Interesting survey. My scores were Mental 5, Physical 7, Emotional 5, Spiritual 7. Can't read too much into that, of course, but it was interesting. Thanks to Ken for the July work on intuition. I'm looking forward to getting started on the next month of this Summer of Silva! All this work and we're only halfway through - think of the places we have yet to go!
Better and better.
This is a good exercise, at this mid-point in the intuition month. As we reach within for intuitive input, we often meet the Child self, and have to learn to deal with that part of ourselves. I have patterns established in childhood that still come up at the oddest times. This exercise certainly reminded me of some of them. Still, the Child cannot and should not be repressed or suppressed, merely managed. Those patterns will probably be with me for the rest of my life (well, this life anyway), but knowing what they are, how they feel, keeps me from being pushed off-balance by them. One of my spiritual teachers, long ago, once told me: "you'll never change what's in you - you'll simply learn to organize it. And that's enough."
Better and better, I hope everyone is having a good weekend.
Thank you, Natalia, for posting this, and thank you Ken for taking the time to respond.
The discussion here reminds me of an old one: the Guru vs. No Guru debate. There are those in the G = NG camp, and those in the G ≠ NG camp. Both have excellent and ancient arguments for their point of view. The challenge to the G ≠ NG group is this: if learning under a guru/teacher is the key to enlightenment, how did the first guru (G Prime) come to be enlightened?
Clearly, I'm in the G = NG camp. One can, with application, accomplish as much on their own as they would with a Guru. In fact, I would argue that this form of learning can produce some superior results to live classes.
One problem with Gurus has always been dependence. I've met a number of people who tried Silva, and were very impressed with what they accomplished in a class, but can't seem to make it work at home, on their own. They attend class after class, but make no real progress in their lives.
In this mode of learning, from day one we are faced with the work of making this work in our own heads, and our own lives. It's harder, perhaps only some can make it work, but when it does the results are part of you, part of your life. It's all about the work.
Better and Better!
The plugs for the live classes are annoying, but they're not the biggest problem here. Not only does he manage to insert a plug for the live class in every talk, but he also strongly implies that what we're listening to won't work since it's not live. That's demotivating and incorrect. If one listens to the instructions here, and acts on the instructions to integrate the knowledge into practice, this approach will work. This is an excellent way to learn new skills, unless one is simply listening to the audio and hoping things will magically get better. Those people might do better in a live course.
If this year is like last year, Laura will be back for August and September, for the Mind Body Healing and Advanced Manifestation parts of the Masters Circle. Ken has good information, but the plugs for the live workshops and "certified Silva instructors" sounds to me like he's selling something. I just try to ignore those parts. For those who prefer Laura, just hang on for another three weeks. She'll be back!
I find most annoying how he plugs the live course and "certified Silva instructors" as often as he does. Many of us have been through one (or more), but the long relax can be learned from audio just fine. Learning it here is not inferior to the live class. His pace isn't so bad, once you get used to it, and once he gets rolling, he's a wealth of information.
I remember Ken's lectures on intuition from last year's Master's Circle. Personally, I find his speaking style rather slow (at 20 minutes, on average), compared to Laura's inspirational style (at 9 or 10 minutes). I was kind of hoping the someone would have sped them up a bit. :) Also, his constant plugs for the in-person seminars are a bit odd in the middle of his talks on intuition. Other than those nits, however, Ken has a lot of good information to impart on the Silva Method and the development of Intuition. I look forward to hearing him again, though this sudden change of pace and energy will take some getting used to.
No comments on this from the current Silva Master Circle students? I'll give it a shot: I first met my counselors in 1978 when I attended my first Silva Seminar - I was just 17. I heard in the daily lecture the part about changing your counselors, and the answer was don't change them. What I have found interesting is that while I kept the counselors from all those years ago, they haven't kept me! My counselors have changed several times, from my rather immature images of male and female counselors and laboratory, to much more sophisticated images as I've matured. It's an interesting process, indeed, though I can still see the original counselors if I try: those first images from a Silva Seminar really stuck with me!
Good morning, Chris. This may well be your Monkey Mind at work, but it may also be that your blue framed visualizations are more real and complete than your white frame ones. Especially if the blue framed picture is accompanied by fear, anger or anxiety, it can be difficult at times to construct a white frame image with as much emotional impact. Try spending more time on the white framed, solution image. Round it out until the emotions of the solution overwhelm the emotions of the problem. Oh, and remember to erase the blue framed image completely before creating the white frame.
Keep working on it, and you'll get it right for yourself. The Mirror of the Mind is a powerful technique, but it requires practice, practice, practice!
Visualizing abundance, or financial freedom is a difficult thing. What's most important is that the visuals you use have personal meaning for you. In my own case, I've had the most success with financial goals not by visualizing money (for all I know, I'd end up working as a cashier), but by focusing on the emotions of achieving the goal. How does it feel to reach your financial goal? What does a day look like, from waking to bedtime? How would your life be different, beyond simply acquiring a bunch of stuff? Be clear on what you want. When you haven't defined the problem, nor seen the solution in a clear way, you leave too much to chance, or the influence of others.
Also, I find it very helpful to approach financial goals in stages. Often we try to visualize a financial change so large it stretches believability. Sure, there are people who go from poverty to millions in a day, but how strongly do you believe that person will be you in the near future?
Finally, remember: often what you really want isn't money. It's what you would get from having greater wealth than you have. That wealth can come in many forms, from cash in the bank, to inheritance of real estate, to discovering gold in your back yard.
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