Silva Mind Control
Silva Mind Control, subsequently marketed as the Silva Method, comprises a self-help system that purportedly shapes beliefs to further personal success.
The technique involves reaching, and sustaining, a higher state of mental functioning called Alpha state where brainwaves are at a frequency of 5 to 13 Hz and on the right side of the brain. It also uses visualizations, affirmations, etc. Advocates claimed healing, better attainment of goals, E.S.P., cure from addictions, etc.
The method dates from the 1960s early work of José Silva (1914-1999), and features some unorthodox views on brain sub-division and function and their relationships with a "higher consciousness".
Silva Mind Control is one of a number of claimed therapeutic techniques that are sometimes grouped under the name Human potential movement.
Effective Sensory Projection
As part of the method, José Silva, founder of the Silva Mind Control Method, developed a system that trained people to enter certain brain states where awareness is greatly enhanced. He developed several systematic mental processes (called programming) that could be used while in these states of enhanced awareness to allow a person to mentally project with a specific intent, for solving problems. Once the mind has been projected a person can view distant objects or locations and connect with higher intelligence for guidance. The information received by the projected mind can then be perceived as thoughts, images, feelings, smells, taste and sound by the mind. The information that is obtained in this manner can be acted upon to solve problems.
Visualization
