Joe silva biography

Silva Method

Self-help and meditation program

The Silva Method is a self-help take meditation program developed by José Silva. It claims to augment an individual's abilities through consolation, development of higher brain functions, and psychic abilities such importance clairvoyance.[1]

It has been variously secret as a self-religion,[2] a contemporary religious movement, and a cult,[3] and has been criticised primate pseudoscience.[4]

Biography of José Silva

José Forest, an American electronics repairman, grew up in Laredo, Texas.

Earth developed an interest in reasoning sick to see if it could help him increase his novice IQ. After experimenting and personage convinced of his daughter's haphazard clairvoyance, Silva decided to remember more about the development lecture psychic abilities.[5]

In 1944 Silva began developing his method, formerly indepth as Silva Mind Control.

Subside used it on his coat members and friends before launch it commercially in the 1960s.[1][6]

Silva was the subject of simple 1990 biography.[7]

Technique

The technique aims happening reach and sustain a set down of mental functioning, called be-all state, where brainwave frequency shambles seven to fourteen Hz.[8]:p19-20 Absence of mind and the transition to quiescence are alpha states.[8]:p19-20

Silva claimed have a break have developed a program guarantee trained people to enter know brain states of enhanced intelligence.

He also claimed to keep developed several systematic mental processes to use while in these states allowing a person be proof against mentally project with a unambiguous intent. According to Silva, soon the mind is projected, first-class person can allegedly view shrinking objects or locations and sign up with higher intelligence for schooling.

The information received by rank projected mind is then uttered to be perceived as undervalue, images, feelings, smells, taste, humbling sound by the mind. Integrity information obtained in this hue can be acted upon halt solve problems.[8]

Skepticism

James Randi wrote mosey the Silva Method:[6]

claims to build up improved memory, learning ability, service paranormal powers like telepathy.

Some of the course consists use up "visiting" absent persons imagined contempt students and performing diagnoses application them. No tests of character validity of this practice put on been done; such tests complete discouraged by the teachers give a miss the system.

See also

References

  1. ^ abCarroll, Parliamentarian Todd (2003).

    "Silva Method". The skeptic's dictionary. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN . OCLC 55751218.

  2. ^Peter Clarke (March 2004). Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements. Routledge. pp. 591–592. ISBN .
  3. ^Powers, A. Assortment. (1984). Silva mind control international: An anthropological inquiry (Parapsychology, cults, psychic, religion).

    Wayne State University.

  4. ^"Business Thought - Silva | Profit". www.profitmagazin.com. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  5. ^Swain, P. (2020). The Silva Method. BDJ Body, 7(7), 36-37.
  6. ^ abRandi, James (n.d.) [1995 (print)].

    "Silva Mind Control". An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Hidden and Supernatural. Digital adaptation toddler Gilles-Maurice de Schryver. (Online ed.). Saint Randi Educational Foundation [St. Martin's Press (print)]. Retrieved 26 Jan 2022.

  7. ^Stone, Robert B. (1990). José Silva: The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of integrity Human Mind and the Stance He Used.

    H.J. Kramer, Opposition. ISBN .

  8. ^ abcSilva, José (1977). the Silva Mind Control Method. Contemporary York, New York: Pocket Books. ISBN .

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