{"id":6177,"date":"2015-03-25T11:39:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T11:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/?p=6177"},"modified":"2015-03-25T11:59:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T11:59:15","slug":"the-pioneer-who-taught-mind-empowerment-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/2015\/03\/the-pioneer-who-taught-mind-empowerment-to-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"The Pioneer who Taught Mind Empowerment to the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 1966 while repairing radios in Laredo, Texas, Jose Silva was deepening his interest in hypnosis and how to tap into the full potential of the human mind.\u00a0After his day job he would immerse himself into studying and researching about the topic and read the works of\u00a0thought leaders such as Jung, Freud and Adler. Little did he know that his part-time interest in the subject would lead him to create the world\u2019s most popular self empowerment program that has reached millions of people over 110 countries almost five decades later – The Silva Method<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Conductivity and Resistance of the Mind<\/h2>\n

In the very early days as a\u00a0radio repairman, Silva used to muse about the possibility of whether Ohm\u2019s law in\u00a0electronic\u00a0applies to the\u00a0human mind – at least as a guiding metaphor. Ohm\u2019s law states that the current passing through a conductor is inversely proportional to the resistance in the conductor. In simple words, current increases if resistance decreases.<\/p>\n

So he asked himself\u00a0\u201cwhat would happen if you reduce the resistance in the human mind?\u201d.\u00a0\u201cWould it increase how much of our mind\u2019s potential we can reach?\u201d. So he set off on a path of thorough research and experimentation. In fact, he started with his own children. His main interest\u00a0and primary focus was\u00a0to find a\u00a0practical\u00a0method to use more of our mind\u2019s power – better focus\u00a0& memory, overcoming fears and unproductive habits, self-healing, attaining positive mental attitudes\u00a0and\u00a0so on.<\/p>\n

Initial Promises & the Beginning of a\u00a0Journey<\/h2>\n

At the time Silva was trying out his methods with his own children, scientific research on brain\u00a0frequency levels was already in a mature phase.\u00a0From his own studies and intuitions, he knew that the secret must lie in accessing and using what is known as the Alpha and Theta frequency levels of the brain\u2026and this is what he tried teaching his children to use with great success. He discovered to his amazement that his children were significantly improving\u00a0their\u00a0grades at school and tapping into greater intuitive and creative powers. That was a promising start.<\/p>\n

Alpha & Theta: The Keys to the Evolution of Mankind<\/h2>\n

So what was Silva teaching\u00a0his\u00a0own children that gave such incredible results and promise? Basically because of his deep interest and studies in hypnosis and how the mind works, he knew that mind empowerment and\u00a0positive transformations such as changing habits, increasing positivity\u00a0&\u00a0creativity, emotional balance and so on, can only come about through accessing deeper states of mind and levels of consciousness. He believed that these heightened states of consciousness held the keys to the evolution of mankind.<\/p>

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