Much has been written and reported about remote viewing on the internet in the last few years some of it accurate and some of it just plain nonsense. I personally trained a s a remote viewer in the United States back in 1996 and because of that I feel I can add some authenticity to this topic. Firstly most people have by now some knowledge that the CIA developed the use of extra-sensory perception to augment their intelligence collection capabilities during the cold war. The truth is that the programs went back much further than that and possibly started even as early as the 1950s. What is known for sure however is that the remote viewing did in fact yield valuable intelligence material that could be verified later. Much of this research was collated and shown to have significance by Jessica Utts, a professor of statistics.
Now, to cut to the chase, remote viewing does work, I have participated in enough remote viewing sessions over the years to be able to verify this for myself, however, the truth is that the sessions do not always have consistency. It is an up and down experience that can take years before the bumps can be smoothed out. This does not mean that it is not valuable it just means that a person has to be really dedicated and committed for it to succeed. I'm afraid it isn't one of those skills that you can learn in a weekend and then you'll be a remote viewer. It takes time to become a viewer who turns out quality sessions and data that is also consistently reliable.
However, for me, the most important thing I learnt form all the training was that I established for myself the truth of a universal consciousness that the majority of cultures have talked about for millennia. Even Jung talked about a collective unconscious where all information is available to us. This is tremendously liberating to know that there is this kind of interconnectedness between everything. It can provide much spiritual solace to a person to have a direct experience of this for oneself.
Recently it seems that interest in remote viewing has died down somewhat. Possibly some areas have become saturated with too much information and also conflicting information about this controversial subject, however, it is not going to go away overnight and continues to be a totally trainable skill that the majority of people could learn given the time and the commitment. Possibly interest has dropped off because the skill cannot be acquired overnight. It is not a noodle pot method where you just add hot water and instantly you have it. It is more like a pot roast (or a casserole as they say in Europe) and it needs to simmer away for a while but the taste is more profound at the end.
However if people do decide to learn please be wary as there are a lot of poor teaching materials out there these days. Do take some time to make inquiries and be satisfied that you are getting genuine instruction from a reputable source. But who knows you might just be the next convert to this wonderful spiritual development tool.
At about 2:00 A.M. on a Thursday night, I couldn't relax, couldn't sleep, so I traveled downstairs to the computer and went online to find some information about meditation or relaxation techniques to help me clear my head so I could fall asleep. On one of the websites I visited, there was a collection of links to various websites that teach meditation and relaxation techniques, such as yoga, Zen, and something called ?open-eye meditation.? None of these things interested me, until I found a link to a website for something called ?Remote Viewing & Remote Influencing.? This was intriguing, so I clicked through to the website.
At the very top of the first page was the title, ?Welcome to the Remote Viewing and Remote Influencing Information Page ? Your Real Life Time Machine.? I sat forward in my chair, excited as can be. ?This is it,? I said to myself. ?This is the kind of weird crap I've been looking for.?
The information contained there was fascinating. Remote viewing was allegedly developed by the CIA during the Cold War era, circa 1970, as a way to make use of our natural psychic potential to spy on the Russians without having to travel to the Soviet Union to do it. Using remote viewing, by focusing one's mental powers on a certain point in space and time, it is possible to view what is going on anywhere at anytime; past, present, or future.
On the website, it also claimed that there were operatives who were trained in remote viewing and became so clairvoyant that they had to be locked underground in cages at different locales around the world. One was locked in a cage in Brazil, another in an intelligence base near Washington, and the third in an underground facility in Paramus, NJ. Yes, that's right, Paramus, NJ!
After I finished reading about remote viewing, I arrived at the remote influencing part of the website, which was even more bizarre, but cool. According to the information posted there, ?remote influencing allows you to create your own fate and future, attracting the people and situations you want, and not be subject anymore to or addicted to the system of group consciousness.? Apparently, remote influencing is some sort of mind control technique which enables you to create any reality you desire, alter your appearance, and change the world as you see fit; to play god, sort of speak.
The website never explained as to how one can actually learn to do this, though it did say that for $89.95 I could order their training tapes, which are backed by a 30-day money back guarantee. Right above the order form on the website was written ?Order now for only $89.95, and learn how to change the world and play God ? or your money back!?
I thought to myself, ?For only $89.95 I get to become the Lord! What a great deal!? But, by that time it was 3 A.M., and since I was too tired to go back upstairs and get my credit card, I went back to bed. The next day, I did some further research, and I found a message board where people were discussing remote viewing and remote influencing products they had ordered online, and they revealed that what was sent to them was nothing more than some relaxation tapes narrated by a man with an eerie voice, accompanied by some ethereal background music.
So, are remote viewing and remote influencing proponents a bunch of quacks? Not necessarily. The principles they teach are probably true for the most part. They're basically saying that we have the power within our own minds to control our destiny and to harness the power of the subconscious mind to do things that would seem supernatural to our conscious mind. Personally, I do believe in the power of the mind and that we can break free from the shackles of consciousness to achieve a higher state of mental well-being. This is one of the basic tenets of Scientology, that people have the power within themselves to do amazing things. So, despite having stumbled upon something that at first glance seemed like a scam or a bunch of empty nonsense, there was at least some wisdom imparted to me after having read through the information presented. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go to my remote viewing class that starts in a half hour; we're going to use remote viewing to try to find Bin Laden.
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