Archives for July 2013

In Praise Of Silva Mind Control

My life changed almost immediately after I took the Silva Mind Control course in Chicago many years ago. I can still see the room in which the training took place! I almost remember the meals I brought in. This article is my testimonial in praise of Silva Mind Control. The deep relaxation process, now called […]

Five Frightening Facts About Fracking

I just signed a petition to President Obama and Governor Brown urging them to stop “fracking” up our water supply. The petition reads: Attention: President Obama Petitioner: Dr. Jerome Freedman I urge you to protect the country’s drinking water by implementing a federal ban on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for oil and gas. The toxic results […]

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 […]

Awaken The Reality Architect In You To Solve Your Problems – YouTube

Awaken The Reality Architect In You To Solve Your Problems – YouTube.

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 […]

Each Other Doesn’t Make Any Sense

Rumi was a 13th century Sufi mystic. His ability to open our hearts helps to dissolve religious, social, economic, and personal boundaries. His poetry inspires us to consider friendship and connections with others to be sacred activities. Rumi spoke his poetry in beautiful words and images in such a way that I’m sure he recognized […]

There Is Beauty In Extreme Old Age

There are a few lines from the Mikado, a opera by Gilbert and Sullivan from 1885 that go like this, There is beauty in extreme old age. Do you fancy you are elderly enough? Information I’m requesting On a subject interesting: Is a maiden all the better when she’s tough? This refrain occurs because Ko-Ko, […]

The Compassionate Instinct

The compassionate instinct is a term coined by the University of California, Berkeley professor of psychology, Dacher Keltner. He was one of the contributors to the Sounds True series on The Compassionate Brain hosted by Rick Hanson. His topic was The Evolution of Compassion: From Gene to Meme. According to Compassion: Our First Instinct, an […]

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 […]

Evidence Based Religion

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay by his followers, was interviewed by Jo Confino, and executive editor of the Guardian on December 22, 2011 in Plum Village, Dordogne, France. The interviewer asked, “One of the things that you said in your talk is that the Earth, planet Earth, Mother Earth is not the same […]