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We now know that an important ingredient of our remote-viewing success derives from the rapport between the remote viewer and interviewer, acting together as a single information-gathering team. The remote viewer's role is that of perceiver and information channel. The interviewer's role is designed to be that of an analytical control from my point of view a kind of psychic travel agent. This division of labor mirrors the two primary modes of cerebral functioning as we understand them. The nonanalytic thinking style predominates in spatial pattern recognition and other holistic processing (which is thought to predominate in psi functioning). The analytical cognitive style characterizes verbal and other goal-oriented reasoning processes. Only very experienced remote viewers appear to have the ability to handle both cognitive styles simultaneously. |
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The remote viewer is told that mental analysis, memory, and imagination constitute a kind of mental noise in the channel. Therefore, the closer the viewer can get to raw, uninterpreted imagery, the better. He or she is encouraged to report spontaneous perceptions "What are you experiencing now? What are you seeing that makes you say 'such and such?'" rather than analysis, since the former tends to be "on target," while the latter is often incorrect. |
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Since remote viewing is a challenging task, apparently similar to the perception of subliminal or hidden stimuli, it requires the full attentive powers of the remote viewer. The environment and procedures are designed to be as natural and comfortable as possible, in order to minimize the diversion of attention to anything other than the task at hand.
2 No hypnosis, strobe lights, sensory-deprivation procedures, or drugs are used, since in our view such novel environmental factors would only serve to divert some of the subject's much-needed attention. Our experience suggests that novice viewers following these simple procedures should be able to develop their psychic abilities without losing their mind or having to eat porridge at the feet of a guru. |
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When the agreed-upon time for the experiment arrives, the interviewer simply asks the viewer, "Describe the impressions that come to your mind with regard to where the target person is." The interviewer does not pressure |
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