To prevent overload, the course is delivered in weekly installments. This gives you plenty of time to go through everything each week without the associated sense of overwhelm that many people get when they are given too much information at once.

Over the weeks, the course covers Zen Meditation, Mantra Meditation, Chakra Meditation, Mind Meditation, Kundalini Yoga Meditation, Concentration Meditation, Light Meditation, and other methods.

It’s much easier to follow a program such as this in “bite sized chunks” as the process allows you to concentrate on the parts that you are ready for. In essence, the delivery method helps you learn by stopping you from sneaking a peak at the later elements of the course.

The videos are of good quality – there is a sample on the main page which you can view to give you an idea of how the course is taught. It’s important to actually play this as different people get on with different styles, but personally I found Anmol’s voice calming and the instructions very clear.

Another advantage of video is that many people worry about whether or not they are getting things right. To see the different meditation techniques and positions demonstrated is much better than just reading about them or trying to interpret what you should do from photographs.

The course also includes a series of optional yoga exercises. Many people find that yoga and meditation go hand in hand, so these are useful if you want to take your learning in that direction.

All in all, this course is one of the best ones I’ve found to help you begin traditional meditation.

You can get instant access to the Learn How To Meditate Course here.

But if you’ve ever tried to read it, you’ll probably have encountered the difficulty of dealing with the language. Compared with modern works by the likes of Tony Robbins, it’s definitely “old fashioned”. Obviously you can work around this, but it does mean that a lot of people end up putting Think and Grow Rich on their “to do” list rather than actually starting to use it.

The Think and Grow Rich Action Pack aims to get over this problem and get you on your way to getting the best from this classic self help book.

The best place to start is with the video seminar. This gives a modern-day, plain English overview of the book. It’s a great overview and helps to put all the important elements of the book in place.

The next component of the course is the original book in audio format. If you’re like me, making the time to read a book isn’t always easy but you probably have plenty of time where you’re commuting to work or otherwise doing tasks where you could listen to an audio version of the book. This is delivered in MP3 format, so you can transfer it to your iPod or burn it to CD and listen to it whenever you want.

The third part of the course is a video seminar. This is the main part of the Action Plan and takes you through the main parts of the book in an online video seminar that you can watch at leisure.

Part 4 is the “Think and Grow Rich Made Easy” Workbook. This gets over a lot of people’s problems with the original book by re-writing it in modern English. If you’ve ever struggled to make sense of Napoleon Hill’s original then this is definitely for you.

Part 5 is the original book by Napoleon Hill, in a modern PDF format.

There are also a variety of bonuses that you can dip into when you want.

And if you haven’t got a copy of the original Think and Grow Rich book, you can get hold of a free copy in exchange for your email address here.

Verdict

The Think and Grow Rich Action Plan is a welcome update to the classic self help book.

It brings the book to a modern audience and, as such, is an ideal version for anyone who has struggled with the original version.

The book is still as relevant today as when it was originally written – this Action Plan helps to bring it up to date and makes it a lot easier to put into practice. Recommended.

These are often referred to as spirit guides. Some people have one that they connect with on a regular basis, other people have more than one guide that they can call on depending on the circumstances.

If you’re just starting out or are having trouble connecting with your spirit guide, this MP3 promises to get your mind into the best state to be able to communicate with your spirit guide.

Listen to Your Spirit Guide comes in three different versions, depending on your personal preference.

Each version will take your mind to the same place, just with a different technology behind the track.

Until I did this review, my preferred version would have been the binaural beats one. It’s the same method used in the meditation program I use regularly. This works by playing two slightly different frequencies, one into each ear, and letting your brain resolve the difference. It does mean that you will need to wear stereo headphones to get the best results with this version.

The monaural beats version gets over the need to use headphones and is a good compromise on price.

But small extra cost for the Isochronic Tones version is well worth it.

The session lasts for half an hour, the same time as the other options, but I found it far and away the easiest to use and it allowed me to easily reach my spirit guide every time I used it, something that I can normally only manage intermittently.

If you’ve tried to get in touch with your spirit guide before but had limited (if any) success, then you owe it to yourself to try one of the Listen to Your Spirit Guide downloads.

The promises on the sales page are big.

As ever with self improvement products, there’s a good chance that the phrase “your mileage may vary” will apply.

But, assuming you’re willing to follow the course instructions, will the Success Principle work for you?

After all, there are so many different courses out there (I review quite a few on this site) that in theory you ought to be rolling in cash or whatever else you desire…

What sets the Success Principle apart from a lot of similar products is that it’s split up into bite sized chunks. You’re given access to the material one week at a time.

Which means if you’re the kind of person who likes to skim things rather than use them as directed, this program isn’t for you. But then the same goes for anything else – you likely won’t succeed if you just pay lip service to things rather than embrace them.

The big advantage of the way that the Success Principle works is that you’re not faced with overwhelm.

If you’ve ever ordered one of the big box courses from places such as Nightingale Conant or Learning Strategies, you’ll be familiar with the sense of excitement when the package arrives but will probably also be familiar with the scenario where most of the CDs are still untouched as you lost enthusiasm or found something new to do instead.

Because Success Principle drip feeds the information, you’re not faced with the same sense of overwhelm.

Instead, you’re encouraged to listen to each set weekly audios before access to the next set is granted.

Week one gives you two videos and 18 audios to get your teeth into and start to put you in the right frame of mind.

The subsequent weeks build on these foundations.

Probably the biggest benefit of the Success Principle is the fact that you’ll keep returning to it on at least a weekly basis.

The success factors taught will help move you towards success, even if you’re not consciously aware of doing so.

Verdict

Success Principle is an excellent product.

You get immediate access to the building blocks of the material without the overwhelm that’s often associated with getting all of a giant package at once.

You’re given step by step instructions, week by week.

When you first sign up for the Success Principle, you’ll be offered the option of upgrading to VIP level for a higher price. If you like to listen to this kind of material whilst driving your car, jogging or otherwise not sitting in front of your computer screen, the VIP level is worth taking as it allows you to download the audios and videos as well as various other benefits.

If you’re permanently glued to your computer, the upgrade will be less appealing. You can always upgrade later within the membership area.

You can get access to the Success Principle here.

Revolutioniz claims that it can help you to attract and manifest anything into your life.

The aim of Revolutioniz is to help you make the Law of Attraction work for you, even if until now it’s been more hope than actual things happening.

The package includes 4 reports which you are advised to follow through in order and a variety of extras which you’re told to only look at when instructed by the main course. Which is a good idea as it’s all too easy to get distracted if you don’t follow a logical process.

Another advantage of the course being split into 4 reports is that you should be able to read through one section at a time. With larger reports, it’s all too easy to think “I’ll come back to it tomorrow” but never actually do that. The series of smaller reports make it easier to actually complete the process.

Report 1: How To Work With The Law of Attraction

This report starts by explaining what how the laws of the universe work. It’s one of the best introductions to the subject that I’ve come across, with plenty of examples that you’ll be able to relate to. This is backed up by science, to keep the logical part of your mind happy (nothing too deep – don’t worry!).

The final chapter in this first report is all about making the Law of Attraction work for you in real life.

If you’ve ever doubted whether or not the Law of Attraction will work for you and then ended up without the thing you tried to manifest, this chapter of Revolutioniz will be like a penny dropping in your mind – things will begin to click into place.

It also explains how to be clear about what you want. It’s no use asking the Universe for something without being crystal clear as to why you want it. This section will help you achieve that clarity.

This report is excellent ground work and I had several “light bulb” moments when reading through it – things I’d done that had conspired against me getting what I’d set out to get.

Report 2: Harness the Hidden Laws of the Universe

This report goes through the five other laws of the universe, one by one.

It explains how these other laws work in conjunction with the Law of Attraction and help it to work at its best.

This report goes beyond simply the Law of Attraction and covers:

• The Law of Attraction
• The Law of Vibration
• The Law of Cause and Effect
• The Law of Gratitude
• The Law of Love
• The Law of Allowance

and talks about how each of these laws interact with each other. Which is likely why if you’ve just focussed on the Law of Attraction in isolation, chances are that you haven’t manifested everything you wanted.

For anyone who’s ever encountered a “sticking point” with trying to put the Law of Attraction into practice, chances are that you’ve been ignoring at least one of these five laws.

It’s all clearly explained with plenty of examples.

Report 3: Blueprint of the Universal Principles of Life

This is a summary of the two previous reports. Don’t be tempted to skip straight to this – the summary will make a lot more sense when you’ve read the first two reports.

If you want a regular reminder of putting the Law of Attraction into practice, I’d suggest that you print out this report and pin it to a noticeboard or somewhere equally prominent.

Report 4: Practical Module

This brings together everything you’ve learned from the previous reports and explains how to use the software that’s included in the Revolutioniz package.

You’re advised to print out this report so that you can refer to it at the same time as using the Manifestation software.

Again, don’t be tempted to “fast forward” to this report. It’s of much more use if you’ve read through the earlier reports first. They don’t take long to read through and the benefits you get will be well worth it.

The Manifestation software sets Revolutioniz apart from most of the other products I’ve encountered.

The accompanying report goes into detail on how to use the software and how to set your goals for the things you want to manifest.

It also talks about why simply setting a money goal is not likely to work – there’s also an extra report devoted entirely to how you should go about attracting money into your life. In a nutshell, money goals are “false” goals. It’s what you’re going to do with the cash that’s the real goal, not the amount sitting in your bank account.

As with everything else in the Revolutioniz package, the complete process is explained in step-by-step detail to make sure that you get on your way to manifesting exactly what you want in life.

You start the process by clicking the most appropriate of the two buttons shown in the screen shot. The software then walks you through the rest of the goal setting procedure and you can refer to the manual for help at any time.

Bonus report: Attracting Money

There is a bonus report included in the main Revolutioniz package. This deals with attracting money and it’s important because so many people get hung up on money in and of itself.

It covers what money is (and also what it isn’t). If you want to “try before you buy” then you can download this report and two others free here.

Verdict

Revolutioniz is an excellent system to help you really start using the Law of Attraction in your life and manifesting good things.

It’s well explained and the support materials – including the goal setting software – are top class.

If you’ve struggled with applying the Law of Attraction, this is a great way to stop that struggle and actually begin manifesting what you desire into your life.

You can download Revolutioniz here.

• Rating: 5.0

Which is quite a powerful claim.

You may have heard similar claims from other programs – the Sedona Method sprang to mind – but there can be a difference between claims and what actually happens in real life.

The good news is that you can try part of the system out with no obligation to buy it. You’ll have to enter your name and email address to get to the free sample page, but that’s a fairly standard thing on the web and it’s easy enough to opt out of any future emails if you find that Core Energy Meditation isn’t for you.

I find that the value (or otherwise) I get from a meditation is often determined by how well I get on with the voice that’s talking to me. Personally, I find Kevin Schoeninger’s voice soothing which, for me, gives the system a major plus point. You’ll know in a few minutes whether the same goes for you.

Let’s take a look at what you get when you purchase Core Energy Meditation:

Two CD’s that explain all about Core Energy Meditation. These aren’t actual meditations, so it’s fine to listen to them in your car or transfer them to your iPod so that you can listen to them during otherwise “dead” time. If you’re the kind of person who likes to know what goes on “under the hood” these will explain the ins and outs of the system.

If you prefer to read these kind of details rather than listen to them, there’s a booklet (called “Raise Your Vibration”) that contains transcripts of both CDs. I found this booklet useful to flick through to find things I’d not fully understood or that my mind suddenly decided were a sticking point (which happens to me quite a lot – maybe it’s my mind’s way of resisting change).

A third CD contains two guided core energy meditations. These are the hub of the course and if you’re impatient to start, chances are that you’ll start here.

The first guided meditation lasts 20 minutes. I know that a lot of people find they’re short of time, so this is an ideal duration. Most people can find twenty minutes somewhere in their schedule. Maybe just after waking or when you get back home from work or just before you go to sleep. Whatever time works best for you is good for this.

The second guided meditation is longer at 40 minutes. It’s not essential to use this version but Kevin says that if you can spare the time to listen to it regularly, your results will happen quicker and you’ll get deeper results faster.

Either option will work. Or you may prefer to use the shorter meditation on busy weekdays and keep the longer version for those days where you’ve got more time on your hands.

The instruction audio and booklet give you plenty of help to carry out the meditations and make sure you’re doing things “correctly”.

Talking with people who have tried various meditation systems I find that this is a continuing theme, even though almost all you need to do is listen to a guided meditation on a regular basis without being interrupted. But the guide gives you lots of help and reassurance if you need it.

The other thing that’s really simple is the daily practice log.

This seems really obvious – it’s just a place for you to keep a note of when you meditated, how long you meditated for and what (if anything) you experienced during the session.

The log has enough space for a month’s worth of meditating. Because it takes us at least two weeks to form a habit, it’s really useful to have this. Keep it out somewhere obvious so that it acts as a trigger for you to meditate. And a quiet nagger for those days when you don’t remember to put on your headphones for 20 minutes.

You get the option to either download all the audios or have them sent to you on CD as well. If you opt for the physical CDs to be sent to you, you’ll also be given instant access to the downloads so that you can start using the guided meditations immediately.

Overall Verdict

The two guided meditations are top quality.

Core Energy Meditation recognizes that most of us are pressed for time and addresses this with the 20 minute guided meditation.

If you’ve been struggling to fit meditation into your life due to time constraints, this system will be of benefit to you.

Some people – the ones you maybe cross the road to avoid – talk to themselves out loud.

But most people talk to themselves in their heads.

Of course, in television shows such as Dexter it’s difficult for us to know the self talk, so they use a narrative to allow us to hear it.

If you talk to yourself, that’s perfectly normal…

The problem is that we’ll often say things to ourselves that are impolite or downright nasty. We’ll use a “tone” and words that we wouldn’t dare utter out loud. (If you don’t believe this, take a note of what you say in your head when you next berate yourself.)

This negative self talk can bring us down. We begin to believe what we tell ourselves and let it shape our behavior.

There are several ways that you can reduce the amount of self talk you have:

• Attend a personal development course. I did this a few years ago and found that my level of self talk dropped dramatically. It was very effective but it wasn’t cheap.
• Use an NLP technique to move and change the voice in your head. This is quite fun! After all, you’re creating the voice so you can change it. Try turning that annoying voice into one that’s closer to Mickey Mouse – it’s much more difficult to take it seriously. With practice, you can do this and also change the words that are being said so that your subconscious changes how it reacts to what is being said. I got a lot better with this after attending a week-long NLP course.
• Get hold of a series of pre-recorded MP3s that are specifically written to help you overcome the different issues you’re likely to face. These are an excellent and affordable second choice to attending face-to-face courses and seminars. They also have the added benefit that you can schedule listening to them to fit in with your own timetable and you can re-listen whenever you want.

The Ultimate Self Talk Series aims to fill this third position.

It has a short user guide that explains more about self talk and explains why we often use self talk to unnecessarily limit ourselves.

If you’ve ever told yourself that you’re no good at something, you’ve reinforced the programming in your mind with this negative self talk.

The user guide then goes on to explain how self talk works. And why it is so powerful in shaping us.

If you’re already aware of the (often negative) voices in your head, you can safely skip the user guide and get straight on with listening to the MP3s.

But if you need something to keep your conscious mind occupied, it’s an easy read.

The MP3s are split across eight different topics:

• Wealth attraction
• Finding your true love
• Creating happiness
• Achieving your goals
• Ensuring that you are healthy
• Career success
• Gaining self confidence
• Living an abundant life

Each MP3 has three different sessions: morning, day time and evening.

They’re not hypnosis tracks, so you can do other things whilst they play. This is a great benefit as a lot of other programs require you to give them your undivided attention.

The series recommends that you choose a topic and follow it daily for a couple of weeks.

And if you’re focused enough, that’s a great plan.

If not, do your best to keep as close to the suggested timetable. And if you need to dip into another program (maybe boosting your self confidence before giving a speech or presentation) that will work as well.

The morning session could easily be played in the background as you start your day, brushing your teeth, getting dressed, that kind of thing.

By the way, if you’re overdosing on negative thoughts, I’d suggest playing it instead of watching breakfast television.

The daytime session is optional. But playing it to yourself on your journey to work would work a treat.

There’s no background music on either the morning or daytime tracks and the user guide suggests that you can play them at the same time as your favorite music.

I’d suggest that you think about going one step further – get hold of a copy of Audacity (a free audio program) and drop the MP3 you’re working with onto an extra track, creating your own custom track, so you don’t have to juggle with two different audio devices. (If the thought of using a new computer program to do this worries you, a friendly local teenager will be able to do this work for you!)

The evening session for each program has gentle music playing in the background and is a good way to help you unwind and get to sleep.

Overall Verdict

The 8 different topics in the Ultimate Self Talk Series, each with 3 different sessions, are well put together and professionally recorded.

The program arrives on 2 CDs and you’re able to copy the MP3s to your iPod or burn them to CD as you prefer.

The approach used is simple and straightforward. Which means that you can use it while you get on with other things in your life, which is important if your daily schedule is hectic.

The price for all 8 sessions is reasonable compared with the alternative of buying separate hypnosis or subliminal sessions.

There’s also a discounted purchase option that works a bit like a coupon code. If you think that this self talk system will work for you, use one of the two discounted links below to get a $10 reduction:

Discounted version of Ultimate Self Talk Series, credit card

Discounted version of Ultimate Self Talk Series, PayPal

• Rating: 5.0

Whilst you may not currently believe everything these have to say, the chances are that you are indeed manifesting things into your life. Maybe not the things you think you want. But we’ll come on to how to change that.

There are lots of different methods that claim they can help you to manifest (or attract) items into your life. I’ve reviewed programs like Cosmic Ordering elsewhere, so you can check that out if you want to.

Quantum Cookbook claims to take a more scientific approach to the whole concept of manifestation.

And – an even bigger claim – it says it works every single time you use it.

It takes a more scientific approach than most of the other techniques out there. So if the idea of placing an order with the cosmos and waiting for it to come back leaves you stone cold, this could fill the gap. The main report covers the science behind the principles, which helps keep the questioning side of your mind happy as it’s got the theory that underlies the practice.

Of course, the first thing you need to do to make your wishes and dreams come true is to actually work out what they should be.

You’ve probably heard the idea before that you need to know your destination before you can reach it. You may even have thought up some ideas that you want – more money, better health, a truly great relationship, that kind of thing.

The Quantum Cookbook helps you decide what these should be with laser-like precision.

As you might have guessed from the title, the report is based on quantum physics – that outwardly scary area of physics that deals with seemingly impossible things.

Fortunately, it doesn’t dwell heavily on the theoretical side. You’re given a simple to understand overview instead.

It doesn’t dwell on the complex equations that sit behind the idea that elements floating in the universe behave differently when they’re being watched. And if your eyes glazed over when you read that, don’t panic. You can safely skim over even these simple explanations.

Ok, so after this brief diversion, the report gets back to the crux of the matter. And the thing that may well have held you up in the past:

Asking the right questions.

These are likely to be more precise than the ones you’ve asked in the past. Or phrased differently, so that in turn the answers will be more precise.

You’re given lots of examples and help to make sure this (very important) part of the process is carried out well.

The process is two step one: ask a well phrased question and then answer it to the best of your ability.

There’s also another trick that most of us miss, most of the time. It’s all to do with how we approach everything in our lives and there’s a complete section devoted to dealing with this common problem.

The next section of the Quantum Cookbook goes through a series of reality checks.

We all have our own unique idea of our reality: this is a good set of questions to go through and actually answer. You might be surprised at how your current reality is at least partially responsible for holding you back and preventing you from getting the things you truly want from your life.

Next up is an explanation of the Law of Attraction. You may well experience a “penny dropping” moment when you read this clear explanation of how the law works and the best way to get it to deliver what you really want.

Because the law of attraction is always working for us, whether we consciously set out to attract something or not, this concise explanation will help you to ensure that you get the results you really want.

Sometimes, we only day dream about what we want to manifest into our lives. Which is fine, so long as we realize that day dreaming is very different from setting an intention for something to appear.

Quantum Cookbook goes into some depth about these differences. And, if you’re like me, you may well spot why certain things you’ve thought you were manifesting haven’t actually appeared.- because you haven’t been clear enough in your intentions.

After that, the book deals with the differences between manifesting and visualizing. If you’ve used any kind of manifestation technique before, you’ll know that they often ask you to visualize what you want to manifest into your life. For some people (or some things) this can be enough for the process to work.

But if you’ve ever experienced the disappointment of going through the visualization process only to have the object you’re trying to manifest stubbornly not appear, you’ll find out why this has happened. And, more importantly, how to get what you desire in the future.

The way this is explained shows how manifestation is an order of magnitude more powerful than visualization. Which in turn explains why the things you’ve so carefully visualized in the past haven’t always come to pass.

The Quantum Cookbook gives you a ten point checklist to make sure that your intended manifestations do actually manifest themselves.

It also goes into detail about the best times for you to manifest. As well as help to develop your own manifesting ritual so that it becomes part of your daily routine.

There’s also a section on what to check if the things you attempt to manifest don’t appear in your life as you intended. This is good – a lot of people I talk to get stuck on things and it’s useful to have a checklist to go through in case you’re unintentionally sabotaging your outcome.

Of course, a cookbook wouldn’t be complete without recipes!

Every manifestation you aim for needs the six basic ingredients that are covered in detail. This works the same way as following a cooking recipe: do everything that’s covered and the result is pretty much guaranteed.

Once you’re confident with the recipe you’re given, a later section shows you how to create your own recipes, complete with a “fill in the blanks” recipe sheet.

If you’re still not 100% sure what you want by this stage of the book, that’s fine. The authors have anticipated this and there is a chapter to help you refine the things you want to manifest so that you can be as precise as possible in your manifestation requests.

The book also explains why it is really important to focus on your desires, not what you don’t want.

If you’ve ever talked to someone who is overweight, you’ll have seen this in practice. They’ll go on and on about how they can’t lose their unwanted body weight.

Likewise with those miserable people who seem to perversely enjoy moaning about the things that are lacking from their life.

You’re taught how to avoid these easy-to-make mistakes. And how to reword anything negative that you’re currently stuck on.

The Quantum Cookbook also covers what you need to do once you’ve placed your manifestation request and how to trust that the universe will deliver what you’ve asked for.

If you’re after a quick start with your manifesting, there is a complete chapter with “recipes” for getting a new job, a new car, losing weight, attracting more money into your life, getting a new house, a perfect relationship and reducing your stress levels.

As well as the main Quantum Cookbook, there are four interviews with people you may recognize from “The Secret”:

• Fred Alan Wolf
• Hale Dwoskin
• James Arthur Ray
• Joe Vitale

These are well worth listening to as they give lots of insights into how these people really made The Secret work for them.

If you’re in a rush to put the Quantum Cookbook into practice, you’ll probably turn to the second CD in the package.

This contains a half hour audio condensed version of the main book, followed by a complete guided manifestation session.

This session is probably the easiest way to make sure that you’re manifesting correctly. All you need to do is play it and follow along.

Overall verdict

Quantum Cookbook is a thorough, well produced product.

You get the main book together with a quick start audio version. There are also interviews with four of the stars of “The Secret” and a complete, ready-to-listen-to manifestation session.

If you’ve tried to manifest things into your life before but not succeeded, the Quantum Cookbook is an excellent way to address that.

You can get hold of your own copy of the Quantum Cookbook here.

I’ve just discovered some discounted links for Quantum Cookbook (a bit like using a coupon code at other sites).

To get a discount on Quantum Cookbook by credit card, click here.

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The idea is that you will develop your intuition and start to make the correct decision the first time round, rather than the trial and error methods we so often use.

At school and at work, we have a structured process to follow. We may not always agree with it, but it’s there. But elsewhere in our lives, such as relationships, there is no such rule book. It’s this important area that the Silva Ultramind method aims to address by helping you develop your intuition.

The course follows the same format as if you attended a live seminar. The main difference is that you can listen to Jose Silva himself deliver the seminar. Also there’s the advantage that instead of traveling to the seminar, you’ll get the complete seminar as a set of downloadable MP3 files. This also means that you can replay the audios as often as you want to.

The Ultramind system revolves around developing your own effective sensory projection (ESP) skills.

Silva investigated what the brain was doing and how slow or fast it was working when different things happened. He found that ESP functioned best when the brain was working at a slower frequency.

Once the brainwave frequencies were identified, the next step was to recreate these frequencies at will, rather than just letting them happen whilst we sleep.

Silva explains the differences between his model and others, such as hypnosis and meditation. The Ultramind system works at higher levels than these other methods, which allows you to ask questions and deduce the answers to them with full awareness, rather than simply take information on board.

The system was designed to cut down the level of stress you’re experiencing and protect your immune system from the problems that stress creates.

Jose Silva describes his process as learning to use your subconscious consciously.

After the introductory session, it’s the part you’ve probably been waiting for: doing the actual exercises.

The Silva method assigns a number to each of the three different states you want to achieve. Once you’ve practiced these a few times, you’re able to just think of the appropriate number and reach the desired state almost instantly. This takes a bit of practice but is well worth it.

You’re also told the best times to practice. These sessions take between 5 and 15 minutes each, depending on how much time you can spare on any given day.

There are lots of times in our lives when we’d like to be able to apply a self-help technique but “haven’t got the time”. After all, reaching a state of deep relaxation with meditation or hypnosis may be fast but most definitely isn’t instant.

With the Silva method, these states can be reached near enough instantly. Once you’ve learned what to do, you can reach the desired state in the time it takes you to count to three. Try doing that with meditation!

The audios then go on to describe how Jose Silva’s daughter developed ESP and could use her remote viewing skills to reveal details about things that neither knew about. These skills were rejected by the scientific community as they weren’t tested. Silva took a batch of 39 other people and trained them in the skill of ESP.

The Silva method goes even further and allows you to experience what it feels like to be a piece of steel or a leaf on a tree. You’re taken through these sessions during the downloads.

The audios then go on to explain how you can use these skills to detect information anywhere in the world. Which means that you can go on to benefit from other people’s experiences and also learn from other people’s mistakes.

This sounds rather mind boggling at first.

But it’s all explained clearly and succinctly, using an excellent analogy of computer generated information – much like the web page you’re reading now. This is probably the clearest explanation I’ve heard of how these different-dimension communications work.

The course then introduces the “mental video” technique. This is a simple way of solving any problem you may encounter. As with everything else in the course, it’s well explained. So even if the idea of running a video inside your head is daunting – for instance, if you “can’t visualize” – by the end of the explanation you’ll be thinking that it’s easy and maybe kicking yourself for not thinking of this method before.

There’s also a very good explanation about why we don’t always get the things we think we desire and how to tweak what you’re asking for in your mental video to take account of the messages you’re getting back from the higher intelligence that controls and looks after us.

There is a complete mental video demonstration that you can follow along with and begin to explore this technique. As with the rest of the program, it’s clearly explained and easy to follow along.

Once you’ve mastered these basic techniques, the course moves on to advanced mind programming and reaching deeper levels of your mind.

There’s a complete section on relationships. This starts with finding your ideal mate and offers some very simple tips on how to be successful with this.

Overall verdict

The complete Silva Ultramind ESP course is big. This review barely scratches the surface of what is covered.

You’ll need to listen to all the audios provided. The good news is that lots of them are explanations of the process, so you can transfer them to CD or iPod and listen to them whilst you’re walking or driving.

There are also plenty of exercises to go through, all of which are thoroughly explained.

The whole program is the same experience you’d get at a Silva Ultramind seminar without having to set aside a complete weekend to take the course.

Alternatively, if you want to find out whether you’ll get on with the Silva method, this is an inexpensive way to do that.

At the end of the course, you’ll be able to easily drop into whatever brain state you desire in the blink of an eye. You’ll also know how to improve your life. And some more esoteric things like using ESP.

You can get your personal copy of the Silva UltraMind ESP system here.

The idea is simple: every day, you get a new message to inspire you and put you in a positive mindset.

For instance, the Zig Ziglar quote “Remember, you can earn more money, but when time is spent it is gone forever.” Or Lou Holtz’s words “I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.”

Maybe you’ve subscribed to this kind of service in the past by email. If you’re well organized and file every email that comes into your inbox, that’s still a great way to work.

But if you’re like me, your email inbox is constantly brimming over with messages that you’ll get round to reading “one day” but then never actually get round to reading them. It’s information overload.

The N’deavr service gets round this by sending the quotes by text message to your cell phone.

It’s then simple to just read the day’s quote in a few seconds.

At first, I wasn’t sure whether this would be a good idea or an irritation. But over the time I’ve subscribed to the service, I’ve found that the text message is a welcome interruption to my routine. My phone bleeps, telling me I’ve got a new message and I then read it. Most of the time, the quotes seem “spot on” and relevant for how I’m feeling that day – I don’t think this is any form of mind reading on their part, just an indication that there has been a good deal of time and care put into the quotes.

When you first sign up for the service, you’re asked to complete your country code and your mobile phone number. If you’re not sure what your country code is, there’s a selection box where you can just click the correct country.

There’s then the option of a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription, with the service getting cheaper the longer you decide to subscribe for.

You can select which days you want to receive messages – maybe giving yourself the weekend off – and also the time period you want to receive messages. All times are local to your country, so you won’t run the risk of your phone waking you up in the middle of the night.

You can choose a range of times or a random time to receive your messages. And you can vary this for each day of the week if you want to.

Then it’s just a matter of letting the text messages arrive each day. I’ve often shared the messages with friends as soon as the text arrives. Or you could go a step further and take out a subscription for a friend or work colleague.

Overall verdict

I was quite skeptical about the N’deavr service originally. I wasn’t sure whether I’d find the messages intrusive or, if they didn’t intrude into my day, whether the quotes would be worthwhile.

Over the days and weeks I’ve been using the service, I’m very happy to get the texts and I open message near enough immediately after it arrive. I’m sure if these were arriving in my email inbox each day they’d just live in my “to read sometime” pile of emails. Whereas with the text service, they’re actually a useful addition to my daily routine.

You can find out more about N’deavr daily inspirational text messages here.

• Rating: 5.0