Introduction to Healing Concepts
Kaileen: Welcome to the first lesson in the Healing & Problem Solving Foundation. You might be wondering what healing and problem solving have to do with each other. Well, it's more about how they work together. You see, when our bodies experience disease or some sort of ailment this is a problem, and since our mind is fully capable of solving problems that means we are going to use that ability to heal our bodies with our mind.
Here at the Silva Method we believe that your body is meant to be healthy and that with practice you can guide your body back to its default state of health with your mind. Even if you're not generally a sick person, this foundation is incredible for bringing peace of mind and a sense of well-being. It will help you gain a new perspective for any challenge you're facing.
In the chapters to come you are going to start learning to creatively solve problems, and you're going to learn about something called progressive programming. Progressive programming is when you inch your progress with smaller goals toward a larger goal. So here is where your practice is really going to count.
You're going to be doing the 3-1 method on your own, and you're going to be doing the 10-1 countdown on your own, and you're going to be challenged to perceive your problems in a different light so that you can begin the healing process.
Lesson on Energizing Water for Healing
Laura: We're now coming to a very exciting part of the program because we're going to be learning and working with a technique that is a little different than the others. This is called the Glass of Water Technique, Beginning's Level. We use the Glass of Water Technique whenever you need information or guidance. It's excellent for making decisions or finding misplaced objects and gaining a deeper understanding of life's challenging situations. The Glass of Water Technique is going to also show us a way to stir up our intuition or be able to use our mind in a special way to solve problems. It engages your mind faculties and intelligence in a special way. It involves the practice of allowing a thought to incubate all night.
Usually when we don't have the solutions to problems it's because we lack necessary information, but once we have enough information answers and solutions become really obvious.
The Glass of Water Technique is the only technique that utilizes something outside of you and that's a glass of water. All the other techniques that we have in the Silva method training have to do with you and just you because here at Silva we believe that you have all the resources and information needed to make good decisions and heal yourself inherently within you.
The glass of water in this technique is going to help us to achieve our outcome. We recommend you use a clear glass made of glass. There's something about glass versus a Styrofoam cup or a plastic cup. Glass is more of a natural element and we want to work with this natural element.
Now the glass that you use when applying this technique doesn't have to be a huge glass because you have a huge problem. Regardless of how big or small the problem may be you just use a simple drinking glass and you fill it with water. Take it by your bedside.
This is the last thing you do before you go to sleep at night. You get the glass, you close your eyes, tilt them slightly upward and say to yourself mentally "This is all I need to do to find a solution to the problem I have in mind." Now I'll set aside the remaining half glass of water, go to bed, and just sleep.
Notice that we did not use a 3-1 method to enter level. You enter level when you close your eyes and tilt them slightly upward. In the morning when you awaken you get the remaining half glass of water, you close your eyes again, tilt them slightly upward and mentally say to yourself "This is all I need to do to find the solution to the problem I have in mind."
Make sure that you have the problem in mind because that is the last statement you're going to say before you go to sleep. That means that the thought is going to incubate all night.
It's kind of like what we did already going back with the Dream Control Technique. In the Dream Control Technique you say "I want to have a dream that contains the solution to the problem I have in mind." In the Glass of Water you're saying "This is all I need to do to find the solution to the problem I have in mind." In both of those techniques the last thought you have in mind is the thought that incubates.
Many years back I suddenly developed an allergic reaction to cats. It came from seemingly nowhere and I
was really upset about the whole idea that I was having this reaction. I thought "That's not me. I'm such a healthy person. Where's this coming from?" After a few bouts with that allergic reaction I thought "That's enough. I refuse to live this way."
So I decided to use the Glass of Water Technique for taking care of this condition. So one night I got a glass of water and as I was drinking approximately half of the water I said to myself, "This is all I need to do to find the solution as to how to eliminate this allergic reaction I have to cats." And I sat the remaining water to the side of my bed and went to sleep.
In the morning I woke up and I had this really clear recollection of a childhood experience. In my recollection I was asked to go outside to take the laundry down from the clothesline. We were so many kids, ten to be exact, so we all had chores to do and we all had to do them. It was my turn as a young girl to go outside and bring the clothes in. While I was outside I heard a lot of commotion inside the house and I was rushing to get back in. When I walked into the house I saw my sister who was about a year older than me had a little kitten in her arms. It was a beautiful little Siamese cat and I wanted to hold the cat and she wouldn't let me. She kept turning and turning away from me so that I couldn't hold the cat. I got really upset, so I got a clothespin and I attached it to the tip of the cat's tail. The cat went bezerk and started going around and around in circles. It was just making all kinds of commotion.
Needless to say, my parents got really upset with me and I was sent to bed and I was punished. That memory was the one that surfaced in the morning when I woke up. The great thing is that in a short period of time after that my allergic symptoms completely went away. I thought "How
curious that a memory that's so stuck in the past held the key to relieving my allergic reaction."
We know that incubation works and why it works or how it works we're not quite sure and like with dream control several things may happen. This is a technique you apply as you're going to sleep. That also means that you're going to be psyching into the very slow frequencies of brain and into the higher realm frequencies of brain meaning that you may be unlocking information that's trapped in those frequencies and they're going to surface. Or it could mean that intelligence because it cares so much for you it's going to go out and wander through time and space in search of the information. When it finds it will bring it back and show it to you in a dream.
Another thought is that since we are mostly made up of water the water is programmed by your thoughts, desires, needs and/or intentions. Scientists have discovered water to be a good receptor of thoughts, intentions and desires, and when you hold the glass to drink the water you are projecting your thoughts, your desires, and your intentions into the water. You are programming the water with your thoughts, desires and intentions.
The water then goes into your system, permeates your entire body and maybe releases or unlocks information that is trapped in your genetic code and like in dream control expresses it in a dream, thought or flash of insight. Dr. Masaru Emoto in his book The Hidden Messages in
Water records images of crystals formed in frozen water
from various sources using high speed photography. He noticed that when loving words or concentrated thoughts or intentions were directed to the water or even written on a piece of paper and taped to the glass containing the water brilliant complex and colorful snowflake patterns
were formed. When polluted water, or water which had negative thoughts, words or intentions directed into it was used, only incomplete asymmetrical patterns with dull colors were formed. Dr. Emoto recognizes that water has the ability to copy and memorize information.
This could be one of the reasons why the Glass of Water Technique is so effective and can be applied to health and healing. So what you can expect when you apply this technique is one of several things. You may awaken during the night with a vivid recollection of a dream that contains the information. Make sure you write it down or record it. Or, you may awaken during the morning with a vivid recollection of that dream. Again, write it down or record it. Or, you may have a flash of insight or a memory of something that contains the information to solve that problem.
Something else with this technique is that you may wake up with the information to solve the problem. If you do, you still drink the remaining half glass of water because that's the way the formula is programmed and that's what we want to reinforce, the success of the formula itself. So drink the remaining half glass of water and instead of saying "This is all I need to do to find the solution to the problem I had in mind," you may want to instead say some words of gratitude for receiving the information.
If you don't get the information right away in the morning then expect to get it sometime during the day. You may have a flash of insight, or maybe you'll open a book and the information is right there staring right at you. Or you could be walking somewhere and the person standing next to you is having a conversation with somebody else and they're talking about exactly what you need to hear to solve the problem that you have in mind. So make sure your antennas are in the receiving mode because you're
going to either see it or hear it or experience it or something along those lines.
It's kind of like when you go out to buy a new car. You go to the car dealer and the car dealer takes you around the lot to look at all the cars they have, and yet, not one of those cars is special or unique enough for you, and you say "You know what? I really want to order my car and have it specially made just for me." So you select the color and the upholstery and you get all the accessories that you want and the rims, everything is just to your liking, and you wait a few months for the car to be built to your specifications.
Well, the months go by, you get your car and you're so happy with it and now you take off and drive away from the car dealer and low and behold two blocks down there's another car exactly like yours. And about three miles later you see another car exactly like yours and you think "I never used to notice these cars before, so what's different now?" What's different now is that your focus is on what's taking priority in your mind at that moment, and that's kind of what happens with the Glass of Water Technique. When you're searching for the information your focus, your attention is on seeking the information that you need to apply to solving the problem.
So do expect to get the information sometime that day after applying the technique. If at the end of the day you feel that you didn't get that flash of insight, or you didn't get the information, then when you go to level that night before going to sleep scan through your day and say to yourself mentally "I know that I experienced the information that is going to help me to solve the problem I have in mind. What was it?" Clear your mind for a few moments by thinking of something that's not related and
then the first thought that comes in after that will have the information. Trust in your inner senses.
Preparation to Glass of Water Exercise
Laura: I hope you're getting comfortable with entering the exercises by yourself because you are going to continue doing so from now on. In this exercise you will go through a problem-solving cycle using the Glass of Water Technique. You will go through the step-by-step process imagining that it is nighttime and you are ready to go to sleep, getting a glass of water, taking the water by your bedside, closing your eyes and tilting them slightly upwards as you drink approximately half of the water saying "This is all I need to do to find the solution to the problem I have in mind."
You'd then imagine putting the glass of water away, getting into bed and going to sleep. I'll be quiet for a few moments as you imagine yourself sleeping peacefully. And when you hear my voice again it will be morning. At that point, you will imagine completing the application of the technique by imaging closing your eyes and tilting them slightly upwards as you drink the remaining half glass of water saying "This is all I need to do to find the solution to the problem I have in mind."
Let's get started.
Glass of Water Exercise
Laura: Find a comfortable position. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath and enter your level by yourself using
the 3-1 method followed by 10-1 countdown. I will take it from there with a wave relaxation. Take your time.
You are now at a deeper, healthier level of mind, deeper than before. You may enter a deeper, healthier level of mind by simply relaxing your eyelids. Relax your eyelids. Feel how relaxed they are. Allow this feeling of relaxation to flow slowly downward throughout your body all the way down to your toes.
It is a wonderful feeling to be deeply relaxed, a very healthy state of being. To help you enter a deeper, healthier level of mind I'm going to count from 1 to 3 and cause a sound of my fingers. At that moment you will project yourself mentally to your ideal place of relaxation. I will then stop talking to you and when you next hear my voice one hour of time will have elapsed at this level of mind. My voice will not startle you. You will take a deep breath, relax, and go deeper. One, two, three, project yourself mentally to your ideal place of relaxation until you hear my voice again. Relax.
Relax. Take a deep breath and as you exhale relax and go deeper. You will continue to listen to my voice. You will continue to follow the instructions at this level of the mind and any other level including the outer conscious level. This is for your benefit. You desire it and it is so. Whenever you hear me mention the word "relax" all unnecessary movements and activities of your body, brain and mind will cease immediately and you will become completely passive and relaxes physically and mentally. The difference between genius mentality and lay mentality is that geniuses use more of their minds and use them in a special manner. You are now learning to use more of your mind, and to use it in a special manner.
The following are beneficial statements that you may occasionally repeat while at these levels of the mind. Repeat mentally after me. "My increasing mental faculties are for serving humanity better. Every day in every way I am getting better, better and better. Positive thoughts bring you benefits and advantages I desire. I have full control and complete dominion over my sense and faculties at all levels of the mind, including the outer conscious level and this is so."
The following statements are for your better health. Keep in mind that from now on I will occasionally be speaking in your place.
"Every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every cell, tissue, organ and system of my body is revitalized, restored and renewed. I will always maintain a perfectly healthy body, mind and immune system."
Impression of information for your benefit; the Glass of Water Technique. The Glass of Water Technique is used for problem solving and goal achievement. At night, just before retiring, get a water glass and fill it with water. While drinking approximately half of the water close your eyes, turn them slightly upward and say to yourself mentally "This is all I need to do to find the solution to the problem I have in mind," and put away the remaining half glass of water, go to bed and sleep.
In the morning upon awakening get the remaining half glass of water then close your eyes turning them slightly upwards and as you drink the water say to yourself mentally "This is all I need to do to find the solution to the problem I have in mind."
With this programming you may awaken during the night or in the morning with a vivid recollection of a dream that
contains information that you can use for solving the problem, or during the day you may have a flash of insight that contains information that you can use for solving the problem. With this technique there is no need to use a 3-1 method to enter Level 1. You enter your level