Are You Making The Right Decisions?

Pursuing the life of your dreams can be as daunting as it is exciting. Maybe you may feel like chances to step in the right direction don’t come often enough. This couldn’t be further from the truth. We’re faced with countless decisions everyday. Each one with the power to propel you towards your life goals. […]

The Four States Of Mind

Here is another great video from the Silva Life System blog. In this video, Vishen Lakhiani, founder of Mindvalley shares his story about how Silva Mind Control helped him start a multimillion business. After telling his story, he talks about the four states of mind. When his mindset changed, his business exploded. It’s not just […]

Mindfulness Based Healing

As you know, one of the major themes of this website is mindfulness based healing. This means bringing all the tools of mindfulness meditation to the healing process, becoming your own medical advocate, and taking charge of your medical experience. Whether you are healing from cancer, a physical injury, or an emotional upheaval in your […]

10 Things That Will Make You Happier

In an article on the Buffer blog, a productivity, life hacks, writing, user experience, customer happiness and business blog, Belle Beth Cooper wrote about 10 things that will make you happier. The article is titled, 10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science. She has done an excellent […]

Mind Stories Helped Cure Cancer

I am re-releasing this article to complement two articles from earlier this week. The first was A Cancer Cure – Gerson Therapy and the second was Suppressed Cancer Cures. Neither of these articles nor the videos in them mentioned much about meditation, visualization, or mind stories. I think it is important to include these kinds […]

Silva Guided Meditation

The Silva guided meditation in this video is very similar to the Guided Meditation for Achieving Your Goals on this website! In fact, both Jose Silva and I had the same teacher – Father Eli! Jose Silva developed the Silva Mind Control system in 1966, about five years before my training with Father Eli. The […]

Mindfulness – The Movie With Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh

Mindfulness – The Movie with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) is in the final stages of production. The movie is the work of Larry Kasanoff, the producer of True Lies and Mortal Kombat and other violent films. After meeting Thay, Larry wanted to make a film about him and not make violent movies anymore. Other […]

Five Steps To Positive Self-Talk

Many years ago, I took the Silva Mind Control course over a late winter weekend in Chicago. The course was transformative and much of the information has become part of my daily meditation practice. Two years later, I was learning the same material from Father Eli in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. My experience there […]

Mindfulness In Healing Celebrates Four Years

Happy Summer Solstice! Today is the longest day of the year and it corresponds with the fourth anniversary of the founding of the  Mindfulness in Healing sangha. Mindfulness in Healing was founded on the Summer Solstice of 2009 and has served the community every week since then. Mindfulness in Healing meets at the Pine Street […]

Realization Process

Monday night, I experienced the realization process with Dr. Sara Gordon. She is fully Certified Realization Process Practitioner. Sara teaches the Realization Process Monday evenings, 7-9 in San Rafael, CA. There were two other participants besides Sara and myself. The class was fully enjoyable and I found myself willing and able to follow all of Sara’s […]