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Joseph McMoneagle

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Joseph McMoneagle advises that a remote viewer should never be shown a photograph of the specific target of interest, since doing so limits the viewer's perceptions to the contents of that photograph and prevents them from providing otherwise surprising information.
“Viewers should not be shown photographs of the specific target of interest. ... one of the beautiful things about remote viewing is a viewer's ability to provide what otherwise would be very surprising information. But this can only be done when they have not been steered into some sort of expectancy, or their boundaries have not been perceptively fenced.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 110 opinion first hand
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In the Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol, a monitor sometimes sits with the remote viewer during the session, either to ensure adherence to protocol for research purposes or to help the viewer with collection methodology for application purposes, but never to guide, lead, imply, or otherwise interfere with the viewing.
“Monitors sit with viewers while they are doing remote viewing. ... In any case, the monitor is never there to guide, lead, imply, or otherwise interfere with what the remote viewer is doing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 48 observation first hand
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In the Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol, the evaluator (analyst) judges the collected material and should have no contact with any member of the outbounder team until after evaluations or analyses have been completed and no further visits to the target site are intended.
“An Evaluator (Analyst). ... In either case, the evaluator should have no contact with any member of the out bounder team until after evaluations or analyses have been made and no other visits to the target site are intended.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 52 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers no good remote viewer he knows to support the use of any kind of drug, since drugs suppress a person's ability to control their mental processes and have an adverse effect on remote viewing.
“Drugs suppress your ability to control what's going on in your mind. ... No good remote viewer that I know supports the use of any kind of drug. The idea is to learn to control what's happening, and drugs always have an adverse effect on that ability. Drugs are out.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 68 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that Remote Viewing can be expressed in the same manner as Michel Random's description of budo, the Way of the Warrior.
“When he wrote these words, he was addressing budo, or Way of the Warrior, in a martial art sense. However... I have to say that remote viewing, at least as I have come to understand it, can be expressed in the very same manner.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch10:1118-1403 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle has studied the martial arts and Remote Viewing for over twenty years as of 2013.
“having studied the martial arts as well as remote viewing for over twenty years, I have to say that remote viewing, at least as I have come to understand it, can be expressed in the very same manner.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch10:1225-1417 administrative first hand
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Remote Viewing is referred to as RV'do, described as a way, a discipline, a science, and a technique containing certain principles that cannot and should not be diluted.
“Remote viewing is a way—RV'do[2]. It's a discipline, a science, and a technique containing certain principles that cannot, and should not, be diluted.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch10:1426-1568 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that, as in the martial arts, the methods or styles of Remote Viewing may differ, but the essential principles underscoring its practice should not and cannot be changed.
“As in the martial arts, the methods or styles that have come into play may be different, but the essential principles that underscore the foundations for its practice should not and cannot be changed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch10:1577-1769 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that teaching Remote Viewing well requires learning both the aspects practised through repetition under protocol and the more ephemeral realities that impact the fundamental rules of integrity binding it together.
“These principles dictate that to be taught and taught well, one must not only learn those aspects that can be practiced through repetition under protocol, but also the more ephemeral realities which impact directly the fundamental rules of integrity that bind it all together.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch10:1779-2046 opinion first hand
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Zen meditation places strong emphasis on the mental and spiritual state of the practitioner, suspending the rationalising and calculating functions of the mind so that the mind and body can react immediately and in unison to an outside influence.
“Zen meditation brings a strong emphasis on the mental and spiritual state of the practitioner. The rationalizing and calculating functions of the mind are suspended so that the mind and body can react immediately and in unison to an outside influence.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch11:1092-1333 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers remote viewing to be the completion of a thought without thought being necessary.
“To the remote viewer, it is the completion of a thought without thought being necessary.”
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In following remote viewing, one learns to be an empty vessel within which ideas can form that are relevant to an unknown location, event, object, person, or concept.
“In following the way of remote viewing, one learns to be an empty vessel, within which ideas can form that are relevant to an unknown location, event, object, person, or concept.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch11:1487-1657 opinion first hand
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The traditional and original religion of Japan is Shinto.
“The traditional and original religion of Japan is Shinto.”
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Remote viewing training is more of an unlearning of habits developed since childhood that get in the way of the symbiosis between mind and target.
“training becomes more of an unlearning of habits developed since childhood. These are habits that get in the way of that perfect symbiosis between mind and target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch11:1952-2108 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle describes the right state of mind during remote viewing as similar to attempting to mentally balance on a fine wire fence, reaching a point of exclusion of all other thought in seeking that balance.
“The right state of mind during remote viewing is very much like attempting to mentally balance on a fine wire fence. In making an effort to find that perfect point of balance within the void, you reach a point of exclusion of all other thought.”
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Shinto has no founder, no official scriptures or texts, and no dogma.
“Shinto has no founder, no official scriptures or texts, and no dogma, and even thus unencumbered has survived the ages”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch11:303-417 observation first hand
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Buddhism arrived in Japan in the year 538.
“to include the coming of Buddhism in the year 538”
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Zen was introduced to Japan sometime during the thirteenth century, as a result of varying changes to Buddhism.
“As a result of varying changes to Buddhism, Zen was introduced to Japan sometime during the thirteenth century.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch11:474-577 observation first hand
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Zen is not a system of ideas, metaphysics, or religion, and is less endowed with dogma, belief, vows, or symbols than Shinto.
“It is not a system of ideas, metaphysics, or religion. It is even less endowed with dogma, belief, vows, or symbols than the rest.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch11:659-784 opinion first hand
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When asked what one must learn in order to do remote viewing, Joseph McMoneagle's normal response is "Zen."
“When I am asked about what one must learn in order to do remote viewing, my normal response is: "Zen."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch11:988-1085 opinion first hand
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At the Black Belt First Stage of RV'do, remote viewing permits drawing to scale, correctly proportioning elements of the target to each other, and understanding the interconnection between target areas.
“This is the level of remote viewing that permits drawing to scale, correctly proportioning elements in the target to each other, and the interconnection between one target area and another.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:10227-10408 opinion first hand
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At the Black Belt First Stage of RV'do, a remote viewer can expect to hit a randomly chosen target correctly at least fifty percent of the time.
“One can expect to be hitting a randomly chosen target at least fifty percent of the time”
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At the Black Belt First Stage of RV'do, a remote viewer should be able to produce 30 to 50 percent information that makes sense about the target, shows significant details, and/or establishes solid conclusions about the target.
“one should be able to produce 30 to 50 percent information that makes a lot of sense about the target, shows significant details, and/or establishes solid conclusions about the target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:10836-11013 measurement first hand
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At the Black Belt Second Stage of RV'do, drawings become three-dimensional and hidden aspects of a target begin to become apparent to the viewer.
“Drawings will become three-dimensional and the hidden aspects of a target will begin to shine through.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:12010-12104 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle describes the Black Belt Second Stage as the second "make or break" level of RV'do, at which most people who devote considerable time and effort to remote viewing usually bottom out.
“This is the second "make or break" level of viewing. The majority of those who learn to remote view and who devote a considerable amount of time and effort to doing so usually bottom out at this point.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:12358-12553 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers attempting to force a change in a person's philosophical belief structure at the Black Belt Second Stage of RV'do capable of resulting in severe damage to the psyche.
“attempting to force change in someone at this level can result in severe damage to the psyche. This area sits along the edge of reason. Forcing the issue here is not recommended.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:13249-13415 opinion first hand
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At the Black Belt Second Stage of RV'do, a viewer can learn the non-viewing aspects dealing with "front loading".
“a second stage black belt can still learn the non-viewing aspects of this stage, which deal with "front loading."”
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At the Black Belt Third Stage of RV'do, viewers should be able to lay out a target's entire history within the context of abstract expression and detail the target's connections or place in reality and space/time.
“Third stage black belts should be able to lay out the target's entire history within the context of abstract expression, and should be able to detail the target's connections or place in reality and space/time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:13931-14136 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers the Black Belt Third Stage of RV'do to represent about the best that anyone can be expected to achieve in remote viewing ability.
“This is also about the best that anyone can be expected to do with regard to remote viewing ability.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that someone who reaches the Black Belt Third Stage of RV'do on a consistent basis should be considered a Master of RV'do.
“It would be appropriate to state that someone who has reached this stage is, or should be considered, a Master of RV'do.”
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Joseph McMoneagle describes the Black Belt Fourth Stage as the third "make or break" point of RV'do, where the Master is introduced to a different type or level of knowledge.
“This is the third "make or break" point. This is where the Master is introduced into a different type or level of knowledge.”
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At the Black Belt Fourth Stage of RV'do, manifestations and apparitions in and outside the specified target begin to occasionally occur.
“Manifestations and apparitions in and outside the specified target begin to occasionally occur.”
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At the Red/Black Belt Great Master level of RV'do, there is a full integration of everything learned with an understanding of one's own strengths and weaknesses, described as a place of self-realisation and a time of intense spiritual and ethical cleansing.
“What takes place here is a full integration of everything learned with what is now understood about one's own strengths and weaknesses. It is a place of self-realization, a time of intense spiritual and ethical cleansing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:17208-17419 opinion first hand
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At the White Belt stage, a beginning remote viewer can expect to describe a major gestalt of the target but very little else, with the rest of the information fractured almost beyond recognition and having few inter-connections.
“The viewer with a white belt can expect to describe a major gestalt, but very little else... Much of the information that a white belt can expect to see will be fractured almost beyond recognition and will have very few inter-connections.”
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A gestalt in remote viewing is the sum of the elements that create an overall impression of a target.
“A gestalt is the sum of the elements that create an overall impression of a target.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that people mentally process information differently, meaning no two people react the same while developing remote viewing capability.
“the difficulty lies in the fact that all of us mentally process information differently... no two people can ever be expected to react the same while developing their remote viewing capability.”
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At the Yellow Belt stage of RV'do, viewers begin to receive more input recognisable as delivered from their senses.
“This is when viewers begin to receive more input that is recognizable as delivered from their "senses."”
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The Yellow Belt skill level in RV'do usually results in the first use of the word "like" by the viewer when describing target impressions.
“This skill level usually results in the first use of the word "like" as well.”
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At the Orange Belt stage, remote viewers develop aesthetic impact, meaning their sense of art, beauty, and taste begins to affect their perception of the target.
“This level of learning can be summed up in the words, aesthetic impact. Aesthetic impact deals with how the remote viewer's sense of art, beauty, and taste are affected.”
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At the Orange Belt stage, remote viewers begin to recognise internally generated overlay, termed "analytic overlay", which is produced in the processing portion of the mind and has nothing to do with the actual remote viewing data as delivered in its raw form.
“At the same time, you will begin to recognize or notice internally generated overlay. We call this "analytic overlay", because it is generally produced in the processing portion of the mind and has nothing to do with the actual remote viewing data as delivered in its raw form.”
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Joseph McMoneagle describes the Orange Belt stage as the first of three "make or break" stages of RV'do, where aspiring viewers find out whether they have what it takes to continue.
“This stage is what I call the first of three "make or break" stages. This is where aspiring new viewers find out whether or not they have what it takes to continue on in a learning process that really has no end.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch13:6328-6536 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle laid out levels of remote viewing skill modelled on the belt ranking system used in martial arts, in keeping with the concept of RV'do.
“In keeping with the concept of RV'do, I've laid these out much like the different belts one might expect to find within a martial art.”
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At the Brown Belt stage of RV'do, viewers must learn to deal with emotions generated within the target as well as their own emotional reactions to what is perceived about the target.
“Emotions begin to hammer in. You will find as you enter the brown belt stage that you have to learn to deal with emotions.”
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Joseph McMoneagle is not certain that specific levels of remote viewing can be established.
“I'm not actually sure that specific levels of remote viewing can be established.”
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At the Brown Belt stage, remote viewers must learn various methods and techniques for remote viewing, including protocols developed for narrow or specific kinds of targets such as binary questions, healing, sub-atomic or micro-targeting, and event-related problems.
“Strange and unique protocols have been developed over the years to address very narrow or specific kinds of remote viewing targets, such as: binary questions (yes/no, right/wrong, buy/don't buy, etc.), healing, sub-atomic or microtargeting, event-related problems, etc.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that remote viewing operates best when used for producing information on something known to exist, where the target is real.
“Remote viewing always operates best when it is used for producing information on something that is known to exist. In other words, one should be assured that the target is real.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:10560-10732 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends keeping a remote viewer blind to the entire target so that the viewer's ground plan can be compared to the real target for verification.
“By keeping the viewer blind to the entire target, you can compare his ground plan to the real thing.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that providing a remote viewer with knowledge of a target in advance would compromise the ability to use the resulting information as verification of the veracity of the remote viewing.
“If you had provided the remote viewer knowledge of the ruins in the first place, you would have given up knowledge about the target which might have provided verification on the veracity of the remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:12339-12540 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that UFOs and similar targets usually make lousy remote viewing targets because the remote viewer must be given the least amount of information necessary to establish the target location.
“This is why UFOs and similar kinds of targets usually make lousy remote viewing targets. What should be understood here is that the remote viewer is always given the least amount of information necessary to put them on the target location, and it should never be directly pertinent to what you are looking for answers to.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:13001-13319 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that in his experience, the chances of a UFO-related statement obtained through remote viewing being correct are very close to zero.
“In my experience, the chances of stating UFO material obtained through remote viewing is correct are very close to zero.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers remote viewing well suited to producing new leads by assisting in targeting other technologies capable of locating a small number of specific microns amongst trillions, or iron ore from roughly 160 kilometres away.
“We have equipment that can locate three specific microns amongst trillions, or iron ore from a hundred miles away. Remote viewing is good for pointing this equipment in the right direction.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers remote viewing very good at reconstructing events by filling in missing details, for example gluing together information collected relevant to a crime into a cohesive and understandable pattern.
“Remote viewing is very good at filling in the details for events... Where a lot of information has been collected relevant to an event (say a crime), remote viewing is very good at gluing it all together, putting it into a cohesive and understandable pattern, or pointing out the missing pieces.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:15508-15835 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that observing subtle behavioural cues, such as how a person shifts in a chair, folds their arms, or moves their eyes, can reveal whether an answer being given is correct, invented, or unknown.
“For instance, the way a person shifts in a chair might tell us when we are getting close to a correct answer... Even where and how a person moves his eyes while answering a question can tell us whether we are right or wrong, or if they are inventing a response to throw us off the track, or if they simply don't know.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers remote viewing useful for aiding binary decision-making problems, such as yes-or-no or go-or-don't-go decisions.
“There are unique targeting mechanisms that can be used to aid or assist in decision-making. This is especially true regarding binary problems, e.g., yes or no, go or don't go, buy or don't buy, left or right, up or down, etc.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that remote viewing, when used within a strict protocol, can produce amazing detail about descriptive things that have not yet happened, but is generally not very good at timing when something will happen or happened.
“When used within a very strict protocol, remote viewing can produce some amazing detail about things that have not yet happened, as long as they are descriptive. However, great caution has to be exercised when it comes to timing... Timing, or projecting when something is going to happen or happened, is something remote viewing is generally not very good at.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that targeting a series of numbers, specific words, or statements are less than optimum targets for remote viewing because the way remote viewing works does not currently permit this degree of detail.
“Targeting a series of numbers, specific words, or statements are examples of less than optimum targets for remote viewing. The way remote viewing works does not currently permit this degree of detail.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers remote viewing generally not very good for providing information on mythical creatures, hypothetical events, non-physical properties, or phenomenological targets, such as UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, or descriptions of heaven and hell.
“Remote viewing is generally not very good for providing information on mythical creatures, hypothetical events, non-physical properties, or phenomenological types of targets. In other words, it's generally not good for UFOs, the Lock Ness Monster, Sasquatch, or descriptions of heaven and hell”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that using remote viewing to identify a UFO base on Jupiter or on the far side of the Moon is totally useless and probably a waste of time.
“using remote viewing to identify a UFO base on Jupiter or the dark side of the Moon is totally useless and probably a waste of time.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that using remote viewing to produce a location, such as for a missing child, is generally not a good idea and is one of the least accurate uses of the capability.
“Contrary to general opinion, using remote viewing to produce a location is also not a good idea. This is probably one of the least accurate ways of using this capability... I know this will be sad news to those who are looking for a missing child, but unfortunately it is true.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that finding a missing person via remote viewing works only where superior police or detective work has already been combined with the remote viewing, typically meaning the victim is dead in kidnapping cases.
“Finding something or someone works only where superior police or detective work has been married to the remote viewing ahead of time... In the case of a kidnapping resulting in a missing person, this usually means the victim is dead.”
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Joseph McMoneagle has never seen remote viewing exceed sixty-five percent reliability, except on perhaps five occasions in twenty-five years that he knows about.
“Except for perhaps five occasions I know about in twenty-five years, I've never seen remote viewing exceed sixty-five percent reliability.”
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The five occasions on which remote viewing exceeded sixty-five percent reliability, known to Joseph McMoneagle, involved only two viewers, both of whom worked in the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory.
“These five occasions had to do with only two viewers, both of whom worked in the Cognitive Sciences Lab.”
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In the five exceptional cases of high-reliability remote viewing, time was not a factor and the degree of excruciating detail, time and effort involved to guarantee a 90 percent result was something only a laboratory could afford.
“In all five cases, time was not a factor, and the degree of excruciating detail, time and effort, to which these two viewers went to guarantee a 90 percent result, no one but a lab could afford.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that most psychics generally operate within the boundaries of their own rules, rather than following specifically developed, designed, and tested remote viewing protocols.
“My point is that most psychics generally operate within the boundaries of their own rules. They do not follow specifically developed or designed and tested remote viewing protocols.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:2262-2433 opinion first hand
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In his interview on "Put to the Test", Edwin C. May commented on a near-perfect match between some of Joseph McMoneagle's drawings and the target.
“Somewhere in that interview he was commenting on the near-perfect match between some of my drawings and the target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:23504-23612 testimony second hand
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Edwin C. May said that Joseph McMoneagle provides spectacular detail in remote viewing about twenty percent of the time, and called that as close to a miracle as scientists can get.
“His statement was something like, "Joe provides this kind of spectacular detail about twenty percent of the time. Scientists don't like to say this, but that's about as close to a miracle as one can get."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:23620-23819 opinion second hand
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Edwin C. May's statements in the "Put to the Test" interview also reflected a target hit rate of about sixty to sixty-five percent for Joseph McMoneagle's remote viewing.
“This statement was made along with other statements that reflected a target hit rate of about sixty to sixty-five percent.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:23826-23940 testimony second hand
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Edwin C. May's twenty-percent "spectacular detail" comment specifically referred to near-perfect drawings, something that rarely happens in remote viewing.
“But in this statement, he was specifically referring to near perfect drawings, something that rarely happens in remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch14:23949-24068 testimony second hand
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The out-of-context editing of Edwin C. May's ABC Special interview statement resulted in a huge negative reaction from other remote viewers, which Joseph McMoneagle considered grossly unfair to both Edwin C. May and himself.
“This resulted in a huge negative reaction from other viewers, which was grossly unfair to both Ed and me.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends never relying on the media for statements about remote viewing accuracy.
“My recommendation is to never rely on the media for statements of accuracy.”
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What can be expected from the average remote viewer is probably something about three times better than chance.
“What can be expected from the average remote viewer is probably something about three times better than chance.”
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Most good remote viewers will be able to make contact with a target about 50 to 60 percent of the time.
“Most good viewers will be able to make contact with a target about 50 to 60 percent of the time.”
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When good remote viewers make contact with a target, about 30 to 80 percent of what they say about the target could be correct.
“When they do make contact, about 30 to 80 percent of what they say about the target could be correct.”
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There is usually no way to know whether a remote viewing result is correct until the information has been used, checked, and verified against what can be known about the target, a process that in applications can sometimes take years.
“There is usually no way to know until the information has been used, checked, and verified against what can be known about the target. In applications, this process can sometimes take years.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that statistics about remote viewing accuracy should only be developed within a laboratory, or during post hoc analysis of research targets, when all variables are being controlled.
“Statistics should only be developed within a lab, or during the post hoc analysis of research targets, when all of the variables are being controlled.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that psychics who do "cold reading" sit in front of someone and describe things going on in their lives.
“Some do what is called a "cold reading," where they sit in front of someone and describe things that are going on in their lives.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that looking at remote viewing as a martial art is referred to as RV'do.
“They also dilute the entire concept of looking at remote viewing as a martial art—RV'do.”
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Cold reading does not necessarily guarantee that an actual transfer of information is taking place in a psychic way.
“it does not necessarily guarantee that an actual transfer of information is taking place in a psychic way.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that using a method in remote viewing without concern for protocol can quickly lead to exaggerated, artificial, or misleading results.
“In remote viewing, using a method without concern for protocol can quickly lead to exaggerated, artificial, or misleading results.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that ignoring the requirement that a monitor also be blind to a target, and front-loading that individual with too much knowledge about the target, will inevitably result in the possibility of inappropriate actions or statements occurring inside the room during the remote viewing.
“Ignoring the requirement that a monitor also be blind to a target and inappropriately front loading that individual with too much knowledge about the target will inevitably result in the possibility of inappropriate actions or statements occurring inside the room during the remote viewing.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that the smallest possibility of a "cooked" result from improper front-loading is sufficient to damage the reputation of remote viewing and taints the results.
“The smallest possibility that such an action will result in a "cooked" result is sufficient to damage the reputation of remote viewing, and it most certainly taints the results.”
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Joseph McMoneagle identifies a third and, in his view, most lethal form of fraud, which he calls self-delusion, arising from repeatedly violating minor protocol issues until one comes to believe a false result is correct.
“What happens is that it creates an atmosphere that strongly supports the third and most lethal form of fraud—which I call self-delusion. That's where you violate a significant number of smaller issues, allowing a false result, which contributes to altering your own belief that what you are doing is right.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:10519-10819 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle reports that he has found himself at risk of self-delusion regarding remote viewing on more than one occasion and expects it may happen again.
“I have found myself strolling down that path on more than one occasion and suspect that I will find myself there again.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:11293-11406 testimony first hand
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In over twenty years of working in the field of the paranormal, Joseph McMoneagle observed that serious errors of judgement almost always resulted from failing to take a person's mental state seriously or failing to recognise the impact of paranormal exposure on a vulnerable individual.
“In my twenty plus years of dealing with conditions surrounding the field of the paranormal, I have seen numerous instances where seriously bad calls have been made. Almost without exception, these bad calls were a result of either not taking a person's mental state seriously or not recognizing the impact that exposure to the paranormal might have on a vulnerable individual.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:11542-11907 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle observed that neither military nor civilian rank, age, experience, nor previously displayed capability in other areas reliably predicted who could psychologically cope with exposure to the paranormal.
“Not rank (military or civilian), age, experience, or previously displayed capability in other areas was a good pre-indicator for who could handle it and who could not.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:11919-12082 observation first hand
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Project STARGATE originally involved extensive psychological testing, numerous interviews, and a gradual programme of exposure to ensure that only centred and stable individuals were allowed to participate.
“The outset of the STARGATE Project involved extensive psychological testing and numerous interviews, as well as a gradual program of exposure, to insure that centered and stable individuals were allowed to participate, individuals who could cope with and integrate what they would be exposed to.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:12087-12379 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that the practice of psychological testing, interviews, and gradual exposure of Project STARGATE participants was later terminated, reopening the risk of psychological harm including self-delusion regarding remote viewing.
“Terminating that approach has once again opened the door to this issue, the very least of which can result in self-delusion regarding remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:12383-12524 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that a person who sets out to debunk remote viewing enters with a prior belief that it is a sham or fraud, undermining any claim to healthy scepticism.
“A person who attempts to debunk remote viewing is really someone trying to expose it as a sham or fraud. They enter the scene with a belief that remote viewing is a sham or fraud, so any pretense at being skeptical in a healthy sense of the word is shattered from the outset.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:2598-2866 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that most people who act as debunkers do so either for money and notoriety, or from a deep-seated personal fear of the subject.
“In my opinion most debunkers or people who walk in the door with their mind made up are either in it for the money and the notoriety, or are operating from some deep-seated and personal fear about the subject matter.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:3340-3549 opinion first hand
90
Joseph McMoneagle considers a healthy scepticism, rather than belief or disbelief, to be the appropriate mental state for a remote viewer.
“I'm referring to a person's ability to think critically and to maintain a healthy skepticism regarding the subject matter.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:345-460 opinion first hand
91
Joseph McMoneagle considers that his best friends in paranormal investigation are honest sceptics who help identify possible information leakage paths that even skilled investigators can miss.
“My best friends in the investigation of the paranormal are honest skeptics. They have a maddening way of seeing things that anyone tied to a belief system will miss. They ferret out possible information leakage paths that even the smartest investigator will sometimes miss.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:4297-4565 opinion first hand
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In the early stages of Project STARGATE, there was concern about the psychological stability of the participants.
“Way back in the beginning, there was concern about a number of things in the STARGATE Project, but probably highest on the list was the stability of the players.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:488-641 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that many people still regard parapsychologists as believers in spirits, possession, Akashic records, and similar phenomena.
“If you read the available and not too distant literature, you will find that many still regard parapsychologists as people who believe in spirits, possession, Akashic records, things that go bump in the night, and (shudder), even the existence of a God.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:5664-5913 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle identifies deliberate fraud as one of at least three kinds of fraud present in the paranormal field, and considers it the easiest to detect through protocol design, peer review, and experimental safeguards.
“The paranormal arena is filled with fraud—at least three kinds. The first is actually one of the easiest to detect—that would be deliberate fraud. If you are doing your homework and pursuing the paranormal in an appropriate and scientific manner, your protocol design, peer review, and experimental safeguards should detect most of it.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:8209-8541 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that a remote viewing project cannot be run using only people who already believe in psychic functioning, nor only people who refuse to believe in it, because both groups will find what they expect to find.
“Reality dictates that if you want to start a project that will be investigating the use of psychics, you can't simply walk into the effort with people who believe in it. Nor, surprisingly, can you walk into the room with people who refuse to believe.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:827-1069 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle assumes fraud is possible in the study of parapsychology, including on the part of experimenters, and designs remote viewing protocols accordingly.
“I long ago accepted the fact that in the study of parapsychology, one must assume there is going to be fraud and take proactive steps to prevent it. This means that in designing remote viewing protocols, you assume everyone is out to fix the results. Yes, that includes experimenters as well.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:8901-9188 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle reports that the laboratories in which he has worked design their protocols explicitly to prevent fraud and inform trainees of this up front.
“In the labs in which I've worked, they will tell you right up front that they are designing the protocols to prevent fraud, and one shouldn't take it personally.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:9561-9711 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle identifies a second kind of fraud in remote viewing experiments, which he calls accidental fraud, arising from information leakage such as a psychic adding information after completing a project because it was not written down at the time.
“There is a second kind of fraud, which we can call accidental. I know, there are now lots of raised eyebrows out there. But, there are cases of information leakage in remote viewing experiments that support accidental fraud, or what could be construed as such. That would be where someone does something which s/he honestly believes is okay, simply because s/he's ignorant of the rules. Some psychics would believe that adding information after they've completed a project because they honestly were thinking the information at the time, but just didn't remember to write it down, is okay.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch15:9778-10362 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle has personally known dozens of avowed and honest skeptics who stated their disbelief in remote viewing up front, and whose viewpoint quickly changed after entering the experimental remote viewing process with an open mind.
“I know dozens of avowed and honest skeptics who stated up front their disbelief. Entering the experimental process with an open mind quickly changed their viewpoint.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:16077-16232 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers artistic consistency more important than artistic talent in a remote viewer's drawings, since a person who consistently places figures correctly at the target has more value than one who draws accurately but places them incorrectly.
“The key to degree of artistic talent required really falls on the term "consistency" more than any other thing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:20017-20122 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes remote viewing training itself, if properly taught, produces imaginative problem-solving ability, so this is not a necessary prerequisite characteristic.
“This could be desirable for reducing remote viewing training time, but it isn't necessary. The very art of remote viewing if taught and learned properly produces this kind of a person.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:20637-20814 opinion first hand
102
Joseph McMoneagle believes the idea that remote viewers need right-brain specialisation characteristics no longer makes sense, since the modality of thinking used is probably more important than where thinking occurs in the brain.
“Back in the bad old days, this made sense. It no longer does, in my opinion... We now know that where something takes place in the brain probably isn't as important as the modality of thinking being used by the person.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:20895-21133 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes a remote viewer should maintain balance, remaining neutral in the middle between opposing possibilities rather than favouring one end.
“It means, a remote viewer is totally open to any possibility—female or male, night or day, open or closed, inside or outside, up or down, etc. If you can't presume to be on either end of a stick, then you must always be in the middle.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:21389-21616 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes a remote viewer must remain neutral and free of belief or desire about the outcome in order to seek ground truth, since a single thought or desire will bias the result.
“Remote viewers have to be so "neutral" that they flow like water wherever they have to flow in order to seek ground truth. Adding a single thought or desire as to where that should be, or how it might be, will automatically put them somewhere else.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:21843-22086 opinion first hand
105
Joseph McMoneagle believes remote viewing subjects need the ability to become mentally relaxed, and that this ability can be learned.
“Obviously this requires the ability to become mentally relaxed. However, this is something that can be learned.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:22199-22302 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle describes himself as having a triple A-type personality who can nonetheless become deeply relaxed when he wants to.
“I am a triple A-type personality, but when I want to be, I can look and act like grass growing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:22312-22399 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes almost any form of meditation can help develop the ability to be a good remote viewer.
“Almost any form of meditation works in this regard. If you can learn to meditate, you may learn to be a good remote viewer.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:22600-22716 opinion first hand
108
Joseph McMoneagle believes remote viewers must be able to reduce their physical arousal level by focusing to cut out distractions, mentally disassociating from their surroundings and associating with the target site, person, object, or event.
“This has to do with focus, or the ability to cut out distractions that might occur while remote viewing. Another way of stating this is: viewers disassociate from what's around them and associate with the actual target site, person, object, or event.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:22912-23156 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes remote viewers must be able to reduce sensory input by shutting out audio or visual interference through focus.
“This simply means shutting out audio or visual interference through an ability to focus.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:23388-23470 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes a remote viewer needs increased awareness of their own internal processes, feelings, and images, and must be able to understand why they experience emotions such as depression, anger, or anxiety.
“If you do not currently have a general understanding for why you are depressed, angry, frustrated, anxious, bored, or in any other mental state, then you probably are going to have a very tough time with remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:23961-24172 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes psychic functioning should decrease with action-mode/left-hemispheric functioning and increase with receptive-mode/right-hemispheric functioning, though he considers action/receptive modes and left/right hemispheric functioning to be two separate issues rather than closely linked.
“This was largely addressed already, but I would add once again, that I would separate action modes and receptive modes of thinking from the concept of right and left hemispheric functioning. I think they are two separate issues and do not operate as closely in unison as some believe.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:24698-24974 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes remote viewers must have an altered view of the nature of the world, considering time and space to be illusions and that all things are related because of this.
“I am sure that time and space in their entirety are illusions, and these very illusions are why all things are related.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:25386-25497 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes there is no good or evil involved in remote viewing itself, only within the mind.
“There is no good or evil involved in remote viewing. There may be yin and yang, constructive and destructive energies, but good or bad exist only within the mind.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:25506-25663 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes personal concepts of good and evil cannot be carried into remote viewing, because doing so builds walls and causes the viewer to steer toward information rather than letting it arrive naturally.
“But I am saying that you cannot carry these concepts into remote viewing with you. By doing so, you build walls, construct tunnels, and essentially attempt to steer yourself to the information, instead of letting it just fall into your mind's hands.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:25754-25997 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes remote viewers must suspend judgment and interpretation of the material and information they receive, or else it will be tainted by their desires or personal prejudice.
“It is absolutely essential that remote viewers suspend judgment and interpretation of the materials and information they might be receiving. Otherwise, everything you perceive will be tainted with the color of your desire, or shaded by the darkened glass of personal prejudice.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:26142-26409 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes eliminating personal prejudice is very difficult, and that the best anyone can do is temporarily set prejudice aside, which he says takes years of practice.
“The best anyone can do is to temporarily set prejudice aside. And speaking from experience, that takes years of practice.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:26742-26854 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes someone unable to set aside their personal wants, desires, likes, and dislikes is highly unlikely to become a good remote viewer.
“If you are unable to set your personal wants, desires, likes, dislikes, etc., aside, then you are highly unlikely to make a good remote viewer.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:27130-27266 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes the act of psychic functioning must be at least momentarily important to the remote viewer, but considers it the responsibility of the scientists, researchers, and applications-oriented people involved to keep the viewer interested rather than his own responsibility.
“This is critically important to the success of any remote viewing. However, having said that, I must add that it is not really my problem as a remote viewer. Take note, all you scientists, researchers, and applications-oriented people out there; it's up to you to keep me interested, make sure the results are important to me, and not the other way around.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:27348-27698 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes a remote viewer's interest can be secured through the type and content of targets used, the reasons given for doing the viewing, or sufficient payment for the viewer's interest in the outcome.
“1: The types of targets used and their contents. 2: The reasons you give me for doing the remote viewing. –It's importance from a social, historical, cultural, or survival viewpoint, or –You pay sufficiently to buy my interest in the inevitable outcome, or –Ensure that success provides some other form of reward that is intrinsic to the effort (finding a lost child, kidnap victim, or similar sort of thing).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:27741-28153 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes a remote viewer must share in or enjoy the value and reward that comes with a successful session.
“The idea here is that the remote viewer must share in or enjoy the value and reward that comes with success.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:28240-28340 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes how a person values their own success matters more than how society measures success, and that people secure in their own self-perception deal better with the treatment they receive from the outside world, which he considers especially true for remote viewers.
“If they consider themselves to be successful, to be valuable, then it doesn't matter how society or culture might measure success. Such people, secure in their own perceptions, will be better able to deal with the kinds of treatment they are bound to receive from the outside world. This is especially true about remote viewers.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:28492-28812 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes people liked by their peers but considered different from the norm make better remote viewers, and that this characteristic is more pronounced in contexts with a high baseline of conformity, such as the military, or in corporate settings.
“This characteristic works when you have a baseline of comparison. In the military, where you have a large percentage of conformists, this characteristic might have just a tad bit more value. It can also be valuable in a corporate world where you have people who buck the system but still seem to enjoy a large degree of success.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:28960-29280 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes a good candidate for remote viewing consistently demonstrates the ability to find solutions to problems outside the norm or take unexpected but successful actions.
“One should look for a person who consistently demonstrates an ability to find solutions to problems that are not within the norm, or might never have been tried before. Or, maybe a demonstration of actions that are totally unexpected but successful anyway.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:29811-30060 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes a willingness to pursue new avenues of approach is important because people who limit themselves to fixed, structured approaches are not open enough to succeed at remote viewing.
“If people decide up front that there are only very delineated or structured approaches to problems, then they are not open enough to enjoy remote viewing success.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:30169-30323 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes the more open a person is to any possibility and the less wedded to a fixed reality, the greater their likelihood of success in remote viewing, and that surprising information usually proves to be correct.
“In the land of remote viewing, anything is possible. It is usually the surprising information that proves to be correct. The more open someone is to any possibility and the least wedded they are to a fixed reality, the more likelihood of success.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:30422-30660 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes highly creative individuals are already halfway toward being good remote viewers, since the instinct that drives creativity is the same one that drives a viewer to the correct, often unique, answer.
“Someone who is very creative is already half way toward being a good remote viewer. Creative individuals have an instinct that they cherish above all other skills. This is the same instinct that inherently drives a remote viewer to the right answer.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:30877-31119 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that "perform well" in Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ's SRI International report did not imply world-class remote viewing, but rather the ability to display psychic functioning under controlled conditions, achieving a better-than-chance result.
“What they actually mean here is the ability to display psychic functioning under controlled conditions (or achieving a better than chance result).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:3129-3267 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes wherever a very creative and successful person is found, they will also make good material for remote viewing, since they are already practicing the necessary traits.
“I believe wherever you find a very creative and successful person, you will also find good material for remote viewing. They are already practicing what they need to learn.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:31362-31528 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes the capacity for critical thought and unafraid voicing of opinion is one of the most important qualifications for a remote viewer, as it demonstrates individuality, internalised strength, and the ability to take the middle ground.
“Believe it or not, this is probably one of the most important qualifications. It's important because this is an active display of a person's individuality and internalized strength. By retaining their critical thought in all ways, they are by nature taking the "middle ground" on most issues.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:31739-32024 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes two kinds of people generally make terrible remote viewers: those who will not believe in it under any condition, and those who totally buy into it without question.
“There are two kinds of people who generally make terrible remote viewers: ones who under no condition will believe in it, and those who totally buy into it; no questions asked.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:32131-32301 opinion first hand
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There is a saying passed around the remote viewing laboratory that the worst possible participants are the believers, meaning those who replace critical thinking with unquestioned belief.
“We even have a saying that's passed around the lab. "The worst possible participants are the believers." This means people who have become involved in remote viewing who have replaced their critical thinking ability with unquestioned belief.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:32309-32543 opinion
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Joseph McMoneagle believes historically more damage has been done to remote viewing applications, research, and development by unquestioning believers than by all deliberate outside attacks on the field combined.
“Historically more damage has been done to remote viewing applications, research, and development by those who have bought it "no questions asked" than by all deliberate assaults on it from outside antagonists.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:32552-32749 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes critical thinking is essential to polishing and perfecting remote viewing applications and research, to appropriately limiting its use, and to weeding out erroneous beliefs and fraud in the field.
“Critical thinking is essential to ensuring that both applications and research are polished and perfected beyond reproach. Critical thinking is essential to appropriately limiting how and when remote viewing might be used. And critical thinking is essential to weeding out erroneous beliefs, fraud, or any of the other thousands of things that can bring discredit on the field at large.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:32763-33143 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes everyone involved in remote viewing applications or research has a responsibility to continually challenge techniques, methods, protocols, testing, evaluations, reporting, and participants' actions with a critical eye toward improvement.
“Everyone who participates in remote viewing applications or research has the responsibility to continually challenge the techniques, methods, protocols, testing, evaluations, reporting, and the participants' actions with a critical eye towards improving and perfecting the methods.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:33326-33599 opinion first hand
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At the outset of the military Project STARGATE, great effort was made to ensure the psychological stability of remote viewing participants through testing, multiple interviews, and a long-term vetting process.
“At the outset of the military STARGATE Program, great effort was made to insure that stability. But testing, multiple interviews, and a long term vetting process is very expensive.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:34233-34403 administrative first hand
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Later in Project STARGATE, a decision was made to stop the extensive psychological vetting testing of participants in order to reduce costs.
“Later in the program, a decision was made to no longer do this testing in order to reduce costs.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:34414-34504 administrative first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that after psychological vetting testing was dropped from Project STARGATE, otherwise stable individuals in more than one case were stripped of their psychological boundaries and became emotionally, mentally, or both unstable as a result.
“Without going into specific personalities, I can say that in more than one case, otherwise stable individuals were stripped of their psychological boundaries, and subjected to areas of inquiry that they should not have been. As a result they became quite unstable, emotionally, mentally, or sometimes both.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:34511-34812 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes the remote viewing field is still struggling with the damage resulting from destabilised individuals' experiences during military remote viewing training.
“The field is still struggling with the damage resulting from these individuals' experiences. It is unfortunate for both the field as well as the people who suffered as a result.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:34818-34988 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that in the public remote viewing arena there are no controls on who becomes involved, with individuals welcomed into unproven training programmes and exposed to processes that unhinge them from stable environments.
“As far as I can see there are no controls whatsoever on who becomes involved in remote viewing in the public arena. Individuals are welcomed through the door, enter sometimes unproven training programs, and are otherwise exposed carte-blanche to processes that unhinge them from their stable environs.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:34997-35289 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that a few ex-military remote viewers he knows attempt to screen and influence those they feel might be damaged by involvement in remote viewing, but only when a participant is overtly acting out.
“A few ex-military viewers I know attempt to influence and screen those they feel might be damaged by involvement in remote viewing, but even so, this is not done unless the person wanting to participate is overtly acting out in some fashion that warrants exclusion.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:35299-35554 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that many people who now claim expertise in remote viewing make no attempt at all to screen participants for potential harm.
“And, unfortunately, many who now claim expertise in this field make no attempt at all to screen participants.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:35565-35661 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that about twenty percent of people who contact him through his office at Intuitive Intelligence Applications, Inc. are seeking help regaining their stable pre-exposure attitudes after remote viewing involvement, and that he refers them to qualified counselors since he is not a psychiatrist or psychologist.
“About twenty percent of the people who contact me through my office at Intuitive Intelligence Applications are looking for help in regaining their stable pre-exposure attitudes. Since I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist, I am forced to refer them to qualified counselors for help.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:35676-35955 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes it is the responsibility of those already involved in remote viewing to evaluate a possible participant prior to exposure, rather than the participant's responsibility to determine their own instability after starting.
“It is the responsibility of those already involved in remote viewing to evaluate a possible participant prior to exposure, not the participant's requirement to suddenly determine their own instability post initiation.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:37270-37476 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that the only reliable way of determining the probable skill level of a remote viewer is through testing, demonstrating remote viewing to individuals and then testing them at the outset.
“There is only one way I know of doing this. It's called testing. You demonstrate what remote viewing is and how it works to the individuals and then test them coming in the door.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:37546-37719 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that a person's initial test performance typically displays between fifty and one hundred percent of the talent they will eventually display after training.
“What they display in terms of talent is probably somewhere between fifty and one hundred percent of what they will eventually display after training.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:37725-37865 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that most scientists he knows agree that remote viewing skill at initial testing is not fixed, unlike some who believe there is no expectation of improvement through training.
“Most scientists I know agree with this statement. The ones that don't will usually say something like, "What you see is what you get." In other words, they have no expectancy for improvement of any kind through training.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:37875-38086 testimony first hand
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Based on more than twenty years of observation, Joseph McMoneagle finds that people shown encouraging examples of a successful remote viewer and given time to build confidence usually perform well from the outset when tested.
“What I have observed over twenty plus years is something like the following: If people are brought into remote viewing and shown encouraging examples of a remote viewer who is successful, and time is spent building confidence in the probability of remote viewing working, then, when tested, they will usually perform well from the outset.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:38186-38517 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that with training over time, remote viewers attain polish and confidence, but the resulting improvement usually ranges from minimal to less than fifty percent above their innate natural talent at the outset.
“Over time, with almost any training system that stresses a methodology that's used within an appropriate protocol, they will attain polish and more confidence in their ability, and there will be some improvement. However, that improvement will usually range from minimal to probably less than fifty percent of what they walked in the door with as innate or natural talent.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:38525-38890 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle estimates that gifted individuals capable of remote viewing usually make up around one-half of one percent of any given population.
“Overall, while gifted individuals will usually range around one-half of one percent of any given population, almost anyone (the balance of any given population) can demonstrate fairly consistent results sufficient to show functioning beyond chance.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:39037-39278 measurement first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes almost anyone can demonstrate fairly consistent remote viewing results sufficient to show functioning beyond chance, though many may lose interest over time as they lose sight of its relative importance in their lives.
“almost anyone (the balance of any given population) can demonstrate fairly consistent results sufficient to show functioning beyond chance. Many may lose their interest over time, as a function of losing sight of its relative importance within their lives.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:39146-39396 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle compares the achievability of RV'DO to achieving a black belt in karate, stating both require a strong desire to succeed sustained over a fairly long learning curve.
“But as almost anyone can be a black belt in karate, the same holds true for RV'do. All it really takes is a strong desire to succeed, sustained over a fairly long learning curve.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch16:39404-39576 opinion first hand
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Ingo Swann, one of the psychics working at SRI International, suggested using map coordinates to identify a specific location as a remote viewing target, giving rise to the coordinate targeting system.
“As I understand it, one of the psychics working at the lab, Ingo Swann, suggested the answer. They could use map coordinates to identify a specific location on the ground. Hence was born what is now known as the "coordinate system."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch17:10096-10320 testimony second hand
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The initial coordinate remote viewing targets were large geographic features such as islands, rivers, mountains, waterfalls, and cityscapes, identified by map coordinates.
“The initial targets selected and identified by coordinates were large geographic features, such as islands, rivers, mountains, waterfalls, cityscapes, and the like.”
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Sceptics raised the theory that remote viewers using the coordinate system could have unconsciously memorised major land features from topographical maps by their longitude and latitude gridlines, an allegation Joseph McMoneagle interprets as effectively accusing the viewers of cheating.
“This alleged that remote viewers could have memorized (at least unconsciously) all of the major land features that can be identified from topographical maps, by their longitude and latitude gridlines. (I interpret this as a nice way of saying we were all cheating. Which of course we weren't.)”
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The military side of Project STARGATE used military maps with a different coordinate system than standard grid coordinates, in which letter and number combinations change based on the specific military map used, in an attempt to counter scepticism about eidetic memory.
“So, to deal with the skeptical issues, the military side of the house did what the military does best—they improvised. Instead of using standard grid coordinates that anyone can read, they used military maps, which use a different coordinate system.”
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On the military side of Project STARGATE, real map coordinates were placed inside sealed and opaque envelopes with false coordinates, lacking degrees, minutes, and seconds, written on the outside to serve only as an identifier for that day's project.
“So, at least on the military side, we began putting the real map coordinates inside sealed and opaque envelopes, and then we would write false coordinates on the outside. ... Point being, they really had no actual meaning, other than to identify that day's project.”
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The only two differences between the Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol and the Coordinate Remote Viewing protocol are the absence of an outbounder at the target site and the manner in which feedback is provided to the viewer.
“There are only two differences between the outbounder type of protocol and the coordinate protocol:”
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In the Coordinate Remote Viewing protocol, since there is no outbounder site the viewer can visit for feedback, the person who controls the targeting information or target pool provides the viewer with as much feedback as feasible about the original target after the remote viewing has been completed.
“Since there is no outbounder site that the remote viewer can visit for feedback after the remote viewing has been completed and information evaluated, it becomes necessary to provide the viewer with as much information as is feasible about the original target after the remote viewing has been completed. The person who controls the targeting information or the target pool is usually the person tasked with this.”
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When photographs are used as targets in remote viewing research or study, they are never shown to the viewer until after the remote viewing session has been completed and the results have been evaluated.
“The simple rule is: if you are using photographs as targets, then they are never shown to the viewer till after the remote viewing has been completed, and the results have been evaluated.”
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In application-based remote viewing targeting, a photograph is typically not itself the target but one step removed, used to direct a viewer to a specific target or element of greater interest.
“In this case the photograph is not generally the target, but is one step removed from it. In other words, the photograph is used to get a viewer to a specific target or element within the target that might be of greater interest.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers the deliberate use of the term "remote viewing" instead of another name intended specifically to distinguish it from any other form of psychic functioning.
“Many don't remember the reasons for using the term remote viewing versus any other nom-de-plume, but I do. It was specifically done to identify something that was far and away removed from any other form of psychic functioning.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers most really good remote viewers to be more sensitive to information in photographs than the average person.
“Most really good remote viewers are a lot more sensitive to information in photographs than the average person.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers it nearly impossible to evaluate a remote viewing target while it is moving, unless the viewer gives a very clear description of the moving vehicle such as a car, bus, train, plane, or boat.
“Unless there is a very, clear description given by the viewer of a car, bus, train, plane, boat, etc., it is nearly impossible to evaluate a target while it is moving. The solution, of course, is to stop it from doing so.”
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A moving target for remote viewing almost always requires multiple remote viewings performed at different times.
“A moving target therefore almost always requires multiple remote viewings at different times, and you must always use targeting material that is itself moving.”
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For a kidnap victim who is moved frequently, a photograph of the victim should be used as remote viewing targeting material rather than an object like the victim's car or purse.
“Therefore it would be a good idea to use a photograph of the victim as targeting material and not something that might have been there at the time of the kidnap, like a victim's car or purse.”
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An Analyst working with remote viewing material should be told when there is a possibility that the target is a mobile target, otherwise unconnected elements of information may be wrongly assumed to be incorrect.
“Those who are analyzing the remote viewing material should be told that there is a possibility that the target is a mobile target. Otherwise, they will assume—because elements of information they might be providing do not seem to be connected, one element to another—that what they perceive must be wrong.”
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Clock speed is not material to the efficacy of remote viewing, meaning any derivative or function of time can be used when tasking a viewer.
“Clock speed is not material to the efficacy of using remote viewing. What this means is any derivative or function of time can be used.”
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A remote viewer can be given specific tasking instructions for a mobile target as long as the target is targeted through the Outbounder Remote Viewing, Coordinate Remote Viewing, or photographic sealed-envelope protocols.
“In these examples, the viewer can be told the specific tasking (1-4), as long as the target is being targeted through the outbounder, coordinate, or photographic (sealed envelope) protocols.”
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Non-physical targets preclude use of the Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol.
“Obviously these preclude the use of the Outbounder protocol, unless possibly you are targeting someone who was supposedly abducted by aliens and you have a specific date, time, and place for their alleged abduction”
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Ideas, concepts, plans, thoughts, words, and feelings can be targeted using a coordinate system with sealed envelopes, or photographs illustrating them.
“All humor aside, lots of things can be targeted using a coordinate system (sealed envelopes), or photographs illustrating ideas, concepts, plans, thoughts, words, and feelings.”
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Inaccessible or unverifiable subjects such as deep space, mythological beliefs or beings, and aliens should not be targeted with remote viewing because there cannot be feedback for them.
“Some good examples of things that should not be targeted are inaccessible areas like deep space, mythological beliefs or beings, aliens, or other unknowns that might be inaccessible; or for which there is not or cannot be feedback.”
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Joseph McMoneagle is not dead set against targeting things such as possible sites for downed UFOs or crop circles with remote viewing, because verifiable information might still be located as feedback.
“I'm not dead set against targeting things like the possible sites for downed UFOs, or crop circles, because in reality these events may not even be a direct result of UFOs or aliens; in which case verifiable information could be located, thus providing feedback.”
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Targeting subjects assumed to be alien in origin should be left to experts with sufficient experience in good remote viewing protocol.
“It's just that they should be targeted with extreme care and caution, and one should not make assumptions based on whatever information is provided. In other words, if these things are targeted, the targeting should be left to experts who have garnered sufficient experience with good remote viewing protocol to know the differences.”
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Targeting a remote viewer correctly within our time-space is difficult in the extreme, and unverifiable targeting in what might be seven or more dimensions, or beyond known space/time, exacerbates the situation.
“Targeting a remote viewer correctly in our time-space is difficult in the extreme. Unverifiable targeting in what might be seven or more dimensions, or beyond our known space/time, only exacerbates the situation.”
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When a remote viewer brings up a subject like an idea or concept spontaneously during targeting, the person asking should not accept the response as valid until it has been obtained more than once over a period of time, since there is a risk the viewer will invent information if shown interest.
“There is a great risk that if there is no further information available, the remote viewer will invent the information because you have shown an interest. So, if you ask, don't accept the response until it's been obtained more than once over a period of time.”
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When targeting thoughts and feelings, telling a viewer that the interest is in what a targeted person is thinking generally will not work because it forces the viewer into a forced-choice scenario.
“Telling viewers that you are interested in what a targeted person might be thinking, even when they don't know that person, generally won't work, because this forces the viewer into what's called a "forced-choice" scenario.”
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Only a handful of remote viewers in the world have sufficient experience to deal with a forced-choice scenario, and all of them have more than twenty years of experience in remote viewing operating under stringent protocols.
“There are only a handful of viewers in the world with sufficient experience to deal with a forced-choice scenario, and all of them have more than twenty years of experience in remote viewing while operating under stringent protocols.”
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Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) is usually relied on to provide an answer when a remote viewing task is a forced-choice requirement such as yes or no.
“When you are faced with a forced-choice requirement, e.g., is it yes or is it no, is it white or black, do you go or not go, etc., then Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) is usually relied on to provide the answer.”
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Telling a remote viewer about a forced-choice problem so they understand a yes-or-no answer is required front-loads the viewer with too much information, which drives the viewer's thinking rather than their viewing.
“First, in order for them to understand that a yes or no answer is required and nothing more, you have to tell them about the problem. This automatically front-loads the viewer with too much information. Too much information drives all the wrong things in the viewer's mind. What they "think" comes into play, instead of what they are "viewing."”
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In Associative Remote Viewing, the viewer's preferences for an outcome and reluctance to deliver bad news can alter how they respond, which is why the viewer must be separated from the yes/no response.
“The viewer's likes and dislikes, preferences for outcome, and even a reluctance to deliver bad news alters the way they respond. So, you have to separate the viewer from the yes/no response in some way—thus the term "Associative" in ARV.”
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Associative Remote Viewing works identically to the Coordinate Remote Viewing protocol, except that two targets, Target A and Target B, are chosen rather than one target being randomly selected.
“The way it works is identical to the Coordinate protocol, with the following change: First we must know what the specific forced-choice question is and the kind of answers it might require... instead of randomly choosing a single target from a pool of possible targets, two targets are chosen: Target A and Target B.”
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In Associative Remote Viewing, no information about which target represents which forced-choice value is shared with the viewer, monitor, or Analyst.
“The same person who would normally determine what the target is does all of this. But remember no information is shared with the viewer, monitor, or Analyst.”
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In an Associative Remote Viewing session, the viewer is asked to describe the picture they will be shown at a specific future date and time, prior to the day the forced-choice decision must be made.
“The viewer is then asked to do a remote viewing one day prior to the day the decision must be made on whether or not to invest—let's assume April 30. The tasking is as follows: "Please describe the picture you will be shown at 09:00 A.M. on June 1st."”
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In Associative Remote Viewing, the Analyst compares the viewer's results to both target pictures and reports which picture the viewer's comments or drawings most closely resemble, and that resemblance determines the recommended forced-choice answer.
“The Analyst is then given the viewer's results, along with both pictures, and is asked to report which picture the viewer's comments or drawings most closely resembles... This information is passed back to the person who selected the targets, who reports to the person wanting the information that; "You should invest in the stock."”
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In Associative Remote Viewing, once the actual outcome is known, the viewer is shown the picture corresponding to the correct outcome to determine after the fact whether the viewing was accurate, and the viewer should never be told what the other picture was.
“If the stock did very well, then the person who determined the targets actually hands the viewer the picture of the mountain at 09:00 A.M. that morning... In no case should the viewer ever know what the other picture was, once he has been shown the one determined by the actual outcome.”
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Protocols developed within the military during Project STARGATE extended established remote viewing protocols to address additional target categories including ideas, concepts, plans, thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
“Protocols developed within the military during Project STARGATE stretched many of these well known protocols to address additional areas that include ideas, concepts, plans, thoughts, feelings, and/or emotions as targets.”
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Using more than one remote viewer, each with a different set of photographs representing the alternative choices, is a way of increasing the probability of success in Associative Remote Viewing.
“1: By using more than one viewer. But please note that each viewer should have a different set of photographs representing the alternative choices.”
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Picking the specific Local Sidereal Time for actually doing the remote viewing is a way of increasing the probability of success in Associative Remote Viewing.
“2: By picking the specific time for actually doing the remote viewing. This is covered elsewhere in this book under the subject of Local Sidereal Time.”
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Using target photographs with a very clear gestalt, and ensuring clear dissimilarity between the two photographs, are ways of increasing the probability of success in Associative Remote Viewing.
“3: By making sure the pictures contain a very clear gestalt, which even the least effective viewers generally have no trouble with. 4: By making sure the dissimilarity between photographs is clearly evident.”
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Not altering the Associative Remote Viewing protocol in any way and carrying it to completion regardless of outcome is a way of increasing the probability of success.
“5: By not altering the protocol in any way, and carrying it to completion—right or wrong.”
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Remote viewing is seldom very good at locating things, and those who say otherwise are deluding themselves.
“Contrary to general belief, remote viewing is seldom very good at locating things. Those who say it is should stop fantasizing and deluding themselves.”
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Remote viewing can sometimes produce a very accurate picture of a specific location or event, but even in the rarest near-perfect cases it remains difficult to place that location or event on a map.
“It can sometimes produce a very accurate picture of a specific location or event, but even in the rarest of cases, when it might be near perfect, it is still difficult locating that place or event on a map.”
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There are approximately 1,285,000 trailer parks in the United States among which a remote viewer's accurate description of a trailer would still need to be located.
“the only problem remaining is placing that particular trailer inside one of the 1,285,000 trailer parks we have to select from.”
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False beliefs about remote viewing's accuracy in locating things arise from overselling the rare successes, and from mistaking good logical thinking during a small-area search, informed by lead information from a local police department, for remote viewing.
“What generates these false beliefs in accuracy is a combination of overselling the results the few times it actually worked well in locating something, and locating something through the use of logic while on a small search site, and misinterpreting this as remote viewing.”
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When attempting to find something paranormally using remote viewing, dowsing needs to be used as well.
“In attempting to find something paranormally, if you hope to use remote viewing, then you need to use something else as well—this is called dowsing.”
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When using dowsing to locate something on a map after remote viewing, the remote viewing should be done first, then progressively larger to smaller maps should be dowsed, narrowing from a country-level map down to a specific area, so that examining map details does not front-load the viewer on what to expect.
“you probably want to do the remote viewing first... Usually this is accomplished in some sort of progressive way. If you are looking for a kidnapped victim who could be anywhere in America, then you obviously have to start with a map of America... You do the remote viewing first, so that looking at the map details does not front-load you on what to expect.”
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Joseph McMoneagle once searched for nearly three years for a person he was looking for and never succeeded through dowsing.
“Don't expect to be right on the money the first time you try. I once looked for nearly three years before I found a person I was looking for, and never did succeed through dowsing.”
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Dowsing was used by the military with a great deal of accuracy in some cases, which led to two or three of the remote viewers being formally trained in dowsing.
“There are cases where dowsing was used by the military with a great deal of accuracy. This necessity of locating things led to two or three of the viewers being formally trained in dowsing.”
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Joseph McMoneagle was originally trained in dowsing while assigned to Project STARGATE at Fort Meade, Maryland.
“I was originally trained in dowsing while assigned to the STARGATE unit at Fort Meade.”
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Joseph McMoneagle was later formally trained in dowsing at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory at SRI International by an internationally known dowser with decades of experience.
“I was later trained formally, at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory at SRI-International, by an internationally-known dowser with decades of experience.”
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The use of dowsing does not preclude following established remote viewing protocols, though people sometimes fail to remember this when combining methodologies.
“Note that the use of dowsing does not preclude following established protocols for remote viewing. People sometimes fail to remember that when they begin combining methodologies.”
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Until recently, Joseph McMoneagle had not seen examples of remote healing, but in the past year some intriguing experiments have been done in that area.
“Until recently I would have stated that I had not yet seen any examples of remote healing. But, in the past year there have been some very intriguing experiments done in just this area.”
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Early findings on remote healing experiments do not yet prove whether healing is taking place, but show a marked improvement in quality of life that cannot be ignored.
“Early findings still do not prove if healing is or is not taking place, but there is a marked improvement in quality of life that cannot be ignored.”
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Remote viewing is not remote healing; they are two completely different things, though remote viewing has been used in the art of healing usually as an addition to some other diagnostic tool.
“Be that as it may, and contrary to what some are saying, remote viewing is not remote healing. They are two completely different animals. Remote viewing has been and can be used in the art of healing, however, usually as an addition to some other diagnostic tool.”
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Remote viewing should never be used in place of normal diagnostic tools in a medical context.
“One must understand that the times when this might be of value are extremely rare, especially since remote viewing should absolutely never be used in place of normal diagnostic tools.”
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When remote viewing is used for medical diagnosis, no information should be given to the viewer except a sealed envelope identifying the patient as the target, with a tasking statement asking what is needed to heal the person identified within the envelope.
“No information would be given to the viewer except the sealed envelope and a statement such as, "Describe what I need to know to heal the person identified within the envelope."”
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Remote viewing information used in a medical context should never be used to direct a medical procedure, because it is not accurate or dependable enough.
“In no case should it be used to direct a medical procedure. It isn't that accurate, and it certainly isn't that dependable.”
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Successfully tested methods for targeting patients in remote viewing healing applications include placing a small piece of a patient's X-ray in an envelope with the patient's identifying number, targeting a patient's lab results, or asking the viewer to describe what might be emotionally disturbing a patient.
“Ways of targeting patients that have been successfully tested in the past are by placing a small piece of a patient's X-ray in an envelope with the patient's identifying number, targeting a patient's lab results, or asking the viewer to describe what might be emotionally disturbing a patient.”
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For sub-atomic or micro remote viewing targets, the coordinate or sealed envelope protocol is the normal approach, but the difficulty is how to frame the question since sub-atomic structures can only be hypothesised and rarely displayed.
“Again, using the coordinate or sealed envelope protocol is the normal route here. However the difficulty then becomes how to frame the question, as we can only hypothesize as to how most sub-atomic structures look, and there are very few ways to actually display them.”
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Micro-scale remote viewing targets, such as the key to a DNA strand or the primary receptor for the AIDS virus cell, almost always rely on the viewer's ability to communicate perceptions in a way the receiver of the information can understand and visualise.
“If you are looking for something like the key to a DNA strand, or the primary receptor for the AIDS virus cell, such targets almost always rely on the viewers' ability to communicate what they are perceiving in a way that the receiver of the information can understand and visualize.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends using only very experienced remote viewers with established and well-tested track records when attempting to tackle micro-target types of targets.
“Use only very experienced remote viewers with established and very well tested track records.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that viewers talented in the visual arts tend to have a better ability to clearly visualise and correctly pass along perceived information.
“Use viewers that are talented in the visual arts. There seems to be a direct link between someone's ability to clearly visualize and their ability to correctly pass along information they perceive.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends having a remote viewer attempt the same target two or three times without informing them that they are repeating the same target.
“Have the viewer attempt to produce remote viewing information on the same target two or three times but do not let them know that they are doing so.”
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that familiarity with a problem, even developed through psychic means alone, tends to bring a better success rate with micro-type remote viewing targets.
“Familiarity with the problem seems to bring a better success rate with micro types of targets, even when the familiarity is developed through psychic means alone.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that the monitor and anyone else present with a remote viewer be kept totally blind to the target when the same target is used repeatedly.
“This does not preclude the monitor or anyone else in the room with the viewer from being kept totally blind as to the target as well. No one in the room should know that it is the same target.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that remote viewers be encouraged to use whatever visual method is necessary, including drawing, clay, or construction from wood, metals, and plastics, to present the best possible picture of what they perceive.
“Viewers should be encouraged to use whatever visual method is necessary to present the best possible picture of what it is they might perceive. This would include all art forms and mediums of expression: clay, drawing, or even construction from wood, metals, and plastics, pre-formed or otherwise.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers event-related targets, where the actual event time or date has not been well-established, among the hardest types of remote viewing targets.
“One of the hardest types of targets is an event for which the actual event time or date has not been well-established.”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises against passing any hint of what the actual event might be to a remote viewer when the event's date and time are not well-established.
“Many feel that some hint as to what the actual event might be needs to be passed along to the viewer. This is absolutely not what you want to do.”
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Joseph McMoneagle uses as an illustrative example a huge explosion over an isolated area of frozen tundra in the northern territories of Siberia, Russia.
“let us use what is presumed to be the effects of a huge explosion over an isolated area of frozen tundra in the northern territories of Siberia”
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In the Tunguska Basin example, local hunters and woodsmen reported rumours indicating the explosion occurred within a given 30-day window.
“We know it probably occurred sometime within a given 30-day period of a specific date, because of all the rumors coming out of the region, carried by hunters and woodsmen”
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People living near the Tunguska Basin had vague recollections of a huge bang followed by strange lights in the sky on the night of the event.
“They have vague recollections of a huge bang followed by strange lights in the sky that night.”
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At the Tunguska Basin site, shattered trees approximately one metre in diameter were found lying outward in what appeared to be a blast-effect radius from a central location.
“We actually see on the ground that there are shattered trees three feet in diameter, and they lay outward in what appears to be a blast effect radius from a center or core location.”
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Joseph McMoneagle notes that a remote viewer can be tasked to pinpoint the specific date and time of an uncertain event by narrowing the window down to an approximate 72-hour window and targeting on 'center of mass', or the core of the event location, using specific coordinates in a sealed envelope.
“We want to use a remote viewer to actually pinpoint the specific date and, if possible, a time for this explosion. We can do this by narrowing the event down to the approximate 72-hour window we've developed from talks with the locals... we simply target the viewer on "center of mass," or the core of the event location. We can do that by providing specific coordinates placed within a sealed envelope.”
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The Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol is historically the baseline protocol that brought notoriety to remote viewing following its publication in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) journal by Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ in 1976.
“Historically this is the baseline protocol that brought notoriety to remote viewing following publication in the IEEE by Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ in 1976.”
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Joseph McMoneagle describes a methodology in which a monitor asks the viewer to describe the event location within a sealed envelope, then walks the viewer backward in four-hour increments if a major event is indicated, or forward in four-hour increments if no event is indicated.
“Ask the viewer to provide us with a general description of the location within the envelope. If the viewer indicates that a major event has occurred, then walk them backward in four-hour increments. If no event has occurred, then walk them forward in four-hour increments.”
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Joseph McMoneagle describes a target question phrased as: 'Describe the event that occurred before or after 12:00 Noon' using a picked middle date, as part of a time-narrowing remote viewing protocol.
“The question inside the envelope should read: "Describe the event that occurred before or after 12:00 Noon (and pick the middle date).”
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Joseph McMoneagle explains that once a viewer accurately describes a location without an event, or describes the location and reports effects consistent with an event, the monitor can determine whether to move the viewer forward or backward in time, having already validated accuracy in a double-blind fashion.
“Since they were asked to describe what's identified as a location first, then if they describe the location correctly but not the event, we know they are being accurate but have to move forward in time. If they describe the location and appear to be reporting on the effects from the event, then we know they have to be moved backward in time... we've allowed the viewer to be accurate in a double blind fashion first.”
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Joseph McMoneagle notes that once time has been well established via four-hour increments, re-targeting can refine accuracy further using 30-minute increments, and further re-targeting can then be used to get more detail about the event itself.
“If you need better accuracy than four hours, you can re-target later using the same method, moving forward or backward in 30 minute epochs. Once a time has been well established, you can then re-target to get more detail about the event itself”
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Based on remote viewing, Joseph McMoneagle suggests the Tunguska event was caused by a fairly large meteorite travelling at a high speed of roughly 18 kilometres per second that struck the outer atmosphere layers nearly perpendicular to the bow wave of the Earth, dissolving in a single focused cone of energy over the Tunguska Basin and creating damage like a shaped charge would on the exterior of armour plating.
“I would suggest based on remote viewing, that it was actually a fairly large meteorite traveling at a high rate of speed (probably in excess of 60k feet per second), that struck the outer atmosphere layers nearly perpendicular to the bow wave of the earth, dissolving in a single focused cone of energy over the Tunguska Basin, creating damage like a shaped charge would do on the exterior of armor plating.”
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In the Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol, the person who establishes the target pool has no contact with anyone else involved in the remote viewing effort, to preclude contamination or sensory leakage to the viewer or judges.
“This is someone who is not otherwise associated with the remote viewers or anyone else directly involved in the remote viewing effort. It is the person who establishes the target pool.”
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Joseph McMoneagle notes his suggested explanation for the Tunguska event is conjecture and has not been further verified.
“But, this is only conjecture and has not been further verified.”
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Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) is the name given to some of the original remote viewing methodologies used by remote viewers at Fort Meade, Maryland, USA.
“This is the name given to some to the original remote viewing methodologies used by remote viewers at Fort Meade.”
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Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) as a term accurately designates the period from approximately September 1978 through September 1984.
“It is accurate only in that it designates a time period—approximately September 1978 through September 1984.”
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that no two Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) viewers ever operated the same way, were ever in the same altered state, or produced information through the same method of internalised processing.
“It is inaccurate, in that no two viewers ever operated the same, were ever in the same altered state, nor produced information through the same method of internalized processing.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers the Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) period one during which some of the best remote viewing ever produced by the project was generated, and one of the most prolific periods of remote viewing output.
“this was a period of time in which some of the best remote viewing ever produced by the project was generated. It was also one of the most prolific periods of remote viewing output.”
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Under Extended Remote Viewing (ERV), targets were almost always contained within sealed envelopes, and viewers were allowed to offer what is now considered 'free response' regarding the target of interest.
“Almost without exception, the targets were always contained within sealed envelopes, and the viewers were allowed to offer what is now considered "free response" regarding the target of interest.”
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Joseph McMoneagle explains that Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) viewers developed their own means of focus or meditation to induce a self-imposed altered state, allowing disassociation from immediate surroundings and free association with the target's surroundings and events.
“Viewers accomplished this by developing their own means of focus or meditation, which in turn induced a very effective self-imposed altered state. This altered state allowed total disassociation from the immediate surroundings and free association with the target's surroundings and events, which were then reported on.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers the free-form approach of Extended Remote Viewing (ERV), though viewed by many as difficult to deal with, effective in the extreme.
“The surviving remote viewers of the time would tell you that this apparent free form, though viewed by many as difficult to deal with, was effective in the extreme.”
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that those uncomfortable with Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) methodology were generally not the viewers producing the information nor the analysts, but those who had to sell the idea of remote viewing to others.
“The people who generally didn't like this methodology were of course not the people who were required to produce the information, nor were they the ones who were required to analyze it. They were the people who had to "sell the idea" of remote viewing to others.”
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Joseph McMoneagle describes learning the Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) methodology as putting oneself into a semi-trance state through meditation or other devices while maintaining focus on establishing an association with the target, then reporting on whatever is perceived.
“Learning the methodology is simple. Through meditation, or other devices, training, etc., you learn to put yourself into a semi-trance state, or disassociate with your immediate surroundings, while maintaining a focus on your end goal, which is to establish an association with whatever the target might be. Then you report on what you might be seeing, feeling, hearing, or otherwise perceiving.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that learning Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) is not a cheap way to learn remote viewing, as it is time- and labour-intensive and requires considerable focus and practice within protocol.
“The ability to learn this requires a considerable focus and lots of practice, which must all be done within protocol. It is not a cheap way to learn remote viewing, since it is time and labor intensive.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers Controlled Remote Viewing the most commonly referred to or generally accepted method of remote viewing, primarily due to the perceived ease of training and the number of people who claim expertise in teaching it.
“this is now the most commonly referred to or generally accepted method of remote viewing, primarily because of the perceived ease of training, and the numbers of people who claim expertise in teaching it.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that those trained in Controlled Remote Viewing are not automatically equipped with all the knowledge needed to apply it properly, including protocols for proper target handling.
“Those who are trained in it are not automatically vaccinated with all the knowledge they need to apply it properly. Something as simple as following an appropriate protocol in setting up the target, as in protocols for proper target handling, is little understood or even unknown to many.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that the originator of Controlled Remote Viewing did not distribute an all-inclusive document describing the training system.
“The originator of this training system did not distribute an all-inclusive document with this training system either.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that Controlled Remote Viewing training was never intended for wholesale use within the general population.
“It was never intended for wholesale use within the general population.”
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Joseph McMoneagle notes there is a document circulating on the Internet alleged to be a complete Controlled Remote Viewing manual, which addresses training but does not address application issues.
“There is an extant copy of a document available over the Internet that is alleged to be a complete CRV manual, but because it is designed to address training, it does not address any of the issues regarding applications.”
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that many people are using the circulating Controlled Remote Viewing training document as a guide for applications as well as training, introducing further error into the system.
“But already there are many who are using it as a guide for applications as well as training, introducing further error into the system.”
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The premise behind Controlled Remote Viewing is that all human beings receive and deal with psychic information on a day-to-day basis, and that in order to recognise and willfully use this information it must bubble up to cognition where it can be controlled, which allows false data to be introduced by the conscious mind through fantasy, lack of control, or emotional reactions.
“The premise behind CRV is that all human beings receive and deal with psychic information on a day-to-day basis. The problem is, in order to recognize psychic information and willfully use it, it has to bubble up to cognition, where we can attempt to control it. This automatically allows false data to be introduced by the conscious mind, which introduces error through fantasy, lack of control, emotional reactions to the base information, etc.”
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The Controlled Remote Viewing training system is designed to teach the unconscious mind to deliver commands to the system without going through the cognition process, so that if the target is a mountain, the hand is commanded to draw a mountain by the subconscious without cognitive interference.
“The rather draconian CRV training system is designed to teach the unconscious mind to deliver commands to the system without going through the cognition process. In other words, if the target's a mountain, then let the hand be commanded to draw a mountain by the subconscious without cognitive interference.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers there is probably merit to the theory that a structured or ordered learning system can entrain the subconscious to respond based on psychic input, but only under strict protocol controls and after a long, rigorous training period conducted outside the protocol process.
“There probably is merit to this theory, in that one can readily demonstrate that a structured or ordered learning system can be used to entrain the subconscious to respond based on psychic input. But, only under the strictest controls of protocol and only after a long and rigorous training period which takes place outside the protocol controlling process.”
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that individuals formally trained in Controlled Remote Viewing sometimes show phenomenal responses in training scenarios outside protocols, but fail miserably when forced to operate within protocols.
“Testing of individuals who have been formally trained with CRV sometimes shows phenomenal responses in training scenarios outside protocols. But these same people fail miserably when forced to operate within protocols.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that Controlled Remote Viewing trainers often thoroughly understand the training process but do not understand the basic or underlying theory behind it, and put too much faith in a poorly understood process without accounting for students' actual talent level.
“Probably because the person doing the training thoroughly understands the training process, but does not understand the basic or underlying theory behind it. Nor do the trainers take into account that students' actual talent level plays a great deal in how well they will do with any methodology in the first place. The trainers have come to put too much faith in a process, which is little understood from the outset.”
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Joseph McMoneagle's opinion is that the Controlled Remote Viewing process was originally designed to produce almost robotic-like responses from an individual, structured into basic categories or differing degrees of information and complexity, stacked in a linear fashion the student works through repeatedly during training.
“In my opinion, the CRV process was originally designed to produce almost robotic-like responses from an individual, which could be structured to fall into basic categories or differing degrees of information and complexity. These differing degrees or stages are stacked in a linear fashion, and through rigorous training the student works his or her way down through them over and over again, until they are able to automatically respond within specific categories without thinking.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that it takes an enormous degree of personal discipline to successfully complete the Controlled Remote Viewing training programme, after which the cognitive thought process is supposed to be minimised within the remote viewing process.
“It takes an enormous degree of personal discipline to successfully negotiate the CRV training program, after which the cognitive thought process is supposed to have been minimized within the remote viewing process.”
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Joseph McMoneagle notes that Controlled Remote Viewing does instill a very controlled response structure on the person desiring to become a remote viewer, though most trainees walk away with little understanding of appropriate protocols and why they are necessary.
“It actually does eventually instill a very controlled response structure on the person desiring to be a remote viewer. But, in most cases they still walk away with very little understanding for the appropriate protocols and why they are necessary.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that Controlled Remote Viewing works about as well as any other remote viewing training methodology invented over the years, being ultimately driven by the natural talent of the student rather than the teacher.
“The true answer is, yes. It works just about as well as any other training or remote viewing methodology invented over the years. No better or no worse. Ultimately, it is still driven by the natural or innate talent of the student and not the teacher.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that valuable information has, in a number of cases, been derived from Tarot Cards, Channeling, Automatic Writing, and Scrying.
“In a number of cases, valuable information has been derived from the reading of tarot cards, channeled materials, automatic writing, or scrying.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that Tarot Cards, Channeling, Automatic Writing, and Scrying have not traditionally followed the approved protocols used for remote viewing, in that psychics or others in the room are seldom blind to the target, there is no effort to control collected data, and reporting is often done in hindsight without record-keeping.
“The primary problem lies in the fact that these other methods have not traditionally followed the approved protocols that are used for remote viewing. The psychics or others within the room are seldom blind to the target, there is no effort to control the data once collected, and a lot of the reporting is done in hindsight, without the record keeping that is usually found with remote viewing.”
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Over twenty-one years of observation, Joseph McMoneagle found that good psychic data has been provided by card readers, channelers, automatic writers, and even momentarily focused skeptics while operating within an appropriate remote viewing protocol.
“In my observation, over twenty-one years, some very good psychic data has been provided by card readers, channelers, automatic writers, and even the momentarily focused skeptic while operating within an appropriate remote viewing protocol.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers information produced through Tarot Cards, Channeling, and Automatic Writing about as accurate as information he has seen produced under Extended Remote Viewing (ERV) or Controlled Remote Viewing.
“In my experience, it is just about as accurate as information I've seen produced under ERV or CRV as well.”
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Joseph McMoneagle's view is that the appropriate remote viewing protocol, rather than the specific method used, is what allows psychic functioning to take place.
“The point here is that the appropriate protocol seems to put all the right puzzle pieces in the right place to allow psychic functioning to take place.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that as long as the base requirements of an acceptable remote viewing protocol are met, the specific method of producing information (such as interpreting a symbol on a card versus the rigours of Controlled Remote Viewing) is immaterial from a scientific standpoint.
“If the protocol is an acceptable remote viewing protocol, then, whether the information produced is by looking at a symbol on a deck of cards and psychically interpreting it, or it is produced through the rigors of CRV is not material. The base requirements have been met from a scientific standpoint, so the question is moot.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that the greater the methodological requirements brought into play between the viewer and the target, the tougher it is to produce psychic information, and that there is a possibility for distraction from those requirements.
“It is true that the greater the methodological requirements you bring into play between yourself and the target, the tougher it is to produce the psychic information... there is a huge possibility for distraction”
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Joseph McMoneagle's overall observation from many years is that success in remote viewing is best when the process is kept simple, more natural talent is brought into the room, and fewer conditions or variables are applied.
“My observations over many years, leads me to believe that the simpler you can keep the process, the better. The more natural talent you can bring into the room, the better. The fewer conditions you require, or variables you apply, the better.”
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In the Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol, an outbounder is the person who physically visits the target site and acts as the target individual or beacon, interacting with the site to provide an address to the target by their presence.
“An Outbounder. Of course, this is the person who physically visits the target site, and acts as the target individual or beacon. The Outbounder's job is to simply interact with the site and in that way, provide an address to the target by his or her presence.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers it probably wrong that the outbounder's role is to pass telepathic information back to the viewer, noting that a remote viewer typically provides considerable information the outbounder never had direct access to at the target site.
“Some believe the Outbounder is there to pass telepathic information back to the viewer, but this is probably wrong. ... Usually, a viewer will provide a considerable amount of information that the Outbounder never has direct access to on the target site.”
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The Outbounder Remote Viewing protocol was initially used exclusively by scientists at SRI International.
“Initially, the Outbounder protocol was used exclusively by the SRI-International scientists.”
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Joseph McMoneagle observed a high degree of instability in remote viewing in cases where he noted a severe imbalance of male and female characteristics or attributes in a remote viewer.
“where I have observed a severe unbalance of male and female characteristics or attributes, I've sometimes observed a high degree of instability in remote viewing.”
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Joseph McMoneagle argues that most training programs for remote viewing do not keep everyone in proximity to the session totally blind to the target, unlike protocol used in applications.
“Most of the training systems in use today do not recognize the necessity for keeping everyone in proximity to the remote viewing totally blind to the target.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that remote viewing protocol requires the remote viewer to be blind, with no other form of access to the target they are being asked to provide information on.
“Remote viewing protocol requires the remote viewer be blind, or have no other form of access to the target they are being asked to provide information on.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that violations of blind protocol during remote viewing training can allow a sensitive person to perform a cold reading by picking up non-verbal feedback from someone in the room who knows the target.
“A sensitive person can then do what is called a cold reading: provide information by "reading" the non-verbal feedback they get from the person who knows what is real or not real about the target.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states that unwanted information transfer during remote viewing sessions is commonly referred to as "paths of leakage" or "leakage paths."
“These are commonly referred to as "paths of leakage" or "leakage paths."”
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Joseph McMoneagle has observed that people rarely knowingly cheat during remote viewing, but in rare cases has seen people innocently add information after the termination of a remote viewing session.
“In most cases, people do not cheat—at least consciously. However, in rare cases I have seen people innocently add information after the termination of a remote viewing effort”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises that if a remote viewer adds information after a session has been logged or filed, once someone who may know the target has seen it, it is best to discard the information.
“Just a raised eyebrow can generate a need to expound on something one way or another. In some cases, this could result in an accusation of fraud, even though it might not have been done intentionally, it's best to discard the information.”
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Joseph McMoneagle observed that during training for remote viewing, controls over materials and information handling are usually minimised compared to applications, allowing viewers to accidentally see each other's targets or work.
“In training, this is usually not the case. Controls, if they exist at all, are minimized. This sometimes provides an opportunity for viewers to accidentally see each other's work; they might sometimes see each other's targets”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that remote viewing training targets should stand alone and be well-defined from their surroundings, rather than crowded together with other significant objects.
“Training targets should stand alone, and be well-defined from their surroundings or other objects or possible targets in their proximity.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that remote viewing training targets should not be too complex, since complex targets are almost impossible to evaluate.
“Targets should not be too complex. From an instructional as well as a research viewpoint, targets that are too complex are almost impossible to evaluate.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that the observation tower on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls would be a better remote viewing training target than Niagara Falls itself, since Niagara Falls could generate too much pertinent information depending on the viewing setup.
“It might seem that Niagara Falls would make a great target, but depending on where the outbounder might be standing, or how the targeting is set up, you could get reams of information that will all be pertinent in some way to the target. A better target would be the observation tower on the Canadian side of the falls.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that remote viewing training targets should contain major gestalts, unique major features that produce a significant response in viewers.
“Training targets should contain major gestalts. Major features unique to the specific target should be present.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends limiting the list of major gestalts used for remote viewing training targets, since too many variants in the target pool cause the viewer to get lost trying to identify them.
“Limit the list of major gestalts. This has to do with complexity as well. If there are too many variants within the target pool, the viewer essentially gets lost while trying to identify them.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers it impossible to confirm whether out-of-body travel occurs versus ordinary psychic functioning during remote viewing.
“Since it's not possible to confirm out-of-body travel versus garden variety psychic functioning, it is impossible to know if someone is actually seeing the target.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers it that when a remote viewer does actually 'see' something during a session, it is almost always a close approximation of reality rather than reality itself.
“If someone does actually "see" something, it is almost always a close approximation or a close representation of reality, but not reality itself.”
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Joseph McMoneagle describes contact with a remote viewing target as occurring for only a few nanoseconds before being broken, with the remainder of the exercise being internalised processing.
“When a viewer tastes the target, it is only for a few nanoseconds and then contact is broken. The rest of the exercise is internalized processing, or determining when strawberry is important and when it is not.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers it mythological that a remote viewer's information should be expected to increase in richness or clarity with talent, training stage, or experience.
“it is currently implied in the literature and in books, or in talks by those who really don't know, that this is what you should be striving for; and, it is mythological.”
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Joseph McMoneagle believes that humans, as cognitive beings, cannot receive remote viewing information at the waking mind without it having been processed.
“Humans are cognitive beings, and nothing reaches our waking mind that has not been processed.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that forced-choice training of the mind reduces the breadth of remote viewing response parameters and eliminates unconscious spontaneity.
“And as soon as you begin to overlay the mind with forced choice, you are simply reversing the system. You are putting the processing at the fore instead of the end, reducing the breadth of the response parameters, and eliminating unconscious spontaneity.”
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that unconscious spontaneous results account for more accuracy and detail in remote viewing than any other form of response.
“The unconscious spontaneous result accounts for more accuracy and detail in remote viewing than any other form of response.”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises remote viewers to always work totally blind to the target, with no hints, no front-loading, and no one present who knows what the target is.
“1: Always do your remote viewing totally blind to the target—no hints, no front-loading, no one in the room with you who knows what the target is, and no other possibility of information transfer other than through psychic means.”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises remote viewers to keep a notebook recording their thoughts and reasoning during sessions, to learn about their own method of internal cognitive processing.
“2: Always keep your own notebook about what you are thinking and why you are thinking it, with the goal of learning something about your method of internal cognitive processing.”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises new remote viewers to initially stick with major gestalts and slowly work into more detail, opening to whatever the subconscious wants to share.
“3: Initially try and stick with major gestalts, slowly working your way into more detail. Open to whatever your subconscious wants to share with you, when it wants to share it.”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises remote viewers to retain their sense of humour, considering the subconscious a trickster that will sometimes deliver information buried in humour.
“4: Retain your sense of humor. Your subconscious is a trickster, a joker. It will play with you. Enjoy the ride. This is important. When it can deliver information no other way, it will deliver it buried in the humor.”
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Joseph McMoneagle warns remote viewing trainees never to accept hints about the target, front-loading, or the presence of someone who knows the target while remote viewing.
“3: While learning, never, never, never accept hints about the target, accept any form of front-loading, or permit someone who knows what the target is to be in your presence while you are remote viewing.”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises against making unsubstantiated claims in remote viewing, considering it damaging to the field and something that will establish the claimant as a fool.
“6: Don't make unsubstantiated claims. It does severe damage to the field and will quickly establish you as a fool.”
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Joseph McMoneagle developed several personal techniques over the years for lulling his ego or conscious mind to sleep while attempting to produce psychic information.
“Over the years, I've developed a number of techniques for fooling my ego or conscious mind, for lulling it to sleep while I attempt to produce psychic information.”
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Joseph McMoneagle spent twenty-one years developing a mental processing model for remote viewing.
“I've spent twenty-one years developing a processing model in my head that seems to work for me about as well as anything might.”
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Joseph McMoneagle's remote viewing processing method involves repeatedly 're-tasting' the target by opening to it again multiple times in rapid succession to build a gestalt.
“I then "re-taste" the target by opening to it again. I view each re-taste as different from any other... I do this very rapidly three or four times. This begins to produce a feeling regarding the target, an overall concept—what we call a gestalt.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states he is usually totally surprised by the end result of his own remote viewing sessions, and considers greater surprise a sign of better information.
“I myself am usually totally surprised by the end result. The more surprised I am, the better I know it's going to be.”
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Joseph McMoneagle states he cannot tell the difference between good and bad remote viewing while producing it, but that being totally surprised by a result is a strong indicator that the information will be good.
“A lot of times I'm asked if I can tell the difference between good and bad remote viewing. The answer is no. However, if I'm totally surprised by the result, I can almost assure you that it will be good information.”
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Joseph McMoneagle advises that remote viewers should never analyse their own material, and that someone else should do the analysis instead.
“Remote viewers should never analyze their own material. Let someone else do that. This is especially pertinent to the learning process.”
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that a remote viewer's activity log be kept as a permanently bound book, like a diary, to reduce the temptation to remove or alter pages.
“I recommend this log be a permanently bound book, like a diary, as you will be less inclined to pull pages out of it, or attempt to modify something within it.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:41730-41886 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle uses a lab notebook with numbered, permanently bound pages to keep his remote viewing log.
“When I keep a log, I try to use a lab notebook that has numbered pages and is permanently bound. It's pretty much impossible to mix a sequence of events that way.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:41890-42048 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers it important that the person running remote viewing training also keep a very detailed event log with cross-referenced file numbers.
“The person who runs the training should also keep a very detailed event log, with cross-referenced file numbers. If they don't, you really can't trust their memory either.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:42054-42218 opinion first hand
303
Joseph McMoneagle has been operating in a science environment for over fourteen years.
“I've been operating in a science environment for over fourteen years and I can tell you that as hard as one might try to insure that everything goes about as near perfect as possible, things always go wrong.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:42481-42682 administrative first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle trained as a remote viewer without using a pre-viewing checklist, and by doing so learned to overcome the possible irritations that can interfere with remote viewing.
“Aside from number four, which you can't biologically avoid, I trained without the checklist. By doing so, I learned to overcome the possible irritations that can interfere with remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:46167-46351 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes that jumping to conclusions without obtaining considerable input thwarts the psychic process.
“Jumping to conclusions without obtaining considerable input in my opinion thwarts the psychic process.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:5461-5555 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers claims of differences in quality, ability, or accuracy between women and men in remote viewing to be fabrications and not true.
“any comments, statements, or rumors you might have heard about any differences in quality, ability, or accuracy between women and men are fabrications. They are simply not true.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:6061-6233 opinion first hand
307
Joseph McMoneagle observed that during remote viewing, women are more likely to describe a target verbally than through drawing, while men tend to do the opposite.
“During viewing women are more apt to describe the target verbally than through drawing. Men are just the opposite.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:6562-6667 observation first hand
308
Joseph McMoneagle does not believe it is possible to train someone to be psychic.
“I don't think it's possible to train someone to be psychic.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:83-134 opinion first hand
309
Joseph McMoneagle observed that women are quicker than men to point out emotion-generating events within a remote viewing session.
“Women are quicker to point out emotion-generating events within the remote viewing. Men are less inclined to talk about them.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:8781-8901 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle believes remote viewers who are closest to a psychological centre between male and female characteristics generally make the best remote viewers, though he notes there is no data to support this.
“While there is no data to support it, I believe those who are closest to the center generally make the best remote viewers.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch18:9956-10071 opinion first hand
311
Joseph McMoneagle considers blind targeting a near necessity for applications remote viewing, with the viewer knowing little or nothing about the actual target.
“So, for applications, contrary to general opinion, blind targeting is almost a necessity. The remote viewer should know little or nothing about the actual target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:10111-10266 opinion first hand
312
Double-blind targeting is a remote viewing method where no one who actually works the problem knows anything about the target, with the target sealed in an opaque envelope delivered to a further layer of people.
“There is also something known as "double-blind." That's where no one who actually works the problem knows anything about the target. The target is set up as a sealed and opaque envelope and delivered to the persons who will actually interact with the person interacting with the remote viewer.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:10289-10575 observation first hand
313
As of writing Remote Viewing Secrets: A Handbook, Joseph McMoneagle had been training in remote viewing for almost twenty-two years.
“In my own mind, I've been training now for almost twenty-two years”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:1038-1099 administrative first hand
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In applications remote viewing scenarios, double-blind targeting is almost never used because it requires a third layer of people within the remote viewing collection system.
“In applications scenarios, double blind is almost never used, mostly because it requires a third layer of people within the remote viewing collection system.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:10584-10734 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle has performed hundreds if not a thousand double-blind targets in both research and applications and has never been offended by the requirement.
“I have done hundreds if not a thousand double blind targets in research as well as applications and have never been offended.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:11434-11550 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that statistically, double-blind targets fall within about the same parameters as blind targets and are generally no more difficult.
“Statistically they fall within about the same parameters as blind targets and are generally no more difficult.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:11560-11660 opinion first hand
317
Joseph McMoneagle considers double-blind targeting essential within the structure of remote viewing research.
“Double blind targeting will always be essential within the structure of research.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:11911-11983 opinion first hand
318
Front-loading is a term that originated from remote viewing applications work, referring to providing a viewer with a minimal amount of information about the target to direct them to the important area of interest faster.
“Front-loading is an interesting term that was born out of remote viewing as it was being pursued with regard to applications only... provide remote viewers with a minimal amount of information pertinent to the target, which would get them to the important area of interest faster.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:12219-12436 observation first hand
319
Many bogus remote viewing training shops opened following the release of the original remote viewing information to the press on Nightline in 1995.
“This is especially true since so many bogus training shops opened following the release of the original remote viewing information to the press on Nightline in 1995.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:1299-1459 observation first hand
320
Joseph McMoneagle states that front-loading a remote viewer injects an enormous amount of overlay and inventive creation into the process, making it difficult to differentiate psychic information from information based on logic.
“This injects an enormous amount of overlay and inventive creation into the process. It then becomes very difficult to differentiate between what is truly psychic information, and information that is solely based on logic.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:13127-13342 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle advises that front-loading should be used sparingly, if at all.
“It should be used sparingly, if at all.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:14914-14949 opinion first hand
322
Joseph McMoneagle advises that a person should have a minimum of three years' experience tasking remote viewers before attempting front-loading them.
“If you do not have a minimum of at least three years' experience tasking remote viewers, you probably shouldn't be front-loading them.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:14958-15087 opinion first hand
323
Joseph McMoneagle proposes that identifying a real remote viewer requires demonstrated performance: maintaining a hit rate in excess of chance over a period probably exceeding a year, under a scientific testing methodology.
“Being able to demonstrate remote viewing ability over a length of time (probably exceeding a year), while consistently maintaining a hit rate in excess of chance.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:1572-1727 opinion first hand
324
Joseph McMoneagle considers that telling a remote viewer what they got right or wrong about a previously worked target is the worst kind of front-loading.
“The problem is they are also being told what they got wrong, which thoroughly frames the targeted with respect to what is desired and is the worst kind of front loading.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:15726-15887 opinion first hand
325
Joseph McMoneagle usually performs remote viewing alone, but uses two forms of support structure depending on whether the target is for research or applications.
“While I usually do all of the actual remote viewing alone, there are two forms of support structure I use dependent upon whether or not it is a research target or an application one.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:18418-18596 testimony first hand
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For over ten years, Joseph McMoneagle's wife decided how his remote viewing application targets would be presented.
“In applications, which always take place in my proximity, my wife always decides how the target will be presented. For over ten years she has been preparing my targets for me.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:19173-19345 testimony first hand
327
Joseph McMoneagle's application targets are wrapped carefully within an inner sheet and sealed inside an opaque envelope, which he never opens or breaks the seal of, even after completing the viewing.
“These are almost always wrapped very carefully within an inner sheet and then sealed well inside an envelope, usually the kind a banker would use which you can't read through. I never break the seal, nor do I ever open the envelope, even when I'm through.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:19349-19596 testimony first hand
328
Joseph McMoneagle does not assume, simply because he is asked to look at the same remote viewing target again, that he did something wrong the first time.
“I never assume that because I'm looking at the same target again, I didn't do something right.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:20061-20149 opinion first hand
329
Joseph McMoneagle assumes nothing about the quality of his own remote viewing work.
“I assume nothing about my work at all.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:20156-20190 opinion first hand
330
Joseph McMoneagle always waits for someone else to tell him how good or bad his remote viewing work was once it has been completed.
“I always let someone else tell me how good or how bad it was when it has been completed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:20195-20273 opinion first hand
331
Joseph McMoneagle does not discuss what he does for private customers, whether those customers are individuals or businesses.
“In all cases, I do not discuss what I do for private customers, whether or not they are people or businesses.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:20284-20382 administrative first hand
332
Joseph McMoneagle has occasionally asked private customers for permission to discuss his work for them.
“Occasionally I've asked for permission,”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:20394-20422 administrative first hand
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When a private customer did not grant Joseph McMoneagle permission to discuss his work for them, he does not ask again.
“but in all cases where permission was not granted, I do not ask again, nor do I violate the requirement for total confidentiality.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:20434-20548 administrative first hand
334
Joseph McMoneagle's policy of maintaining total confidentiality about private customer work has frustrated some magazine, television, or newspaper writers who wanted to use examples of his work.
“This has frustrated some magazine, television, or newspaper writers who would like to use examples of my work, but that's too bad.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:20565-20691 opinion first hand
335
Joseph McMoneagle considers that a real remote viewer should make a meaningful contribution to the field of remote viewing, either by helping to understand it or as a subject through participation.
“A remote viewer should provide something meaningful to the field of remote viewing, either in helping to understand it or as subjects through participation.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:2592-2734 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers adherence to protocol, understanding and defending the rules, a criterion for identifying a real remote viewer.
“Adherence to protocol. Like all good clubs or associations, you can prove your mettle by showing that you not only understand the rules and know why they exist, but that you clearly understand what a protocol is.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:2943-3152 opinion first hand
337
Joseph McMoneagle used the example of a Boeing 727 that had been put through a severe shaking, in transit from Panama to Miami, after the pilot made a sudden course correction to avoid hitting a smaller plane, to illustrate an applications remote viewing target.
“As an example, let's say I have a Boeing 727, which I know has just been put through a severe shaking. Perhaps it was in route from Panama to Miami, when the pilot had to make a sudden course correction to avoid hitting a smaller plane.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:4081-4311 testimony first hand
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In Project STARGATE, no one was considered a remote viewer until they finished training.
“In STARGATE we never considered anyone a remote viewer until s/he finished training.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:492-567 observation first hand
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In Joseph McMoneagle's Boeing 727 example, a remote viewer produced a crude drawing depicting what appeared to be the intersection of a main wing strut with the fuselage as the location for likely damage.
“S/he gives me a very crude drawing of what I know appears to be the intersection of a main wing strut with the fuselage. That would be the first place I would X-ray.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:5367-5528 testimony first hand
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Training in Project STARGATE was almost always a minimum of three to eighteen months, depending on the person's innate talent.
“training in our program was almost always a minimum of anywhere from three to eighteen months, usually depending upon how much innate talent the person had walking through the door”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:582-758 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle estimates there is at least a 60/40 chance that remote viewing will assist in an applications scenario such as aircraft damage assessment.
“In truth, there's probably a 60/40 chance at minimum, the remote viewing is going to help.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:5964-6049 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle states that, as with the Boeing 727 example, a remote viewer can sometimes reduce a search area for a target such as a terrorist crossing a border by 80 percent immediately.
“As with the Boeing 727, a viewer can sometimes reduce your search area by 80% immediately.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:6636-6714 opinion first hand
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Someone with a lot of natural talent for remote viewing could usually become quite productive within ninety days of training in Project STARGATE.
“Someone with a lot of natural talent could usually be quite productive within ninety days.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:764-849 observation first hand
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Some trainees in Project STARGATE with very little natural talent either took the full term of training or failed to complete it.
“Those with very little either took the full term of training, or failed to complete it. (Yes, we did have those too.)”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:855-967 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle considers that being a remote viewer cannot really be based on training alone.
“In my own opinion, you can't really base it on training at all.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch22:974-1033 opinion first hand
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Ingo Swann was a well-known psychic and remote viewer who worked with the laboratory at SRI International.
“Ingo Swann, a well-known psychic and remote viewer with the laboratory at SRI-International, and one of the original participants in the CIA evaluations of remote viewing back in the early 1970s, made astounding predictions concerning the outlying planets in our solar system.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:11646-11915 administrative first hand
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Ingo Swann was one of the original participants in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) evaluations of remote viewing in the early 1970s.
“one of the original participants in the CIA evaluations of remote viewing back in the early 1970s”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:11743-11835 administrative first hand
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Ingo Swann made predictions concerning the outlying planets of the solar system up to two years before those planets were first visited by deep space exploration and information-collection satellites.
“He made these predictions up to two years prior to these planets being first visited by deep space explorer/information collection satellites.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:11923-12054 testimony second hand
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Ingo Swann showed no significant decline in accuracy for his outlying-planet predictions compared with other targets he worked while at SRI International.
“There was no significant decline in his accuracy for these targets over any other targets he worked while at SRI-International.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:12066-12179 opinion first hand
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Dozens of targets worked by viewers within Project STARGATE made successful predictions relating to events involving people, places, or things, generally 90 to 365 days out.
“Literally dozens of targets worked by viewers within the STARGATE Program made successful predictions relating to events involving people, places, or things, generally out to between 90 and 365 days.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:12195-12389 testimony first hand
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Some of Joseph McMoneagle's predictions in his own files are valid out to about 15 to 17 years.
“More than a few predictions I've made within my files are valid out to about 15-17 years.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:12395-12478 testimony first hand
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Believers in Edgar Cayce's predictions hold that there is a probable ceiling of about fifty years to accurate predictions.
“If you believe in the predictions of Edgar Cayce, then you have to believe that there is a probable ceiling of about fifty or so years to accurate predictions.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:12612-12759 opinion first hand
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Believers in some of Nostradamus's predictions extend their ceiling of belief in accurate prediction out to about four hundred plus years.
“If you buy some of what Nostradamus is saying, then you are increasing your ceiling of belief out to about four hundred plus years.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:12772-12897 opinion first hand
354
In Joseph McMoneagle's experience, most remote viewers targeting something in the present usually provide information pertinent to the target in the past and future as well.
“What if I told you that, in my experience, most remote viewers who target something in the present usually provide some information that is pertinent to the target in the past and future?”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:2942-3122 opinion first hand
355
Joseph McMoneagle's first remote viewing target involved perceiving a red bicycle in a bicycle rack outside the front door of the target building, which was not there when the target was set but arrived by the time of feedback.
“I saw a red bicycle in a bicycle rack outside the front door of the target building. The outbounder didn't see one, because no bicycle was there when it was being targeted. But, when the remote viewing was completed and we all went back to the target for my feedback, someone rode in on a red bicycle and parked it in the rack, sort of fulfilling the prophecy.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:3259-3610 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle once conducted a series of targets at SRI International for which no specific time of interest was mentioned, and every one of those sessions failed.
“I once did a whole series of targets at SRI-International for which no specific time of interest was mentioned. Every single one failed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:4618-4747 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle later found that buildings he had described in remote-viewing sessions with no time of interest specified at SRI International were actually built at those specific target sites years later.
“It was years later that buildings I had described in those remote-viewing sessions were actually built at those specific target sites.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:4755-4883 testimony first hand
358
Joseph McMoneagle has waited fourteen to seventeen years in numerous cases for confirmation of a remote viewing of the past.
“In numerous cases I have waited fourteen to seventeen years for confirmation on a remote viewing of the past.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:6871-6975 testimony first hand
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At a lecture Joseph McMoneagle gave in Lynchburg, Virginia, an audience member told him that one cannot remote view past the end of the Mayan Calendar.
“You can't remote view past the end of the Mayan Calendar. Someone actually said this to me at a lecture I gave in Lynchburg, Virginia.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:8795-8921 hearsay second hand
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Joseph McMoneagle replied to the claim that one cannot remote view past the end of the Mayan Calendar by saying the person could be right, but he seriously doubted it.
“To which I replied; "You could be right, but I seriously doubt it."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch23:8931-8994 opinion first hand
361
Joseph McMoneagle considers thorough record keeping necessary both to sustain scientific claims and to defend one's work in a court of law.
“when it comes to making claims, it is the only thing that will suffice scientifically, or in a court of law.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:1000-1104 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends using an alphanumeric target identification number to cross-correlate all materials while splitting the materials into different files kept in different file cabinets, safes, or locations.
“Use the alpha/numeric target identification-number to cross-correlate all materials, but split the materials up into different files. Maintain the different files in different file cabinets, safes, or locations.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:10260-10461 opinion first hand
363
Joseph McMoneagle recommends shredding or otherwise rendering unreadable all materials connected to a specific customer before discarding them.
“Shred or otherwise make unreadable, all materials, storage media, or other sources of information identifiably connected to a specific customer, which you are going to throw away, or otherwise discard.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:10476-10669 opinion first hand
364
Joseph McMoneagle recommends that sensitive corporate materials be encrypted if stored on computer media, or otherwise stored in an approved safe or security container.
“Very proprietary, close-hold, or sensitive corporate materials either passed to you by a customer, or produced on behalf of a customer should be encrypted if stored in computer media; or, as a minimum, be stored within an approved safe or security container.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:10835-11083 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that on completion of a project, materials no longer needed should be returned to the customer through secure means or destroyed with the customer's permission.
“On completion of a project, all materials that are no longer necessary to your own operation should either be returned to the customer through secure means, or should (with their permission) be destroyed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:11137-11331 opinion first hand
366
Joseph McMoneagle's rule of thumb for transmitting sensitive information is to hand-deliver it if loss could be life-threatening, use registered mail if loss could cause severe damage, use certified mail with receipt required if loss could prove embarrassing, and otherwise use regular First Class Mail.
“A rule of thumb that I've always used: if loss of the information could be life-threatening, or be devastating to a company or individual, hand deliver it. If it could really do severe damage, then use registered mail. If it would prove embarrassing to an individual or corporation, then use certified, receipt required; and in all other cases, regular First Class Mail.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:11827-12192 opinion first hand
367
Joseph McMoneagle advises never discussing a remote viewing target over a cell phone and discussing it as little as possible over a regular phone.
“Never discuss the target over a cell phone. Discuss it as little as possible over a regular phone.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:12305-12397 opinion first hand
368
Joseph McMoneagle advises that the rule for record keeping in research or formal studies is to keep everything, including every note, logbook, and audio or videotape, even materials that were failures.
“The rule about record keeping for research or formal studies is: keep everything. Every note, page—printed or written, every logbook, every audio or videotape, even the materials that you've totally screwed up, you keep, all appropriately labeled and filed away.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:139-396 opinion first hand
369
Joseph McMoneagle states that memory cannot be trusted and will fail, which is why thorough records must be kept.
“If you trust your memory, I tell you it will fail.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:1652-1697 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that an experimental notebook be firmly bound with pages that cannot be removed or added, all numbered in sequential order.
“The experimental notebook should be firmly bound and you should not be able to remove pages from it, or add to them. It should have all the pages numbered somewhere in sequential order.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:1745-1924 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle notes that in most scientific areas, experimental notebooks are required to be time- and date-stamped and initialled by a second party at the end of the workday.
“In most scientific areas, notebooks are required to be time/dated, and initialed by a second party at the end of the workday.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:2234-2351 observation
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Joseph McMoneagle keeps his own experimental notes in black ink because it makes better copies.
“I always keep my notes in black ink, as it makes better copies.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:2474-2530 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle labels his own notebooks sequentially, such as Book One and Book Two, though he seldom uses more than a single book per experiment.
“I keep my notebooks labeled sequentially, Book One, Book Two, etc., although I seldom use more than a single book for any specific experiment in which I'm required to keep one.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:2538-2710 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle writes the specific date at the beginning of each notebook entry day and notes the location, since it may change.
“At the beginning of each day, I write down the specific date and note the location(s), as they may change.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:2715-2814 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle enters the time for each entry or paragraph along the left side of his notebook page.
“Along the left side of the page I usually enter the time for each entry or paragraph, drawing, etc.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:2822-2917 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle's notebooks are sometimes lined like graph paper with quarter-inch squares of light blue lines, and sometimes like writing paper.
“My notebooks are lined like graph paper sometimes, and sometimes like writing paper. As graph paper, they are usually quarter inch squares of light blue lines.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:2922-3075 testimony first hand
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For a specific experiment, Joseph McMoneagle lists where it takes place, the start and stop dates and times, who is present, their specific jobs, and what is expected and observed to take place.
“For a specific experiment, I list where it's taking place, the pertinent start/stop dates, and times. I list who is present and what their specific jobs are relating to the experiment, what is going to take place in the experiment (both expected as well as observed).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:3272-3529 testimony first hand
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When Joseph McMoneagle is the viewer in an experiment, he usually performs the remote viewing separately from the notebook because it is registered and filed separately.
“If I'm the viewer, I will usually do the remote viewing separately from the notebook, only because it is registered and filed separately.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:3673-3799 testimony first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends labelling materials sequentially within each category, such as audio Tape 1, 2, and 3, Logbook A, B, or C, and Experimenter's Personal Diary editions.
“you should label everything in any single category sequentially, like; audio Tape 1, 2, and 3; Logbook A, B, or C; Experimenter's Personal Diary, Edition One, Edition Two, etc.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:411-583 opinion first hand
380
Joseph McMoneagle recommends that computer records be backed up with copies stored in a separate facility from the computers, such as a bank safety deposit box or an off-premises fire-rated safe.
“Computer records should always be backed up and the backup copies should be maintained in a separate facility from where the computers are located. This probably should be a safety deposit box at a bank, or within a fire-rated safe somewhere off premises.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:4526-4772 opinion first hand
381
Joseph McMoneagle recommends against rotating permanent-record backup tapes the way one would rotate operational software backup tapes.
“Remember, this is a permanent record, so do not rotate the tapes, as you might do with operational software backup tapes.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:4834-4949 opinion first hand
382
Joseph McMoneagle recommends that computer files be copied and maintained by both the originator and a witness, with the witness denied access to their copies except for court proceedings or to validate research material.
“Computer files should probably be copied and copies maintained by both the originator as well as a witness. The witness should not allow access to their copies of the tapes, except when they may be required in a court of law, or to validate or confirm material and statements in support of the research.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:4957-5251 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that logbook interior pages be numbered and glued in so it is easy to see if pages have been removed or added later.
“The interior pages of the logbook should be numbered and glued in, so you can easily see if pages have been removed or added later.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:588-713 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle observes that most of the good remote viewers he knows are overwhelmed with requests for support, mostly from non-paying clients.
“Most of the really good remote viewers I know are buried up to their eyeballs in requests for support (mostly from non-paying clients, I would add), and they just don't have time to do all the work this would entail.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:5914-6123 observation first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends that, for an applications-type target, records include the requestor's information: name, address, phone numbers, contact information, specific tasking or requirement, and any guidance sheets or materials sent pertinent to the task.
“Requestor's information: that is name, address, phone numbers, contact information, specific tasking or requirement for information, any guidance sheets, materials, or facsimiles they sent pertinent to the task at hand.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:6558-6772 opinion first hand
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Joseph McMoneagle recommends recording the actual targeting information used to point the viewer, including how and what was said or presented, and any questions shared with the viewer during the task.
“Actual targeting information that was used to point the viewer in the right direction. How it was given to the viewer, specifically what was said or presented, any questions or inquiries that might have been shared with the viewer while s/he was working on the target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:6782-7043 opinion first hand
387
Joseph McMoneagle puts what he produces as a remote viewer in a manila envelope and writes the actual targeting number on the outside.
“Normally, I put what I produce in a manila envelope and write the actual targeting number on the outside.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:7156-7253 testimony first hand
388
Joseph McMoneagle recommends dated file records noting when materials were made, who was present, what they pertained to, why, the expected results, and the actual results.
“There should be dated file records for when all the materials were made, who was present, what it pertained to, why, and if possible the expected results as well as the actual results.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:720-896 opinion first hand
389
Joseph McMoneagle's wife usually writes the randomly chosen alphanumeric targeting identification number on the outside of the targeting envelope.
“The targeting number is the randomly chosen alpha/numeric identification number my wife usually writes on the outside of the targeting envelope.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:7262-7397 testimony first hand
390
Joseph McMoneagle produces a summary sheet at the end of a project listing anything else considered important that is not found in the other material.
“At the end of the project, I usually do a summary sheet, which lists anything else that is not to be found in the other material that I might consider important.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:7538-7689 testimony first hand
391
Joseph McMoneagle recommends that everyone who participated in an applications effort be noted, since this can help later in checking a point or recreating the circumstances.
“Everyone who participated in the applications effort should be noted. Sometimes this proves of value when you need to later check a point, or try to recreate the circumstances within which something was determined.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:8123-8326 opinion first hand
392
Joseph McMoneagle always provides his customers with interim and final reports on their targets.
“I always provide my customer with interim and final reports on their targets.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:8339-8408 testimony first hand
393
Joseph McMoneagle states that any communication between the customer and the remote viewer is forbidden between the time targeting materials are passed to the viewer and the final report is mailed.
“Remember, any communications between the customer and the remote viewer is forbidden between the time the targeting materials have been passed to the viewer and the final report is mailed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:8629-8810 opinion first hand
394
Joseph McMoneagle's interim and final reports include the drawings he has made and a detailed narrative of what he explored.
“All my interim, as well as final reports, will include whatever drawings I have made and a detailed narrative of what I've explored.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:8954-9077 testimony first hand
395
Joseph McMoneagle sometimes deliberately omits parts of his drawings from reports if he perceives they would be confusing or misleading to the customer, though this is rare.
“Sometimes I will deliberately cull parts or sections of the drawings if it's my perception that they would be confusing or misleading to the customer, based on the narrative. But, this is very rare.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:9087-9280 testimony first hand
396
Joseph McMoneagle uses a considerable number of footnotes in his reports to explain why or how something might have entered his consciousness during a remote viewing session.
“In most cases, I will use a considerable number of footnotes to try to explain why or how something might have been entering my consciousness.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:9286-9414 testimony first hand
397
Joseph McMoneagle keeps records of his remote viewing work for the same time limit required for taxes, a period of six to seven years, after which he extracts what he considers scientifically or historically important and destroys the rest.
“I try to keep the records of what I do for the same time limit as required for taxes—a period of six to seven years. After that, I glean whatever I might feel is important from them from a scientific or historical standpoint and then destroy them.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch24:9797-10039 testimony first hand
398
Joseph McMoneagle considers ego probably the most destructive element among the bad habits a remote viewer might display.
“In fact, ego is probably the most destructive element in all of the bad habits one might display as a viewer.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:10748-10850 opinion first hand
399
Joseph McMoneagle considers feeling comfortable in one's workspace more important than the workspace introducing fantasy or overlay into the remote viewing process.
“Some believe that anything in the workspace introduces fantasy or overlay into the process. I do not believe this to be true. In my experience, feeling comfortable in your workspace is more important.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:11783-11973 opinion first hand
400
Joseph McMoneagle considers a fully soundproofed room probably not essential to remote viewing ability, contrary to a belief once held by everyone in the field.
“There was a time when everyone believed that a soundproofed room was essential to viewing ability. This is probably wrong. ... but it isn't essential to remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:12732-12921 opinion first hand
401
S. James P. Spottiswoode's Local Sidereal Time study data is only pertinent to the Northern hemisphere, since that is where it was collected.
“The data that James studied is only pertinent to the Northern hemisphere, as that is where it was collected”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:1285-1383 observation
402
In the mid-1980s, Joseph McMoneagle participated in a number of experiments with Stephen LaBerge in his sleep lab, in which McMoneagle was tasked with creating a lucid dream and then, upon becoming lucid, performing a remote viewing of a randomly designated target.
“Back in the mid-1980s, I participated in a number of experiments with Steven LaBerge in his sleep lab. I was tasked with creating a lucid dream, a state in which I knew I was asleep, but awake and dreaming. Once I realized I was lucid dreaming, it was my task to do a remote viewing of a randomly designated target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:14440-14748 testimony first hand
403
Joseph McMoneagle's lucid dreaming and remote viewing experiments with Stephen LaBerge were successful on a number of occasions.
“We were successful on a number of occasions. In fact, some of these successes were absolutely astounding.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:14756-14850 testimony first hand
404
Joseph McMoneagle considers the lucid dream state, though difficult to initiate and maintain, quite conducive to remote viewing, and believes the discipline required to control it supports the discipline required for viewing.
“I believe that while the lucid dream state is difficult to initiate, difficult to maintain or use, it is quite conducive to remote viewing, and the discipline it takes to control such a state supports the kind of discipline required for viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:14862-15099 opinion first hand
405
After his 1970 near-death experience, Joseph McMoneagle had continuing spontaneous Out-of-Body Experiences but could not control them.
“After my near-death experience in 1970, I had continuing spontaneous OBEs, but could not control them.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:16077-16174 testimony first hand
406
In 1983, Joseph McMoneagle believed Robert Monroe was the one person in the world he trusted who claimed he could control Out-of-Body Experiences.
“In 1983, there was one man in the world who I felt I could trust who claimed he could control them, and that was Robert Monroe.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:16180-16300 testimony first hand
407
Robert Monroe had been experiencing Out-of-Body Experiences since 1958 and had demonstrated his control over them.
“He had been experiencing OBEs since 1958, and had demonstrated his control over these remarkable events.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:16308-16405 testimony second hand
408
In the fall of 1983, Joseph McMoneagle attended a Gateway Voyage seminar at the Monroe Institute in Virginia and afterward asked Robert Monroe for help controlling his Out-of-Body Experiences.
“So, I attended a Gateway Voyage seminar at the Monroe Institute, Virginia, in the fall of 1983, after which I asked if he could help me.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:16413-16546 testimony first hand
409
Joseph McMoneagle worked with Robert Monroe in his lab for nearly fourteen months and was finally successful in learning to control his Out-of-Body Experience ability, though not as well as Monroe.
“We worked together in his lab for a period of nearly fourteen months, where I was finally successful in learning to control the ability, albeit, not as well as he.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:16550-16710 testimony first hand
410
Joseph McMoneagle and Robert Monroe were able to visit a number of targets both in the Out-of-Body sense and through remote viewing.
“We were able to visit a number of targets in both the Out of Body sense and through remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:16714-16805 testimony first hand
411
Joseph McMoneagle found that there was a substantial increase in control over his remote viewing ability as a result of his Out-of-Body Experience training with Robert Monroe.
“I did find that there was substantial increase in control over my remote viewing ability as a result of the experience.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:16938-17046 testimony first hand
412
Joseph McMoneagle strongly recommends attending a Gateway Voyage seminar for personal growth and insight.
“If for no other reason than personal growth and insight, I strongly recommend a Gateway Voyage seminar.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:17176-17271 opinion first hand
413
Joseph McMoneagle considers music one of the best ways to relax.
“One of the best ways is through music.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:17611-17643 opinion first hand
414
Joseph McMoneagle recommends soothing, soft music for relaxation rather than stimulating music such as drums, rock, or heavy metal.
“I'm not talking about music that is stimulating, like drums, rock, or heavy metal. I'm talking about softer types of music, oriented toward soothing the nerves or mood.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:17650-17813 opinion first hand
415
Joseph McMoneagle found that people who can master relaxation do better with remote viewing than those who cannot.
“I've found that those who can master it do far better with remote viewing than those who cannot.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:18764-18853 testimony first hand
416
When Altered States of Consciousness was published in 1990, there were very few serious scientific articles or publications available referencing meditation, though considerably more have since become available.
“When this book was published there were very few serious articles or publications available referencing meditation, at least scientifically. I'm happy to say there are now considerably more.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:19533-19718 observation first hand
417
Joseph McMoneagle considers physical relaxation to play a great deal of a role in the ability to meditate.
“Physical relaxation plays a great deal in the ability to meditate”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:20042-20099 opinion first hand
418
Practiced meditation gives people the ability to deal with distractions, processing them quickly and putting them away while returning to a state of deeper thought.
“One of the unique benefits of practiced meditation is the ability to deal with distractions. Those who have mastered a technique of meditation usually display an ability to deal quickly with a distraction, process it, then put it away while returning to the state of deeper thought.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:20243-20517 opinion first hand
419
Joseph McMoneagle believes that the ability to meditate well translates into more frequent successes when attempting remote viewing.
“I can tell you that your ability to meditate well will translate into more frequent successes when attempting remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:21087-21204 opinion first hand
420
Joseph McMoneagle recommends practising self-induced hypnotic states while practising remote viewing and correcting deficiencies in viewing, so as to entrain oneself to respond automatically to what is necessary for a successful result.
“So, if you practice self-induced hypnotic states while you are practicing your remote viewing and correcting deficiencies in your viewing as you go, you will be entraining yourself to respond automatically to what is necessary to produce a positive or successful result.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:22259-22522 opinion first hand
421
Joseph McMoneagle considers theological and philosophical belief to be absolutely essential to remote viewing.
“Both are absolutely essential to remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:23146-23186 opinion first hand
422
Joseph McMoneagle believes that where a person positions themselves philosophically or theologically determines their acceptance of how or why paranormal things happen.
“In either case, where you position yourself philosophically or theologically determines your acceptance of how or why some things happen.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:23655-23785 opinion first hand
423
Joseph McMoneagle believes that being too closed philosophically or theologically (too disbelieving) makes a person insufficiently open to allow remote viewing to operate, and that being too open makes a person unable to acknowledge the rules within which remote viewing must operate; both extremes are destructive.
“If you are way off to one end, let's assume the right, you are probably not open enough to allow remote viewing to operate. If you are way off to the left, you are probably too open, too airy or flighty to deal with it. ... Too much of either end of the seesaw will be destructive.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:23942-24210 opinion first hand
424
Joseph McMoneagle believes that being exposed to remote viewing should move a person who is philosophically or theologically at an extreme more towards the centre.
“As one is exposed to remote viewing, it should move those somewhat to the right or left more towards the center or fulcrum point.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:24693-24816 opinion first hand
425
Joseph McMoneagle believes it is the responsibility of those who introduce people to remote viewing, whether scientists, self-appointed instructors, gurus, or an official government agency, to ensure proper guidance is provided regarding philosophic or theological changes.
“It is the responsibility of those who introduce people to remote viewing (be they scientists, self-appointed instructors, anointed gurus, or an official government agency) to insure that proper guidance is provided with regard to philosophic or theological changes and appropriate roadmaps.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:25095-25376 opinion first hand
426
Joseph McMoneagle believes that in most cases, those who introduce people to remote viewing make no effort to address philosophic or theological guidance, and do not even know how or acknowledge the responsibility.
“In most cases they not only make no effort to address it in any way, they do not even know how, or acknowledge this responsibility.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:25386-25502 opinion first hand
427
Joseph McMoneagle observes that most scientists he knows who claim to be atheistic still believe there are rules by which reality operates, and in most cases have been more resistant to accepting paranormal phenomena than those with a religious bent.
“In fact, most scientists that I know who claim to be atheistic do believe there are rules to how reality operates and in most cases they have dug their heels in a lot harder against paranormal phenomenon than those who have a religious bent.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:25808-26044 observation first hand
428
Joseph McMoneagle observes that many individuals are openly hostile to remote viewing because some remote viewers refuse to acknowledge God as the power behind their viewing ability.
“Many individuals are openly hostile to remote viewing because some remote viewers refuse to acknowledge God as the eminent power behind their viewing ability.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:26138-26288 observation first hand
429
Joseph McMoneagle observes that some remote viewers ascribe their ability to God's power, which usually generates hostility from others.
“Some viewers ascribe their ability to God's power, which usually generates hostility from the other side of the fence.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:26297-26409 observation first hand
430
Joseph McMoneagle personally ascribes to what would be considered by many to be a god, but by others a rule of order, and views God and the rules by which reality operates as one and the same.
“I ascribe to what would be considered a god by many, but a rule of order by others. In my view, God and the rules by which reality operate are one and the same.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:27129-27284 opinion first hand
431
Joseph McMoneagle believes that when someone is first exposed to remote viewing, their philosophical position at that time determines their baseline, upon which all subsequent changes are built.
“When someone is first exposed to remote viewing, where s/he is philosophically on that day and at that time, determines his or her baseline. All changes that occur from that point forward are built upon that baseline.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:29499-29707 opinion first hand
432
Joseph McMoneagle's location for his Local Sidereal Time graph example is at 37 degrees North Latitude.
“The following graph depicts what Local Sidereal Time actually looks like for my location (at 37 degrees North Latitude) for the period January of 1997 through the end of the year.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:2977-3151 administrative first hand
433
Joseph McMoneagle recommends that a dowsing pendulum can be made by tying a small weighted object to a short string or cord.
“The least complicated instrument is the pendulum. You can make a pendulum by tying almost any small weighted object to a short string or cord.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:30662-30799 opinion first hand
434
Joseph McMoneagle has found that fine string or fishing line works best for a dowsing pendulum, and that using a smaller but heavier weighted object performs well, especially where there might be a breeze or wind.
“I have found that the finer string or fishing line is best, and using a smaller but heavier weighted object does well, especially where there might be a breeze or wind.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:30805-30968 opinion first hand
435
Joseph McMoneagle's own dowsing pendulum has a small recess under the eye that can be filled with a small item related to what is being searched for, such as gold, water, or threads from someone's clothing.
“I've included pictures of my own pendulum (figure 2a). It also has a small recess under the eye which you can fill with a small bit of whatever you might be looking for, such as gold, water, or threads from someone's clothing (fig 2b).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:31181-31412 observation first hand
436
Joseph McMoneagle explains that the dowsing pendulum method involves hanging the pendulum from a short string over a map and allowing the subconscious to control its motion while focusing on a specific question.
“The idea is to hang the pendulum from a short string and then allow your subconscious to control the action of the pendulum while focusing on a specific question.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:31427-31580 opinion first hand
437
Joseph McMoneagle explains that as a dowsing pendulum crosses areas of a map where a sought object is not located it produces a simple, unchanging motion, and when it crosses the correct location it suddenly changes direction.
“As the pendulum crosses areas of the map in which the ring is not located, it will produce a simple motion that will not change... When you hit the place on the map in which the ring is located, it will suddenly change directions.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:31939-32208 opinion first hand
438
Joseph McMoneagle recommends calibrating a dowsing pendulum before use by holding it over a blank sheet of paper and stating "This is yes" and "This is no" to observe its differing reactions.
“A simple way to do that would be to hold the pendulum over a blank sheet of paper and simply state, "This is yes," and "This is no." The pendulum should react differently for each statement.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:32464-32644 opinion first hand
439
Joseph McMoneagle recommends using a dowsing pendulum to answer binary questions if there is no time to set up an Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) protocol.
“If you don't have time to set up an ARV protocol to pursue the binary answer to something, you can use your pendulum... I would only use the pendulum for this if I didn't have time to pursue an answer through the use of ARV.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:33253-33553 opinion first hand
440
Joseph McMoneagle describes a blinking method of dowsing that does not require a pendulum, where the practitioner gives themselves a command not to blink unless a straight edge is directly over the correct site while sliding it across a map.
“There is a shortcut to the above method that does not require a pendulum. You simply give yourself a command to not blink your eyes unless the straight edge is directly over the correct site... You simply try not to blink while sliding the straight edge horizontally or vertically across the map. When you do blink, that is the point at which you should draw your line.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:34792-35221 opinion first hand
441
Joseph McMoneagle suggests the blinking dowsing method can be used discreetly, such as giving oneself the command "Blink when this person is lying" while talking with a stranger, or "Blink when I'm looking in the right direction" at a crime scene.
“For example, while talking with a stranger you've never met, give yourself the command, "Blink when this person is lying." Or, while at a crime scene if you are wondering where to look for the most important evidence, you might scan the surroundings while at the same time giving yourself the command, "Blink when I'm looking in the right direction."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:35354-35693 opinion first hand
442
A divination tool similar to the one used by the Oracle of Delphi can be constructed using a shallow dish with a bowl-shaped bottom and a mirrored surface, which can be created by gluing a sheet of aluminium foil to the interior of the bowl if a mirrored surface is unavailable.
“If you would like to construct a divination tool very much like the one used by the Oracle of Delphi, it's really very easy. You need to find a shallow dish with a bowl shaped bottom, and a mirrored surface. If you can't find one with a mirrored surface, you can create the mirrored surface by gluing a sheet of aluminum foil to the interior of the bowl (figure 1).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:38782-39145 opinion first hand
443
Joseph McMoneagle advises that, as with any form of paranormal information gathering, one should not automatically assume any vision presented during scrying is a literal representation of fact, since in most cases the subconscious will mask the real information.
“I will share one very important hint. As in any form of paranormal information gathering, do not automatically assume any vision presented is a literal representation of fact. In most cases, your subconscious will mask the real information.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:39594-39822 opinion first hand
444
Joseph McMoneagle considers it worth paying attention to Local Sidereal Time when doing remote viewing.
“But it can be said that if you are interested in doing good remote viewing, you should be paying attention to Local Sidereal Time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:4949-5074 opinion first hand
445
S. James P. Spottiswoode was the Operations Officer for the Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory.
“The Operations Officer for the Laboratories for the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory (CSL), S. James P. Spottiswoode, recognized an apparent association between the effect sizes in free response anomalous cognition experiments and local Sidereal time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:505-748 administrative
446
Joseph McMoneagle considers consuming caffeine or alcohol before remote viewing probably not a good idea, since anything that increases or decreases stimulation of the nervous system could be contraindicated.
“Just about anything that increases or decreases stimulation of the nervous system could be considered contraindicated. So, consuming caffeine or alcohol is probably not a good idea.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:7297-7473 opinion first hand
447
Joseph McMoneagle recommends not attempting remote viewing immediately after consuming a large meal, especially one containing a great deal of hard-to-digest material such as meat or acid-bearing foods.
“You should not try to do remote viewing immediately after consuming a large meal, especially a meal that contains a great deal of hard-to-digest material like meat, or acid-bearing foods.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:7664-7845 opinion first hand
448
Joseph McMoneagle considers a positive "can-do" attitude essential to remote viewing success.
“A positive "can-do" attitude is essential to remote viewing success.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch25:9507-9567 opinion first hand
449
Joseph McMoneagle has seen no evidence that a person's morality or ethical behaviour mediates their psychic talent in any way.
“I have seen absolutely no evidence that a person's morality or ethical behavior mediates talent in any way.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:10304-10407 observation first hand
450
Joseph McMoneagle considers that a morally corrupt person can be just as good at remote viewing or psychic ability as someone who is not morally corrupt.
“A morally corrupt person can be just as good at it as someone who isn't.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:10583-10653 opinion first hand
451
Joseph McMoneagle considers that the ability to be psychic or do remote viewing is based on innate talent, the amount of practice done during a lifetime, and the appropriate application of technique and protocol, none of which relate to a person's ethics.
“In my own point of view, the ability to be psychic or do remote viewing is purely based on innate talent, the amount of exercise or practice you've had doing it during your lifetime, and the appropriate application of technique and protocol—none of which have anything at all to do with a person's ethics.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:11386-11684 opinion first hand
452
Joseph McMoneagle favours starting personal ethical standards from the personal rights and freedoms guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
“Being American, I favor at least starting with the personal rights and freedoms our forefathers guaranteed us with the Constitution.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:1444-1563 opinion first hand
453
Since Project STARGATE was terminated, Joseph McMoneagle has had interaction with dozens of television production companies, a number of newspaper, magazine and book writers, and live and taped radio show hosts.
“Since then, I've had interaction with dozens of television production companies, a number of newspaper, magazine, and book writers, and live and taped radio show hosts.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:17153-17315 testimony first hand
454
Joseph McMoneagle considers that few of the media companies he interacted with regarding remote viewing were ethical in how they approached the subject matter.
“I would like to say that all of them have been ethical in how they approached the serious subject matter, or me, or others connected with remote viewing or its research. In fact, few have.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:17322-17505 opinion first hand
455
Joseph McMoneagle observed that many television programmes seeking film footage about remote viewing were only loosely disguised as news programming while existing for entertainment purposes, and in some cases sensationalised or trivialised the truth to make a better story.
“Many of the programs looking for film footage were only loosely disguised as news programming, when their very existence is for entertainment purposes only. In some cases, they did everything possible to sensationalize or trivialize the truth to make a better story.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:17512-17772 observation first hand
456
Joseph McMoneagle observed that many in the media assumed an attitude of ridicule toward remote viewing before conducting their first interviews.
“Many in the media automatically assumed an attitude of ridicule long before they did their first interviews, took their first foot of film, or asked their first interview question.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:18078-18249 observation first hand
457
Joseph McMoneagle considers the Internet the greatest source of disinformation available to the public.
“the Internet system is the greatest source of disinformation available to the public today.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:18986-19071 opinion first hand
458
Joseph McMoneagle suggests that anyone seeking facts or truth about remote viewing on the Internet should accept what they find with scepticism or verify it independently.
“I would strongly suggest that if you seek out facts or truth regarding remote viewing on the Internet, accept whatever you find with a large grain of salt, or go to the trouble to verify it.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:19788-19975 opinion first hand
459
Joseph McMoneagle believes ethical behaviour should be positive and constructive, not negative or destructive.
“So, all ethical behavior should be positive and constructive and not negative or destructive.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:2023-2104 opinion first hand
460
Joseph McMoneagle considers that there being no ethical reasons preventing a remote viewer or psychic from invading someone's privacy is a clearly wrong belief.
“There is a belief that since no one ever knows when or where a remote viewer or psychic penetrates reality, there are no ethical reasons why they shouldn't. This is clearly wrong.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:3507-3680 opinion first hand
461
Joseph McMoneagle's editor suggested that until a law regarding telepathy is written, the best anyone can do is sympathise.
“Even my editor suggested that until a law is written, the best anyone can do is "sympathize."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:4148-4229 testimony second hand
462
Joseph McMoneagle believes that the least anyone should do regarding telepathy and privacy law is acknowledge the intent and spirit of the law and follow it.
“The least that anyone should do is acknowledge the intent and spirit of the law, and then follow it.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:4254-4351 opinion first hand
463
Joseph McMoneagle holds that when parents ask him to find an adult son or daughter, he can only try to locate them and deliver a message of concern, not give the location directly to the parents, because doing so would violate the son or daughter's privacy.
“If parents come to me and ask that I find their son or daughter, and the son or daughter is over the age of consent, I can do only what the parent would ask a private detective or policeman to do: try to locate the son or daughter, and then attempt to deliver a message of concern from the parents to them. I cannot give the location to the parents directly, as that would be a violation of the son or daughter's privacy.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:4859-5272 opinion first hand
464
Joseph McMoneagle considers that a remote viewer or psychic does nothing more than a good criminal profiler does, providing a best guess based on perceived and disconnected details.
“I don't think a remote viewer or psychic does anything more than what a very good criminal profiler does—provide a best guess based on perceived and otherwise disconnected detail(s).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:6125-6304 opinion first hand
465
Joseph McMoneagle assumes that all creative processes are nothing more than remote viewing or psychic functioning.
“First, I automatically assume all creative processes to be nothing more than remote viewing or psychic functioning in any event.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:6801-6923 opinion first hand
466
Joseph McMoneagle believes that using remote viewing to target an individual or company in order to collect ideas to use first is not ethically or morally responsible and constitutes industrial espionage.
“Targeting an individual or a company in order to collect ideas that you can use first is not ethically or morally responsible... that's still industrial espionage.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch26:7961-8075 opinion first hand
467
Joseph McMoneagle has been building his own target pool for remote viewing practice for about ten years.
“I've been building my target pool that I use for practice for about ten years.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:10663-10735 testimony first hand
468
Joseph McMoneagle selected most of his practice targets either by photographing them himself or by obtaining copyright-free photographs from commercial sources.
“Most of the targets I've selected I have either photographed myself, or have obtained by looking through thousands of copyright-free photographs available through commercial sources.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:10742-10916 testimony first hand
469
Joseph McMoneagle recommends practising a remote viewing session for no more than fifteen minutes initially.
“Work at it for no more than fifteen minutes. Whatever you get in fifteen minutes is probably all you're going to get, initially.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:13024-13142 opinion first hand
470
Joseph McMoneagle believes almost everyone who has ever been tested in a laboratory shows some degree of remote viewing ability.
“just about everyone who's ever walked into a lab and been tested shows some degree of remote viewing ability”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:1317-1418 opinion first hand
471
Joseph McMoneagle recommends always working a remote viewing target randomly and blind.
“Always choose your target randomly and always work it as a blind target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:13368-13433 opinion first hand
472
Joseph McMoneagle states that remote viewers commonly experience recognizable plateaus in progress that can last for weeks or months.
“The results actually speak for themselves. What you find in most cases are very recognizable plateaus. These are like resting places... These can last for weeks or months.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:14294-14420 opinion first hand
473
Joseph McMoneagle considers that anyone can remote view, but only about one-half of one percent can do it really well.
“Anyone can remote view; only about one-half of one percent can do it really well.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:1536-1612 opinion first hand
474
Joseph McMoneagle believes training can make some difference to remote viewing ability, but not enough to move a person from being merely able to do it to doing it really well.
“Does training make a difference between just being able to do it and doing it really well? Yes, probably some, but not enough that it's going to push you from one end of the scale to the other.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:1619-1806 opinion first hand
475
Joseph McMoneagle does not teach remote viewing himself.
“Since I do not teach remote viewing myself, I've been asked many times over the years to recommend someone who does.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:16722-16833 administrative first hand
476
Joseph McMoneagle recommends that people teach themselves remote viewing, believing that individual perception is more a matter of unlearning than learning.
“I recommend you teach yourself. I sincerely believe that this is appropriate because I believe that individual perception is more a matter of unlearning than learning.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:16839-16997 opinion first hand
477
Joseph McMoneagle recommends trusting no information about the science of remote viewing that does not originate from a recognized scientific laboratory or a peer-reviewed, refereed journal.
“When it comes to the science of remote viewing, I would recommend trusting absolutely no information that does not originate from a recognized scientific laboratory or spring from a peer-reviewed and appropriately refereed journal.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:18019-18242 opinion first hand
478
Joseph McMoneagle recommends that anyone learning remote viewing set their own course and proceed with vigour, since mastering it requires practice more than anything else.
“I have always strongly recommended that when it comes to training or learning about remote viewing, you should set your own course and proceed with vigor... it requires practice more than anything else.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:2459-2685 opinion first hand
479
Joseph McMoneagle considers remote viewing ability to be predominantly talent-driven, much like athletic or musical ability, requiring training mainly through repetition.
“Since it's predominantly talent-driven, much like athletic or musical ability, it will demand training from the standpoint of repetition more than anything else.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:2728-2884 opinion first hand
480
Joseph McMoneagle regards remote viewing as a martial art: a way of being, not an end in itself.
“Remember: think of remote viewing as a martial art. It is a way of, and not an end unto itself.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:3660-3738 opinion first hand
481
Joseph McMoneagle states that almost anyone first exposed to remote viewing will be able to generate major gestalts, meaning they can tell the difference between islands, mountains, deserts, cities, or other major geographic features once they understand what is expected of them.
“Almost without exception, anyone first exposed to remote viewing will be able to generate what are considered major gestalts. This means that once they understand what is expected of them, they should, from time-to-time, be able to tell the differences between islands, mountains, deserts, cities, or other major geographic features.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:4417-4741 opinion first hand
482
Joseph McMoneagle states that people newly exposed to remote viewing will initially identify major gestalts about twenty-five percent of the time.
“Initially they will be able to do this about twenty-five percent of the time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:4751-4823 opinion first hand
483
Joseph McMoneagle states that people who demonstrate talent for remote viewing will probably increase their gestalt-identification ability to about fifty percent after sufficient exposure and practice, likely taking months.
“Those who seem to be good at it—have demonstrable talent—will probably increase their ability to about fifty percent after sufficient exposure and practice... But, I would plan on months.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:4829-4976 opinion first hand
484
Joseph McMoneagle states that the majority of people exposed to remote viewing will produce sensory-level information about a target, including touch, taste, sound, colour, and dimensional characteristics or mental perceptions about the site.
“The majority of people exposed to remote viewing will produce more sophisticated fragments of information about a target such as sensory values like touch, taste, sound, color, as well as dimensional characteristics, mental perceptions or feelings about the site.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:5476-5734 opinion first hand
485
Joseph McMoneagle receives dozens of phone calls per week from people asking him what they are doing wrong after taking a remote viewing training course.
“I receive dozens of phone calls now on a week-to-week basis from people asking me what they are doing wrong. They've taken one training course or another but can't seem to settle down into a high quality or consistent viewing product.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:6414-6640 testimony first hand
486
Joseph McMoneagle states that people who struggle with consistent, high-quality remote viewing after a training course are still within the 95th percentile of any randomly selected group of humans.
“Well, guess what? You're in the 95th percentile of any randomly selected group of humans.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:6649-6731 opinion first hand
487
Joseph McMoneagle considers almost all scientists who have studied remote viewing to generally agree that, even after training, the number of world-class remote viewers is around one-half of one percent of any randomly tested group of people, or about one person in two hundred.
“Statistically, I can say emphatically that almost all scientists who have studied remote viewing would generally agree that even after training of some sort, the number of world-class remote viewers ... probably comes in at around one-half of one percent of any randomly tested group of people, or about one person in two hundred.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:777-1189 opinion first hand
488
Joseph McMoneagle observed that over the course of their careers, every exceptional viewer studied at the SRI International Cognitive Sciences Laboratory and Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. essentially produced a near flat-line in ability, with the best remote viewers performing about as well at the start of their careers as at the end.
“Over the course of their careers, every exceptional viewer studied in the cognitive sciences labs at SRI-International (SRI-I) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) have essentially produced a near flat-line in terms of ability... They are as good walking in the door as they are when they exit.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:8265-8655 observation first hand
489
Joseph McMoneagle defines a world-class remote viewer as one who can systematically and consistently defy chance results in controlled studies in a laboratory.
“world-class in this case means viewers who can systematically and consistently defy chance results in controlled studies in a lab”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:977-1103 opinion first hand
490
Joseph McMoneagle has said the same thing about training for twenty-one years: that you cannot teach someone to be psychic.
“For twenty-one years I've been saying the same thing about training—you can't teach someone to be psychic.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch27:98-196 opinion first hand
491
Associative Remote Viewing (ARV) is a targeting methodology which allows the remote viewer to operate one level removed from the actual target, in order to address forced-choice questions such as yes/no, go/stop, or invest/don't invest.
“ASSOCIATIVE REMOTE VIEWING (ARV): Using a targeting methodology which allows the remote viewer to operate one level removed from the actual target, in order to address forced choice type questions (yes/no, go/stop, invest/don't invest, etc.).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:1532-1768 administrative first hand
492
Blind targeting is focusing the remote viewer on a target to which the remote viewer is totally blind, with no front-loading or other preparation.
“BLIND TARGETING: Focusing the remote viewer on a target which the remote viewer is totally blind to, and for which there is no front-loading, or other preparation.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:1922-2056 administrative first hand
493
In blind targeting, anyone else participating in the remote viewing session must also be blind to the target, otherwise the remote viewer is not considered to be actually blind to the target.
“(Note: this includes anyone else participating in the remote viewing being blind to the target as well, otherwise the remote viewer is not considered to be actually blind to the target).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:2070-2247 administrative first hand
494
Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) is a form of remote viewing used by remote viewers many years ago, which entailed prompting the remote viewer with specific geographic coordinates for a specific target site.
“COORDINATE REMOTE VIEWING (CRV): Form of remote viewing used by remote viewers many years ago, which entailed prompting the remote viewer with specific geographic coordinates for a specific target site.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:2885-3082 administrative first hand
495
Meditation is mental contemplation or reflection with an intended purpose or expected outcome.
“MEDITATION: Mental contemplation or reflection with an intended purpose or expected outcome.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:4636-4708 administrative first hand
496
Precognition is producing information about a target prior to that information actually existing in time and space, such as describing an event before it happens.
“PRECOGNITION: Producing information about a target prior to that information actually existing in time/space (e.g., describing an event before it actually happens).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:5901-6042 administrative first hand
497
Remote viewing is the ability to access and provide accurate information through psychic means about a person, place, object, or event that is inaccessible through any normally accepted means, regardless of distance, shielding, or time.
“REMOTE VIEWING: The ability to access and provide accurate information through psychic means, about a person, place, object, or event, that is inaccessible through any normally accepted means, regardless of distance, shielding, or time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:6616-6831 administrative first hand
498
The term "remote viewing" was originally coined by researchers at SRI International in the early 1970s.
“(Note: The term was originally coined by researchers at SRI-International in the early 1970s.)”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:6838-6924 administrative first hand
499
RV'DO is the way of remote viewing, or the martial art of remote viewing.
“RV'DO: The way of Remote Viewing, or the martial art of Remote Viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:7642-7698 administrative first hand
500
Scrying is the use of a reflective or semi-reflective surface, such as a crystal ball or a smooth-surfaced reflective pool, to "see" paranormal information.
“SCRYING: Using a reflective or semi-reflective surface to "see" paranormal information. (e.g., looking into a crystal ball, or other smooth surfaced reflective pool.)”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:7717-7868 administrative first hand
501
In scrying, the person does not actually see things in the reflective surface, but the surface provides a backdrop for the recognition of mental projections or impressions by keeping the normal senses occupied.
“The person actually doesn't see things there, but it provides a good backdrop for the recognition of mental projections or impressions, by otherwise keeping the normal senses occupied.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:7875-8050 opinion first hand
502
Anomalous Cognition (AC) is a term used by the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory to define extrasensory perception (ESP).
“ANOMALOUS COGNITION (AC): Term used by the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory to define Extra Sensory Perception (ESP).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch28:944-1053 administrative first hand
503
Photographic targets in remote viewing training are not equivalent to photographs of targets used for feedback, and there is a substantial loss of data quality depending on which kind of targeting is used, affecting training.
“Photographic targets are not the same as Photographs of targets... Because there is a substantial loss of quality in the data depending on which kind of targeting is being done, it can have a substantial effect on training.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:11151-11412 opinion first hand
504
Joseph McMoneagle considers outbounder targets the best method for remote viewing training, followed by photographs of a target location, followed by photographs used as the target itself.
“When training, it is better to use: First—Outbounder targets. Second—Photographs of a target location. Third—Photographs as the target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:11459-11590 opinion first hand
505
In Outbounder Remote Viewing, the outbounder is an individual who travels to the target site and never communicates the destination with anyone else participating in the remote viewing until after the session is completed.
“OUTBOUNDER: An individual who travels to the target site. S/he never communicates where they are going with anyone else participating in the remote viewing, until after the remote viewing has been completed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:1146-1331 administrative first hand
506
In Coordinate Remote Viewing, coordinate targets use information written on a sealed envelope, which can be alpha or numeric or a combination, to identify the specific target of interest, with no relationship between the identifying data and the envelope's contents.
“Coordinate targets are where information written on the sealed envelope is used to identify the specific target of interest. It can be alpha or numeric, or a combination of both. This identifying data has no relationship to what is contained within the envelope.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:11776-12029 administrative first hand
507
Associative Remote Viewing is a form of remote viewing used to answer binary questions such as yes-or-no, buy-or-sell, or stop-or-go decisions.
“This is a form of remote viewing that is used to answer binary questions, like; "Yes or No", "Buy or Sell", "Stop or Go."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:12446-12563 administrative first hand
508
In Associative Remote Viewing, the Experimenter/Tasker assigns specific physical targets, such as a fire truck for yes and a basketball auditorium for no, to represent the two possible outcomes of a binary question.
“YES = Assigns a fire truck as the target. NO = Assigns a basketball auditorium as the target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:13355-13442 administrative first hand
509
In Outbounder Remote Viewing, the remote viewer is always totally blind to the target site's location until after the session has been completed.
“REMOTE VIEWER: Person who actually does the remote viewing. Is always totally blind to where the target site might be, until after the remote viewing has been completed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:1358-1502 administrative first hand
510
In Outbounder Remote Viewing, a monitor sits in the room with the remote viewer during the session and is only required for research applications.
“MONITOR: Person who sits in the room with the remote viewer while the remote viewing session is going on... (A monitor is only required in research.)”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:14093-14248 administrative first hand
511
In Associative Remote Viewing, the analyst is given the remote viewer's perceptions and information on the two target possibilities, but is not told the reason the two targets exist, and determines which target the viewer's material best describes.
“ANALYST: Person who evaluates whether information was passed during a remote viewing. They are given the remote viewers perceptions as well as information on the two target possibilities. They are not privy to the reason for the two targets existence. They determine which of the two targets the viewer's material best describes.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:14322-14632 administrative first hand
512
In Associative Remote Viewing, the viewer is never told what the other, unselected target was, regardless of whether their result was right or wrong.
“The viewer is never told what the other target was, regardless of whether they were right or wrong.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:17698-17791 administrative first hand
513
In Outbounder Remote Viewing, the analyst evaluates whether information was passed during a session and remains blind to the target site until after completing the analysis.
“ANALYST: Person who evaluates whether information was passed during a remote viewing. This person is always blind to the target site until after they have performed their analysis.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:1794-1956 administrative first hand
514
When dowsing is scheduled to precede remote viewing, it is always done blind, immediately after being handed the sealed envelope or told the targeting coordinates.
“If it is done prior to the remote viewing, then the dowsing is always done blind—but immediately after being handed the sealed envelope, or told the targeting coordinates.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:18099-18258 administrative first hand
515
Joseph McMoneagle considers it better to perform dowsing after a remote viewing session rather than before, because maps used for dowsing can front-load a viewer with information about the actual target, and performing it afterward lets the remote viewer's stronger psychic sense of the target improve the dowsing results.
“Maps used for dowsing can front-load a viewer with information pertinent to the actual target they will soon be remote viewing, therefore it is always better to do the dowsing after the remote viewing has been accomplished. By then, the Remote Viewer will have developed a much stronger psychic sense about the target and what it might be, which only improves the results of the dowsing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:18651-19030 opinion first hand
516
The appropriate protocol for use with Controlled Remote Viewing is the applications protocol, in which neither the remote viewer nor the monitor is privy to specifics about the target.
“The appropriate protocol for use with Controlled Remote Viewing is the applications protocol. While there is a specific interaction that takes place between the Remote Viewer and the monitor, neither should be privy to specifics about the target.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:19266-19505 administrative first hand
517
Joseph McMoneagle states that training in Controlled Remote Viewing differs from application of the technique in that, during training, the trainer or monitor knows the actual target, and the system was designed to entrain the viewer with certain unconscious or autonomic responses through a specific set of interactions between the viewer and the trainer.
“While being trained in CRV, the trainer (or monitor) knows what the actual target is. The system was designed in such a way as to incorporate a specific set of responses between the Remote Viewer and the trainer. This was done in order to be able to entrain the viewer with certain unconscious or autonomic responses.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:19597-19904 opinion first hand
518
Joseph McMoneagle considers that in order to operate psychically, one must operate within a protocol that necessitates being psychic.
“Rather than enter this debate, I will state emphatically that in order to operate psychically, one must operate within a protocol that necessitates being psychic.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:20563-20717 opinion first hand
519
Joseph McMoneagle considers that regardless of how a remote viewer is trained, when applying remote viewing, the target should be blind to whoever is in the room with the viewer.
“So, regardless how you might be trained, when you are applying remote viewing, the target should be blind to whoever is in the room.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:20726-20853 opinion first hand
520
Joseph McMoneagle considers that there are no perfect training scenarios for learning remote viewing, as they all have their failings and good points.
“In my humble opinion, there are no perfect training scenarios when it comes to learning remote viewing. They all have their failings and good points.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:20860-21002 opinion first hand
521
Joseph McMoneagle considers that, for applications of remote viewing, only protocols that are scientifically proven are valid.
“But, when it comes to applications, the only protocols that are valid are the ones that are scientifically proven.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:21010-21117 opinion first hand
522
Joseph McMoneagle considers the applications protocol for Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) to be the appropriate protocol for its use.
“The appropriate protocol for use with CRV is the applications protocol outlined above.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:21126-21206 opinion first hand
523
In an Outbounder Remote Viewing example timeline, the outbounder generally leaves the target site after 30 minutes but has no contact with the viewer or monitor until the session has been terminated.
“The outbounder generally leaves the target site after 30 minutes, but will have no contact with the viewer or monitor until the remote viewing session has been terminated.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:3212-3372 administrative first hand
524
In Non-Outbounder Remote Viewing, the target pool consists of local or distant sites that can be visited physically or through photographs, sealed within envelopes and randomly chosen by an experimenter just before the session.
“TARGET POOL: This is a collection of local or distant sites that can be visited physically or through the use of photographs. The locations are individually sealed within envelopes and are randomly chosen by an experimenter just prior to remote viewing taking place.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:4152-4399 administrative first hand
525
In Outbounder Remote Viewing, a target pool is a collection of local sites sealed individually within envelopes and randomly chosen by the outbounder just before going to the actual target site.
“TARGET POOL: This is a collection of local sites with directions on how to get to them. They are individually sealed within envelopes and are randomly chosen by the outbounder just prior to going to the actual target site.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:416-620 administrative first hand
526
In Non-Outbounder Remote Viewing, the experimenter selects the target envelope and does not otherwise participate in the remote viewing.
“EXPERIMENTER: Person who actually insures a protocol is followed. They will usually select the specific target envelope, but they do not participate in any other part of the effort.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:4845-5005 administrative first hand
527
In a formal Outbounder Remote Viewing experiment, the target pool envelope should not be opened until ten to fifteen minutes after the outbounder leaves the lab or location where the remote viewing will take place.
“Formally or informally, the envelope should not be opened until ten to fifteen minutes after the outbounder leaves the lab or location in which the remote viewing is going to take place.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:626-806 administrative first hand
528
In Non-Outbounder Remote Viewing applications, feedback to the remote viewer is never provided until it is known the viewer will have no reason to revisit the target site at a later date.
“In applications, feedback is never provided until after it becomes known that the remote viewer will have no reason for revisiting the site at a later date or time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:6518-6677 administrative first hand
529
In the applications protocol for remote viewing, targeting material is provided by the customer, and in applications the person responsible for tasking the viewer is called the Tasker.
“TARGETING MATERIAL: This is material that is provided by the customer... In applications, it is the person responsible for tasking the viewer, the Tasker.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:7959-8064 administrative first hand
530
Target pools for Outbounder Remote Viewing usually contain at least a few dozen target locations at any given time.
“Target pools usually contain at least a few dozen target locations at any given time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:918-998 administrative first hand
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In the remote viewing applications protocol, feedback is never provided until it becomes known that the remote viewer will have no reason for revisiting the target site at a later date.
“The viewers informally evaluate such targets during their feedback process, but feedback is never provided until after it becomes known that the remote viewer will have no reason for revisiting the site at a later date or time.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch33:9774-9996 administrative first hand
532
Joseph McMoneagle considers that apparitions or communications with entities during remote viewing are real, at least to the extent that they have a profound effect on the person experiencing them.
“So, are apparitions or communications with entities real? Yes, I would say so, at least to the extent that they have a profound effect on the one who experiences them.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:10580-10742 opinion first hand
533
Joseph McMoneagle considers that information received from apparent entities during remote viewing is accurate to the degree that any other self-generated remote viewing or psychic information can be.
“Is the information received or provided accurate? Yes, at least to the degree that any other self-generated information can be; remote viewing, psychic, or otherwise.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:10749-10905 opinion first hand
534
A subject in a psi experiment could either be using precognition to predict when a variance from the norm will occur, or could be causing the variance through direct mental intervention, with no formal experiment yet designed to differentiate between the two.
“This means there are two things that can always be happening. A subject can be using precognition to predict when a variance from the norm will occur, or can be causing the variance by direct mental intervention. A formal experiment to differentiate between the two has not yet been designed, at least not one that I'm aware of.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:1558-1883 opinion first hand
535
Diseases for which only a very small percentage of patients will ever get well or recover should be the ones targeted while attempting to prove remote influencing, since even precognitive selection cannot significantly bend the bottom-line statistic for how many patients recover.
“These kinds of diseases should be the ones that are targeted while attempting to prove remote influencing. If you continually and statistically violate the bottom line expectation for getting well, then you are probably remote influencing, since even precognitive selection can't significantly bend that bottom line statistic for how many get well.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:3746-4089 opinion first hand
536
Joseph McMoneagle believes that when a Remote Viewer perceives or targets something, information is opened and shared rather than being broadcast, transmitted, or taken from the target.
“I believe that when we perceive something—or target it, as in remote viewing—we are actually opening and sharing information. There is no actual broadcasting, transmission, or taking of the information. It is simply shared.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:6486-6702 opinion first hand
537
Joseph McMoneagle considers the sharing of information during remote viewing to account for the observer effect noted in many areas of research.
“This would certainly account for the observer effect noted in many areas of research. I see no radical difference between an observational effect resulting from physically watching something, and one accomplished through psychic observation.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:6710-6939 opinion first hand
538
Until proven otherwise, Joseph McMoneagle assumes an exchange of information takes place with a remote viewing target before assuming he is simply taking information from it.
“Until proven otherwise, I would assume an exchange of information is taking place with a target long before I would assume I am simply taking information from it.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:7029-7188 opinion first hand
539
People have told Joseph McMoneagle that they were either directed or advised not to pursue certain remote viewing targets by non-physical entities.
“I've had people tell me specifically that they were either directed or advised not to pursue certain targets by these entities.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:7922-8040 testimony second hand
540
Joseph McMoneagle's observations regarding remote influencing and related phenomena are based on twenty-one years of involvement in obtaining information and in research.
“What I will say about them is based purely on my own observations from twenty-one years of involvement, both in the obtaining of information and in research.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:803-951 administrative first hand
541
In rare cases, remote viewers have reported being assisted by non-physical entities encountered during remote viewing.
“In rare cases, viewers report being assisted by such beings.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:8050-8103 hearsay second hand
542
Joseph McMoneagle has personally experienced positive and negative encounters with what appear to be non-physical conscious entities while doing remote viewing over his twenty-one years of involvement.
“In most cases where I've had the experience, I have either been given information or have been made uncomfortable about pursuing it. By that I mean the experience has been either somewhat negative or somewhat positive.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:8404-8613 observation first hand
543
Joseph McMoneagle considers it possible that his experiences of conscious entities during remote viewing are a figure or archetype he is projecting from a positive or negative space buried in his own unconscious.
“What actually may be going on is that I am in some way projecting a figure, or archetype from inside myself, which derives its origin from a positive or negative space that's in a more buried part of my unconscious.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:9217-9420 opinion first hand
544
Joseph McMoneagle believes remote influencing has been demonstrated in only a handful of cases he has observed.
“Let me start by stating that in only a handful of cases do I believe I've seen remote influencing demonstrated.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:982-1080 opinion first hand
545
In Joseph McMoneagle's own experiences, encounters with apparent entities during remote viewing have been about equally distributed between negative and positive.
“generally speaking, at least in my own experiences, these events, when they happen, have been about equally distributed between negative and positive”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch34:9941-10082 observation first hand
546
Joseph McMoneagle has been a full-time Research Associate with The Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, in Palo Alto, California, for more than 30 years.
“He is also a full time Research Associate with The Laboratories for Fundamental Research, Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, Palo Alto, California for more than 30 years.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1004-1164 administrative
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Joseph McMoneagle consulted for SRI International and Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. from 1984 through 1995.
“He also consulted for SRI-International and Science Applications International Corporation, Inc. from 1984 through 1995”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1171-1286 administrative
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As of 2013, Joseph McMoneagle had spent 34 years of his professional life developing his expertise as a remote viewer and researcher in the field of the paranormal.
“Joe McMoneagle has spent the past 34 years of his professional life developing his expertise as a Remote Viewer and researcher in the unique world of the paranormal.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:121-275 administrative
549
During his consultancy from 1984 to 1995, Joseph McMoneagle participated in protocol design, research and development evaluations, and thousands of remote viewing trials in support of experimental research and active intelligence operations for Project STARGATE.
“participating in protocol design, R&D evaluations, thousands of remote viewing trials in support of both experimental research as well as active intelligence operations for Project STARGATE”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1292-1474 administrative
550
Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to the National Security Council (NSC) during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
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Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to the National Security Agency (NSA) during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
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Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to the United States Customs Service during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
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Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and creative/innovative informational support to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
554
Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
555
Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to the United States Secret Service during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
556
Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
557
Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to major commands within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
558
Joseph McMoneagle provided professional intelligence and informational support to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during his career.
“Joe provided professional intelligence and creative/inovative informational support to the CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, Secret Service, FBI, US Customs, the NSC, major commands within the DoD”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1504-1683 administrative
559
Joseph McMoneagle demonstrated remote viewing under double-blind, strict scientific control while on-camera for national television networks in five countries more than 85 times.
“He successfully demonstrated Remote Viewing, double-blind, under strict scientific control while on-camera for national networks in five countries more than 85 times.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1752-1912 observation
560
In the United States Army, Joseph McMoneagle was in charge of his Military Occupational Specialty world-wide.
“In the Army, he was in charge of his Military Occupational Specialty [MOS] world-wide.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:1920-2001 administrative
561
In the United States Army, Joseph McMoneagle was responsible for all tactical and strategic equipment and tasking, aircraft and vehicles, development of new or future technology, and all planning, support, maintenance, funding, training, and personnel in his role.
“He was responsible for all tactical and strategic equipment and tasking, aircraft and vehicles, development of new or future technology as well as all planning, support, maintenance, funding, training, and personnel.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2007-2213 administrative
562
Joseph McMoneagle acted as a direct consultant to the Commanding General of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) in Washington D.C.
“He acted as a direct consultant to the Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), Washington D.C.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2224-2359 administrative
563
Joseph McMoneagle acted as a direct consultant to the Office of the Army Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI) at the Pentagon.
“as well as the Army Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACSI), Pentagon”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2363-2423 administrative
564
In his earlier military career, Joseph McMoneagle assisted the Security Officer for a multi-billion dollar overseas intelligence facility.
“In his earlier years, he assisted the Security Officer for a multi-billion dollar overseas intelligence facility”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2434-2538 administrative
565
Joseph McMoneagle was a Detachment Commander at two remote intelligence collection sites overseas.
“was a Detachment Commander at two remote intelligence collection sites overseas”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2548-2619 administrative
566
Joseph McMoneagle served on an Air and Sea Rescue team.
“served on an Air and Sea Rescue team”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2629-2661 administrative
567
Joseph McMoneagle served in Long Range Reconnaissance.
“in Long Range Reconnaissance”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2667-2681 administrative
568
Joseph McMoneagle served as a Quick Reaction Strike Force team leader.
“as a Quick Reaction Strike Force team leader”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2697-2735 administrative
569
Joseph McMoneagle served as a rifleman in war zones.
“and rifleman in war zones”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2743-2763 administrative
570
Joseph McMoneagle has earned 28 military decorations and numerous awards.
“He has earned 28 military decorations and numerous awards”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2770-2821 administrative
571
Joseph McMoneagle was awarded a Legion of Merit for his remote viewing support to the United States intelligence community.
“to include a Legion of Merit for his RV support to the Nations Intelligence Community”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2829-2905 administrative
572
Joseph McMoneagle came to remote viewing with a background in the research and development of multi-level technical collection systems designed for United States Army Intelligence.
“He came to the field with a rich background in the research and development of numerous multi-level technical collection systems designed for United States Army Intelligence.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:287-448 administrative
573
Joseph McMoneagle holds the rank of Knight Commander in the Order of St. Stanislas.
“he holds the rank of Knight Commander in the Order of St. Stanislas”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:2920-2978 administrative
574
Joseph McMoneagle's specific area of educational expertise is within the social and psychological sciences.
“His specific area of educational expertise is within the social and psychological sciences.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:462-544 administrative
575
Joseph McMoneagle held the rank of CW2 (Chief Warrant Officer 2) in the United States Army, retired.
“JOSEPH W. MCMONEAGLE, CW2, US Army, Ret., CStS”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:73-115 administrative
576
Joseph McMoneagle is the owner of Intuitive Intelligence Applications, Inc.
“He is owner of Intuitive Intelligenc Applications, Inc.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:782-833 administrative
577
Joseph McMoneagle started Intuitive Intelligence Applications, Inc. in 1984 following his retirement from the United States Army.
“which he started following his retirement from the Army in 1984”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch4:839-898 administrative
578
The Cognitive Sciences Laboratory functioned with at least three scientific over-sight committees between 1986 and 1995.
“This is one of the primary reasons CSL always functioned with at least three of these committees between 1986 and 1995.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:12118-12232 administrative first hand
579
As of the writing of this handbook, ninety-nine percent of the material relating to the operational Fort Meade unit of Project STARGATE had not yet been declassified or made available to the public.
“The Operational, or Fort Meade Unit, for which ninety-nine percent of the material has not yet been declassified or made available to the public.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:12963-13101 administrative first hand
580
A significant portion of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory's research material has already been published in peer-reviewed journals and refereed papers, though much of it remains classified.
“A significant portion of this material has already been published in peer review journals and within refereed papers. However, like the operational material, quite a bit of this material remains classified.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:13205-13403 administrative first hand
581
Joseph McMoneagle spent almost fifteen years at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory as both a research associate and a subject.
“I have spent almost fifteen years there as both research associate and subject, and I am still employed full-time by that organization.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:1369-1491 administrative first hand
582
Joseph McMoneagle estimates that success in remote viewing is a mixture of desire and focus (33%), quality and intensity of training (33%), and natural talent (33%).
“Experience dictates that it's probably a mixture of desire and focus (33%), quality and intensity of training (33%), and the natural talent you walk in the door with (33%).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:15020-15187 opinion first hand
583
Joseph McMoneagle was one of the original remote viewers recruited into Project STARGATE, the secret Army project designed to use trained remote viewers for intelligence purposes during the Cold War.
“I was one of the original remote viewers recruited into what is now commonly referred to as Project STARGATE, the once secret Army project designed to use trained remote viewers for intelligence purposes during the Cold War.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:1518-1738 administrative first hand
584
Joseph McMoneagle performed applications remote viewing in support of Project STARGATE for nearly eighteen years, until the project closed in November 1995.
“I did applications (sometimes referred to as operational) remote viewing in support of that unit for a period of nearly eighteen years, until it closed in November 1995.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:1752-1916 administrative first hand
585
Since Project STARGATE closed, Joseph McMoneagle has continued privately to perform applications remote viewing for numerous companies and individuals, and research remote viewing for the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory and other laboratories.
“Since then, I've continued privately to do applications remote viewing for numerous companies and individuals, and research remote viewing for CSL and other laboratories.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:1922-2079 administrative first hand
586
Over the course of the eighteen years of Project STARGATE, counting support and viewer personnel, probably eighty to eighty-five people were involved in the project on both the scientific and operational sides.
“Over the course of eighteen years, counting support and viewer personnel, probably eighty to eighty-five people were involved in the project on both the scientific and the operational sides of the house.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:2589-2786 observation first hand
587
Probably fewer than three dozen of the people involved in Project STARGATE were remote viewers.
“Probably fewer than three dozen people were viewers.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:2887-2931 observation first hand
588
About half of the non-viewer personnel involved in Project STARGATE were scientists, and the remainder performed support functions such as evaluation, analysis, and operational monitoring.
“Of the others, about half were scientists, and the remainder performed support functions, such as evaluation, analysis, and operational monitoring.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:2940-3076 observation first hand
589
Ingo Swann's website contains very little data relating to the classified military remote viewing project.
“it also a singular and one-sided view of those events, and that it contains very little data relating to the classified military project”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:5454-5580 opinion first hand
590
Mind To Mind by René Warcollier was originally conceived as a lecture delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris in June 1946, titled "A Contribution to the Study of Mental Imagery Through Telepathic Drawing."
“It was originally conceived as a lecture that he delivered at the Sorbonne in June 1946, under the title, "A Contribution to the Study of Mental Imagery Through Telepathic Drawing."”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:6104-6276 administrative first hand
591
René Warcollier's lecture underlying Mind To Mind reported on hundreds of telepathic experiments he had carried out over a period of nearly forty years.
“This lecture was essentially a report on hundreds of what he called telepathic experiments that he had carried out over a period of nearly forty years.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:6286-6431 administrative second hand
592
Joseph McMoneagle considers René Warcollier's approach, attempts at control, treatment of drawings, and statistical results in Mind To Mind very applicable to remote viewing research being conducted today.
“His approach, attempts at control, unique deference to drawings, and the statistical results in his experiments are very applicable to remote viewing research going on today.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:6438-6606 opinion first hand
593
The Cognitive Sciences Laboratory at SRI International received considerable funding, carried out and supported extensive experimentation, and provided support to intelligence operations from 1972 through 1995.
“CSL received a considerable amount of funding, carried out and supported extensive experimentation, and provided support to intelligence operations from 1972 through 1995.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:6863-7029 administrative first hand
594
The Cognitive Sciences Laboratory shared its 23-year experimentation budget through numerous sub-contracts with many other labs, enabling further research into the paranormal in areas only peripherally related to remote viewing.
“It was shared through numerous sub-contracts with many other labs, enabling a great deal of research into the paranormal to be accomplished in areas sometimes only peripherally related to remote viewing.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:7319-7514 administrative first hand
595
Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ were directly responsible for the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory's accomplishments during the early years, 1972 through 1986.
“These accomplishments were and are directly attributable to Dr. Hal Puthoff and Mr. Russell Targ in the early years, 1972 through 1986”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:7692-7822 administrative first hand
596
Edwin C. May and his colleagues were directly responsible for the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory's accomplishments from 1986 through the termination of Project STARGATE in November 1995.
“and to Dr. Edwin C. May and his colleagues—from 1986 through the termination of the project in November 1995.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:7827-7931 administrative first hand
597
Edwin C. May worked at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory for approximately nine years before becoming its director in 1986.
“Dr. May worked for approximately nine plus years at CSL prior to becoming its director in 1986.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:7957-8047 administrative first hand
598
Dozens of other scientists worked at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory between 1972 and 1995, some of whom became leaders in various fields or directors of other labs or organisations.
“In addition, dozens of other scientists worked at CSL between 1972 and 1995, some of whom have become leaders in various fields, as well as directors of other labs or organizations on the cutting edge of investigations into the nature of humankind.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:8055-8293 administrative first hand
599
Findings and materials from the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory were shared with and used within the operational element of Project STARGATE, located at Fort Meade, Maryland, for most of the time it existed.
“findings and materials from the lab were shared and used within the operational element of Project STARGATE, located at Fort Meade, Maryland, at least for most of the time it existed.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:8678-8853 administrative first hand
600
Research findings at the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory that established changes to specific remote viewing applications were sometimes dismissed as unnecessary or discarded by the Fort Meade project managers of Project STARGATE.
“Research that established changes to specific remote viewing applications was sometimes not viewed as constructive or conducive to the operational requirements by the Fort Meade project managers. In such cases, this research was summarily dismissed as unnecessary or simply discarded.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:9090-9364 observation first hand
601
Joseph McMoneagle spent a considerable period of his life immersed in the research and development side of remote viewing, primarily with the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory.
“I have spent a considerable period of my life totally immersed within the research and development side of remote viewing, primarily with the laboratory that started it all, the Cognitive Sciences Lab (CSL).”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 ch9:916-1118 administrative first hand
602
There was a large discrepancy between good and bad managers within Project STARGATE, with full managerial responsibility for the project residing within the Fort Meade unit.
“There was always a large discrepancy between good managers and bad managers within STAR-GATE.... Since full managerial responsibility for the project resided within the Meade unit, the science side of the house was sometimes subjected to these irregularities, as were certainly the remote viewers.”
Remote Viewing Secrets 2013-03-22 para 44 observation first hand
603
Joseph McMoneagle is also known as remote viewer number 001.
“He's also known as remote viewer number 001.”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:06:32.7-00:06:35.0 administrative
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Joseph McMoneagle told the Washington Post he participated in approximately 450 missions between 1978 and 1984.
“He participated in approximately 450 missions between 1978 and 1984, as he later told the Washington Post”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:06:37.0-00:06:45.1 testimony second hand
605
Joseph McMoneagle helped the United States Army locate hostages in Iran.
“including helping the Army locate hostages in Iran”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:06:46.0-00:06:48.0 administrative
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Joseph McMoneagle pointed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents to a shortwave radio concealed in the pocket calculator of a suspected KGB agent captured in South Africa.
“and pointing CIA agents to the shortwave radio concealed in the pocket calculator of a suspected KGB agent captured in South Africa.”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:06:49.2-00:06:57.2 administrative
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Joe McMoneagle is a full-time research associate and partner with the Laboratories for Fundamental Research Cognitive Sciences Laboratory in Palo Alto, California, providing consulting support to research and development in remote viewing.
“Joe McMoneagle is currently a full time research associate and partner with the Laboratories for Fundamental Research Cognitive Sciences Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, where he has provided consulting support to research and development in remote viewing”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:12:08.4-00:12:25.6 administrative
608
Joseph McMoneagle, referred to as remote viewer number 001, lived in Nelliesford, Virginia, the same location as the Monroe Institute.
“And not by coincidence, also the location of Joe McMoneagle, remote viewer number 001. It was time to head to Nelliesford, Virginia.”
How The CIA Spent Millions On Psychic Spies - PROJECT: STARGATE (Documentary 1 of 3) 2023-08-02 00:38:12.1-00:38:19.5 administrative
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Former government psychic Joe McMoneagle was told by a senator that he was doing the work of the devil and would burn in the fires of hell, and separately was told by another lawmaker that he was doing God's work.
“A senator snarled at him, "You, sir, are doing the work of the devil and you will burn in the fires of hell!" As McMoneagle stepped into the hall, he was approached by another lawmaker who embraced him warmly and whispered in his ear: "You are doing God's work, son!"”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs 2024-08-19 ch11:36598-36861 hearsay second hand
610
In the remote viewing research conducted by Edwin May and Joe McMoneagle, the higher the entropy and the more a human life was at risk, the clearer the target would become for the remote viewer.
“in the work that Dr. May and Joe McMoneagle had done for years was the higher level of entropy and the more at risk a human life was, the clearer the target would become for them.”
I LEFT MY BODY - The Gateway Experience (Part 3) 2024-08-24 00:15:35.9-00:15:51.0 opinion second hand
611
Chris Ramsay contacted Joe McMoneagle about the reported remote viewing of a monastery in the north-eastern United States, and McMoneagle said it rang a bell.
“Now I reach out to Joe McMoneagle about this, because that would have been roughly around his time. He said it rings a bell, he would get back to me.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 01:14:00.7-01:14:07.5 testimony second hand
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Joe McMoneagle told Chris Ramsay that remote viewers were tasked against a monastery in that area of the north-eastern United States, but that the tasking concerned hauntings.
“And he got back to me and he was like, no, we were actually tasked for a monastery in that area, but it had something to do with like hauntings”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 01:14:08.4-01:14:16.0 testimony second hand
613
The remote viewing tasking of a monastery in the north-eastern United States that Joe McMoneagle recalled to Chris Ramsay was a private undertaking rather than a government one, and took place after the Stargate Project.
“it was like, it was a private thing. It wasn't like a government thing. So it was like post Stargate.”
Jesse Michels, UAPGerb & Chris Ramsay - Flying Saucer Diner 2026-07-17 01:14:21.4-01:14:27.9 hearsay second hand
614
Joseph McMoneagle was sent on weekend retreats to the Monroe Institute during his time on the Stargate Project to test whether leaving his body would make remote viewing sessions more accurate.
“I remembered a conversation I had with Joe McMoneagle, Joseph McMoneagle. during the time that he was at Stargate, that they had sent him, you know, on weekend retreats to the Monroe Institute to see if he can leave his body and to see if that would be more conducive for a more accurate remote viewing session.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:41:29.5-00:41:46.7 testimony second hand
615
Joseph McMoneagle travelled from Fort Meade to the Monroe Institute at weekends for out-of-body training during the Stargate Project.
“And so he would do this over the weekends, right? From Fort Meade and go there.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:41:47.5-00:41:49.8 testimony second hand
616
Before having his own out-of-body experience, Chris Ramsay disbelieved Joseph McMoneagle's account of leaving his body and suspected he was misinterpreting a dream.
“Maybe a dream he's having and he's misinterpreting a dream or something, right?”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:42:10.9-00:42:13.7 opinion first hand
617
Julia Mossbridge understands Joseph McMoneagle to have felt that going out of body did not help his remote viewing very much.
“but i also think Joe didn't feel like going out of body helped him very much”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:47:05.8-00:47:10.1 opinion second hand
618
In a session described to Chris Ramsay by Joseph McMoneagle and by Edwin May, experimenters used ping-pong balls over the eyes to produce a Ganzfeld effect to stimulate an out-of-body state before asking Joseph McMoneagle to view a picture in an envelope in another room.
“He did say that he he had one session. I spoke to Ed May about this as well, Dr. May. And he said he had one session where there was a you know, get out of your body, go into the other, they started with the, uh, with the ping pong balls in the eye of the Gansfield sort of, uh, effect to like stimulate this, uh, out of body state. And then they said, get out of your body, walk into the other room and the envelope, there's a picture, go look at the picture and tell me what's on the picture.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:47:13.9-00:47:40.3 hearsay second hand
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In the out-of-body session recounted by Joseph McMoneagle, he could not physically interact with the envelope because he was out of his body, so he projected to where the photograph had been taken from and produced a drawing that matched the photograph exactly.
“And he did that, but he couldn't, he couldn't physically interact the envelope cause he was out of his body... And so he just tried to like project where he would be, where that photo was taken... And he drew and it was like a one for one.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:47:41.0-00:47:50.8 hearsay second hand
620
Julia Mossbridge notes that Joseph McMoneagle could produce matching drawings of target photographs without going out of body, making the out-of-body result hard to interpret.
“to the photo but he was able to do that anyway without going out of body so it's a little tricky”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:47:51.9-00:47:55.2 opinion first hand
621
Chris Ramsay regards Joseph McMoneagle as having been very good at remote viewing and believes he still is.
“yeah he was really good at it... still is i think yeah”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 00:47:55.4-00:47:56.6 opinion first hand
622
Julia Mossbridge heard a story, she believes from Edwin May but possibly from Joseph McMoneagle, that in the 1990s the Russians said to the Americans "you killed all your psychics", referring to Pat Price and possibly others.
“And at the time I heard a story, I think it was from Ed May, but maybe it was from Joe, about the Russians in the 90s saying, to America, you killed all your psychics, referring to Pat Price and maybe others.”
Non Human Intelligence, GATE Program and Psi Ability with Dr. Julia Mossbridge | ep. 99 2026-08-14 02:32:40.8-02:32:57.2 hearsay third hand

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