What do you know about "remote viewing"?

Question

Do you believe it is real?

Answer 1

Blah. =P

I've done more than a bit of research on this one, ok? And I know, there are *lots* of people out there with their own agendas who are out to say "it's been discredited, blahblah...."

But, what they fail to mention is that the main source for their statements involves *one* failed experiment involving *Uri Geller*, a known shady character, who was forced to participate in an "experiment" under conditions that were *explicitly* in violation of the exact protocol under which the CIA and Stanford Research Institute had demonstrated the method to work.

In other words, you're talking about a small sample (one guy!), a corrupt sample, and a single experiment *rigged to fail* by the admission of the researchers themselves. Does that sound like a legitimate disproving to you? Especially in the light of the CIA's spending over a decade and billions of dollars (constant dollars that is, adjusted for inflation) to work this out?

So, let's just say I have my reasons to *doubt* both the agendas and the methods of the skeptics on this one. They are grasping at straws and doing the same kinds of perpetual bar-raising (in terms of evidence never ever "being good enough") that Evangelicals do with issues of Natural Selection. ^_^

So....I don't believe the disproof. Let's just put it that way, because that is a separate issue from my own experience. That is a by-product of someone else's screw-up, not mine.

And my experience is....? It works, all of it, the remote viewing, influence, even some of the more esoteric stuff with the "particle level telekinesis" involving modifying flows of electrical current in circuits. But. And this *IS* a really *BIG* but....

You have to have your act together and really bring your A-Game to both make this stuff work and do so in a controlled, and useful manner. It is a *trainable discipline*, but you have to train and be able to stay focused in order to get much more than trivial benefit from it.

I am saying this as someone who has suffered a mood disorder, ok? And I know that with 99% of your skeptics, they are going to go ad hominem instantly and say I am not credible, but hear me out.

I can *ONLY* make this stuff work reliably when I am on medication and my moods are under control. It only works when you are sane and rooted firmly in reality. It has been my experience that if you cannot control your emotions, you simply will *not* have the energy left over to concentrate sufficiently to do this, reliably or well. I will even go so far as to postulate a hypothesis: that if a single neurotransmitter is responsible for this function or phenomena of the brain it is indeed *serotonin*.

Having said all that. I have done some remote viewing when I was well and had my moods under control. As in, I was once able to predict with 80-90% accuracy what some of my female acquaintances online were wearing at the moment, as in I'd ask in Instant Messenger chats and get both their verification and to some degree third-party confirmation. And I was also able to locate and identify sales of different items of interest in stores where I was familiar with the physical (aisle) layout. As in, I could stand in the aisle where the paper towels were and tell you what was on sale and give prices for snack food items like chips and candy. And do this without looking at any sale papers or knowing anything in advance.

Hell, at the top of my game I could guess the cases in _Deal or No Deal_'s Lucky Case Game with 90% accuracy. Until my mood crashed in the absence of fruitful treatment.

That is the kicker. I am not inclined to experiment further with this stuff until and unless I am stable on a regimen of medication again as some of this stuff *can* be a problem in the wrong hands. I can and have attempted particle level telekinesis, and succeeded to the point that I've made lights in my apartment flicker and fade (with new bulbs). I've shut off my TV set briefly with my will--and on occasion even the water in my toilet responds too, plunging itself free of clogs.

But. The catch is, even when I am on medication, I have to *watch the mood* because if I lose control over it or don't pay attention to it....well, electricity gets weird. I've had some evenings where street lights or transformers will just blow out, two and three at a time, for no good reason. So yeah....trying this stuff while my mind is not well is *not* an option I wish to entertain.

But I digress. Point is, if this stuff is simple enough that some random sad-sack with no money, no life, not much of a future, who has a prior history of depression and post-traumatic stress issues, can make this stuff work on his good days, *anyone* can make it work.

You do, however, have to pay attention and bring your A-game. This is serious stuff, and serious work.

Just my two cents.....and like I said, I've been busy trying to get myself stable again so that really does take some priority. Email me though if you wish for more details, I'll be happy to oblige provided you aren't just some psycho nit-picker out to make a fool of me (well, no more so than what I do myself).

Thanks for your time....and good Question! ^_^

Answer 2

From some reliable ex govt sources I've heard it's an actual reality although rare and probably requires training and possibly drugs . then there is the Peter Herchos phenomenon . Where Peter Herchos was said to have fallen off a latter, hit his head, received a concussion and was there after slightly retarded but able to predict bombing sites during the war effort against
Nazi Germany. I can't prove it but had a reliable professional source.Of course there have been claims of such used in the first gulf war ;I 'm still a little skeptical even though it would seem like a natural plausible phenomenon. good luck trying to prove it !

Answer 3

I think it is real for a very small percentage of the population.
I read a book called "Operation Stargate" about the US military program and they got very good results but I don't buy into the notion that anyone can do it. Much the same as not everyone can be hypnotized.

Answer 4

Maybe Edgar Cayce could do it, but I don't think it's very common for most people. I think the most common manifestation is just as a person falls asleep they may have a short experience remote viewing.

Answer 5

Hey, if the CIA came out and said they did it in the Cold War to spy on the Russians, I think there is some credible evidence to support that it is real.

Answer 6

the unique remotes have been extra mechanical than digital. The buttons actually made a clicking sound once you pressed the button. This is going back to the 60's. consequently, the term clicker. yet I say distant now.

Answer 7

I do it every night after work. I sit on the couch with the remote and a beer and watch TV.

Answer 8

~I use 7x85 binoculars, but when the neighbors blinds are open, I make sure my lights are all out and I stand at least three feet back from the window. Great stuff when Ed and Pam get frisky.

Answer 9

YES it is very real, there is a software available to everybody on the internet called winspy

Answer 10

Its baloney - period.