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For manifestations to occur, you need two factors; pure intention and focused attention. Intention is what directs potentiality, while attention is the intensity of this intention. As intention comes from thought, and thought is energy, then it goes to show that the more energy in your attention, more your intentions will manifest. If you find yourself getting stuck in your manifestations, then these are the two factors you need to look into.

Many of us face the problem of having several intents that cancel each other out. We do not have a clear single mindedness of focus. Need an example? Just think about the number of times when you have started on a project or venture, and you decide to quit half way, giving up on or your original goal.

“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”

—Anthony Robbins quotes

Attention is what brings about movement and strength to your intention. You can have an intent but if you do not direct your energy sufficiently, then you cannot bring about conscious changes.

“Remember that thought is the fire that creates the steam that turns the wheel of fortune, upon which your experiences depend.”

—The Master Key System by Charles F Haanel

We cannot attract positive outcomes if we are not sure what it is that we truly desire. We find ourselves stuck or still in the same position as before. The result is that we accomplish nothing.

The lack of clarity can affect the energy behind our focused attention. The energy is confused, weak and scattered. Read how I successfully bend silver metal spoons here using focused attention, after clearing up my energy.

The mechanics of focused attention is to concentrate, without any conscious or subconscious interfering thought. When you can do this, invisible forces are set in motion for your manifestations to occur.

The Principle of Focused Attention

The Principle of Focused Attention is a Universal law. This principle says that a thought reaches a combustion point at 17 seconds of pure undiluted focus. As we all know, thoughts usually follow one after another. So if there is a second thought that is in alignment with the first, the effect is exponentially more powerful. At the end of 17 seconds or 34 seconds, the next thought combusts. With 34 seconds of pure focus, it evolves to a higher level of energy. Add another 17 seconds, 34 seconds become 51 seconds and so on and so forth. If this string of thoughts is directed systematically and constructively, the energy vibrates at a frequency that draws the desired outcome and brings it into physical reality.

A Simple How-to Exercise To Apply The Principle of Focused Attention

I came to know about the 17 seconds requirement for focused attention some time ago but had no idea on how to apply it. If anything, I found myself often having sabotaging thoughts. “I want a new car but petrol prices are going to kill me”; “It will be nice to go on a vacation but that may mean that I cannot blog while I am away”; “I want to go to the gym but that will mean I will have less time for social marketing on the web”. It’s impossible to have pure thought after pure thought, without corruption.

However, in one of the Silva Mind Control techniques, I was taught a very useful exercise to put this into practice. This exercise involved creating a running script while making the visualization.

Ever tried role playing? This is exactly what it is. You imagine yourself as already having your desired outcome. However, instead of a static picture that you create in your mind, it is like you are in a movie. And you say this script out loud.

Need an example? Try saying this…

“I am now at a book signing ceremony. My book has made it to the best seller’s list on Amazon for six weeks in a row. Everyone is clamoring for a piece of me! There is a long queue of excited fans waiting in line.

I feel somewhat exhausted for it is already the 121th book I’m signing. I’ve got more signing ceremonies lined up in the next few days. The last I’ve checked with my personal assistant – my schedule is full for the next 6 months.

Despite my exhaustion, I am grateful to be sitting here. I am most appreciative towards my readers and fans. Without their support, I would not have attained my 7-digit income. All my hard work and late nights have finally borne fruit. Sitting in meditation and experiencing the gap every now pretty much provided me with inspired ideas for my book.

While making money has not been my primary motivator, it is a huge testimony to the lives that I have transformed through my site. I have inspired changes in more people that I ever dream of. It is heart warming when strangers whom I do not know, come up to tell me about the difference my book has made to them.

Click-click! It is the sound from a camera! ‘Look here, please,’ says a fan. I smile and look towards the camera.”

Your Homework

Enjoyed the script? Okay…how about this? Post a 17-second script in the comments section below and let me know what your inspired dream is. Tip: You can picture yourself at an award ceremony, about to finish a race or receiving a million dollar check in the mail; anything! The idea is to have fun, stretch your imagination and feel a dose of gratitude for having manifested your intention, while visualizing!

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Be One with The Spoon, we were told in an Advanced Silva Workshop, which took place just the weekend, by our instructor Ms Nancy Ho.

Sounds like mambo jumbo? I thought so too.

How do you BE One with a Spoon, for crying out loud???

The weekend culminated with an exercise that required us to bend a metal spoon, not by brute force but by the mental focus of thought. Nancy shared that we, be it spoon or human, are made up of energy and therefore, instead of viewing ourselves as seperate from another matter, we are One. And BEing One, it is possible to alter the appearance of the spoon.

The focus of the Workshop that I was attending was on BEing, with a course outline of helping participants improve on creative, intuitive and spiritual abilities. I had signed up for it some weeks back, knowing that my husband would be free to take care of the kids, while I attend the workshop.

The Spoon Test

So it was….during the last hour of the workshop yesterday, that we were handed ordinary metal spoons that were bought from the supermarket. I tested the spoons to check if it was possible to bend them. Nope….no way it would be easy for that…..the spoons were made of solid stainless steel and thick at the handle. Urrgh…..I felt a lump in my throat, in nervous anticipation about the whole exercise.

Although I could theoretically agree with the concepts of energy and focused thought, I was sceptical at what Nancy was suggesting – that it was possible to bend anything made of thick solid metal.

However, in about 15 minutes or so into the exercise, a number of my classmates managed to bend their metal spoons. Some not only bend their spoons but twisted them out of shape.

Great job!!

The other half of the class was still in deep concentration, holding on their spoons, as if “willing” them to bend.

Sigh….Including myself.

Another 10 minutes lapsed.

My spoon refused to budge.

Damn!!…not even for less than a millimeter, could I attempt to bend it.

A Battle In The Mind

I could barely keep myself from launching into a stream of expletives!

It became clear to me that I was stuck in a s****hole of disbeliefs – I just could not do it!!!

It was no longer just a battle with “willing” the spoon but one I sought to wrestle in my mind. Now that some of my classmates have proven that it was possible to bend a solid matter out of shape, it was more about how much I believed in my own abilities….

Was I capable of focused thought?

What would become of me, if I found out that I have no ability to effect any changes in the physical world through the power of thought?

What would become of this blog, the very essence of which is on taking charge of the mind and in creating the life that one desires?

Doubt clouded my mind. I began to feel as if my whole life would now depend on whether I could bend spoons with mental focus or not.

Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. — William Hazlitt

Nancy suggested that it would be helpful to visualise a flame that was burning the handle of the spoon, enough for it to melt and making it easy for us to bend it. Also, while focused attention is needed, BEing one with the spoon also required us not to “force” things to happen nor try too hard.

So I imagined a candle flame burning a part of the handle and focused my attention on it. In the end, I had to give up. We were running out of time in class.

Despite feeling exhausted after a long tiring weekend of lectures and exercises, I swore that I would not sleep last night until I got my spoons bent. I had lots of emails to attend to, when I got home, but nothing was as important to me as the battle that was going on in my mind. I barely looked at my inbox, before shutting down my PC early.

From Doubt To Elation

I told my husband deftly that he would not be allowed to sleep until I finished Mission Impossible!! Luckily for him, lest he would lose sleep, he had already bent and twisted metal spoons himself in an Energy Conference some years back. He offered me some useful suggestions. Visualise the spoon as red hot, he said. Only if it was red hot enough, could the molecules in the spoon part enough for its structure to be altered.

That was when I realised that perhaps imagining a candle flame was not good enough to “melt” the spoon. My intention was just not strong enough!!

So instead of a candle flame, I visualised the spoon over my kitchen stove fire at full blast. My visualisation was so vivid that I almost dropped the spoon a couple of times because it felt burning hot in my hands!!

And instead of taking things the easy way out as some would by focusing on the nape of the spoon at the weakest point between the handle and curved end, I placed my concentration on the thickest part of the spoon handle. I held on to my focus, pushing away thoughts of doubt. In steady focus, I continued.

In about 15 minutes or so, I could feel as if the molecules in the handle of the spoon were parting and not as tightly packed. The metal was softening? I went in for the “kill”.

In an instant, I managed to bend the handle. At another go, the handle got twisted very easily. See the first spoon ifrom the bottom of the picture (my first attempt) on the left.

The fire of my imagination must be so hot that another spoon, which I tried after the first piece, broke into two! By the time I got to the third spoon, I was tired mentally and only managed to bend it at the nape.

Yippee!!! I went to bed on a high, happy with my latest collection of “art” pieces!

“Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. ” —Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus

Lessons From The Spoon

A test in mental skills? Not just that! The purpose of the exercise cover many key lessons on Universal Laws:

1. BEing One

You are made up of the same energy subatomic particles, as much as the spoon, your dog or the trees. Of course, what differentiates you from the rest mentioned is that you are a bundle of intelligent energy that is able to process information, and in the human form.

You are not a seperate BEing but part of the whole Universe. You are more connected to the next human being, than you realise. Through your connection with others, you are able to subconsciously pick up the energy of others in their intentions, even before they verbalise them. When you realise how connected you are with others, you will be on your way to BEing more loving and kinder to others, as how you would to yourself. Wars will end, strife will cease, in the understanding that you are really One.

2. Cause and Effect

When you are One with the Spoon, it is possible to change its molecular structure, and hence its appearance. This supports the Universal Law that you are the cause and effect of yourself. You are all that you see, feel and done because of the thoughts in your mind.

By the same token, you are able to effect physical events by channelling your energies on your desires. Energy follows focused thought. This makes you a co-Creator of the Universe. For what you choose to focus on, can manifest in physical reality.

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”
— Buddha

That you are co-Creator of the Universe is a powerful and liberating realisation. Your energy field changes constantly, based on your thoughts and feelings. If your intention is not strong enough, you will not create anything. You can see that in the example of my initial problems with trying to bend the spoon. On the other hand, if you focus your thoughts with pure and uninterrupted intent, you can create almost anything you desire.

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world. — Sheilah Graham

3. The Expansion of All Possibilities

The limits to all possibilities lie in the blockages that exist in our mind. No more playing the victim for this role has not proven to yield good results. Instead, choose to free yourself of negative beliefs that are holding you back.

“Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves.They limit themselves to fewer possibilities by the narrowness of their vision.”
— V. S. Naipaul (Trinidadian writer of Indian descent,Won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001, 1932)

If you are imaginative enough, you can even think up and manifest whole new worlds for yourself. Just think about the number of innovative ideas that were born because great minds decided to explore new frontiers in improving humanity?

In conclusion, give serious consideration to following your dreams and attract the resources to make possibilities happen. Believe in your own capabilities (a key lesson for me)! Be an active Co-creater of the Universe and revel in its Abundance!

Interested To Prove The Power of Focused Thought?

Metal spoon bending is not a party trick. Neither do you need psychic powers to do it.

There is no use of illusion. As some would have you believe. At least, not in my case.

I can also assure you that the spoons are not the thin ones either. Definitely, no trickery involved here.

If you are interested to learn how to test out the power of focused thought, here’s a video demonstration that is pretty close to how I did it…..with first going into the Alpha meditative state and then using focused concentration….

Be A Hero

If you can bend metal spoons, it feels as if you can do almost anything! Walk on water, scale blank walls with your bare hands, levitate yourself…Anything! You can easily be one of the characters in Heroes, except that this is not for TV but for Real.

It sure feels good to be empowered. And All with the aid of Spoons!

Signed,
Superwoman – One of Steel!

It was meant to be a time of connecting with old friends during Chinese New Year but nothing quite prepare me yesterday for the sight of a friend whom I have not seen in about two years. Kay was actually an ex-colleague of my husband. Previously in remission, his cancer is now in full force again.

He looked gaunt and did not bother to get up from the bed in his bedroom. Definitely not the person I remembered him to be – a pretty big guy with a slight tummy. He spotted a bald top yesterday; his hair must have fallen with all the chemotherapy that he was going through.

I have not known him well and was admittedly at a loss of words, because I had not expected to see him in this state. We were visiting a relative who stays in his neighbourhood and although it was not planned, we had decided to drop by Kay’s home.

Kay was finding the pain on his nerves unbearable and had to take morphine every 4 hours. I could see that he was in mental torture as the pain was intense moment to moment while we were there.

My husband tried to distract him from his pain with stories from work. (We have learnt previously that when we visit someone who is sick, it is far better to tell jokes or entertaining stories. The last you want is for your sick friend or relative to be focusing on his suffering when you ask him one too many question about how he is feeling. In answering you, it is likely he will be talking about his depression or how sick he is. But what you want for him is not to be thinking negative thoughts or to exude negative vibrations. )

Although I have hardly spoken to Kay previously, as he was more like an acquaintance, I decided to help him from afar. There was no opportunity to tell him yesterday about self healing as he was in too much pain to be interested in anything new.

So before I went to bed last night, I recalled what I knew about healing using the Silva Method. One of the techniques taught was how to perform healing for anyone in pain, whether physically or mentally. The technique involved a mental screen procedure.

In the alpha meditative state, I brought an image of Kay into my mind. I acknowledged that he was in great pain and proceeded to send him an energy of love throughout his body. For his pain, I “massaged” his lower back and spine. I did this for a long time. In the final screen, I visualized Kay as his old self, with his tummy back, smiling and free from pain. The organs in his body are whole and perfect.

Whether healing can happen or not will also depend on Kay’s desire and determination to fight his cancer. Nevertheless , I will do what I can by continuing to send him positive energy everyday. Hopefully, he can be free of his pain and suffering soon.

My guess is that all his previously well thought-out plans for his career are no longer as important to him as the battle that he has now. I’ve been thoughtful ever since visiting him yesterday. To be in good health is also to be in abundance. Let’s not forget that by taking it for granted!

I had posted a book review on The Silva Method sometime back in July. So I was not really sure about what more can a workshop with Silva Method reveal. But my sixth sense was niggling at me. I just had to sign up to find out if the workshop would add extra value.  It turned out to be an enlightening and enjoyable experience over the weekend!

The start of the workshop began with The Secrets movie, on a Friday evening. I’ve already watched it before. So nothing new there! However, I guess the idea that Nancy Ho, the coach of this course, is trying to impress is that while the Secrets shares about what the law of attraction can do for someone, the movie does not reveal how to go about it. (If you have reading my blog, EXACTLY my point!)  The Silva method is a know-how technique to do just that!

So things got interesting following the movie.  On Saturday, we went through going to alpha level in a step-by-step fashion. We learn how to apply the Silva method using various techniques to different situations.  Specifically, the situations include headache control, pain control, how to “cancel” out negative thoughts” and even for situations as minor as looking for car park space or seeking the right queue while in a supermarket. We also learn how to visualize for what we want in a mental movie.

Here is what I feel is valuable learning about the Silva method:

-  Effecting changes are best done at the alpha level. So if you have negative beliefs or programming or if you are in a negative situation right now, wishing or doing positive affirmations at the beta level will not produce profound changes UNLESS YOU ARE IN ALPHA. Alpha is the state between being deep into sleep and at the fully conscious level (Beta). Hence, if you want optimal results from doing positive affirmations, do them at alpha!

- Looking for solutions to a problem is best done at alpha level. If you feel that you are in a fix, or have no clarity, you can ask for solutions to be revealed to you.

- Asking for something from the Universe is best done at alpha. Say if you want more abundance, better health or wealth, then even saying this out loud will not be as effective if you request it at the alpha level.

As a workshop junkie, I have to agree with Nancy that attending a course is useless if we do not put what we learnt into practice. Just like we need to clear the debris in our home, we need to do mental housecleaning (to clear out negative programming or thoughts) on a regular basis. Just like we need to exercise to be in good physical health, we also need to practise going into alpha for good mental health.  Good mental health emits positive energy.  And that can only be good for the law of attraction to work.

Hence, I intend to put some of the techniques learned into a daily mantra. With strong desire, good intentions, firm belief and strong expectancy, I’m told that these stuff would work!

In short, despite my initial uncertainty, I highly recommend The Silva Method Workshop for anyone who wants to pursue the Law of Attraction Reading the book about Silva is not enough alone.

In Singapore, the Silva Method Workshop is conducted by the very vivacious Nancy Ho. In between injecting her humor, I dare say that she has possibly made it a life transforming event for a number of the graduates that I’ve come to know in the workshop. A review in some months down the road on results achieved using the Silva Method will be worthwhile investigating!