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Then a rough two-dimensional sketch, then better sketches, melding into three-dimensional sketches and so on, with some sessions ultimately producing abstract, intangible characteristics concerning the purpose of the site and the mind-set of individuals at the site.
Limitations of Remote Viewing
The very name "remote viewing" is a misnomer. It is rare for a remote viewer to literally “see” the target. Something akin to that happens from time to time, but in the vast majority of viewing sessions the data flows out on to the paper without the viewer experiencing anything like a vision or other mental virtual construction.
In theory, all knowledge should be available through the remote viewing process. For example, one should be able to view with equal confidence the past and the future, or the exact configuration of a set of numbers on a license plate, or each letter in a written document. It ought also to be a reliable channel for telepathy.
It may be that eventually, through further experimentation and research, all of this will become feasible. But the state of this art, to the extent that it can be demonstrated through repeated exercises, is that only the "right brain" data can be extracted. In practice, this means that remote viewing can be best used to describe a spot on this planet, or perhaps on any planet, and the structures or geological features prominent at that site, plus some abstract data pertaining to the site – though some access to persons or events is also possible. Numerical data, even our hypothetical license plate number, and most such "left brain" data, remain elusive, at best.
Talking To Aliens
That geographical sites and structures can be reliably remote viewed is a stupendous claim in itself. Success in this narrow field probably gives unwarranted bravado to reckless practitioners and enthusiastic but untutored observers. Examples of extreme claims made by a few remote viewers include dialog with extraterrestrials. We have no way of testing these claims, and the data may be the result of unconscious confabulation. Certainly, there is nothing in the known research base on remote viewing to support that purported use.
"If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?" That challenge applies fairly to remote viewing. Getting rich by using remote viewing requires one of two abilities: (1) the ability to view the future, or (2) the ability to find lost objects. Neither capacity has been demonstrated as an ordinary feature of remote viewing. But both are worth a few words.
Various remote viewers have, in theory at least, viewed into the future. What they report has no way of being tested. Continued on page 10
