Is Remote Viewing Real?

Remote viewing is the paranormal ability to see across long distances in space and time without physically traveling there. Although it is not scientifically proven, RV fans say anyone can remote view by entering a state of deep theta meditation and watching for any mental imagery which then arises.

Strictly speaking, RVing is a form of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP). It is the subject of the bizarre book, The Ultimate Time Machine by Joseph McMoneagle which offers intricate RVed accounts of the Kennedy assassination, the life of Jesus Christ, and how the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed.

Either McMoneagle is completely bonkers, or there is some substance to the outlandish claims of these telepathic remote viewers...

Is Remote Viewing Real?

People who practice remote viewing are often dismissed by the scientific community as paranormal crackpots. What do you think? Could this form of telepathy be real - or simply a set of imagined coincidences?

As always, I urge you to try to experience the paranormal phenomenon for yourself. You can attain the deep meditative state in which remote viewing is said to occur using brainwave entrainment - something that is clinically proven, though whether any form of ESP actually occurs is for you to decide.

Before making a decision about RVing, let's look at some more data...

The Stargate Project

The Stargate Project was the code name for a top secret US military operation that used remote viewing to gather intelligence on its enemies. It was launched during the height of the Cold War in the early 1970s, although the US Government had occasionally funded research into ESP since World War II.

"I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams"

D.H. Lawrence

Also known as Scanate, Flame Grill and Sun Streak, military research into ESP was shut down in 1995 - after 23 years and $20 million of US Government funding. The project was declassified and the media pounced on it. Why was the US military sending millions of dollars into researching psychic powers? Had they gone completely crazy or was there some proof that it actually worked?

Read my full article about the Stargate Project and what became of its RV crew.

Myths About Remote Viewing

In the beginning, the developers called it Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV), because they had to focus on specific target coordinates to know where to go. This also fitted in nicely with its military applications.

However, as it became more versatile, a new term was introduced: Technical Remote Viewing (TRV). So when you see these terms flying about the net, they are all referring to the same thing.

Remote Viewing According to professional RVer, Joni Dourif, the ability to see across time and space is something we can learn all learn, just like a new language. It is not a psychic gift or supernatural power, but rather a technology that we can all harness.

Its status among wishy-washy "psychic warriors" outrages professional RVers to this day, who are amazed to meet psychics, channelers, spoon benders, dowsers, UFOers, and many more "alternative types" at RV conferences. They claim the world has misinterpreted this technology as mere pseudo-science.

Can Anyone Learn to Remote View?

According to professional RVers, it takes years to learn how to remote view and improve your accuracy. However, they are also on a mission to make it accessible to the general public, so the first thing they recommend doing is learning to meditate, in order to put your mind in the optimum state for remote viewing.

I'm still unconvinced about RV, but I am a massive fan of meditation and its powerful effects on relaxing and healing the mind and body. It is also superb practice for lucid dreaming. I can't recommend it enough! So if you're keen to learn about remote viewing starting with meditation, I'm all for it.

Meditation can be achieved naturally or you use sound technology to guide your brainwave frequencies into a relaxed state naturally. Try this Remote Viewing MP3 to relax your mind into a theta state in a few minutes.

How To Remote View

Here is a step-by-step guide to test the idea of remote viewing for yourself.

Step 1 - Empty Your Mind

Perform a meditation routine to relax and clear your mind of busy thoughts and images. Spend at least 10 minutes on this. Gaze into the blackness of your closed eyelids and when an image pops up, gently push it out the way. You want to create a blank movie screen on which RV images will be projected.

Step 2 - Choose a Target

A target can be a set of coordinates, a place name, a photograph, an object, or a stock ticker - anything that you can focus on specifically. I've created three random remote viewing targets below for this experiment.

Step 3 - Focus

Once you have accessed a relaxed altered state of consciousness, you are ready to begin. Repeat your target in your mind. Note down any colors, shapes or movement that come to mind. The first few images come from your imagination, so ignore them. Pay attention to the ones that persist.

If you can identify the object, then it's your imagination and not the RV target, so ignore it and look for something else. Sketch any shapes and patterns.

Step 4 - Reveal The Target

Now reveal your RV target - how did you do? Score yourself on how much the two images have in common, based on a percentage scale (100% = perfect match). An image can be composed of colors, textures and movements. You may also pick up on unknown elements outside the photo.

Remote Viewing Targets

To test your RV skills, I have created three photo targets (right). They are numbered, to eliminate any potentially subliminal alpha-codes. Next time you are meditating deeply, think about any of these targets and note down your thoughts straight after.

RV Target #704

RV Target #219

RV Target #583

Remote Viewing Applications

Assuming that remote viewing is real and reliable, what would you use it for? Here is a fanciful take at some of the potential applications of RVing...

Stock Market Trading - As a former stock market analyst, I have spent many hours of my life trying to predict the future prices of stocks. If it were possible to RV this information, the potential to make money on the stock market would be uncapped... until the rest of the world catches on!

Ancient History - How were the pyramids of Egypt built? What was Stone Henge used for? Was Jesus real? What happened to the dinosaurs? McMoneagle touches on some of these questions in The Ultimate Time Machine. But there is still a lot more history to explore for ourselves. With RV, we could shine a whole new light on our past.

How Will You Die? - Granted, this one is a bit grim. But humans can be pretty obsessed with mortality so I think this would make the Top Ten list for many RVers. The question is, could you evade the Grim Reaper if you knew how or when he was going to strike?

Distant Future - Are the doomsday prophecies true? Are we headed for global warming disaster - or maybe a big freeze? What natural disasters are due in the next 1,000 years? And the Mayan Prophecy? What will happen in 2012? What terror attacks or man-made tragedies can we avert? How will mankind evolve, or are we destined for extinction?

Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence - Eat your heart out SETI! A remote viewer could target a population of intelligent life forms and identify their location in the universe. Mankind could finally observe or even contact an alien race.

Invention - What will be the biggest invention of the 21st century? Self-aware robots? Time travel? Nanobots? Teleportation? Can we create new technology prematurely with the knowledge that we steal from our own future?

Remote Viewing and Lucid Dreaming

To explore the potential of remote viewing further, you can do so in your lucid dreams. In conscious dreams, you are in the unique state of being able to access both your conscious and subconscious mind. Logic meets intuition! That is a very powerful combination, perhaps even more powerful than theta meditation.

Set a target to remote view in your next lucid dream. This is also a great way to set up a lucid dreaming intention. Here are a few remote viewing targets to start:

What are the origins of man?
What happened to the dinosaurs?
What is at the bottom of the deepest ocean?
What is the astral dimension?
What will my life be like in 20 years?
What will Earth be like in the year 3000?

To assist your efforts, check out the Lucid Dreaming MP3 or the Remote Viewing MP3, two separate brainwave meditation applications designed to help you master these elusive states of consciousness.

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