Jose Silva – The Man Behind
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| "Jose Silva, the founder of The Silva Method, is a man I have admired for a long time. I have used The Silva Method of visualization for many years. It has helped me overcome illnesses and accidents and avoid surgery. I urge you to attend Silva training sessions." - Wayne W. Dyer, author of Real Magic |
If you want to learn more about the Silva Method and the man behind this self-help technique, I recommend checking the Silva books available here. "The Silva Mind Control Method" by Jose Silva & Philip Miele, published by Pocket Books.
Besides describing the Silva Method in detail, the book also talks about the history, thinking and philosophy behind the Silva Mind Control Method. Although it was first published in 1977, it’s still as relevant today as it was then.
If you can't get the book, I've summarized the important parts below. So just keep on reading... :)
There are also many other Silva ebooks, including the last book Jose Silva worked on before his passing away in 1999, the Silva Ultramind ESP Book. Highly recommended as it incorporates all his latest findings since he developed the Silva Method way back in the 1970s.
Meet Jose Silva
Jose Silva was born in 1914 in Laredo, Texas. His father died when he was four. His mother soon remarried and Jose, his elder sister and younger brother moved in with their grandmother. Two years later, Jose became the sole breadwinner for the family, selling newspapers, shining shoes and doing odd jobs to support his sister and brother through school. In return, in the evenings, they would teach him to read and write.
Jose’s life changed when he was 15 years old. He was waiting to get a haircut in a barber shop when he read a lesson from a correspondence course on how to repair radios. Jose asked the barber if he could borrow the lessons but the barber would only rent it to him, and on the condition that Jose would complete the examination in the barber’s name.
Jose agreed, and soon the barber had a diploma in repairing radios, while Jose started repairing radios for a livelihood. Soon, his radio business became the largest in the area, allowing him to finance his 20-plus years of research into the Silva Mind Control method.
How Jose Got Interested in Mind Control
During World War 2, Jose joined the Signal Corps. As part of the joining process, they had a psychologist ask men joining the Signal Corps a series of question. Apparently, the psychologist was asking a series of really stupid questions.
"Do you wet your bed?", "Do you like women?", etc. etc. etc. (I guess psychology wasn’t so sophisticated then...=P)
| "The Silva Method gave me a tool to use in teaching the patient how to begin the interaction and how to become involved in his own health process. I would say that it is the most powerful single tool that I have to offer." -Dr. O. Carl Simonton, author of Getting Well Again |
During the war, Jose studied advanced electronics to become an instructor in the Signal Corps. So, when he was discharged, Jose became a part-time electronics instructor in the Laredo Junior College. At the same time, he also started rebuilding his radio (and later, television) repair business.
His business soon became very successful and Jose soon gave up his part-time teaching job. By then, Jose was working long hours at this business. At nights, after work and putting his children to bed, he continued his studies into mind power and psychology.
Ultimately, it was his children’s poor results in their studies (seeing a string of F’s on report cards usually leads to some form of reaction from parents...=)...) that led him to wonder again whether a person’s I.Q. or learning ability can be improved through some form of mental training.
What Jose Discovered
From his research, Jose knew that the mind generates electricity and the Alpha brain wave rhythm. He also knew from his electronics background that the ideal circuit is one with the least amount of resistance, because then, it gets to use most of its electrical power.
Jose Silva wondered, would the brain be more efficient if its resistance was lowered? Can its resistance be lowered?
Using hypnosis to slow the brain down, Jose discovered that the brain actually becomes more energetic when it becomes less active.
| "Silva Method graduates told me they were able to relax, lose weight, quit smoking, find love, and achieve goals that had been eluding them for years. - Family Circle |
However, Jose also observed that, at these slower brain waves, the mind is usually daydreaming or sleeping. The problem was how to keep the mind alert at these lower frequencies.
Hypnosis had proved effective at slowing down the brain but the people being hypnotized were typically in a semi-conscious state.
Not much point being able to remember more stuff if you’re semi-conscious or falling asleep, right?
So, Jose Silva began trying out other mental techniques to slow down the mind but still remain alert and conscious. He figured that this would lead to improved memory and learning abilities, hence increasing a person’s I.Q.
After several years of experimenting and refining the mental techniques, Jose Silva discovered that with a combination of relaxed concentration and mental or creative visualization exercises, he would be able to retain full consciousness and alertness whilst operating at Alpha or Theta brain wave frequencies.
Jose Silva called his self-help technique the Silva Mind Control method, and was the first person to prove that we can learn to function fully & with total awareness at the slower Alpha and Theta brainwave frequencies.
Well, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Over the three-year period when he was researching and refining his mental training techniques on his children, Jose’s children’s school grades improved significantly. Later, other independent biofeedback and brainwave studies proved that graduates of the Silva Mind Control method were able to remain alert and conscious whilst their brain waves were functioning at Alpha and Theta levels --- something that had previously never been achieved before. |
Jose’s Neighbors Get Involved
| Something seems to be happening, I am not sure what, but luck seems to be improving and the daily worries don't seem to be getting to me, such as under staffing and problems with interactions between staff and patients. Even had the comment that I looked happier than I had in a long time. Headaches are almost gone, too. I am rapidly getting sold on the Silva UltraMind system as you can probably tell. One other thing that I have noticed is that I seem to have more endurance than I have had since the accident 2 years ago. I do contribute that to the System. The brain power seems to be back to normal. As always, feel free to use any comments and I will be glad to field any questions and give the highest recommendations to the Silva UltraMind System. Like I said, I don't know HOW it works, but it works. - Calvin Poole, M.D., Mississippi |
Before long, he had trained 39 other children in Laredo in his Mind Control techniques. Over the next few years, Jose further refined and developed his Mind Control course until it became the standard course 40 to 48 hours course that is it today. The Silva Mind Control course is a 40 to 48 hours course, and has proven equally effective for both adults and children.
The Silva Mind Control Course Today
Now, what took Jose Silva’s Mind Control course to the next level was a newspaper article by one of the Silva graduates who wrote about how the Silva Method cured his migraine attacks, after years of suffering and medication.
Not surprisingly, the next time there was an introductory lecture, the course was absolutely mobbed and sold out immediately.
By 1977, over 500,000 people had taken the Silva Mind Control course. There are Mind Control lecturers and centers in all 50 states in the US, and an international presence in over 34 countries.
Besides improving learning and memory skills, other benefits of the Silva course include headache and migraine reduction, increased mind power, weight loss, stop smoking, increased entrepreneurship, improved sports performance, etc. etc. I could go on further but nothing tells it like the many testimonials of the Silva Mind Control graduates.
As a graduate myself, the only thing I can say is that the Silva Method delivers what it promises and more...
| The Silva Method is currently only offer by a company called Avlis Productions, managed by Jose Silva Jr (Jose Silva's son). The original Silva Method has been updated and is now called the Silva Ultramind ESP System. There are are no other officially sanctioned Silva courses, other than those offered by Avlis Productions (Silva spelt backwards). There are numerous other versions of the Silva Method available online, claiming to be by the Silva family, but actually managed by online companies of questionable integrity. My personal experience, and feedback from my readers, has been overwhelmingly negative. A good way to check is to see if the website is genuine is:
The only thing about the official Silva website is that it's not as 'nice' & flashy as the most other 'websites'. Actually, I think it really looks messy, as if it was created in the 1990s. However, take the time to go through the website. It's the real deal. You'll be surprised how many resources & how cheaply they're selling them at. Some of the recordings teaching you to go to Alpha are only a few dollars! Somehow, the real ones always have crappy websites... =P... Lastly, a few words from Avlis Productions: UltraMind Stands Apart From All The Rest "Jose Silva's UltraMind ESP System is administered by Jose Silva's Estate. It is not affiliated with any other Silva company or program like the one he developed in 1966. It concentrates solely on the new System. Mr. Silva considered it so vital and important that he spent the last years of his life developing a way for one person to teach Silva Ultramind to thousands. We are dedicated to continuing what Jose Silva began, and doing it the way that his research found to be best. We will not permit anyone to change his work to cater to popular trends and fads. His research has stood the test of time, and we are staying true to it." |
- Jose Silva
| "I love it, fantastic, a much needed book to make you become the World's Greatest Anything." - Joe Girard, number one automobile and truck sales person in the world and author of How to Sell Anything to Anybody |
| "The Silva Method gave me a tool to use in teaching the patient how to begin the interaction and how to become involved in his own health process. I would say that it is the most powerful single tool that I have to offer." -Dr. O. Carl Simonton, author of Getting Well Again |
