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the remote viewer to verbalize continuously, because the viewer might tend to embroider the descriptions to please the interviewer. This is a well-known problem in behavioral studies of this type. If the remote viewer becomes analytical in reporting the data she perceives  "I see arches . . . it must be McDonald's"  the interviewer gently leads her into description, rather than analysis  "You don't have to tell me where it is, just describe what you see." This is the most important and difficult task of the interviewer, but it is apparently necessary for good results with inexperienced remote viewers.
It is also useful for the interviewer to "surprise" the remote viewer by the introduction of alternative viewpoints  "Go above the scene and look down. What do you see? If you look to the left, what do you see?" The remote viewer's perception appears to be mobile, and can shift rapidly with such questions. It is as though the data comes through before the viewer's defenses can activate to block it out. Some shifting of viewpoint also gets around the potential problem of the remote viewer's tendency to spend the entire session giving meticulous detail of a relatively trivial item, such as a flower at the base of the Washington Monument. Even if correct, a clear description of a trivial item will generally fail to convey the essence of the target. Once a remote viewer feels that he sees something, he tends to hang on to this perception rather than let it go and focus on a new viewpoint.
It is important to recognize again that remote viewing involves a division of labor. It is the interviewer's (not the remote viewer's) responsibility to see that the necessary information is generated to permit an impartial judge to discriminate among the target descriptions. The remote viewer's responsibility is confined to exercising the remote-viewing faculty. He must describe and experience his mental pictures: he must not judge or analyze them. We have learned that analysis is the enemy of psi.
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There is a door in the mind that opens with acceptance, and closes with judgment of any kind.
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There is a door in the heart that opens with trust and closes when fear of any kind is felt.
 Paul Ferrini 3

 
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