Clairvoyance/Remote Viewing

Psychics use sensory tools in their work to define the information they receive.  These tools include:
Claircognizance:  one has intrinsic knowledge beyond their scope of experience
Clairaudient:  one hears messages or situations not presently evident
Clairsentient:  one feels, as in emotions or physical touch
Clairvoyant:  one sees people, places or things.
To the believer, each is a powerful tool for working in the psychic realm, but here we will focus on clairvoyance and remote viewing. 

Both involve seeing with the mind’s eye, but with clairvoyance one can sometimes see details in the physical world.  For instance, you might round a corner and be surprised to see your grandmother standing in the hallway.  Later you learn from more traditional means that she has passed away.  Or you might be searching for your lost puppy.  You focus intently on the pup and see it in a pen or behind a fence.  As you walk through your neighborhood you see the fence or hear your puppy and see that your pup’s surroundings are exactly as you had envisioned. 

Remote viewing employs the same visual skill as clairvoyance in that it involves seeing something that does not exist in the present physical realm.  This was the focus of study by government agencies during the “Cold War” and has been used with great accuracy to aid police in solving missing persons investigations.  In fact, many of the techniques employed to teach oneself to view remotely were developed during those governmental studies. 

It has long been believed that all beings have the capability of developing psychic gifts, and those early governmental studies of remote viewing were designed to do just that.  Subjects were tested for sensitivity to clairvoyance, or the seeing of things not within their physical space, and those who showed an innate sensitivity were selected for further study.  Here, various means were employed to enhance their natural ability and increase the accuracy and clarity of their work. 

The viewer would be settled into a quiet room, sometimes with quiet music or other “white noise” in the background to help ease them into a meditative state.  A task is laid before them … a photo of an individual, perhaps, and the instruction to identify where that individual is at the present time.  The target, or “sender” focuses on their surroundings and tries to convey images in great detail to the viewer.  The viewer then opens their mind to receive images that will aid in identifying the location.  They will often draw pictures of what they see in an effort to convey their vision to others who would then match the viewer to the sender.

In criminal investigations or missing persons cases, officials will pour over the images in an effort to identify some unique feature or group of features to narrow down their search.  Many police officials around the US develop strong relationships with clairvoyant mediums in their area and call them in when faced with a critical situation such as a missing child.

Skeptics abound in the world of science.  They argue that the average documented success rate of these practices … generally around 32%, is inconsistent and just slightly better than pure chance, which is estimated to be 25%.  Nonetheless, many passionately believe that the success of remote viewing and clairvoyance has been proven beyond reasonable doubt.