José Silva > Quotes

“‎"The greatest discovery you'll ever make, is the potential of your own mind.”
― Jose Silva

“Negative thinking is guilt, worry, insecurity, fear, jealousy, suspicion, hatred, antagonism, anger, despair, mourning, and self-doubt. Negative thinking is being out of step with people and things around you. Positive thinking is love, appreciation, optimism, security, courage, cooperation, compassion, generosity, friendliness, patience, helpfulness, and ambition. Positive thinking is being in step — in harmony — with people and things around you.”
― José Silva, You the Healer: The World-Famous Silva Method on How to Heal Yourself

“Your words have power. [...]

"How are you?"
"Ah - can't complain," or "No use complaining," or "Not too bad."
How does the brain respond to these dreary views?
Is it a "pain in the neck" to do the dishes? Is it "one big headache" to balance your checkbook? Are you "sick and tired" of the weather we are having?

I am convinced that [doctors] owe a large part of their income to the words we use. Remember, the brain is no subtle interpreter. It says, "This guy's asking for a headache. Okay. One headache coming up."

Of course, every time that we say something gives us a pain, a pain does not immediately result. The body's natural state is good health, and all its processes are geared toward health. In time, though, with enough verbal pounding away at its defenses, it delivers up the very illnesses we order.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“[When the negative mind is neutralized through meditation], the body is set free to do what nature designed it to do: repair itself.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“Mind guides brain and brain guides body”
― José Silva, Sales power: the silva mind method: for sales professionals

“A more shallow alpha increases outwardly based attention.”
― José Silva, You the Healer: The World-Famous Silva Method on How to Heal Yourself

“On the assumption that everything in the body is coordinated by the mind, we go about controlling the mind in order to control the immune system, the vital organs, and our general levels of good health.”
― José Silva, You the Healer: The World-Famous Silva Method on How to Heal Yourself

“And isn’t that what selling is all about: Helping people get what they want through the use of your product or service. It is as easy as A, B, C. And it all starts with Alpha.”
― José Silva, Sales power: the silva mind method: for sales professionals

“According to Plato, Socrates said: "I have, since my childhood, been attended by a semi-divine being whose voice from time to time dissuades me from some undertaking, but never directs me what I am to do." Another writer, Xenophon, quotes Socrates as saying, "up to now the voice has never been wrong.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“«Un hábito no es más que una serie de impresiones en las células cerebrales que han sido reforzadas mediante la repetición —me dijo el instructor de Control Mental—”
― José Silva, El método Silva de control mental

“The leaders of society and business are the problem solvers.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method for Business Managers

“1. Close your eyes and roll them slightly upward toward your eyebrows. 2. Count slowly and silently from 100 to 1. Wait about one second between numbers. A. Starting with your scalp, focus your conscious awareness on the different parts of your body from head to toe, relaxing them as you go. 3. When you reach the count of 1, hold a picture of yourself in your mind as youthful, radiant, healthy, and attractive. A. Ask yourself mentally, “Why do I have this physical problem?” Then let your mind wander.”
― José Silva, You the Healer: The World-Famous Silva Method on How to Heal Yourself

“reinforce your mental housecleaning once again, and end by saying to yourself, “Every day in every way I am getting better, better, and better.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“Self-Mastery Through Autosuggestion”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“Use el método de contar del cien al uno a lo largo de diez mañanas. Después cuente únicamente del cincuenta al uno, luego del veinticinco al uno, a continuación del diez al uno y, finalmente, del cinco al uno; diez mañanas en cada caso.”
― José Silva, El método Silva de control mental

“When the will and the imagination are in conflict, it is always the imagination that wins,”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“I am filled with wonder that everyone has not caught on to the power of their minds over their bodies. [...]

I meet not hundreds but many thousands [of people who practice The Silva Method for training the mind to create your own reality] who report truly wonderful self-healings. These are now commonplace to me.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“Close your eyes and look upward, behind your eyelids, at a 20-degree angle.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” Do this twice a day and you are using the Coué method.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“Program to wake up at the right time. • When awake, return to level, and program that you can improve the level of the person’s work quality by putting your three fingers together, unfocusing your eyes, and seeing three scenes: the problem scene, the fluid drinking scene to the left (the fluid will remind him of his need to heighten work quality), and still further to the left, the work going splendidly. • Fall asleep from level. • Whenever confronted by the problem, put your three fingers together, unfocus your eyes, and see the three scenes as before.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method for Business Managers

“If you spur your imagination with belief, desire and expectancy, and train it to visualize your goals so that you see, feel, hear, taste and touch them, you will get what you want.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“Cierre los ojos y llévelos hacia arriba, marcando un ángulo de 20 grados. Por razones que todavía no se alcanzan a comprender, con sólo poner los ojos en esta posición basta para inducir al cerebro a producir el nivel Alfa. Ahora, poco a poco, a intervalos de dos segundos aproximadamente, cuente de forma regresiva del cien al uno. Al hacerlo, concentre su mente en esto y se encontrará a nivel Alfa en el primer intento.”
― José Silva, El método Silva de control mental

“Desde luego, cada vez que decimos que algo nos produce dolor, no surge un dolor de inmediato. El estado natural del cuerpo es la buena salud, y todos sus procesos están adaptados para la salud. No obstante, si se aporrean sus defensas lo suficiente en forma verbal, acaba por producir las mismas enfermedades que le ordenamos.”
― José Silva, El método Silva de control mental

“Siéntese en una silla cómoda o en la cama con los pies apoyados en el suelo. Deje que sus manos le caigan sobre el regazo. Si lo prefiere, siéntese con las piernas cruzadas, en la posición de la flor de loto. Mantenga la cabeza bien erguida, no baja. Ahora concéntrese, primero en una parte del cuerpo y, después, en otra para relajarlas de forma consciente. Empiece con el pie izquierdo, después pase a la pierna izquierda, al pie derecho y así sucesivamente, hasta llegar a la garganta, el rostro, los ojos y, por último, el cuero cabelludo. La primera vez que lo haga se sorprenderá de lo tenso que estaba su cuerpo. Ahora elija un punto localizado a unos 45 grados por encima de los ojos, en el techo o en la pared, que le quede justo enfrente. Fije la vista en este punto hasta que empiece a notar los párpados un poco pesados, y entonces deje que se le cierren. Empiece la cuenta atrás del cincuenta al uno. Repita este ejercicio durante diez días; después cuente del diez al uno durante otros diez días, luego del cinco al uno y así sucesivamente. Como ya no estará limitado a las mañanas para llevar a cabo esta práctica, establezca una rutina para meditar dos o tres veces al día, y dedique aproximadamente quince minutos a cada sesión.”
― José Silva, El método Silva de control mental

“Every day, in every way, I am getting better, better, and better.” We say it only once during meditation. We also say—and this too is Dr. Coué’s influence—“Negative thoughts, negative suggestions, have no influence over me at any level of mind.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method

“count backwards slowly from 100 to 1. Do not count out loud; count mentally to yourself. Count slowly, waiting about one second between numbers. Feel yourself going deeper and deeper within. When you reach the count of one, you would be ready to program yourself for specific benefits and to release your imagination for problem solving; but this must wait until you practice more. Instead, enjoy the blissful, serene state for a few minutes. Then use the coming-out procedure.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method for Business Managers

“If you feel separated from God, you know who moved.”
― José Silva, The Silva Mind Control Method for Getting Help From the Other Side

“«Siempre que una los dedos de esta manera —ahora únalos— por una buena razón, entraré a nivel en el acto para lograr lo que me proponga.»”
― José Silva, El método Silva de control mental

“Inanimate matter, or objects, radiate an overall static (fixed) field that can be altered by light radiation and thought-modulated human auras. Modulating an energy field, whether objective or subjective, means adding to or subtracting from a static field. That means that something, or some intelligence, is contained in the modulation of the field. Animate matter radiates a varying field that can be altered by light radiation and by human auras.”
― José Silva, You the Healer: The World-Famous Silva Method on How to Heal Yourself

“El método que empleamos en Control Mental consiste en decir mentalmente: «Saldré lentamente mientras cuento del uno al cinco, y me sentiré completamente despierto y mejor que antes. Uno... dos... prepárate para abrir los ojos... tres... cuatro... cinco... ojos abiertos, estoy completamente despierto y me siento mejor que antes.»”
― José Silva, El método Silva de control mental