What do we mean by "Within the possibility area"?

Mr. Silva's explanation about what is "within the possibility area" goes like this:

If you are missing a flesh and blood arm or leg, we do not have any formula to grow a new one. Nobody has come up with a way to do that. So that is not considered to be within the possibility area.

As long as something is present, and has some life left in it, we then improving it is within the possibility area.

For instance, there was a Silva graduate in Tucson, Arizona, several years ago, a man about 33 years old as I recall, who had serious heart problems. The heart arteries were blocked and he needed a bypass operation. The Silva graduates in the area worked on him, to reinforce his own programming, and within 30 days, his body had grown a natural heart bypass!

When I mentioned this to Dr. Hahn later (Wilfred Hahn was the first scientist to join Jose Silva in his research, and was a valued consultant) he said that this is something that is known to the medical profession. He referred to it as "collateral circulation," and that it usually takes a year to develop.

We have had people restore function in kidneys that were not functioning, others who had diabetes who greatly reduced the need for insulin, and of course many examples of people with cancer who were able to program and get their cells to stop reproducing so rapidly and return to normal.

Dictionary Definitions

Definitions of "area" suggest that it is a defined space. Our "belief system" might be such an area. You know how important belief is to the success of our projects.

The dictionary defines "possibility" as: "the state or fact of being likely or possible; likelihood."

So in your mind, does it seem likely that you can grow wings and fly? Not unless you have some specific reasons or evidence that nobody else has.

If you want to overcome an irrational fear, that's within the possibility area. In fact, many of us have done that: We were able to overcome the fear of public speaking and become Silva Instructors.

What is a "law"?

I am glad that you are paying attention to the "Laws of Programming."

When I looked up the word "law" in the dictionary, the definition says that a law is something "laid down," something that is inflexible, not optional but mandatory.

I am sure that Mr. Silva selected that word deliberately; he used the dictionary constantly to make sure he understood the definition of each word that he used in the course.

Use your time wisely

It is okay to hope that we can, some day, do something that appears to be "impossible," but we probably shouldn't invest too much time and energy in it, because we will probably just wind up frustrated, and we could be using that time and energy to work on this that have already been proven to be possible.

Does that make sense to you? I know that some people don't want to accept the idea that some things are not possible (at least, not possible - or likely - at this time, with what we know today).

Control what you can control

Mr. Silva also explained that the fundamental blueprint, what he called the "soul mold," comes from the "other side," from higher intelligence... from God. We cannot change that, he said.

"If you could change that, you'd be God," he explained; "but you cannot do it, it will never happen," he added quickly.

It appears that our job here on earth is to help to perfect the creation, to correct abnormalities - that is, anything that does not conform to the blueprint, to the "soul mold."

He points to the phrase, "Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," where "Thy" refers to higher intelligence. Mr. Silva said that phrase means that the plans are made in heaven, and it is our job to carry them out on earth: "...on earth as it [already] is in heaven."

So that's something else that is not within the possibility area: We have been given the power to correct abnormalities here on earth, but not the power to alter the fundamental energy that comes from the other side. That belongs to them, to higher intelligence, Mr. Silva said.

Let your feedback guide you

As for a "technique" for determining whether something is within the possibility area, you can use the MentalVideo.

Create the MentalVideo of the problem, then (following the instructions in the formula) create a MentalVideo of the solution, then during the next 3 days, look for indications of how to proceed.

If it is within the possibility area, you will see (with your physical eyes) indications of what to do.

If it is not within the possibility area, then you will see indications that let you know you should be working on something else.