“Money Is The Root Of All Evil”

I am sure you have heard this statement before, or maybe even said it yourself. But did you know that this is a limiting belief?

Today I want to talk to you about money and mindset (it is always one of our very favorite topics ). I’ve talked about this plenty of times before and I’m sure by now you know that  your mindset towards wealth and success can really make a big difference!

The truth is, if you have more money, you’ll have more power to do good and make a change in the world. You’ll be able to give to charities, give some child or a refugee hope, contribute to research and science on illnesses or medicine and give to charity groups. The poor need and deserve the assistance of those who have the means.

Let’s take a look closer to home; money means freedom, which most people are seeking. With money, you’ll have the freedom to work when and if you want to. This means you’ll have time for your loved ones, friends and family which is the most important thing in life. You could even spend that money to help other members of your family with their mortgage or college education.

You’ll be able to travel the world and strengthen or build whatever new skills you want by learning. You can then put your skills to good use, therefore creating more positive change in the world.

Money does make the world go round… For example, charities need money to run their organizations. Musicians need money for instruments, studio time, and music lessons. Schools need money to teach. All I’m saying here is that we shouldn’t be striving to make money for money’s sake but to enable a meaningful and enjoyable lifestyle.

Its important to remember — Money is a means to an end. Not an END in itself.

Money can be a really great tool that when used wisely can add to the value of human life. It’s good to be cau­tious when it comes to saving or spending but remember to keep in mind also your atti­tude towards money. To put it sim­ply, if you don’t think you have enough, then you’ll never have enough and if you think that money is evil, then it will be detrimental only to you!

So now share with me your thoughts. Do you think that not having a lot of money is key to happiness? Or do you agree with me when I say that more money can create more good in the world? Or do you believe money is the root of all evil?

I look forward to reading your comments!

Better and Better,

Laura

I was catching up on reading the other day and I found this quote:

“If we don’t get the epidemic of childhood obesity in check, for the first time in a century children will be looking forward to a shorter life expectancy than their parents.”

I remember when this first came out as headline news in 2002. There were  countless articles and news reports on what could have possibly caused this health epidemic — fast food, video games, advertising, pop culture.

What was really interesting to me, is that everybody was blaming external factors for the poor health of our kids. It was always someone else’s fault, from corporations to the health care system or even the government.

This blast from the past reminded me how grateful I am to know that we are all responsible for our own health — mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I strongly believe that we were all born healers and have the capacity to learn how be in complete control of our health.

Whats refreshing to know is that in this day and age, I don’t seem to be alone in this belief.

For example in the movie Avatar, what moved me is the powerful message that we are all connected and have the ability to heal ourselves and others.

This is me as an Avatar — If you want to look this good, I have a link on my facebook page

Did you also get this message when you watched it?

Even though Avatar is a science fiction movie, it seems as though the concept of  healing oneself is now becoming more and more accepted.

Although I’m sure not everyone accepts this belief.  Whenever there is a new radical idea that challenges current world view, it will always receive some degree of criticism.

Alternative healing used to be one of those radical ideas. It is now currently between the stages of growth and maturity. It’s been studied, validated and is now moving towards general acceptance.

Here at Silva we have conducted countless research projects and published  reports on scientific evidence behind energy healing since the 1960’s. My father, Jose Silva, was one of the first to scientifically prove the power of mind and how it can heal the human body.

So what’s next?

Maybe it is because I grew up exposed to my father’s research, I always believed that energy healing will become a natural part of the medical community.

What I want to know is what you think.

Have we become a healthier society  in 2010 than in 2002?

Do you believe there has been a shift in global consciousness?

Are people taking more control of their own health? What has changed in your life with your beliefs towards your health?

So is Avatar really science fiction after all?

I look forward to discuss your thoughts.

Better and Better,

Laura

Not only that, it’s also been covered by numerous major dailies such as the Washington Post and The New York Times.

Here’s an article that’s written by a news journalist, James Crenshaw that was published in FATE Magazine.  Here, he talks about the various experiments which he personally observed with a few professors on psychic healing. The methods used, as well as the results are truly interesting and mind-blowing.

Download the Report Here

I know that there are those of you out there who doubt your own abil­i­ties of heal­ing, which means you doubt the power of your mind. So I recommend that you read this report  to erase any hesitations you may have which will hinder your ability to heal.

Better and Better,

Laura

Arna is now a Silva instructor and a successful business owner. I’ve posted her story below for your reading pleasure and as a source of inspiration.

Change Your Thinking — Change Your Life

Want to sleep better, change unwanted habits, improve your business and have the life of your dreams? Then think about it! The power of your thoughts can change your life.

You may have heard that you can achieve anything you set your mind to – but is it really that simple? Yes, it is scientifically proven! Best selling authors call it “The Secret” or the “Law of Attraction.” Jose Silva has perfected the techniques and The Silva Method Workshop now teaches you how to put these powerful tools into practice. If you want to not only know more, but create more with your thoughts, you can experience the power of your own mind by attending this Silva Method workshop presented by Arna Berg who claims she owes much of her abundant success in life to The Silva Method.

Learn to improve your life

After years of working for someone else, Arna explained that circumstances led her to start a little business in Simpson Bay Yacht Club and she opened the doors of The Business Centre. In the beginning it didn’t go very well, every day she wondered how to attract clients, whether the business could pay her a salary and if the business would even survive to the end of the first year. In 1992 her friend Malcolm Maidwell read a book about the Silva Method and he persuaded Arna and a small group of friends from St. Maarten to fly to New York and take this four-day workshop. The things she learned there dramatically changed her life.

I’m sure you remember my very good friend, Vishen Lakhiani who also happens to be one of our most successful Silva graduates. He was also a Silva instructor for 5 years and is now running a $10 million dollar online publishing business.

Vishen was one of the speakers at Engage Today 2009. It was truly one of the most inspiring talks I had ever seen, so I thought I would share the video here with you.

Remember what I told you about the banister effect - when you see someone doing and succeeding at something that you’ve always wanted to do, you will unconsciously form a belief that you can do it too, and probably end up doing it.

Engage Today was one of the biggest personal growth events of the decade. Transformational leaders from all over the world, like His Holiness The Dalai Lama and Sir Richard Branson flew into Calgary to share their wisdom on making the world, business, and each other better.

Watch the video and let Vishen tell you…

• How he grew his company over 400% in revenues over a 1 year period
• What “the state of flow” is, and how it holds the key to energizing your company
• His explanation of “the Paradox of Intention” and why happiness cannot be tied to your goals
• What to do if you’re in a job or career that you don’t like
• Does it make sense to hire entrepreneurs into your business?

I hope you found this video inspiring.  I know I certainly did! Let me know what you think, share your thoughts with me in the comments box below. Till then…

Better and Better,

Laura

“Success is not for the timid, It is for those who seek guidance, make decisions, and take decisive action.” - Jose Silva

Hi friends,

We’re well into January now, and I’m not going to forget my promise to help you achieve your 2010 goals

Statistics have shown that 90% of us will abandon our resolutions by April, but with my help, you’re going to make 2010 one of the best years of your life!

There are so people who’re having problems achieving their desired outcome. They know what they want, but they don’t know how to get it. The Silva Method has always taught us that with proper programming coupled with appropriate actions, we can make things happen!

So, today, I’m going to give you 2 easy steps you must keep in mind when getting your goals.

Step 1 — Meditate

Go into your level and seek guidance. I cannot stress how great the benefits of meditation, and this is merely one of it. When at your level, consider the things that you like, the things that you’re good at and the things that you want. Consider what you already have or don’t have, ie. the things that can help you get ahead.

When you’re at your level, everything will slowly become clearer.  You’ll be more aware of what you need to do first before you begin or to continue your journey.

Be aware of your strong points, but do not limit yourself and open yourself to accepting creative guidance.

Then clear your mind; expect an answer. Some people spend all their time asking and talking. You must be a good listener, then guidance will come. Now you are ready for the second step.

2. Make Your Decisions

This is where you decide how you can fulfill your life purpose. Remember, you must program for success, but you must also start doing something to get it.

I must warn you though… All these years with the Silva Method, I’ve heard lots of people saying that they want to wait till they’ve mastered the techniques before they even try to fulfill their dreams…

Please do not do this.

Here’s where I quote my father, Jose Silva,

” If you were perfect, you would not be here in this classroom called Earth. This is our training ground and on-the-job training.”

It is very important to learn as much as you can through this journey we call Life. And it is important to love, and to express your love to other beings on this planet. Learn how to improve your relationships with those around you… It’s very important in fulfilling your life purpose.

As human beings, we always have a choice. We can compete or we can work together in harmony and I hope that together, we’ll live in harmony and help make this world a much better place by bringing more peace and love to all that we meet.

Better and Better,

Laura

PS: Were these tips helpful to you? Leave a comment below, I’d love to know what you think.

Today, we’re going to do two fun and educational things. First, you’re going to brush up on your internet skills…and secondly, you’re going to get rewarded for it!

Here’s how:

Have you heard of Twitter?

In other words, Twitter lets you “follow” the sources most relevant to you and access information via Twitter as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends.

So for example, you may want to “follow” CNN to receive the latest world news immediately. To “follow”, simply go to CNN’s Twitter page and click on the “follow” button. It’s so easy!

Here’s the best part; while you can always access Twitter from your computer, most people access it directly from their phone. This means you will get updates on the go, anywhere and everywhere!

Which leads me to my next question; do you have an account?

If you don’t, you may want to think of creating one because… The Silva Method is now on Twitter!

This is fantastic news because this means you’re going to receive mini updates on Silva directly onto your phone. You’ll also get to connect with other Silva students and friends as well as other personal development gurus who are on Twitter.

This brings me to the second thing we’re going to do: Reward you for helping spread the Silva message. Here’s what you’re going to get:

It’s a two-page guide on Forgiveness, Healing and Wellness written by Laura herself.

So log in to Twitter now with your user name or create one, and then “follow” The  Silva Method. Then, retweet any of The Silva Method updates so that it’ll appear on your profile!

Here’s the third and final step: Leave your Twitter link in the comments box below. For example, The Silva Method’s link is http://twitter.com/TheSilvaMethod. You can create one that is unique to your user name.

This is important because we will be sending (or “tweeting”) your access to the exercise above via your Twitter

So let me recap. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Go to Twitter on your browser
2. Log in with your user name or create an account
3. Go to The Silva Method’s page (http://twitter.com/TheSilvaMethod)
4. “Follow” The Silva Method by clicking on the Follow button
5. Retweet any message from The Silva Method page so that it will appear on your profile
6. Leave your Twitter links in the comments box below!

It’s so simple and easy and lots of fun! It took me less than 10 minutes to complete all 6 steps, and I’m sure you can too! So hurry up, I’m waiting to see all of your Twitter pages!

Cheers,

Jill

Last week, we talked about 5 simple ways to be happy.

As Silva students, we’re fortunate enough to have tips and techniques that can naturally help us achieve happiness. This of course, include meditation, which is the key ingredient used in all of Silva Method’s exercises.

Meditation helps us to relax our mind and body while giving us physical as well as inner peace. It heals stress, anxiety as well as depression.

We already know that engaging in activities that relieve you from stress, anxiety and depression, such as meditation, can reduce the negative energies in our system leading to happiness.

Unfortunately, there are still so many out there who have yet to experience its wondrous benefits.

So, in their quest to achieve happiness, they try various methods that may include medication, drugs and other adrenaline-rushing activities which just aren’t healthy in the long run.

For this reason alone, I am very happy to see that meditation is being recognized more and more in the medical world for its natural and permanent benefits.

Here’s an article written by Janis Whitlock (MPH, PhD), which talks about the increasing number of those addicted to unnatural methods in their quest to find happiness, but with less than positive results.

According to Janis, with the quest for happiness, as it is socially and culturally defined in most western nations, comes heightened risk for addictions of all sorts — particularly for youth.

The article elaborated on the science of addiction, which reveals that when someone struggles with substance abuse or process addictions present in our culture such as food, sex, gambling, self-harming behaviors, or even excessive Internet usage or workaholism, the pay-off is the same: increased levels of “feel good” chemicals.

All of these behaviors increase levels of “happiness” chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin, endogenous opiods, and norepinephrine — at least for a short while.

Meditation, meanwhile, provides the much sought-after positive and permanent qualities that so many are searching for:

• Increased understanding of the neurology of contentment suggests that practices such as meditation and contemplation may hold the key to real and lasting happiness
• Studies of long-term meditators by researchers such as Richard Davidson from the UW-Madison Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience show that meditation is linked to significant activity in the left prefrontal cortex — areas of the brain linked to positive emotion
• Studies of the effect of meditation on mental health typically show meditation linked to significantly less trait anxiety and negative affect, enhanced levels of circulating antibodies and the high-frequency gamma waves associated with higher mental activity
• Similarly, as reviewed in Stefan Klein’s book, The Science of Happiness, long-term compassion-focused meditation has been linked to the most intense left-sided, happiness-related brain activity ever recorded
• These studies have shown that the effects of meditation are believed to be permanent

You can read the rest of the article here, and see for yourself how even the medical world is now recognizing the wonderful benefits of meditation.

Better and Better,

Laura

Why teens addict: The elusive search for happiness

by Janis Whitlock, MPH, PhD

Happiness. We all want it. If you were born in America you learned early that happiness is not only your right but a national obsession as well. Indeed, not only do we individually spend huge amounts of time, energy, and money becoming and staying happy, corporations spend equal amounts of these convincing everyone that they are not happy enough and deserve more. The western relationship to happiness is indeed an odd one. And, it is into this odd relationship that adolescents are inducted as one of the many unspoken rites of passage into adulthood.

Thanks to all of you who participated, and everyone else who voted because your votes really, really helped me choose the top 5 winners. Honestly, I was having such a hard time picking them out on my own because all them were so beautiful, so inspiring and so creative!

But thanks to everyone who participated, here are the winners:

Top 5 Winners Of The Silva 1 Sentence Contest

1. By connecting and harnessing the power of the subconscious and conscious minds with our body’s intuitive wisdom, The Silva Method dissolves our fears, removes our mental blocks, transforms our limiting beliefs and unfolds our deepest values, opening us to the power we have within each of us to create the world we yearn to share — Paul O Connor
2. The Silva method is an empowering learning experience that will enable you to take control of your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional wellbeing. — Karen Seegert
3. Silva…Changing the world, one MIND at a time! — Debi D
4. The Silva Method is a scientifically backed esoteric system that gets your life in order and then accelerates it into the direction you want it to go — Chris
5. The Silva Method settles the mind, stirs the soul and sparks the spirit for ultimate serenity — Sandra Kraus

Congratulations to all of you, you really did put a lot of effort and thought into this. I can see Silva’s core message as well as our mission and vision in your sentences

As promised, you will each receive a digital copy of the Silva Intuition Program.

So please don’t forget to leave me your email address in the comments box below, I will send you the details of your prize straight to your inbox.

Once again, congratulations and enjoy the program!

Cheers,

Jill

Now before I go on, I must thank you all so much for sending in your sentences describing the Silva Method. They were all so beautiful, so inspiring and so creative… But like I said, we need to choose only 5 to be the winners and to be honest..

…I need your help!

I can just imagine you saying “again?”

No really, we received so many amazing sentences that Laura and I feel that it would be so much better if you get to participate and vote for your favorites too!

So here’s the top 20 sentences that we’ve picked out. Now all you need to do is vote for your favorite, and the top 5 with the most votes will win!

Vote For Your Top 20 Silva Sentences Below

1. The Silva method is that marvelous unique awe inspiring Rainbow that bridges Heaven and Earth ‚that opens the door to your real self where you will find that everything that you can aspire for is simply within you,making you simply blissful like the blossoming rose or the glorious morning sun — Sujatha
2. By connecting and harnessing the power of the subconscious and conscious minds with our body’s intuitive wisdom, The Silva Method dissolves our fears, removes our mental blocks, transforms our limiting beliefs and unfolds our deepest values, opening us to the power we have within each of us to create the world we yearn to share — Paul O Connor
3. The Silva Method helps a person discover, learn and adopt practices that result in improved quality of life, success and happiness.- Charu
4. The Silva Method is alive and elightens the mind, which nourishes the soul, which cultivates the heart, which strengthens the body that it may become better and better — Iris
5. The universe and the light of the stars come through the Silva method — Sude
6. The Silva Method introduces you to your highest potential and expands your life by expanding your mind. — Lori
7. To Know a better day,a better tomorrow, a better World in every way, the path to being in Joyous Harmony with all You are is Here and Now with Silva Life Systems — Daniel Hill
8. “The Silva Method is the planet’s most effective learning tool that facilitates you to utilize more brain and mind for getting help from the other side to solve your problems and achieve your goal” — Deelan Lal
9. SILVA: Stepping Into Liberty; Vision Awakened — Diana Thurston
10. The Silva System takes you on a simple yet magical journey to discovering the real and magnificent you — John
11. The Silva Method is a scientifically backed esoteric system that gets your life in order and then accelerates it into the direction you want it to go — Chris
12. New beginnings,leaving the past behind towards an amazing journey for a better future — Susan
13. The Silva Method is helping people to be, to do and to become better and better in body, mind and spirit each day for peace, prosperity and harmony — Elizabeth
14. Silva…Changing the world, one MIND at a time! — Debi D
15. “The Silva Method unlocks the doorway to Self awareness and your unlimited human potential” — Brit
16. The Silva Method is the turbo-charged application of thought power! — Eddie Reece
17. The Silva method is an empowering learning experience that will enable you to take control of your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional wellbeing. — Karen Seegert
18. The Silva Method helps you transform the Universe into your ally that will deliver you whatever you want: health, wealth, relationships and happiness, so your life gets better and better everyday and every way — Alina
19. The Silva Method Guides You Through The “Awakening” and Makes Your Life Better and Better Every Single Day In Every Single Way — Rodger
20. The Silva Method settles the mind, stirs the soul and sparks the spirit for ultimate serenity — Sandra Kraus

And that’s all of it!

So please leave your votes in the comments box below, I’d really appreciate it!

Cheers,

Jill