High,
I think i've almost answered your questions in the other post.
My tool box consists of: Learning Strategies, Centerpointe, Silva. This is the order in which they entered my life. I really can't rank one over the other. For me, all three are vital.
ALL present growth systems find their roots in Silva. It does continue to be the most imitated system. But, it is still in its original form. The children of Jose Silva are honoring his request to keep it the same. Jose Silva was a Catholic. There was nothing odd about him other than he was a total visionary who loved his 10 children. He was so poor that he never went to a single day of school. He was shining shoes at the age of 5. The man worked & accomplished more than you can imagine. AND, he did it during a time when America was very backward. Paul Scheele doing his stuff in 1986 is a far cry from Jose Silva doing his stuff in 1950. Silva even had the Catholic Church on his back.
IMHO Silva stuff is valuable. Call it Remote Viewing & charge plenty of $$$ & you know what.........it'll still be Silva stuff. Fact. The Laredo stuff is plain ordinary stuff. It is not presented like LS stuff. Some of my tapes are not so great. But the content is there & they are nice people. IMHO Paul Scheele is either a clone of Jose Silva or he knew to imitate the best of Silva. I say this b/c LS is a fantastic corporation that mirrors Silva's intention to help others. It's just that Jose was into healing. But now so is LS w/ Qigong. I know from my heart that Master Chunyi Lin is a healer & the real thing.
Your worries about Silva are unfounded. You already are doing all kinds of Silva stuff and just don't know it! 
[This message has been edited by Margaret (edited April 03, 2001).]
