ABOUT REMOTE VIEWING

REMOTE VIEWING

Remote viewing denotes the act of acquiring knowledge about events in a distant place (or time) independent of ordinary means. The term was coined during the groundbreaking SRI studies which established remote viewing as a phenomenon known to science. Before the invention of this term what we now call remote viewing was known as astral projection.

Currently, a number of approaches and purported instruction schemes are available on the internet. Some claim to be the only “real” or the only “true” remote viewing methods. Some entail significant sacrifices of autonomy, an issue I will address separately.

Instruction in these methods may be quite expensive. Some make statistical claims of accuracy.

As a trained statistician, I can assure you that no statistic is meaningful without its context. These claims are largely being made by individuals who do not understand statistics and who do not have a background in scientific research.

Excellent statistical support exists for remote viewing and associative remote viewing. What I object to is the ignorant use of a statistic out of context as a sales tool.

Some of these individuals claim to have worked for the United States government. This may be true, but it is not necessarily a recommendation.

Before spending any money for instruction in remote viewing or to hire someone as a consultant, I recommend that you request a verifiable track record. Anyone who cannot or will not provide this should not be taken seriously.

In my opinion the best kind of verifiable track record is made by viewing real events in real time, in advance of confirmation via news articles or other objective means.

Anyone can claim to have a track record. A genuine expert should be able to create one starting at the time you make the inquiry. I don’t mind discussing my past track record, but I am willing to create one de novo if the situation calls for it.

HOW IT WORKS

Remote viewing as I teach it it is a composite of skills. The viewer must be able to suppress the internal dialogue. See COUNT. Attention is then placed on the destination or target. The viewer images the target, developing a mental picture. Without words, the viewer analyzes his perceptions and makes mental notes. Afterward the interface with the target is terminated in an orderly, controlled way.

Observation is a physical interaction between the viewer and the destination. The link is two-way. Interaction can go well beyond the simple act of observation. Consequently, the remote viewer must control the interface and must be able to terminate it properly and quickly should the need arise.

Targets, or destinations, vary in the technical difficulty they present. They also differ in the potential danger to the viewer.

Example of easy non-threatening targets: deep space objects, such as stars, galaxies and nebulas. These objects are large, beautiful and easy to see. They are complex and intellectually interesting. If you are at all curious about how the universe is made you will find their study rewarding.

Examples of technically challenging and potentially dangerous targets: UFO cases and traditional adepts such as sorcerers, brujos and shamans. Exotic domains, such as Tibetan Buddhism, should be approached with caution.

Keep in mind that many phenomena which have been recorded in myth and folklore are real. Common sense and politeness are highly advisable when you set out to become an astral tourist. (By the astral I mean the wider universe, that is, everything that is outside the little shoebox of ordinary reality.)

Challenging targets require a much higher skill level than easy ones.

Examples of targets that should be avoided: trivial and hypothetical questions. They have no training value and they are unsuitable, as you will see.

A trivial target is something of no intrinsic interest: “tell me what is in my desk drawer.” This is a mundane question, and the questioner already knows the answer. It is not worth the effort. Trying to answer this kind of question is like trying to pick up a single grain of sand. It is hard to be accurate, and if you succeed, so what?

”My soul mate” is a hypothetical target. The question may have multiple answers in the course of a lifetime, or the answer may not exist at all. There is no collection of possible states that reliably corresponds to it, so remote viewing cannot give a meaningful answer.

A good remote viewing question needs to be clearly defined, important to someone and answerable in principle.