Now we come to the all important question, what is your life purpose and how can you discover it?
Which is why you’re here today. Did you know that using your intuition can really make a big difference in making the correct decisions in life so that you can fulfill your life purpose?
This is also one of the central principles on which my father, Jose Silva built the Silva Method.
“The reason we were given psychic ability is so we can use it to get information from higher intelligence to find out what we are supposed to do, and how to do it.” ~ Jose Silva
He was not the first person to suggest this. Napoleon Hill, author of Think & Grow Rich and You Can Work Your Own Miracles who conducted more than 20 years of research on the wealthiest and most successful people in the world, wrote the following insight in his book You Can Work Your Own Miracles (Fawcett Gold Medal Books, 1971):
“I began to make inquiries of the hundreds of successful men who collaborated with me in the organization of the science of success, and discovered that each of them had received guidance from unknown sources, although many of them were reluctant to admit this discovery.” ~ Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill explained that he believes that successful people, including pioneers like Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Edison, are able to tap into a higher power to source ideas and inspiration. This, he felt, was one of the main keys to success.
Now this idea has also been tested scientifically. Professor John Mihalasky, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology performed studies of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) ability among company CEOs.
He observed that the CEOs who performed the best in tests of intuition also tended to be the ones with the best success rates at running their business (measured in terms of 5 year profit growth).
So in short, ESP is indeed a powerful way for us to connect with higher intelligence to help us source ideas, make better decisions, and find our path in life.
Napoleon Hill’s discovery has now come full circle.
Hill, who lived 50 years before my father, could not determine how to train people to gain this ability.
My father changed that when he pioneered the Silva Mind Training Method and made Napoleon Hill’s observations a reality for the average person.
Shakti Gawain, author of numerous books, including Creative Visualization (Bantam Books, 1983) and Living in the Light (Bantam Books, 1993), had this to say about my father:
“One of the earliest workshops I took was the Silva Mind Control course…The most important technique I learned in that course was the basic technique of creative visualization… Our rational mind is like a computer…The intuitive mind, on the other hand, seems to give access to an infinite supply of information. It appears to be able to tap into a deep storehouse of knowledge and wisdom…” ~ Shakti Gawain
Today, anyone can learn to tap into this source of knowledge and wisdom to get intuitive hunches, creative ideas and divine inspiration. If Napoleon Hill and my father are correct, then it may well be the most powerful and useful gift you possess.
Albert Einstein may have summed it up perfectly when he declared, “The only really valuable thing is intuition.”
Your Purpose In Life
Many self-improvement systems tell you that you can achieve anything you desire through the use of your mind.
Obviously, this is not completely true. But if this were true - wouldn’t we all be driving luxury cars and dating movie stars?
The Silva’s theory is this: You are entitled to have every success, happiness and fulfillment you can dream of.
We are all sent here with a job to do and the resources to fulfill that task.
So why then do so many people not receive the things in life that they are naturally entitled to and deserve?
The answer is a simple one.
Many people try to achieve what they think they should do, instead of what they were sent here to do. Many goal-setting techniques claim to teach you to manifest anything you desire – but all these systems have one common flaw:
If you’re aiming for a goal or outcome that is not part of the greater plan for you then you may fail.
You can achieve anything you desire if what you desire is part of your Soul’s plan for you. Everyone is put on this planet for a reason. Find out what that reason is – and doorways will open for you.
My father, Jose Silva believed that we are all put on Earth to fulfill some greater purpose. This purpose usually involves the betterment of humanity to some degree. He believed that when you start working towards this purpose, your life moves smoothly and elegantly and you find yourself easily fulfilling your dreams.
Life purpose should not be confused with ‘lack of free will‘. We do have free will – we can choose to take our life down any path. We can choose to ignore this purpose completely too.
Within a lifetime, there are certain milestones you are meant to reach. These could be: meeting someone, maybe a soul-mate; starting a business or a foundation; raising some great kids; or even producing a book or a work of art.
I believe that we should all try to fulfill this purpose. Sometimes we do things that take us away from this purpose – without realizing it, we miss out on beautiful opportunities. We may get trapped in roadblocks – a lousy job, a troubled relationship, or a poor financial condition.
But when you find your life mission, then no matter how bad things look now, you will be on the path to greatness. The Silva Method teaches you to tap into your intuition to understand what your purpose in life is. You then learn how to use your mind to create all manner of coincidences to propel you towards this goal or purpose.
Principles to Keep in Mind When Using The Silva Intuition System:
When using Silva to program for a solution to a problem or to manifest a reality you desire, you should always keep the following principles in mind:
1. Build Up Your Reservoir Of Faith
You need to believe that whatever you are programming for is in the realm of the possible. You must also expect it to occur. This can be hard if you’re new to Silva or related methods.
You may want to start on smaller, believable goals first. Each time you achieve one of these smaller goals you will find your self-confidence and belief system improving. This will give you more faith in your ability to create your ideal future. As your reservoir of faith fills up, you have greater ability to do even bolder and greater things.
2. Develop A Feeling Of Prosperity
It’s very important to cultivate a feeling of prosperity throughout the entire creative manifesting process. This means understanding that the universe is abundant and almost everything you want or need is there for the asking. There is no lack of abundance.
A very common reason for failure is scarcity programming – you were trained early in life to believe that there are barriers in your way. As long as you continue to believe that you have a cultural disadvantage, or that money is the root of evil, or that you were born a sinner – you will be hijacking your own creative process.
Take an honest look at yourself and see if you are holding yourself back by not believing sufficiently in the possibility of prosperity.
Understand that you already have more prosperity than billions of people elsewhere in the world.
The average North American today lives better than the prince of medieval Europe.
If you could go back in time and approach a medieval prince and tell him how you live today, with access to all the information in the world (the Internet), magic story boxes (TVs), self-propelled carriages (cars), the ability to cross the continent in 5 hours (airplanes), and all the food you desire (supermarkets) – you can bet that prince is going to want to trade places with you.
You see – you aren’t average or even poor – in the annals of history you are probably one of the richest people who ever lived. But if you’re like most other people, you still compare yourself to the Bill Gates’ and the movie stars of the world who just happen to be even richer.
Cultivate the feeling of being prosperous and thanking the universe for what you have. You will find that this mental attitude will cause even more luck and coincidences to arise in your life and lead you to even greater prosperity.
3. Some Things Are Meant To Go “Wrong”
Sometimes we program for a certain situation or goal but for some reason we do not seem to move any closer towards it. The Silva Method suggested that when this happens it sometimes means that the goal is not right for us – it may be something that would actually take us away from our life purpose.
Sometimes what appears to be a negative situation may actually be good luck in disguise.
The Example of Millard Fuller:
By the age of thirty, Millard had made his first million and was aiming for $10 million more. He owned everything he could hope for – 2,000 acres of land, speed boats, luxury cars. But, as his business empire grew, his marriage was crumbling. One day he received a letter from his wife Linda declaring that she had fallen out of love with him and was seeking a divorce.
The week that followed was one of the most agonizing weeks of his life. He called Linda and begged for a second chance. Reluctantly, with tears in her eyes, she agreed. Together they decided to get rid of everything they owned and start anew. They sold everything – the business, the homes, the cars. But what’s next?
Somehow Millard and Linda found themselves in Georgia a few years later. While doing volunteer work, they were struck by the dilapidated shacks many impoverished families had to live in. Millard and his co-workers started building homes. Moved by the powerful impact these homes had on the people who moved into them, Millard decided to see if these simple concepts could be applied around the world.
He knew that 25% of the world’s population lacked decent housing.
Millard’s goal was once to make $10 million – he now had a new goal – could he build homes for 10 million people? Convinced that he had a concept that could work worldwide he launched Habitat for Humanity International in 1976.
Habitat has already built more than 60,000 houses around the world for 300,000 people. Habitat now coordinates 800 building projects in fifty-one foreign countries.
Millard and Linda now see themselves as two of the luckiest people alive.
A single event – the threat of divorce led them onto a completely different path, one that has not just made them happier, but benefited thousands of people around the world.
Sometimes, like Millard, people pursue a goal that they think is correct – but this goal may be out of line from what their life purpose is. This is why in the Silva seminars, we always encourage people to use their intuition to first determine if they are on the right path – and once they get an answer, only then do they set their goals.
4. Always Ask The Greater Question
A student in one of our classes once told the instructor, “I can’t wait to go home and start using these techniques to achieve my goal of mastering the use of a computer for data entry.”
The instructor asked, “Well, why do you want to master using a computer?” The student said that learning this skill would allow her to get a promotion at work.
“Why do you want a promotion,” asked the instructor.
“So I can get a raise,” she replied.
“Why do you want a raise”, the instructor asked again.
“Because I need the money to buy a larger home.”
“Why?”
“Because I want my mother and sister to move in with me”.
“Why?”
“Because it has been our dream to own a big house together and live together as a family.”
“Good,” said the instructor.
“Now you have identified what you really want. It’s a large house with your family living with you. You don’t really want to learn data-entry. What you want is the house.”
“So when you go back and practice visualization – aim for the greater goal - the house. Let that goal manifest in any way. Be open to different ways it could manifest – it may not come through you learning data-entry. You might get another job, in a completely unexpected field. Be open to all possibilities.”
When you create goals keep these principles in mind:
- First ask yourself why do you really want what you want. Keep asking until you reduce the desire to its elementary need.
- Now focus on this desire or need in your mental programming.
- Be open to coincidences. Don’t be locked into having the solution come from any one direction.
Better and Better,
Laura
