In any event, for all but the very first training sites, the coordinates are so precise that they define the site within a hundred meters.

Seated at the other end of the table is the student -- me. I have a set of about ten sheets of 8.5 by 11-inch unlined paper, and a pen. We always used “roller-ball” pens, because these move so smoothly on the paper, but a piece of charcoal would work if that’s all you have.

The teacher asks if the student is ready, and waits until the student agrees he is prepared to “take the coordinate.” The student indicates readiness by placing the tip of his pen on the paper. The teacher reads the coordinate, such as “Fifteen degrees, twenty-three minutes, forty seconds North, two degrees, seven minutes, four seconds East.”

Immediately, the student’s hand moves, producing the ideogram. Usually, he does a quick analysis of the ideogram, jotting down whether it seems to show something man-made or natural, smooth or hard. Little else can be seen or felt at this point.

Within seconds though, the “tactiles” begin to form in the student’s mind, very vaguely. It is important not to allow any thinking or analysis to take place when these are appearing. They often take the form of colors first, but soon mix with other results of normal sense organ signals. The student verbalizes these, and writes them on the paper. For example, “brown, yellow, white, cold, rough.”

Shortly after, the pen will begin to move, seemingly by itself. Again, it is imperative that no thoughts be allowed to interfere. The seasoned remote viewer will be able to rise above the process and observe the drawing, almost as if he is watching another person draw. The result is likely to be a very rough sketch, in two dimensional form, of the target site.

Then more movements of the pen, and then on to another sheet of paper. Some exercises consume ten or 12 sheets of paper or more. Typically, a session will last from 20 to 45 minutes. For reasons not understood, the data eventually ceases to flow. However, the sequence of the flow never changes.

Perhaps the most difficult part of the entire process is to simply let it happen. There is always “performance anxiety.” Regardless of the success of a previous exercise, I think every remote viewer believes he is about to attempt something that is ridiculous, impossible. And the great enemy is allowing the mind to override the process. This can occur by attempting to analyze the results as they appear on paper, or otherwise intruding the intellect upon the process.

During the initial training, very simple targets are given. Examples would be remote places with no buildings such as the middle of a lake or a desert, or a swamp in South America.        Continued on page 5