I’ve got a couple of weeks off. It’s not all that unusual, but it’s not all that common either. So I am writing. Sort of. I have the better part of a rough draft, which is the easy part for me. I need to add a snappy opening, slap in a few transitions here and there, and viola! it will be ready for that dread 2nd Draft. Then I go back and make sure everything makes sense and start to re-write a bit of the dull parts and try to pour some life into them. Editing has always been my…
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The Silva Method of Mind Control
About thirty years ago I went through a phase where I read all these wonderfully odd little books meant to change your life and your worldview. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Dianetics, books on Alexander Technique and Rolfing, the Feldenkrais Method, Super Learning, and The Silva Method of Mind Control. All of these things promise the impossible, but wrap it up in a nice semi-logical sounding package. I recently re-read The Silva Method of Mind Control. Silva starts off with advising that everyone should meditate, morning and night and add the Émile Coué affirmation Everyday, in Every way, I’m getting better and…