I’ve compiled a list of theories, untruths, misconceptions and other things that have been said about remote viewing…

Remote Viewing is not…

Remote viewing is not…

…an out-of-body experience. A remote viewer does not astrally project to the target, although some remote viewers occasionally report a feeling of bilocating to the site of the target. Remote Viewing is not a meditative, dream or trance state. During a remote viewing session, the subject is always fully awake and alert. As Christophe Brunski writes in “Remote Viewing: Conditions and Potentials,” “Whereas one might consider a trance state to be ‘going down’ into the deeper levels of mind, RV might be said to allow information from these deeper levels to ‘come up.’” ~ What You Need to Know About Remote Viewing - About.com

Remote viewing is not…

…precisely one thing, but rather an integrated “cocktail” of various phenomena, unlike most other psi disciplines. Despite the “viewing” part of the term, remote viewing is only partly about experiences associated with what might be visible about a target. It also involves mental impressions pertaining to the other senses, such as sounds, tastes, smells, and textures, as well as limited telepathy-like effects, and in some cases just plain intuitive “knowing.” RV owes some of these qualities to the fact that lessons learned from research in clairvoyance, telepathy, and even out-of-body experiences — traditionally considered separate disciplines — played a role in its development. ~ WHAT IS REMOTE VIEWING? - Paul H. Smith

Remote viewing is not…

…”being psychic” in the way commonly understood by the media and many practitioners of “paranormal” arts—though thanks to recent incomplete or inaccurate reports many have been led to believe otherwise. Remote viewers are not the typical “clairvoyants,” “fortune tellers,” or “psychics” we often hear about on TV or read about in the papers. Many of these more traditional psychics often do have amazing talents and abilities, but there is a qualitative difference between the average “natural” psychic, and a properly-trained remote viewer. ~ Paul H. smith. - Source: http://www.rviewer.com/

Remote viewing is not…

…used to give “psychic readings,” “tell fortunes,” “read auras,” or other sorts of popular activities of this nature, but is rather a means of doing serious science research and for performing operational-type tasks in criminal investigations, government intelligence work, commercial applications, etc. Many who want to explore their individual human potentials also become interested in it. ~ WHAT IS REMOTE VIEWING? - Paul H. Smith

RV is not really …

…a “psychic phenomenon” as such, but actually an imposed discipline or skill that helps the viewer to facilitate or “harness” his or her own innate, underlying psi abilities. Some RV theorists think that formal RV methods are really just strategies that help the viewer to more successfully and reliably access the subconscious, where it is most likely that information obtained from RV first emerges into human consciousness. ~ WHAT IS REMOTE VIEWING? - Paul H. Smith

Remote viewing is not…

…a form of dreaming. Similarly, it is important not to confuse RV with meditation or trance states. When working, the remote viewer is fully awake and alert. Whereas one might consider a trance state to be “going down” into the deeper levels of mind, RV might be said to allow information from these deeper levels to “come up.”

Christophe Brunski, writer of The Sea-Glass Chronicles.- The Anomalist.

Remote viewing is not…

…a new phenomenon; the ability has been ours since the beginning of time. The formulation and systemization of theological doctrine as set forth in ancient records present us with countless examples of humanity’s learned and inherent abilities to transcend the physical; to see in the mind’s eye, people, places and events separate from their physical reality. From the ancient hieroglyphics carved into the walls of forgotten Egyptian tombs, to the “Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean, the Urantia Book, A Course in Miracles, the Old Testament, the Koran, the Kabbalah, the Talmud, and the New Testament−to name but a few−all give accounts of journeys out of the physical body, to night flights of soul, to projections of consciousness, et cetera. However, the most recent history began circa 1972 when the Central Intelligence Agency learned through various human intelligence sources that the Czechs, Chinese, Soviets, Germans, the Israelis and even the British, were all heavily involved in the study of various aspects of what would be called the “paranormal.” ~ David A. Morehouse, Ph.D.