telecom (IP phone) providers, home makers, ight engineers, students, Thus far several hundred people have taken the Silva training thru the authorized trainers and the director. Just about everyone who has taken the courses are enthusiastic about the material and the results they have gained. A DVD has been produced which will soon be marketed in Iran of the Silva class, so students who have taken the course can review the material in the convenience of their own homes.

About Kaykhosrow (Kain) Samiya

Kaykhosrow (A.K.A. Kain) Samiya holds Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics and MS in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University. He is currently employed as Vice President of one of the top 10 Fortune 100 companies in the U.S. in the eld of Computer Networking. In 1996, Silva Intl. held a worldwide Success Contest. Kain became the grand prizewinner of that contest, mainly because of all the successes he had obtained from the use of the Silva Method techniques in his life. He was invited to speak at the Silvas 30th anniversary convention in Amarillo, Texas in that year. Kain has received Silvas Special Achievement awards during the 1997-2000 Silva Intl. Conventions, and has been presenting workshops during the annual Silva Intl. Convention, in Laredo, Texas and Miami, Florida. In 2001, Kain was recognized with two new awards from the Silva International headquarters. The rst was a Special Project award and the second Alpha Business award. These are indications of Kain commitment to betterment of humanity. Kain became the rst Spiritual Healing instructor, personally trained by Jose Silva, two weeks prior to his transitioning in 1999. He was also the editor of the ESP Newsletter, which was the publication of the Ecumenical Society of Psychorientology, a non-prot organization, setup by Jose Silva. Kain also founded, and organized the last three Faith Healing conventions, in Laredo Texas. Kain is a Silva Master and has been conducting classes at each of the Silva Masters Conferences since 2002. He has been invited to speak at numerous Silva International conventions and presenting workshops. Kain is the Director of Silva for Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan and Dallas, Texas. For information about classes phone (972)618-7905 or Email: SilvaTX@Flash.Net Website: http://www.SilvaMentalDynamicsCenter.Com

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LOOKING AHEAD . . . NEW BEGINNINGS

By Ken Coscia
We are witnessing the emergence of an expanding evolutionary consciousness in the minds and hearts of our fellow citizens on the planet. It seems at times; however, that it is as if some have gone crazy, as they entrench themselves in old ineective ways. Yet at the same time more and more people and companies are getting greener, meditation seems to be going mainstream, the tide of discontent is rising and the call for meaningful change and new beginnings grow louder. New beginnings also continue across the planet for The Silva Method as we continue to develop new programs and resources for Silva Grads and Instructors alike to keep pace with and serve the needs of these evolutionary trends. You will be hearing more about some of these in the weeks and months ahead; such as The Silva Mind Power Center, The Silva History Project, The Silva Community blogs, updated resource manuals, earning continuing education credits (ceus) and new advanced programs. Silva Instructors have been regularly convening in Laredo, TX to address how we can update, rene and meet the current needs of our participants. We want to Enrich the planet by empowering the individual. Our mission is a better you and a better world. Recently while serving as the International Training Director for Silva International, I enjoyed the opportunity, to conduct an Instructor training sponsored by Steven and Lily Soh in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We had in attendance new instructor candidates and experienced instructors from China, Australia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Next we are looking at countries like Viet Nam and other less developed countries. Our focus, however, will primarily be with our current certied Silva Instructors. We are improving the quality and consistency of our programs. We instructors, facilitators and enthusiastic Silva Grads eager to spread the good news of the practical life transforming Silva skills are challenged by the trend within our community of spiritual seekers of looking for the new technique, whats cutting edge, a quick x, or the secret. The reality is that the real secret is that there is no secret. There are only age old principles being revised and renamed. You know this and I know this; and yet this attitude of whats new seems to prevail at times. This is a primary point that I emphasize with Silva Instructors and our participants; especially in The Silva Mastery Seminar that I travel the world presenting. It is not so important what you know or even how much you know that advances our personal development and spiritual evolution. The key to sustaining and progressing our growth and development is to integrate and utilize what we know and that takes time and constant eort. The quick x is rare. We are indeed spiritual beings having a very physical experience. Spiritual development can be simple and it is certainly not at all easy. It takes more than just closing your eyes and visualizing what you want or listening to your favorite CD, or using the newest quick x. There are layers upon layers (like an onion) of distractions and resistance to manifesting the authentic self and furthering our spiritual growth. This is one of the reasons why people (even Silva Grads and Instructors) dont always heal. Spiritual growth is a process and a journey. It is like creating and maintaining a beautiful garden of your favorite owers. No matter how much fertilizer and water you give the garden, the weeds still seem to pop up. Neglect the garden for even a small amount of time and the weeds begin to ourish. Silva practitioners understand this and consequently learn to apply a delicate balance of time, attention and focused energy to manifest what they want in their garden of life. Some Silva Grads on the other hand just take the course and never really do anything with it; hence the dierence between a practitioner and a graduate. We are now more than ever addressing this. We are developing and beginning to make available to you, the very resources that allow you to enjoy a brighter, more compelling future as a Silva Practitioner. I look forward to meeting and sharing with you on the path.

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About Ken Coscia

Ken Coscia has endured and maintained a continual commitment to The Silva Method and the work of Jose and Juan Silva, since 1971. His leadership in designing Silva Graduate Support activities in Boston in the 70s still serves as a model today. He is one of Silva Internationals most experienced and respected Instructors, was handpicked in 1984 by Jose and Juan Silva to serve on the advanced programs sta and has won nearly every award Silva oers. Ken earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus in Managerial Psychology in 1973. He has also accumulated a vast amount of knowledge and expertise in various related modalities, often shares the stage with some of the greats in this eld, and yet through it all maintains a clear and nely focused attention to the vision of enriching the planet by empowering the individual through The Silva Method. Currently, Ken lives with his family in Connecticut, USA. He teaches the new Silva Life System (of which he is a presenter on the new home study program) & The Silva Ultra Mind ESP System in Connecticut, Boston, MA and Seattle, WA and travels the world conducting his Silva Mastery Seminar, PowerLearning and Intuition & You workshops. He also, serves as the International Training Director (for instructors) for Silva International and in his spare time serves a growing corporate, union and physician group client list with emotional intelligence and dynamic meditation workshops. You can learn more about Kens work and his schedule by visiting www.silvamethodct.com or www.kencoscia.com.

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COINCIDENCE: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JOSE SILVA

By Diana Castillo-Oulahan A few years ago I visited Mexico where I was a guest of ART MILES, an UNESCO program to promote global harmony through art. Art Miles was assisting children across the world develop their appreciation and passion for peace, love and the protection of the environment through the murals that they painted. The occasion, sponsored by the Mexican government, took place in Teotihuacan, site of important Indian ruins, on the vernal equinox that marks the beginning of spring. This is a most appropriate time for capturing energy; and those present, dressed in white, stood in the open air with their arms extended towards the sky to receive this abundant ow of energy. On this occasion, 1,500 Mexican school children were present at the foot of the famous pyramids to paint 72 canvas murals that became part of the largest continual mural in the world. The US delegation worked with a select group of Mexicans, comprised of painters, anthropologist, sociologists, historians, people who love art and, of course, all the excited children. During our stay in Teotihuacan, we were guests of a Mexican philanthropist who oered us his hacienda (farm). He has psychic capabilities that he uses to help cure people in need. The hacienda oered an atmosphere of peace and harmony; and its owner took care of us as if we were royalty. In my conversation with him, I identied myself as a Silva Method Instructor; and to my surprise, our host told me a very interesting story. When our host was a child and this area was nothing more than elds, Jose Silva used to visit it. The place has always been known as an active center of energy. It is believed that this is the reason why the Indians built the pyramids here. Jose helped heal people in this area and taught our host, a boy of 9 at that time, to work with mental projection to detect illnesses and help others recuperate their health. Jose also taught him the need to create a better world and to extend a helping hand to others in need. As a result of these encounters, he himself became a healer and a father to 80 adopted children, along with three of his own. At the time of my visit he had built accommodations for 250 needy children with a goal to take in a total of 640. In the meeting with the Art Miles group our host shared these experiences with Jose. What a moving experience it was to not only hear but to feel the spirit and personality of Jose Silva, through the power of our host with this story.

About Diana Oulahan

Diana and Richard Oulahan rst took the course with Silva International in 1986 upon observing the positive results of the Silva Method on their two children. They have received instructor training in the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Costa Rica, and have received many awards. Diana is the nancial manager for a Real Estate Investment Company ; an economist with specialization in Labor Economics and Education, she has been an instructor for the Silva Method in Colombia, Ecuador and the United States in both, Spanish and English. For information about Silva classes in Washington DC and Virginia phone 703-866-4030 or Email: silvamethod@cox.net

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IN CONTROL OF OUR LIVES

By Marjorie Dearmont The Silva Method is timeless. In the twenty-two years I have been teaching The Method I have seen very little change in the techniques or the programming, they are just as relevant today as they were when Jose Silva began teaching. What I have seen change is the attitude of the public to the teachings and the abundance of scientic evidence that validates the teachings. We see that evidence in our newspapers and magazines and on the internet almost daily. Last year I attended a seminar with Dr. Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., cellular biologist. Bruce has written a book called The Biology of Belief and the seminar was named Mind over Genes: The Grand Convergence of Body-Mind-Spirit That Puts You in Control of Your Life. Bruces scientic ndings and his teachings are revolutionary in the eld. He has proven that the brain of the cell is not the nucleus containing the genes and DNA. Rather it is the outer layer of the cell where the receptors receive information from its environment and control the activity of the cell. Bruce then shows how our bodys receptors, our eyes, ears, nose, and skin, receive information from our environment and control our cells and mostly our lives. Our conscious mind (functioning at the beta level at 20+ cycles per second) can process 40 bits of information per second. However, our sub-conscious mind (functioning at the alpha level between 7 and 14 cycles per second) processes 40 million bits of information per second. It is programmed with the experiences and thoughts and choices and habits and all we have observed throughout our lifetime. And Bruce stated that the sub-conscious controls approximately 95% of our behavior and our choices, the conscious mind only 5%. All of this shows us the importance of learning to function at the alpha level of consciousness to change the limiting programming we absorb and/or create at the sub-conscious level and program ourselves to create that which we desire. That is the basic purpose of The Silva Seminar. Jose Silva recognized our ability to transcend our limiting programming and be in control of our lives and he spent his life teaching us how to reprogram our consciousness and our biology. We can take advantage of that teaching in one weekend of the Silva Seminars.

About Marjorie Dearmont

Marjorie teaches The Silva Seminar, The Ultra Mind Seminar, the Relaxation Seminar, the Graduate Seminar and various workshops in Akron, Ohio, Houston and Marble Falls Texas. Marjorie rst took the Silva Method in 1983 in Oklahoma City and in 1986 after completing the advanced seminars and the Lecturer Development Seminar with Dr. Silva and continues to update her education. The highlight of her years of training has been The Ultimate Seminar; the ten day special program with Dr. Silva in 1988. She has received numerous Awards of Excellence and Special Achievement from Silva International through the years. She is a Master Hypnotist, Reiki Master, a graduate of; the School of Transformation and Healing, (a 3 year course), Quantum-Touch, Thought Field Therapy, Psych-K, and Pranic Healing. Marjorie is a popular instructor who brings insight, understanding, depth and humor to her presentations. Her strength is in making complex concepts easy to understand. You may contact her about her class schedules at (512) 355-3880 or Email at: MDEARMONT@aol.com.

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HOW I USE THE SILVA METHOD FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

By Victor Kovens Starting and operating your own small business can be one of the greatest experiences in the world. It certainly has been for me. I have learned it takes initiative, condence, self-discipline, and a lot of determination. It also takes a person who enjoys overcoming dierent kinds of challenges. The Silva techniques have made my experiences as a small business entrepreneur much easier and a lot more enjoyable. I use the alpha level every day to analyze problems and make decisions, and the more I practice, the more often I make the right decision. Through the years, I have learned the value of going to my level every day in order to make better decisions in my business and personal life, and to get the guidance I need to continue to achieve even more success. I grew up in a family business. We manufacture little plastic capsules that hold merchandise - small toys, candy, and so forth in vending machines. They are the kind of machines where you put a coin in and either a capsule comes out with the item inside, or you have some means of shing for the capsule of your choice. We make and ship about a million of those little plastic capsules every week. My brother has been running that business for the last twenty-ve years. I am still involved in the business and use my level to help in the decision making that keeps it growing and prosperous. I spend most of my time with my own travel business. I got into the travel agency business back in the 1970s, and in 1987 opened my own agency specializing in group cruises. The challenge for every small business is to nd ways to advertise and promote it. With a Silva technique, I found a great way to promote my travel business: In 1975 I got into the Guinness Book of World Records by ying around the world on commercial airlines in less than two days. It took me just 47 hours 48 minutes and 7 seconds to complete the 25,000 mile trip. I crossed the equator twice, landed in nine countries, and touch points exactly 180 degrees opposite each other on the globe: Lima, Peru, and Bangkok, Thailand. I visualized and used mental projection to smooth the way. Every step went just as I programmed it. It was almost as though people were waiting for me, like they had been prepared by my mental projection and were ready to help me continue my record-setting journey. Even getting through customs was no problem. Neither was making all of the connections from one ight to the next. I started in Lima, Peru, and ew to Bogot, Colombia, Caracas, Madrid, Rome, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Los Angles, and back to Lima. After the ight, it was a question of visualizing getting into the Guinness book. I think that was the most important thing. I called the editor of the Guinness book in London, from Los Angeles, to ask him whether I should continue on. But before calling, I entered my level and imagined the telephone conversation. When I actually talked to him, he told me to continue. The words he used in the conversation were almost exactly what I imagined he would say when I was at my level, projecting to him mentally. After I was back on the airplane for the last leg to Lima, the pilot invited me to sit in the cockpit. He asked me which direction I wanted to land in Lima. I told him to land whichever way he thought was fastest and best. So thanks to visualizing and mental projection, they reproduced my name 6.5 million times which helps advertise and promote my business! What was the secret of my programming success? One of the most important elements was the feelings that I incorporated into my programming. Every time I was at my level programming, I thought about how I would feel if I were already in the Guinness book. I imagined seeing my name in the book and made it so real that I could actually feel the pride and sense of accomplishment seeing my name there Even though there were some problems to overcome, the project was a big success. One ight was an hour late because they had to y an extra 600 miles around Vietnam. They were afraid of being shot down. I just kept programming and it worked. As you can see, there are many, many ways that you can use the creative alpha dimension to help you start and run a small business. Those of us who operate small businesses seldom have the kind of support that large corporations have... That makes it all the more important that we nurture our invisible means of support as Jose Silva called it.

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D COME CELEBRATE OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY SILVA CRUISE WITH US! D

My travel company, International Group Cruises, Inc. invites you and friends to join us next January for the 20th Anniversary Cruise from Miami to Panama Canal, Costa Rica, Grand Cayman and Columbia. A second cruise will leave Galveston for a Western Caribbean tour of Mayan ports including, Cozumel, Yucatan and Honduras. Both cruises will feature Silva Method programs on at-sea days. About twenty years ago our rst cruises were organized by Ruth and George DeSau. On the very rst cruise with 67 graduates sailing with us Jose and Paula Silva were special guests. Susan and I especially enjoyed getting to know Joses fun personality. Every evening at our dinner table, Jose would hide Susans specially ordered olives. He totally enjoyed teasing her. Jose Jr. and Ruth Silva have been on two cruises with us and we are delighted to announce that they will join us on the February cruise out of Galveston, Texas. Past Cruise organizers have been Becky Hickman and Gary and Ruth McMonogle. For detailed information go to the Cruises section under News & Events menu on the www.SilvaMethod.com web site, or visit www.igroupcruises.com. Nelda Sheets, Cruise Organizer Phone: 512-246-2427 Email: neldasheets101@sbcglobal.net

About Victor Kovens

Victor Kovens rst took the Silva course in 1974 from Peggy Huddleston in Philadelphia. The following year he got into the Guinness Book of World Records by ying around the world on commercial airlines in less time than anybody had ever done before. In 1979 he followed his intuitive guidance and traveled 240 miles to go on a blind date. His intuitive guidance was correct for Victor and Susan married and will celebrate their 30th anniversary next year. In 1987, with the intuitive guidance he got in a dream, Victor opened a travel agency, specializing in group cruises. This has worked out especially well as he now organizes cruises every year for Silva groups. The instructors who sponsor the cruises get to go for free and we spread the word about Silva. Victor Kovens has received several awards from Silva International in recognition for his dedication and contributions to the Silva Method. One award is the SPECIAL AMBASADOR FOR SILVA. Victor attended twenty-three of the twenty-ve Silva International Annual Conventions in Laredo. He attended Jose Silvas ten-day Ultimate Seminar the last seven times he taught it. Victor has organized and sponsored numerous Silva courses in Baltimore. Victor considers the most important and most satisfying thing he has done as a dedicated Silva Graduate was to help organize a class for homeless people in his hometown of Baltimore. After completing the class which was taught by JoNell Lytle, these homeless people had a seventy percent success rate in nding homes or jobs within one week!

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A SILVA METHOD SUCCESS STORY TO CELEBRATE: THE DON INGRAM STORY

By Nelda Sheets Let me introduce the Ingram family. Cecil Ingram has been an advocate of the Silva Method since the early days. Cecil is a businessman a daring crop duster, a hypnotist, as well as an expert in handwriting analysis. He was one of the people Dord Fitz asked to speak to our art classes. Cecil and his wife adopted a newborn boy, whom they named Don. A few months later, Donnie was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. The adoptive agency oered to take the baby back but Cecil and Pearl felt that God had given them Donnie to love. They wouldnt consider sending him away! When Don was about nine years old, Cecil asked me to teach him the Silva Method, so that Don could learn to immediately relax and stop muscular spasms. Cecil explained that not only were the spasms painful, but they were potentially fatal if the heart muscle became spastic. I told Cecil that I was willing to teach Donnie after I learned more about the condition of Cerebral Palsy and how relaxation could benet him. I didnt nd any information in the library so when Mr. Silva came back to the Panhandle, I told him about Cecils request and my concerns about my lack of information. Joss answer was, Nelda, do not read anything! Anything you read will only talk about his limitations from their limited viewpoints! This is what I want you to do: Every time that you wonder what to do and every time you have a question, go into your laboratory level and work each situation as a case. Listen to your inner wisdom. Trust your own inner guidance. When I rst met Don, it was obvious that he expressed most of his thoughts and feelings with his beautiful eyes. Even with his physical limiting condition, he could reveal his sweetness, intelligence, and sense of humor. I was really apprehensive about his many limitations. His mom, Pearl told me that a doctor had said that Don would probably not live to be twenty years old. He had very little control of his muscles and a cloth was belted around his chest to help keep him upright in his chair. He had limited use of his hands and was unable to hold even small objects. Speech was a struggle because of little control of his mouth. When I looked into his eyes, the apprehension that was lurking in my logical left brain hemisphere disappeared as I sensed Donnies tremendous determination and a willingness to go along with me on this exploration and adventure. Our routine for his class work of fteen sessions went something like this: I drove the eighty miles from Spearman to Dalhart to arrive at noon in order to have lunch with Don and Pearl, his mom. She would then leave to play bridge which worked well since one of my established rules when I teach children: No parents are allowed! Parents tend to distract or sometimes even intimidate their children. Donnie and I focused rst on the Long Relax. He learned to totally relax and we programmed that whenever he felt a spasm coming on, he should close his eyelids, take a long deep breath and immediately imagine himself in his favorite place of relaxation. The spasm would immediately melt away and leave him feeling ne. Donnie had two favorite places for mentally relaxing: He imagined being one of the sh in his aquarium that he loved, and his other favorite place was in his fathers airplane. The sh in his aquarium could move with ease and grace, and in his fathers airplane he could soar above the earth and escape his physical limitations. He liked to imagine doing physical activities with his friends, such as playing baseball. Donnie also liked working cases, especially animal cases, and he loved sending healing to his dog. One afternoon he asked if I would help him learn to write his name. All his friends could write but he couldnt even hold a pencil! So I went to level as Mr.Silva had suggested and intuited that Don could mentally rehearse one step at a time. Step one was to hold the pencil. His muscles had to be taught to hold a pencil. We discovered that he needed to hold his pencil upright with his four ngers wrapped around it. He practiced doing that with the Silva technique: Mental Rehearsal. The next step was to move his arm while holding the pencil straight up with the lead point on the paper. When this was successful, he moved the pencil in a straight line with control and then he made a curved line with control. That made the letter Dtwo curves made the letter O . . . three straight lines made the letter N. I still get goose bumps when I remember the joy in his eyes the rst time he wrote his name D-O-N.
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A SILVA METHOD SUCCESS STORY TO CELEBRATE: THE DON INGRAM STORY By Nelda Sheets (continued...)

Soon after this success, Don wanted to learn to paint. He knew I taught art to students from primary grades up through high school, and he wanted to learn too. Again I went to level and asked for guidance. My perceived challenge was the many physical controls that are needed to use a brush for oil painting. I thought it was too complicated for Don at this time. So, back to level! At level, the intuitive voice in my head said, Teach Donnie to watercolor by holding the brush upright as he does a pencil. He can move his arm over to the water, then to the watercolor pans and then over the paper. I gave him the assignment of mentally rehearsing this process and the next week I took some watercolor supplies. We had a great afternoon of painting. His rst painting was a pretty tree that lled the page. As I write this chapter, Don is celebrating his 45th birthday and is a remarkable young man. If you ever want a point of reference for a beautiful spirit, attune to Donnie Ingram. From Chapter 15 of SILVA STORIES by Nelda Sheets COMMENT: I taught the entire Silva Method to Donnie. I believe that every technique has value. In Donnies sessions I emphasized Relaxation, Special Use of Ideal Place of Relaxation, the Mirror of Mind and Mental Rehearsal -(from the Graduate Seminar).

About Nelda Sheets

Nelda Sheets has worn many hats in the Silva organization and was honored by Silva International Inc. with their highest award, The WORLD CUP She was on the Instructor Training sta for 14 years; served as Director of Silva Conventions and worked with the Silva International Educational Research Project conducted on Guam. She has taught the SILVA METHOD BASIC SEMINAR, ADVANCED GRADUATE SEMINAR, ULTRA SEMINAR; MIND2 SEMINAR, SILVA YOUTH SEMINAR. She has authored and presented numerous workshops including THE Creativity Workshop and Eective Parenting With Silva Techniques. Nelda currently teaches the Graduate Seminar and privately organized Silva Method classes. She is now serving as Editor of the SilvaNews Magazine. Nelda Sheets is the author of SILVA STORIES (second printing edition titled CLAIM YOUR CREATIVE HERITAGE). She is an art teacher; a professional artist with paintings in museum and private collections and is listed in WHOS WHO IN AMERICA. Email: neldasheets@yahoo.com and neldasheets101@sbcglobal.net Phone: (512)-246-2427

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HOW I USE THE SILVA METHOD FOR CREATIVE ART

By Nelda Sheets When I paint I am inspired by the concept that art is subjective and or mystical communication. Artists bring emotion, imagination and intuition to the subject matter and with selected materials and techniques create a poem, music or a painting that speaks to the heart with something more than seen by a camera. It is that something more that most people appreciate in a painting. When I paint a realistic painting such as a portrait or landscape, my goal is to add that something more into the selected colors with my expressionist/impressionist style and thus suggest the mystical energy of the subject. Attuning to the subject while at alpha is a creative/spiritual approach that helps bring that something more to the canvas. When I paint an abstraction, I am interested in exploring the symbology of colors, lines and shapes. For instance the square shape is said to be the most spiritual shape of all and represents a spiritual concept of perfection. The circle symbolizes eternity and the triangle represents communication from The Universe. A vertical line represents energy and life. A horizontal line represents rest or death. My denition of abstract painting is when a painting has no image (visual subject). The abstract painting is composed of shapes, line and colors and the subject is ITSELF In my latest series of abstraction I have especially been interested in composing paintings with simple shapes such as the square. I imagine that a grid composed of squares is like the universe and one square is a person. Each square is similar but a bit dierent. In some paintings the squares join other to make a family or to symbolize various situations that we human-spiritual beings are working with to become better and better To me that means more loving and reverent of all things and beings in the universe. In some of abstractions, my goal is to paint the rhythm or the music that the universe is singing and dancing to. I am very interested in the concept that the universe produces a melody with its moving energy. And if we are listening, we can translate the melody into mathematics, a song or an abstract painting. As my art professor, Dord Fitz said so often in class. Listen, the broadcast is always on. As Jose Silva taught, attune to the broadcast from the alpha level.

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