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220 Uses of the Three Finger Technique
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The Amazing Silva Method Three Fingers Technique

by Lee Pascoe The idea for this article was born during a long journey with four creative Silva graduates finding ways to utilize the hours in a constructive manner. In the car were myself, Lee Pascoe, my husband, Michael Dodson, and our American friends, Nelda Sheets, doyenne of Silva lecturers, and Clara Webb, a fellow artist.

We were comparing the dozens of different ways we used the Three Fingers Technique when it became obvious that, in print, this could inspire and help other Silva graduates. Several brainstorming sessions with graduates followed to put together this final collection.

Many thanks to Nelda and her American graduates for a huge list of suggestions. The list is by no means exhaustive. If you have any other ideas for applications, please let us know.

The Three Fingers Technique, of all the Silva Techniques, is the easiest and simplest to apply. Once it has been programmed in the B.L.S. it is instantly and permanently available.

There is no need to memorize a formula or establish a deep level; you need only to remember that it’s there to use. And the beauty is, that it never wears out! Rather than saving it for special occasions, the more you use it, the better it works.

220 Uses for the Three Finger Technique

EVERYDAY/PERSONAL

To avoid stumbling in the dark
When walking in a muddy patch, or anything slippery, to keep

balance and avoid slipping

To relax so you can walk safely on ice
To instantly combat fear
To centre yourself when your mind is all over the place
To remind yourself, “I’m in a class of my own.”
When stumbling over a word, or having difficulty pronouncing
When singing karaoke, to synchronize the words better with the

music

For finding lost objects
For finding misplaced papers
Dowsing” to find hidden objects (See story)
Holding awkward keys to function right and slip easily into the

keyhole

To help take the lid off jars
To be able to hold off going to the toilet until there is one available
To instantly boost confidence
To strengthen willpower
To help find an item in the supermarket
To help resist buying an unwanted item
To be attracted to the right shop that will have just what you want
To connect with nature
While looking at a beautiful view, enhance feeling and to “lock it in”
To better communicate with plants - green thumb
For communicating with an animal
To calm your pet at the vet’s
To encourage your cat to go to the loo (john) before a car journey
To coax pigeons to stay away from your balcony
To connect with God and be open to divine guidance
To protect yourself from danger (See Newsletters)
To put on “Lancelot’s Armour” an image to shield you from

negativity)

To be on guard and safe on a dark lonely street
To clear negative energy, connect with the divine and radiate

protective energy (around your house, for example)

To attract a salesperson’s attention
In front of the drinks machine, when the coins aren’t accepted
To untangle the vacuum cord when it’s stuck, putting your foot on

the pedal calmly with just the right amount of pressure

To have more strength and energy when you carry heavy bulky

things

To find a porter or assistant to help when you have lots of luggage
To attract a waiter’s attention
To find a good table in a restaurant
To handle chopsticks easily
To resist chocolates, cream cakes and other “sinful” goodies
To warm yourself up when you are cold
To take aim when swatting a fly
“Dowsing” a map to detect the presence of something - fugitives,

missing persons, drilling sites

To get a refund on the wrong size clothes, when you’ve lost your

receipt

To find the right TV channel or radio station
To gesture “O.K.”

STRESS/RELAXATION/HEALTH

To clear your mind of confusing or worrying thoughts
To recall your ideal place of relaxation
To refocus yourself when you are late for an appointment
When you’re in a hurry with too many things to do and need to

calm down

To remain calm in stressful situations
To maintain inner quiet in a noisy environment (airport,

hairdresser, schoolyard)

When you feel a “Hissy fit” coming (English: temper tantrum)
To replace “counting to ten”
For pre-menstrual tension
To recharge energy
To bring blood pressure back to normal
To make heartbeat normal
To calm yourself at the onset of an asthmatic attack
To avoid dizziness in a staircase by keeping calm and balanced

LEARNING/MEMORY/EDUCATION

To increase concentration, pay better attention
To memorise a text
To read a lesson with greater comprehension and retention
To listen to a speech with greater comprehension and retention
For test taking (See THE OFFICIAL APPLICATIONS, for a full

description of the above)

To choose the right answer in multiple choice test questions
To “click” on the mental mouse for your bio-computer
To put your virtual teacher on the screen
To keep yourself motivated and enthusiastic throughout a course
To calm yourself in class (for teacher and student)
To remember where you put your keys
To remember where you left your car in the parking lot
As a reminder to do something, like post a letter
To recall what you were going to say when you lose your train of

thought

To recall someone’s name
To recall a word that’s “on the tip of your tongue”
To recall the title of a song or piece of music
To recall where you read something
To recall the name of an author
For help in solving a crossword puzzle
To remember a past event clearly
At a lecture, to send the speaker a subjective message to call a break
While listening to a joke, to recall and recount later
To remember the punch line of a joke
To ask yourself, “What did I come into this room for?”

PROFESSIONAL/ART

For fear of speaking in public
When giving a lecture, to be aware of audience needs and response,

to say the right thing at the right time

When giving a lecture, to keep on time
To find just the right answer to a difficult, or “trick” question
For artists, to re-experience impressions and while painting canvas
For actors, to “turn on” to their role
To clear stage fright and re-establish confidence
When you forget a line on stage, without a prompter
For musicians, to tune in and harmonize mentally before a

performance

Three fingers around the microphone when singing
In a recording studio, to adjust the feedback and the microphone

volume

For simultaneous translation, to immediately find the correct and

appropriate expression

For Customs Officers, to decide which bags to open (See

Anecdotes)

For nurses and doctors, to stay awake and concentrated for long

hours

For doctors, to help make a correct diagnosis
To focus your thoughts for a sales presentation
To reinforce confidence for an interview or presentation
In a selling situation, to tune in to customer’s interests and needs
To remain open, pleasant and harmonious with a client
To fix an appointment by telephone with a prospective client
To find a bookkeeping problem (See Anecdotes)
Checking through, or scanning, documents to locate errors
To recall the right spelling
To concentrate better when typing, to be faster and more accurate
To know instinctively what to do when your computer

malfunctions

To open up, or “turn on” creativity
For creative new ideas when writing publicity
For inspiration when writing a difficult report
To increase confidence when asking for a raise
When electronic equipment breaks down or malfunctions, to

remain calm and do the right thing

To come up with the right information during a tax investigation

(The following are from Chapter 10 of “Getting Help from your Other Side”)

Looking for the source of an insidious quality slip-up
Deciding to whom to delegate certain responsibilities
Proofreading a report for typos
Involved in a sudden emergency where quick mental action is

needed

TRAVEL/TRAFFIC

To find a parking place, of course! (Anyone NOT know this one?)
To park your car in a small space without denting it or surrounding

cars

To arrive on time when traffic is difficult
To arrive, if not on time, at just the right moment!
To drive in the flow, at the right speed in tune with traffic lights, to

arrive when they are green

To drive safely and be aware of hazards
To keep to the legal speed
In general, to be automatically aware of danger or emergency and

react in the appropriate manner (See stories)

To protect your car from parking tickets
To stay calm and serene in traffic jams or difficult situations
To decide which lane to take in congested traffic
To stop road rage (self and others)
To determine which route to take when driving, or exploring
To find your way in a strange place
As a pedestrian, to find a gap in the traffic to cross the street safely
On a moving staircase (escalator), laden with cases and shopping, to

land safely without falling

To hail a taxi. (This is sometimes contested. Some say you tune in to

a driver looking for a passenger)

To combat claustrophobia in an elevator
When running to catch a bus, to make it on time
To get to the railway station in time for the train
To avoid hassles at the airport
To sail past customs without being stopped
To get a ticket refund when faced with a difficult bureaucrat
To get a window seat when “There are no more available, sir.”

DECISIONS/INTUITION

For any instant decision
To spark off a flash of intuition, or inspiration
To pick out the best produce at the market
To make up your mind at the ice-cream counter
To pick out the best paint colour for walls
To decide which car to buy
To choose the best wine on the wine list
To select an item from the menu that is tasty but won’t wreck your

diet!

To help choose a suitable present
To help choose an appropriate greeting card
To find the ideal apartment when scanning the Real Estate ads
To choose the fastest moving queue at the supermarket, post office,

bank

To choose the winning horse at the races
To choose the right colour and number in the casino
To pick lottery numbers

(Obviously, these last three are not guaranteed, as there are far more Silva graduates than there are big winners!)

RELATIONSHIPS/ SOCIAL LIFE

Instead of an obscene or insulting gesture, giving a positive threefinger sign
To remind yourself to smile
To change the expression, or produce a smile, on someone’s face
To control your temper, calm anger
To stay calm when listening to an angry person who is yelling or

insulting you

To stop yourself reacting angrily to a child’s behavior
To encourage a baby who is refusing to eat
To stop a negative reaction when some one does something you

don’t like

To remain in control
To teach children to be in control
To find just the right words when writing a letter
To listen on the phone with a sympathetic or empathic ear
To heighten sensibility to other’s needs
To choose what to say and how to act when comforting a bereaved

person

As above, when visiting a sick person
To attune yourself to the person who is talking
To choose the right word at the right time
To protect yourself from psychic “vampires”
To be especially sensitive on social occasions, e.g. when the boss is

coming to dinner

When organizing a dinner so that the right people sit next to each

other and enjoy each other’s company

To resist a powerful persuasive influence
When making a difficult telephone call
To get through when the line is engaged - “psychic call waiting”!
To stop yourself swearing
For help in bluffing
To heighten love-making
To identify yourself as a Silva graduate or to recognize another

graduate - the “Silva salute”

To recharge energy and power
To instantly recall previous successes and the accompanying feeling

of confidence and enthusiasm

While playing, to recall mental rehearsal
With a deep breath, to put yourself into the “state” or “in the

zone” before a game, in tennis, for example, to quickly reinforce all programming before a shot

In cricket, basketball or baseball, to attune yourself to the ball
To keep your ski group in view
To improve your dart aim
To heighten awareness in chess games
When riding, to put yourself in tune with the horse

SILVA TECHNIQUES

To go to level faster and easier
To get back to the right level after an interruption
To help go to sleep easily
To remember dreams
To eliminate negative expressions (Mental Housecleaning)
To recharge headache control while keeping your eyes open
To remember the Memory Pegs
To remind and reinforce habit control programming
To stop the desire to smoke
To eliminate the desire to snack between meals
To reinforce “Negative thoughts and negative suggestions have no

influence over me at any level of mind”, especially when surrounded by negative people

To programme yourself to do something as an automatic reflex
To send healing thoughts to someone in the environment
For sending a mental message
For visualising or imagining with eyes open
To reinforce the white-framed Mirror of the Mind at beta level
For “broadcasting” while keeping your eyes open
For working a case with your eyes open
To control pain at the dentist
During childbirth, to recall and reinforce pain control programming

Creativity: Writing Poetry Using the Three Fingers Technique

FINGERS TECHNIQUE

by Kaykhosrow (Kain) Samiya After taking the BLS course in 1991, I set out a course of action to explore various ways to use the Silva Method Three Fingers Technique. In the training the only uses of the Three Fingers Technique were in reading a book, listening to lectures and in test taking.

Although others uses were hinted such as tapping alpha at will. I really desired to write poetry in the style of an ancient Persian poet, named Ferdowsi. Ferdowsi dates back to about 1,000 years ago and his greatest contribution to the Persian world is that he enlivened the Farsi language by writing the Book of Epics, which is 100,000 verses of pure Persian poetry about the ancient fables.

It took Ferdowsi some 30 years of research and gathering of data before the Shah-Nameh (Book of Kings) manifested. I programmed my Three Fingers to act as a channel to write poetry with.

I should mention that prior to this moment I was very challenged in writing poetry, especially in coming up with words and phrases that rhymed. In a course of about one hour after programming my three fingers, I channeled some 200 verses of poetry that came to me after opening my eyes.

All I could do during this one hour of time was barely keeping up with the stream of poetry that came to me. It was sort of like automatic writing, where I pretty much lost control of the pen and the verses wrote themselves.

At the time of writing I could not comprehend what was being written, nor how much information was going to come to me. At the end of the hour everything halted. I took a deep breath and started to glance back at the poetry.

In total disbelief the poetry started just as Ferdowsi would start all his stories. Every verse had perfect rhythm and rhymed well. What was so neat about the poetry is that there were many prophesies told that all manifested within a year.

Since the poetry is in Farsi language, I did not translate them because it would lose all its rhythm and rhyme. Instead I will share another poem that came to me not too long ago. It was June 20, 2003 and I was flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to teach Silva’s Ultra and Self-Healing.

While at about 40,000 feet of altitude, I happened to glimpse outside the window and saw an image of our mother earth, with a halo of sunrise peeking just at the horizon. In that moment of glorious images and lights, the following poem came to me that I would like to share.

As I float between earth and heavens, I see a world that is lovin’ and forgivin’. We are guided by the light, But we are free to roam about. In a world that is light and dark, We are allowed to be bold and stark.

I see a world that is land and water, Governed by a love from Higher Power. There are highs, lows, and in between, Made for us, by us, to dive in. A world that is made of contrast and duality, So we can choose our experience and its quality.

Yet above it all is Oneness, Love, passion, and calmness. A universe of beautiful sounds, and color, So we can hear, see, and holler. It is a joy to be alive, Lord I have arrived.

The "Official" Applications from the B.L.S. Conditioning Cycle

THE THREE FINGERS TECHNIQUE AND THREE APPLICATIONS YOU CAN USE:

A. For easier recall of information read.

B. For easier recall of information heard.

C. And for achieving higher grades in test taking.

By bringing together the tips of the first two fingers and thumb of either hand, your mind adjusts to a deeper level of awareness for stronger programming. Stronger programming of information results in easier recall, producing a better memory.

To read a lesson, enter level 1 with the use of the 3-to-1 method. Tell yourself mentally that you are going to count from 1 to 3 and at the count of 3 you will open your eyes and read the lesson.

Mention the lesson title, and subject. Add: “Noises will not distract me, but will help me to concentrate. I will have superior concentration and understanding.” Count from 1 to 3, open your eyes and read the lesson.

When you have read the lesson, once again enter level 1 with the 3 to 1 method. Tell yourself mentally, “I will recall the lesson I have just read (mention title and subject) anytime in the future with the use of the Three Fingers Technique.

To hear a lecture, enter level 1 with the 3 to 1 method, and tell yourself mentally that you are going to hear a lecture and mention the title, subject and lecturer’s name. Tell yourself that you are going to use the Three Fingers Technique.

Keep your eyes open during the lecture. Tell yourself that noises will not distract you, but will help you to concentrate; that you will have superior concentration and understanding; and that you will recall the lecture (mention title, subject, and lecturer’s name) anytime in the future with the use of the Three Fingers Technique.

For test taking with the Three Fingers Technique, follow the 3-cycle method.

First: Read your test questions the way you always do, but do not stay too long on any of them. If you have a ready answer put it down; if not, skip that question and move to the next one.

Second: Use the Three Fingers Technique, and do as in the first cycle, but stay a little longer on the unanswered question. When an answer comes, put it down; if not, skip that question and move to the next one.

Third: use the Three Fingers Technique, read the unanswered question and if still no answer comes, close your eyes, turn them slightly upward, visualize or imagine your professor on your mental screen and ask for the answer.

Then clear your mind, and start thinking again to figure the answer. The answer that comes is your professor’s. Write it down. Do not turn in a blank paper. There have been some excellent articles on the Three Fingers in past Newsletters.

A travel through the Archives came up with the following, which I have summarised and/or quoted:

Student Success Story

From The Silva Method Newsletter, Vol.21, 1990.

A university research study by George Maycock at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. demonstrated that even a very brief exposure to the Three Fingers Technique (15 minutes explanation and 15 minutes relaxation exercise) helped college students in preparing for and taking exams.

Student Success Story

From The Silva Method Newsletter, Vol.21, 1990.

Research Project Passes Test

From The Silva Method Newsletter, Vol.19, No.3, 1988

In a research project conducted at the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, students raised their test scores by one letter grade when they used the Silva Method’s Three Fingers Technique.

“From the results of this study,” Dr. Harry E. Stanton said, “it would seem reasonable to conclude that the Three Fingers Technique is able to facilitate short-term improvement in second year high school students’ examination performance.” Those who had learned the Three Fingers Technique improved nine percentage points, while the control group actually dropped one point.

To put it another way, the experimental group improved their scores 17 percent over their previous average when they used the Three Fingers Technique. “The technique is a very simple one which students have no trouble in learning,” Dr.

Stanton wrote in a report published in the Journal of the Society of Accelerative Learning and Teaching. “Initially, their curiosity is piqued; later their interest is maintained as they find it becoming easier for them to remember the material they read and hear about in the classroom,” he continued.

“This technique is one which has wide applicability to everyday life,” Dr. Stanton said. “Silva suggests its use as a trigger for better mobilization of the mental faculties in virtually every situation where thinking is required.

He described the technique as “a simple conditioned trigger which we can use to focus our faculties. By doing the conditioning while in the relaxed state, our suggestions become more powerful.

Thus, when we invoke the signal at a later date, it is likely to be successful in achieving the result we desire.”

Programmes You for Personal Protection

PROGRAMMES YOU FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION

From The Silva Method Newsletter, Vol.20, No.11, 1989

“What is the best way to protect yourself from danger?” I asked Mr. Silva. “Program yourself to sense any dangerous situations and to make the correct decision about what to do,” Mr.

Silva answered. “You mean the way you programmed your son Tony and the other young men when they were sent to Vietnam?” I asked. “Something like that,” he agreed. He programmed them that whenever they placed the little finger of either hand into the palm of that hand, they would be more intuitive to danger.

They brought back many stories about trusting their intuition and taking a different path than that they had originally planned, then learning later that there was an ambush on the original path. (This modification of the Three Fingers Technique was to allow the soldiers to keep both their hands on their rifles ready for action, while remaining alert for any hidden dangers, such as snipers or mines.

Tony Silva’s assignment was to be “point man”, the one out in front. Before he left on his mission he programmed every day for two weeks in preparation. The result was that his intuition was exceptionally keenly developed.

On one occasion, he had an impulse to jump to one side, just as a bullet whizzed past his head. On another, he threw a boulder ahead of him to where he “knew there would be a mine, and it was exploded safely.

His reputation for being “lucky” was such that other soldiers would want to work close to him.)

Anecdotes

“Doing bookkeeping, when I discovered that my figures did not balance, I programmed that when my three fingers were together they would turn warm when run over the error.” -- Nelda SHEETS

Finding a parking place is so successful and hence, so wellknown, amongst thousands of graduates worldwide, that many are convinced that this is an “official” use of the Three Fingers Technique. -- Jose SILVA continues to find this very amusing, but as he says, “If it works, use it!”

A Customs Officer in El Paso, who is a Silva graduate, uses the Three Fingers Technique to help him detect possible smugglers and decide whose bag to open.

Thus he was able to discover an exotic bird hidden in the bag of a sweet little old grey-haired lady. The president of an association of Dowsers had just completed the basic Silva course.

He entered the annual competition to find the highest number of buried objects in a field. Each competitor used his preferred working instrument, pendulum, dowsing rods, etc. Using only his three fingers, he won the competition.

The Three Fingers Technique, like all the others, has applications far beyond the examples given in the Silva Basic Seminar Series.

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The material here was from
The Official Silva Method Newsletter — Issue 3, Nov 10, 2003

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