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[START HERE] INTRODUCTION | FAQ | RESOURCES - Welcome to r/remoteviewing
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Hello and welcome!

From students to professionals, skeptics to intuitives to the generally curious - we are an open and supportive community dedicated to the discussion, study, and practice of remote viewing. Note that "remote viewing" here refers specifically to the protocols and techniques developed and used during the US-government-sponsored program that ran from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s today widely known as Project Star Gate. Anything outside of that scope is considered off-topic.

In this post, you will find everything you need to get started with this art. If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, don't hesitate to post about them! We also encourage everyone to come hang out with us on our Discord.

FAQ

What is Remote Viewing?

As described by IRVA (International Remote Viewing Association):

"Remote viewing is a mental faculty that allows a perceiver (a “viewer”) to describe or give details about a target that is inaccessible to normal senses due to distance, time, or shielding. For example, a viewer might be asked to describe a location on the other side of the world, which he or she has never visited; or a viewer might describe an event that happened long ago; or describe an object sealed in a container or locked in a room; or perhaps even describe a person or an activity; all without being told anything about the target — not even its name or designation."

The term "Remote Viewing" can be misleading as it may be mistaken for clairvoyance. Clairvoyance refers to the ability to see things through extrasensory means. Although remote viewing and clairvoyance may share similarities, like accessing information beyond what is immediately available, they are not the same.

Remote Viewing is a distinct discipline that explores clairvoyant abilities through a structured framework. One key difference is that Remote Viewing follows a specific protocol. This protocol includes clear rules to determine if Remote Viewing has taken place and what the results were.

The protocol comprises four steps:

  • Planning and targeting: Remote Viewing requires a deliberate effort to focus on a specific target rather than random insights or feelings beyond your control.

  • Recording: Any data obtained during the Remote Viewing session should be recorded in some format for later analysis.

  • Double-blind: The target should be kept secret from you and anyone else present during the session to eliminate any possibility of bias.

  • Feedback: Finally, receiving feedback is essential for determining whether your Remote Viewing was successful. Feedback confirms whether you were accurate in your observations or not. Feedback is also vital for improving your skills.

By following this protocol, Remote Viewing can provide verifiable and more accurate results, as it helps to minimize guesswork, imagination, and the viewers’ biases/assumptions from corrupting the data. Anything done outside of this protocol is not considered Remote Viewing.

Complementary resources (highly recommended):

What are the possible applications of RV?

Throughout its nearly 50-year history, remote viewing has been applied in a growing variety of areas such as intelligence gathering, archeology, technology, medicine, criminal investigations, finding missing persons, mysteries, business consulting, and others. In public, it is currently being widely used for sports betting, crypto/stock market, and news prediction. The eight martinis magazine is a good resource for looking for examples of applications and other kinds of information.

Are there any examples of RV?

Many examples are scattered around the internet, some even posted here or on our Discord. The links below provide examples of remote viewing used in real-world scenarios, training, and demonstrations.

Does the remote Viewer ‘see’ the information like video in their mind?

Remote viewing as a descriptive of the process is a poor choice as you don’t really ‘view’ the data from the target. The data forms in gentle bursts of information, these initially take the form of sensory data like; touch, taste, and smell. Later on stronger data builds like target dimensional, size, mass and density. This leads on to sketches of the target, which leads on to stronger data and intangible type data like; ‘feels religious’, ‘a sense of dread’, ‘feels happy’. These impressions are usually hazy, indistinct, fuzzy and partial, like faded memories and very subtle. Rarely are the images and impressions strong and visually strong.

Source: Daz Smith; remoteviewed.com

Do I need to be psychic to do it?

Remote viewing is a trained ability and does not require any particular skill such as "being a psychic". We are all psychic to some degree. While some may have a better natural ability than others, we all have what it takes to remote view.

How can I try it out?

A quick, easy and fun way to try remote viewing for the first time is through our beginner's guide. The guide will teach you the basics and walk you through a session. Note that the guide is only a starting point, and there is much more to learn. Attention: remote viewing is a mental skill and not advisable for those with any recent or current mental health problems.

What is CRV, NRV, TDRV, TRV, ... RV methodology?

There isn't a single "Right Way" to do remote viewing. Viewers can use many methodologies, and it's remote viewing as long as the protocol is followed. Practicing one of these methods in depth is a great way to learn. Still, every viewer eventually develops their way of doing things. It's like learning to cook - you start following recipes, and then you can get more creative as your understanding grows.

Protocols are big picture, and your method is the small steps (often called stages) on how you work your way through a target. Usually, they start with fundamental aspects of the target, such as colors, smells, tastes, textures, and sounds, and from there, viewers will hone in more and more by going through sketches and abstract concepts until they feel they've gotten all they can from a target.

The most popular method is called Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV), it is composed of 6 stages, and it is the original method used by the U.S military.

Complementary resources:

Are there any scientific studies on RV?

Plenty! In fact, RV was "born" in a laboratory (hence the protocols) and has demonstrated statistical significance above chance. Here are starting points for those interested in the scientific side of RV:

What is Associative Remote Viewing (ARV)?

In short, ARV is a way of using remote viewing to predict the outcome of a future event where all possible results are known in advance. For example, ARV can predict the winner of a tennis match or if a stock will go up or down the next day. This is done by associating a target to each outcome, and then the viewer will describe the target associated with the outcome that will, in fact, happen.

One factor that makes ARV not 100% accurate is a phenomenon called 'displacement'. That is when the viewer correctly describes the target but for the wrong outcome or when different targets merge in the session. For example, if one target is a banana and the other a black bowling ball, the viewer may describe something heavy, round, and yellow that tastes sweet.

Complementary resources:

Where can I get RV training?

Many instructors (including the original Star Gate viewers) teach online or in-person classes. Before taking any lessons, it's essential that:

  1. You do your research thoroughly, not only about remote viewing and the method you intend to learn but also about your instructor.

  2. You have a clear reason and motivation for seeking training.

See the links below for a list of instructors. See also: map of methods and trainers.

Is this like Astral Projection/OBE?

No, if anything, it’s almost the complete opposite. You sit in one place, get into a state of a quiet mind, and listen for RV data that comes to you. You should be awake, conscious, and write and sketch the data you receive as it comes in.

Why does Wikipedia say there is no evidence that RV exists?

Wikipedia is unreliable on all matters relating to remote viewing and other forms of psi due to ceaseless re-editing by anti-psi editors. For reference, see the 2007 version of the RV page prior to the edits and Russell Targ's response to Wikipedia.

Resources

Basics

Getting started

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The presence of links on this FAQ does not necessarily constitute an endorsement or use by the mods or other users of the sub. We are not responsible for the content of anything outside of this sub.


Weekly Practice Objective: R70909



How has RV changed your life? How has RV changed your life?

I’ve known about rv for some time but have never cared to dive into it until recently. What interests me is it’s potential as a tool for consciousness expansion. I meditate and astral project regularly, but this however is a new frontier for me that I suspect would deepen my spirituality. I believe there is an intersection in all metaphysical aspects, anyhow.. Whatever your background may be

Share your experiences:) How has rv changed your perception of yourself, the nature of your mind, and the world we live in?



Ideograms - don't feel anything? Ideograms - don't feel anything?

So I'm going through David Morehouse's User manual to remote viewing.

I've done a natural remote viewing book in the past. I know I can do images. In fact, my first viewing (after a long break) was clutch. I had a vision of a volcano and it was exactly that. "Beginner's luck" of course.

However, moving to CRV, I'm having trouble with the ideogram. I'm only able to see something and then backwards rationalize what the outcome is, rather than actually "feel" it.

Does anyone have any advice?







Has anyone remote viewed OUAMUAMUA (I can’t spell the damn thing!) again in recent days? Has anyone remote viewed OUAMUAMUA (I can’t spell the damn thing!) again in recent days?
Question

It has been almost 7 years since it left our solar system right? Has anyone viewed it in recent times to see where it is or what’s happening inside it?

So curious about this structure! I for one firmly believe it is either a dead spaceship or an active probe and that it has already sent back details about our entire solar system and Earth back to whoever sent it in the first place.

There is NO WAY that structure is natural! Scientists and astronomers be damned! I don’t for a second believe them or NASA who say it is a natural rock!

What do you guys think?


Did I remote view Uranus (no puns intended) or was this a mere coincidence? Did I remote view Uranus (no puns intended) or was this a mere coincidence?
Tangent / Not RV

I am not even sure that this is the right place to ask this question, but I will give it a go.

For context, a couple of weeks ago, I watched a 6-hour-long interview with Joe McMoneagle and was blown away by his description of remote viewing Mars. I instantly developed a keen interest in remote viewing and started practicing viewing some simple targets here and there. It was a lot of fun and produced some interesting results.

Then one night, I had a strange and very vivid dream where I "visited" two different planets. I remember I was on Saturn (I don't remember how it looked though) and then I hopped on another planet. That planet looked very weird. Its color was almost ice blue and I could perceive some strange white blocks on it that looked like buildings or pods, giving the impression that it was inhabited a long time ago. A detail that really struck me, however, and which I remembered vividly the morning after, was that the planet was rotating on its vertical axis. I found that really strange, since I had the impression that all planets rotate on an almost horizontal axis. When I woke up I couldn't stop thinking about this dream, but eventually brushed it off as nonsense.

I just came across a short video demonstrating the rotation of the different planets of our solar system. And it immediately hit me hard when I saw Uranus, gloriously rotating on its vertical axis. I really don't know how to explain this, but it felt so eerie, especially since I thought that the unusual rotation was a construct of my imagination.

Edit: I kept reading about the planet Uranus and read that it seems to have large diamond icebergs floating on top of a liquid diamond sea. This description closely resembles the large white blocks I viewed in my dream. Ofc I understand it might simply be my confirmation bias and myself trying to find meaning behind something nonsensical.






Platform for Practising Remote Viewing Platform for Practising Remote Viewing

I have not found any great websites or applications that let us practice Remote Viewing. So, I intend to develop a great one for us.

Please give me feedback on this idea if you find it interesting. What features should the platform have?

For example I could make a feature where an AI looks at the target image, and then analyse your information to see how correct you where, this way we can have leaderboards.

Please let me know your feedback.


Research on RViewer bias Research on RViewer bias
Discussion

Has there been much (any?) research on viewer bias?

As in, the viewer may be part of an organisation that has a clear agenda, and thus regardless of what TRN they're given, and no matter how blind they are to the specific target, there's always going to be some sort of bias creeping in which aligns to that agenda.

(I'm not referring to interpretation of data, but of the data itself - almost like an AOL-D, but not picked up).

(I'm just thinking of how this could possibly be done as a research project... (full of holes that people could help patch) Have the Viewers go to a room for preparation to RV. Some of these subjects will see posters of X type of agenda (say, UFOs or similar), while others don't. Then, give them a target... and see how many are more likely to get UFO related data in their sessions).


Psychic journeys / Astral travel / OBEs / Remote Viewing. Instruction? Quick methods of learning? Psychic journeys / Astral travel / OBEs / Remote Viewing. Instruction? Quick methods of learning?

Hello everyone. If I want to go on psychic journeys… like explore the pyramids… so far I have heard of astral travel and techniques like those suggested by Darius J Wright. I understand they can be called controlled OBEs. There’s testimony where people have explored fascinating places such as the Halls of Amenti. Watching his videos - it seriously sounded fricking amazing! But I am a complete beginner. I have had sleep paralysis and some strange experiences during my teenage years, but nothing past that. I’m in my 40s now. I’m trying to learn Darius J Wright’s methods… but I have yet to enter back into sleep paralysis. Can remote viewing be anything like this, though? If I want cool experiences like chatting with benevolent ETs and going on adventures out of this world, what and who else do you people suggest I research? Do you know any other people who instruct? Quick methods of learning?


Thoughts on r/skeptic? Thoughts on r/skeptic?
Question

I've had a few run ins with this sub and decided not to engage this time. They gave my friend from the NDE sub a pretty hard time and after reading some of their posts on psi, remote viewing and telepathy I've been a bit discouraged about them having real effects. I don't know how true it is that positive effects always come down to stuff like experimental flaws but they made this post tearing into an article Rupert Sheldrake wrote and I wanted to know what you guys thought of it and were their criticisms justified?


My remote viewing session of Jupiter My remote viewing session of Jupiter
Session

Link to my Enceladus session: https://www.reddit.com/r/remoteviewing/comments/1bilips/my_remote_viewing_session_of_enceladus/

Funnily enough, my very first experience of Jupiter was...how massive it is. It's silly, but also interesting. Because it's like, we all know science says it's this super huge celestial object, right? But that just didn't really HIT me until I started remote viewing it, and I began to truly understand. It's huge.

I went on the "surface" (you'll understand why I put "surface" in quotation marks soon) and looked up. It was beautiful and amazing. There were storms but they were all horizontal in their shape, and they arced across the sky diagonally like rainbows. They weren't like one big cloud for a storm like on Earth. They were huge systematic storms and they were also individual. Independent. Each line is its own storm, arcing across the sky in pretty orange/brown coffee colors with the occasional flash of lightning. It's like the whole planet is a system of independent storms alongside each other, with different air pressures that keeps them separate but side-to-side.

It was also raining, but it wasn't water. It was something solid, shiny. A latticed structure, like a crystal. Jupiter's gravity is so powerful that rain is condensed into crystals.

Now for the "surface". It felt like water, but it was solid. I think because the closer you get to the core, the stronger gravity gets, so the gas collects in more solid forms, but it's still gaseous so you can still fall through it. Since I was remote viewing though, I could simply anchor wherever I wanted my senses to be without actually worrying about physical restraints, so I could "walk" on the surface. Regardless, if an actual physical object was there, I feel like it would just fall through. It's more like a "film" than a traditional "surface".

The deeper you go, the darker it gets because the sun has to pierce through more gas. The gas also gets denser. I examined the core and it was very hot and also very loud. The core of Jupiter is dense and noisy. I don't know why it's so loud but there's a lot of noise coming from it. Probably a lot of chemical reactions maybe?