1985, I was living in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.  Every day at 4am (2am in the UK) I would wake, to send healing energies to a very sick friend in England.  (I had heard that 2am was the most effective time to do this).

The problem was, that I couldn’t go back to sleep and sleep depravation, was gradually taking its toll.  I needed help.  The student was ready!

Jennifer, an English woman married to an Egyptian doctor, emigrated to Australia then joined her husband to Riyadh!  Jennifer came to see me two days after her arrival and in conversation I told her of my problem.  She immediately said that I should take a Silva course. 

Absent healing (which was what I was practising) should take no energy from the sender.  The name Silva rang a bell!  I had a flight booked to UK and when I got in I called another friend, Julie; Did she know anything about this Silva Method?  Yes, and taking it, had changed her life!  If I was interested, there was a free introductory evening at the end of the week, in London, and the course would start the next day, Saturday.  I went with her to London, listened to the talk and “signed on”.

There were two things that impressed me greatly.  First: During mediation, we were told by the instructor, that: “You can disregard anything I say, at any level of the mind.”  (Very reassuring as I had heard about organisations that told their members, how and what to think!  Not my style at all).

The second was this.  If, at the end of the course you felt you hadn’t benefited from it, then you could have your money back.  But, if you became a Silva Graduate, you could repeat the course anywhere in the world, free (apart from a nominal booking fee) for the rest of your life.  Jose Silva was a very confident man!

After my first day’s instruction, I went to bed, really tired – and woke up at 2 o’clock, smack on the dot!  Using the Sleep Management method, it must have taken me all of thirty seconds to go back to sleep.  Next morning, I couldn’t wait to get started again!

This Silva training, that put me in charge of my mind worked!  The second technique I learned was, Self Healing, and using the method I had been taught, I healed a problem with my eye in about fifteen minutes.  Riveting confirmation of the power of the mind!

I will keep this article short, but the benefits I have received have been amazing: everything from coping with dyslexia, learning to spell at the age of 40, and improving my memory, to spiritually channelling a novel, Unshriven, set in the 17^th century. 

At the time I though my mind was “freewheeling” but “coincidences” guided me – and I found that the 17^th century happenings were traceable!  Clairvoyance? Jose Silva said, “Call them coincidences and you will be amazed how many there are!”

(c) J. R. KYDD, 2003          For more information:  www.silvamethod.co.uk

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