ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND EXPERIENCES FROM OUR REMOTE VIEWING TRAINEES.
1997-1998

William J. Sneller ( sneller@home.com ), one of our trainees, sends us on December 31, 1998 this feedback.

Subject: His gratitude at acting upon our warning of violent Stock markets corrections predicted for the period of the late summer of 1998, and posted on our home page in April 1998 following RV premunitive information received by our remote viewers.

Mr. O'Donnell,

Happy new Year to all !

 I would like to include a brief testimonial regarding my experience with heeding your April '98 public service announcement. To that effect, may I first say thanks!

Your warning of a violent stock market correction enabled me to employ a strategy that prevented considerable personal loss. Many were less fortunate. Though I passed on the possibility of this threat to my investor friends & colleagues, not all were willing to consider the advice without mainstream validation.

I commend you for sharing this information with the general public.
Sincerely,

William J. Sneller

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Rose Szwed ( RSzwed0312@aol.com ), a successful recent trainee, sent us this feedback on December 28, 1998. Subject: Results obtained through taking our RV course.

Mr. O'Donnell,

   You have been on my mind. The tapes are awesome. Let me tell you some of the benefits that I have derived from using these wonderful tools -- the tapes almost every day and the breathing the light, well,  everyday.

   1. When I think of an individual, that person calls (no matter if it's a good or bad thought.) immediately.

   2. When I work on projects, the person with whom I'm working reads my thoughts -- it's evident from the proposals, art work and copy that comes back to me.

   3. When I think or stand next to a person, I can tell how that person
perceives me. Sometimes, it's unnerving and can put me off guard. I can also "hear" their thoughts.

   4. Dreams are more vivid, more frequent, more telling.

   5. I'm very close to my pets and plants and can anticipate their needs (especially when they want to come in from outdoors and they don't make a sound).

   6. Able to "see" into the next few hours and the next day part.

   7. Can "hear" my beeper, when I leave it in my office and I am 50 miles away at home!

   8. Can "perceive" presences in areas, when no physical person is present.

   9. Though my job is quite social, I am preferring solitude more than usual, and a deep desire to "clean up my act," and have begun with amazing results.

   10. That there is so much more to my puny existence!

   11. When I have been repeatedly telling myself: I am the light and the light is me, well, people have been saying: You're radiating. This sentence has helped me through some mightily difficult times.

   Thank you for your wonderfully affordable program. These are some of the benefits, not all though. There's not enough space. Thanks isn't enough.

   Rose Szwed

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We received this message on Dec. 21, 1998 from Daryl O'Berg , a professional Remote Viewer at PsiTech (RV training and services run by Maj. Ed Dames: US Army): An outfit  whose professional demeanor and RV talent are  highly appreciated and renowned.

Good Day Mr. O'Donnell,

I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you that your web site is indeed a good one as regards to remote viewing, I mean this in the sense that regardless of who's training one involves oneself with, or to who's philosophy one aligns oneself with, (or for that matter to who's training methodology one has been subject to) that your point is one that is clear and at most ... true. And that is so regardless of one's training (doesn't matter from whom). That it is the individual and that same individual's understanding, comprehension, and ultimate execution of what is taught in remote Viewing that makes the person (RVer) either excellent or mediocre, or somewhere in between.

And that depends as you so rightly put, up to the individual's own cognizance, understanding, and ultimate execution of the thought system(s).

Having been trained in technical Remote Viewing 3 years ago by Ed Dames in TRV, (after having tried CRV (controlled R.V.) as well as several others), and aside from having seen the few but rapacious confronts to TRV as a training methodology, I commend you on your non-partisan view towards R.V.

R.V is, as we know, a relatively new science, and ultimately a new frontier in the field of human potential; this of course, you recognize.

Though being a professional remote viewer for PsiTech, and a staunch defender of the myriad false claims against PsiTech and Ed Dames in general ( And I know you know there are many the least of which made by P.J Ganier and L. Buchanan) It is in our hopes (speaking in honesty for all the R.V.ers on the PsiTech team, that information and advances in human consciousness and potential be shared with utmost security and humility. I say this as a member of our team ( including Ed, and Joni) that only through free exchange of information and discussion of understandings that the "field" of remote Viewing can grow and learn and become what we already know its potential to be: An advancement in human spirit and potential; for both are inexorably intertwined.

For your time, and thoughts, and understanding, I say Kudos", and thank you. For all of us at Psitech, and R.Vers world wide, ...

"Lets take the path less traveled by.. and it shall make all the difference.

All the Best:

Daryl O'Berg

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Efren Cabrera ( cabrera@mail.aimonline.org ), a recent trainee from the Philippines sends us the following comments on December 17, 1998: Subject: His impressions on the course.

        Greetings!

        Before, I was actually planning to go to the U.S. (I'm from the Philippines) to take up all the remote viewing courses at the Farsight Institute. However, since I saw your website and ordered your Course One, I don't think there's a need for me to go there anymore.
  
        Offering your present and future courses on tapes would surely help a lot of individuals like me in the world who sincerely desire to learn remote viewing and ways to advance in consciousness, but who either are too busy, have a tight budget, or other reasons that might hinder their training. I'm truly glad that you are making these courses accessible to everyone by offering these on tapes and at an affordable price.
        I already have more than five hundred tapes/CDs on metaphysics, mind power, psychic development, etc., but your course is the first one I've had that focuses on remote viewing. One will notice that in the end all teachings and techniques have basic similarities since the subconscious mind doesn't really care about techniques, but I like the way you presented your course because it compresses into a few tapes so much information, technique, training applications, and knowledge especially in between training sessions. It's great how you inject techniques and explanations in between sessions, so that you learn as you actually do the techniques---it's not theory then application, but application combined with theories and techniques ALL AT THE SAME TIME. I also like your explanation of 'The One' because I also have the same belief that this is the real explanation for psychic abilities.

        I also HOPE that you maintain a reasonable price like the one you have right now, so that much more people worldwide can be reached.
        Please remember that these are just my suggestions, but I do hope that you will consider them, because I'm sure that there are many others who are in a similar situation like me worldwide.
        Best wishes!
        Sincerely,
        Efren

Brenda ( wesstar55@aol.com ), graciously sends us on Dec. 14, 1998 this feedback.
 Subject: Some of her experiences while taking our RV course and thoughts on mind-to-mind communication in the Theta state.

Mr. O'Donnell,

I have completed the first run of listening to your tapes.
You can be assured they will be practiced again and again.
I feel fortunate in that I had very vivid and memorable journeys on every tape. I went all over the world, into outer space, and all around my neighborhood. I was able to confirm my local trips. What fun!
I thought I'd mention that on several occasions, when you were about to explain something or when you were about to ask for me to see something...I saw it or did it just prior to your words. ( Like the table cloth on the table, I saw it open onto the table before you said the table had a table cloth on it! Or the orange.....it was there too.)
My trip to Tibet was especially vivid, and very beautiful.
It would be nice to go to that place and confirm what I saw, but then again, maybe I'll just go there again tonight before I sleep!

I am curious to know your thoughts on the relationship between two people in theta state....sort of communicating there to each other. Now I mean this is taking place during the beta activities of our day. The statement I made about "theta attracting theta". I have a friendship with a few people, where we communicate very powerfully on the theta level, but what is funny, with some, we have never discussed it in beta! Too funny. We don't need to really.
One of those people is a famous person who recently passed away. But we still communicate. I am now thinking that when we die, we enter that delta whole, and can still cross into theta and meet our friends...or who we choose...Your thoughts?

On one interesting trip when I traveled into the future....
I ended up in the city of Denver, on a deserted street.
I looked around for a newspaper stand, and found the date to be 2080. There were no people in the entire city except me.

I would say now that I have completed this first run on your tapes...I have been successful. I find myself slipping into theta during the course of my day. Fun. My "E.S.P." abilities are increased. My husband and I were in our car going down the road the other day, he was driving and I was gazing out the window. I suddenly saw a specific breed of Hawk, and he was sitting right over the road. In THETA. Now, I did not say anything to my husband, because I did not know how a hawk could be sitting right over the road! How silly! But I saw his belly feathers ruffle in a slight breeze, and saw his breed type very clearly, the direction he gazed.
Not one minute later....we pass a tree limb hanging out over the road...yes, with the same species hawk sitting and facing west, just as I'd seen him. Cool!
Those types of "visions" have happened to me many times before, but this time,
I was more aware of the detail.

My husband is still on tape 3 because of scheduling...
But I am waiting for him to catch up to me, so we can monitor each other.

So that is where things are here now.

What a nice letter you received from Mr. Malone!

We wish you a happy holiday!
Brenda and John

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Rodney Malone, a recent trainee ( rodney.malone@cheerful.com ) sends us on Dec. 10, 1998 these comments about our course. Subject: Experiencing Remote viewing through OOBE (out of body experiences).

Dear Mr. O'Donnell,

I would like to express my thanks to you for the time you spent with me on the phone recently and to also provide some comments about my experiences to share with the readers of your web site. I am grateful to all of those people who have taken the time to write letters to you and allowed you to post them. Honest feedback from actual users is very important to some of us who lament over small decisions which ultimately can profoundly change our lives. The final decision to purchase your course was triggered by reading some of those letters. I would now like to return the favor and describe some of my experiences and hopefully someone out there reading will likewise be pushed that little extra way to make a good decision and purchase your course.

The text below is for our good and kind web readers who may be considering the Remote Viewing Course, and anyone else who is interested in what it's like to walk through walls and taste a lightning bolt.
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The Business End.

Before I talk about the course and remote viewing, let me speak of the business end first. I have spent a hundred dollars on products before, but I have NEVER been able to call the author/owner/artist/programmer/manufacturer and actually talk to him. I didn't get an answering machine, I didn't even get a secretary or voice mail or even music. I got Mr. O'Donnell, in person, on the second ring. Mr. O'Donnell is a very tolerant, engaging and thoughtful person. He fits the role of teacher perfectly. He did not rush me, he asked me questions and let me ask him questions, some of them pretty lame I imagine. And I'm sure he has heard them all before. He was easily able to talk to me at my own level of understanding, without making me feel ignorant and in fact was quick to encourage and compliment me on the progress I have made. If you read the contents of his web site carefully, I think you will discover, as I did, that Mr. O'Donnell's primary interest is in helping the world to be a little better place. How do you do that? You help people to help themselves. You give people values and knowledge that helps them reach their own unique potential, and you get them to, in turn, pass on to others, what they have learned. I can think of a few hundred companies, teachers, and just plain folk who could learn a great deal from the way Mr. O'Donnell runs his business.

The first lesson to learn.
Read what's on this web site. Read every nook and cranny, then read it again. There is a wealth of background information, and if you are like most people, you may have to shift your thinking a bit. All of this information is explained when you listen to tape one, but if you have read it first, listening to the tape will help to re-enforce the information and make you more comfortable with the concepts and the vocabulary. If you are familiar with brain physiology and quantum mechanics, you may skip this step. (just kidding). I just re-read everything in the web site again last night and I picked up many little tid-bits that I missed the first 5 times.

The tapes are really quite delightful.

From an organizational point of view, the layout of the course is excellent. Mr. O'Donnell has paced the material in such a way as to make it easy to master one skill at a time. His voice, pace and background effects are constantly varying to keep your mind interested and help you maintain focus. Mr. O'Donnell has a marvelously mysterious voice that will capture your attention and wrap you in cloak of intrigue and wonder. Once you begin to listen, it is hard to stop on one tape. But you need to. You will have to listen from several to many times to become a master of each skill before moving on. You will not be able to do this. The lure of the next tape is simply too strong. It is obvious to me that the phrase "I must listen to the next tape" is recorded subliminally on each tape. (just kidding... again). I had a very common problem when I first started. It took me a week before I actually heard the whole of tape 2. And then I had to listen while I was at work. Why? Because when I listen to a tape who's main concern is for me to relax, usually I do. Then I fall asleep. This really is a good thing. It means you are relaxed, and it means you are mentally speaking, in the right place. Close to that magic level where funny things start to happen. Theta level. That's where logic ends and the rest of the universe begins. So how do you stay awake long enough to experience it? Here's what I did. The first bad thing I did was to listen to the tapes after everyone else went to bed. For me that's around midnight. The second thing I did was to not get enough sleep for the previous week. The third thing I did wrong was to lay down on my nice comfy bed. I was so frustrated and eager to hear the tapes that I ended up listening to it during the day, while I was working. Obviously I couldn't do the exercises, but at least I knew what they were! Finally after doing that, I took action. Well, actually, I took a nap. Then I listened to the tape. It was still late at night, but the nap made me alert enough to take the edge off and keep me awake. And I sat in a nice straight chair. Comfortable for my back, but not something that is easy to sleep in. So that was the night that started my journey. That night I think I was just light. That was really spectacular, but it couldn't hold a candle to a couple nights later, when I wasn't just light, I was lightning!

Where do you want to go today?

( I wonder if Bill Gates has these tapes :-)

Here's where it goes from really good to way out there. I've been dying to share my little safaris with somebody. And I guess the place won't ever get any better than here. So, your not sure the Remote Viewing Course is real? You don't think its worth a hundred bucks. You think it's just another boring self-help guide. Or maybe it's just a spoof? Yeah ok. I thought most of those things at least once. But I'm really good at giving people the benefit of the doubt. So let me tell you what happens around tape 3 or so and you tell me whether or not I got my money's worth. Let me first say that sitting on the ceiling ( I guess hovering's a better term) looking at myself at my desk sitting comfortably in my straight back chair is very peculiar at first, but you get use to it. It's much like listening to your own voice in a tape recorder. The first time you hear it, you don't really think it's you. You see, normally you see your image in the mirror. When you look directly at yourself, it's not reversed. And the angle is different. Then it's fun time. Zooming around looking at the corners of the room, top of shelves, things hanging on the wall. And fast. I like to move fast. A blur of light zip. . . I'm in the corner, zip a quick thought and zoom I'm at the top of the door. And its bright. Bright as day. Brighter. Why? Because I'm the light. And I'm bright. Then zoom right up to my own head and zip right back to the corner of the ceiling. Within a minute I'm a master of zipping around the room. Kind of like learning to drive a car. A bit jerky at first, then all you want is speed speed. The very curious thing about all of this is while I'm merrily zooming around the ceiling, I'm also very casually listening to the lilting voice of Mr. O'Donnell somewhere down there. He's giving me suggestions on things to try. Things to look at. Where did I go. Oh, up on the roof, to my folks house next door. Down the street. Downtown. And back. Back to my ceiling, then back above myself. And then came the real fun. The voice finished by reminding me I could do this any time and I could continue if I wanted. I wasn't quite done yet.

My First Solo.

When I was a young boy I had a marvelous opportunity to fly solo in a small airplane. That was a fantastic feeling and a wonderful experience. Imagine flying through the air, in control, by yourself. Perfect freedom. Or so I thought then. Let me tell you about my first solo mind safari. As I said above. I was hovering above myself right at the ceiling. Mr. O'Donnell had just invited me to continue my flight on my own. Fasten your seat belts please... I was extremely invigorated by the practice of moving around the room and out into my town and back. Not I was ready to cut loose. I shot up through the ceiling of the room. Puff! Each time I passed through a wall or a ceiling or any solid object I felt a puff of slight pressure. This effect is something I read about in a book and my imagination thought it was nice touch, so now every time I go through something, I can feel it... Puff. Up through the next floor, the ceiling of that room, the attic then zip through the roof... all in an instant. It's hard for me to describe the speed, but think fast. A blur. The flash. Then stopped. Hovering just above the house. I looked around. Dark and clear, yet I can see everything. The crystal black sky with a thousand million star points. I look next door. I see the roof of my neighbors house, the chimney. Chimney. Hmm. I zoom up 50 feet, then dive straight down my own chimney. As I blaze down the brick tunnel I can see the soot on the walls. I can feel the coolness of the tile and I can smell the residue of smoke. I blaze into the basement look around then shoot back up through the chimney and out into the night sky to the top of the 200 year old maple tree in my front yard. I can feel the night breeze all around me. I look all around. I feel like a big smile. Total freedom. I plunge strait down into the tree through the main trunk. The wood is illuminated around me. I can feel the wet coolness of the sap in the fibers of the wood I'm passing through. I can smell the smell of sap and wood and earth. Down I plunge into the root system and down into the dirt. I pass through layers of dirt and sand and rock. I instantly switch directions moving now horizontally faster and faster. The features of the bedrock flying past me and cool, dense and stoic. Then a quick shift up again bursting up and out through the street in front of my house, then up 100 feet and down at an angle into and through the pavement. I burrowed into the pavement and burst into the sewer pipe. A strange place to go? Not at all. The veins of the village. I zoomed through the pipe at incredible speeds. Yet I could see details of the rust and sludge encrusted pipes. I could see the inside of the pipe and the outside all at the same time. All illuminated and at the same time whizzing by because of my incredible speed. Then down I dove deeper then turned up and blasted up in to the sky again. Up and into the clouds. Through the clouds and up to incredible heights. Then down close to the ground skimming a few inches above the ground. Then up again to the west coast and instantly I'm there at the ocean. Down I plunged into the water. Down to the depths. A school of dolphin. I swam with them, dove with them, played in the water. Then down as fast as flying down to the bottom of the sea. Into the muck, then down below into the bedrock under the sea and then up two miles straight up at blinding speed and bursting out of the water straight up into the night sky. Up through the highest thinnest atmosphere. The sky now a velvet black and crisp frozen air. I look down at the world and then in an instant the moon is looming before me. I skim the surface and dip into the fine dust it puffs up around me, my form nothing but a ball of light. And up again and straight to the sun. More massive than is describable. When you reach the sun there is nothing else to see. It becomes the universe, so massive it is. Into it's plasma I dive I shoot up and over following the lines of force of the incredible 1000 mile plumes that bend back onto the surface and I plunge down into the core of the sun. The churning tumult is replaced by total calm and constant light. I fly through the incredible density of the body of our sun then I turn up and blast toward home. I see the earth before me and I plunge down into its atmosphere. Down into my country, into my state and my village, and I stop instantly, hovering a yard above my roof. Back safe and sound. I look to the south. A thunder storm is brewing. I'm off. Straight into a massive thunderhead. Then into it and straight up 30,000 feet. I can smell the ozone. I allow myself to float and be caught in the up and down drafts. Shifting violently up and down shooting a thousand feet down in one second then abruptly back up, caught in another draft. I feel the tapping of hailstones as I pass through them. Then I see a charge building, I feel the potential then up comes the bolt. A crazy angle from the ground up to the cloud. I instantly move directly into the bolt and wrap myself around it. I become the bolt. I stretch and zig and writhe like a snake. I feel my tendrils reaching out the massive and intricate bubbling of the clouds. I taste the bolt and of all things, I taste cinnamon. I shoot straight up and out of the cloud then instantly transfer myself back to my roof. I look around. I am able to see the whole of my skyline. Trees, rooftops. I feel the night air. It's cool and fresh and alive. I see the stars winking at me. I think to myself. Now that was a solo flight. I thought that was about enough for one night. So I gently drifted puff through the roof, then down puff through the upper floor and floated at the ceiling looking at myself in the chair. I'm smiling. I gently lowered myself into myself and counted up. I wriggled my shoulders a bit, rolled my neck and gingerly opened my eyes. Then I said out loud, (but quietly): "Wow! They're never gonna believe this. That was only tape three!"

There is more to come.

There is always more to come. But I've put enough down here for one night. Fantasy? Sure. Imagination? You bet. All in my head? not exactly. All in my mind? Definitely. But in my head? I think not. If it was all in MY head you wouldn't be able to see it or feel it or taste it. But you can. In fact, you can see and feel and taste everything I've described here. And it will be in your mind too. It's the same mind where the whole universe exists. And that's a pretty big mind, now isn't it? Be an explorer. See the wonder. Then pass it on.
R. Malone

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Rose Szwed ( RSzwed0312@aol.com ) writes on Dec. 07, 1998: Subject: Benefits of our RV course.

         Message:

Wow! This stuff is incredible. I pick up pretty well anyway, but the stuff in this tape series goes beyond.
Sounds stupid, but I put on my cat's head and learned that she needed more nutrients in her food. Learned that my plants needed to be repotted. My illustrator just happened to include a job that I didn't ask for in his presentation to me. Able to see people's (those I don't know) expressions. I swear to God, I can see people's thoughts! Most of all, able to tell who is deceiving me (My slice of the business is tough!). Can find lost objects faster. Glowing. Communicating with customers at a different level. Locating needed information immediately. Spent an inordinate amount of time listening to tape 2, now I can do it on my own, even the "listen to my voice." Getting in and getting out at different levels. I question whether or not people really die. Subtle experiences. Please be sure to update me on all of your information. The course blows my mind. My list of what I can do better and faster is endless. Thanks for making this available at an affordable price. Do you all meet somewhere? Please inform me if you do.
Rose Szwed

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Greg L. ( travelor4@aol.com ) sends us the following comments on Dec. 02, 1998: Subject: How to induce an OOBE.

Dear Mr. O'Donnell:
I took your course about a year ago.

I wrote you a few weeks ago regarding my inability to reproduce some spectacular early results. You suggested I give you a call. Rather than bother you, I first tried a slight variation of your technique. I did some "light breathing", went down the spiral and visualized various colors of light. My variation was to lie there quietly and put my awareness on the slight sensations of movement I sometimes get within my mind when I attempt RV. For lack of a better phrase I tried to "ride" with the shadows in my mind. When I felt some sensation of losing my "self" I targeted my next door neighbor's house and, Boom! I was there in an OOBE like state. I am only hoping that I can do it again.
Any suggestions on helping to access again this state and maintain it? Also I read your FAQ and was wondering when your Delta oriented course will become available.
Thanks for your help.
Greg

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James Wells ( wells222@earthlink.net ) writes on Nov. 29, 1998:

Dear Mr. O'Donnell,

     Thank you for this exceedingly interesting course. I have been studying the tapes since last August and have seen beneficial changes in several aspects of my life. Now, I am ready to move ahead. My most immediate interests are probable futures for my work with the commodity markets and photographic memory and any athletic benefits that can accelerate my training in the martial arts. Please feel free to contact me in any way that is convenient for you. I am very much looking forward to developing my abilities in this field.

     Thank you,

     James Wells

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Colleen D. Marenich ( cmarenic@calcna.ab.ca ), one of our many successful Canadian trainees, writes to us on Nov. 28, 1998. Subject: Her thoughts upon undergoing our RV schooling.

Hello Mr. O'Donnell,

I am the volunteer from Calgary, Alberta you recruited several months back. You graciously rewarded me with one of your courses. I'm writing to tell you that I am almost done and to also send in my feedback.

Your course takes what others have made so complex and, in some cases, intimidating, and puts it into easy to understand concepts and easy to learn techniques. I am on the last tape - the introduction to plant and animal life - and have been amazed with what I have experienced with each and every tape in your course. After re-doing the tapes several times each, my perceptions have opened up at a whole new level. I am greatly anticipating your advanced level course.

About a year ago during my meditation sessions, I started perceiving images and a feeling of energy that felt like an electrical jolt through my body. The images and the jolt of energy were fleeting and I didn't understand what they were or what they were in relation to. In the beginning, I thought perhaps I'd dozed off to sleep, but later I realized I hadn't been sleeping at all.
When I read about remote viewing I began to appreciate that what I was perceiving in my meditation sessions could very well be my initiation into remote viewing. The more I read and the more information I found on the internet, the more interested I was in pursuing this uniquely amazing ability. I wondered though whether this ability could only be achieved by those who truly had psychic powers.

Your course has not only confirmed my earlier suspicions of the images I saw in meditation, but has given me a structured set of guidelines to improve my recognition of the Theta state, has infinitely improved my connection to energy (it is no longer fleeting - rather, it stays with me the entire session!) and is proof that anyone can learn this ability.

I am still in awe at what I have now learned to do. I have gained a new understanding of consciousness and the role it plays in our lives through your website. Having this valuable information available to me before I undertook to commit to your course I believe was essential in establishing a respect for the journey I am now on.

To simply say "Thank you Mr. O'Donnell" doesn't seem to be enough. The truth you share and the wisdom you impart is gratefully appreciated. This new journey I am on will be shared, I promise.

Coleen.

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Michael Titus ( mikeltpn@duke.edu ) sends us the following comments on Nov. 23, 1998. Subject: The effects of finding one's own "energy center": Understanding of his deeper Self.

    Hi
   I recently received the REMOTE VIEWING Course One. I'm delighted with it and though I've only listened to Tape 1 (twice) and did the exercises on Tape 2 (once) I've had some very extra-ordinary experiences!
   On side 1 of Tape 2, I felt something pull out of my abdomen area and then I "saw" what appeared to be stars rushing by. It was like what I see in Star Trek when they shift into warp speed! On side 2 of Tape 2 I found my CENTER. The ball of energy went to my heart area and I can't describe the feelings when this happened. I suddenly realized the reason I've failed at so many jobs & businesses over the years was because I shifted my CENTER many years ago when my then former wife left me to run a health food store that we had started together. The day I had the extra-ordinary experience with your tape was on the 17th anniversary with my present wife. A wonderful gift!
   I'm certain that I won't have anymore unacceptable or unworkable business problems anymore.
   Thanks, Mr. O'Donnell & Staff, for the great gift you are sharing with your students.

Sincerely,

Mike I. Titus
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Paul Jackson (captai6834@aol.com ), a recent trainee, writes to us the following feedback on November 18, 1998. Subject: Viewpoint from a retired military officer about our RV course.

Dear Mr. O'Donnell:
    My name is Paul Jackson and I have been in the military for about 30 years. I worked on many projects in that period of time. One of them was on the subject of remote viewing.
    I ordered your course to see what you had to offer. After taking this course, I must say that your methods are far more advanced than anything I have ever seen. I have achieved a lot of things with your course and I must admit that I am quite amazed!!
    I have been hearing through the grape vine that you will be coming out with another course soon and I would like you to please notify me when it comes out. If it is anything like the first one, I would like to purchase it as soon as possible.
    I have been retired for about a year know and have a lot of time on my hands. I can tell you this: your course has really has given me something to do and perceive things that I always wanted to see.
    Thank you again for the excellent course.
    I will be using it for many years to come.
    Paul Jackson
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Brenda B. sends us the following comments on Nov. 7, 1998: Subject: Feedback after one week of training.

Hi Mr. O'Donnell,
(Please do not post my email address on the web at this time. Thank you.)
    I am just sending you a bit of feedback. We purchased your tapes and have had them a week now.
    I have listened to the first two tapes.
    I have literally had a house full of company for the last 8 days, and have had little time to delve into the training further. But will again this week.
    The time I spent on the first two tapes was interesting.
    I was able to move fairly quickly through the first tape, as I read your web site and had a jump start, so to speak.
   Tape 2 allowed me to reach theta. Upon arrival, there was light, and a "neutralness" or a "oneness". I do not know how else to explain it.
    I did not receive any incoming info, but was not expecting any either. But I was clearly in a "state to receive". Though I have been there before, this time I arrived from a path not traveled before. Perhaps I did tap into Delta.
    I have not journeyed into tape 3, yet.
    A "side effect" I feel is related to this, my vivid dreaming has returned almost every night. Interesting.
    My journey "down" to theta was very vivid, I quickly found my physical perception was numbed. I was in a state of knowing.
    Interruptions by the guests staying here only deepened my state of mind.
    I feel I have been offered info in the past, through the theta level.
It will be interesting and fun for me to develop my control of seeking out this place and absorbing what is there.
    I can sense what I believe to be theta waves when they emanate from other people. It explains those "looks" or that "mind conversation without words" that I have had with a few people.
    It seems theta attracts theta! Human or animal.
    I know when I am in "theta conversation" with animal or human, but I admit more often than not, I do not fully comprehend the details of the message.
    I get the gist of it so to speak.
    What ever is going on there, I am hopeful that your course will improve my skills in this area to say the least.
    I guess I have been RViewing for some time now, but I have been sort of seeing it as something be given to me, instead of something I can approach.
    I look forward to experiencing more of the universal feeling that abounds here.
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
    Brenda

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Ren and Susan Carter ( crtrfam@manti.com ) wrote on October 31, 1998: Subject: General comments and physical healing side-effects.

Dear Gerald:
    I have had your course about 3 weeks now. I also own Psi-Tech's course and am doing passably well with it. I am a natural psychic, but could never control it at will. Things just came to me sometimes. I am finding your method very original, interesting and relaxing. I am currently working with Tape 4 and am finding myself traveling all over the place. I will be interested to try my hand soon at things I can verify so that I know if I am correct in my thinking that I am at the level of Universal Consciousness.
     My husband has noticed an interesting side-effect: his fibro-myalgia is easing up a lot.
     I thought your essays were the best I have ever read on consciousness. I never graduated but my major in college was Cognitive Psychology so you see I have read a bit on consciousness. I will let you know how it goes after I finish all the tapes.
    Take care and thanks for sharing your talents.
     Susan

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Elizabeth W. (Angel68b@aol.com ), one of our successful RV trainees writes to us on October 23, 1998:
Subject: Enhancing her professional psychological and psychic counseling career and efficiency through having undertaken our RV training.

Gerald,
     As a professional psychic counselor and social worker with advanced university degrees in psychology, your Remote Viewing course I was very enjoyable and beneficial. I found your course to be spiritually based. It utilizes techniques that allow each one to easily reach very deep levels of their former subconscious self: The level of the creative/imaginative mind.
     It teaches self/mastery techniques and allows one to develop at one's own pace.
     Though I was clairvoyant before taking your course, your course redefined and greatly enhanced my psychic abilities. As a result, the course allowed me to gain a better understanding and control of the mechanics of my gift.
     This is a wonderful tool that you have developed that enables anyone who desires it to access the universal mind. I personally highly recommend your course for the beginner and the advanced alike.
      Sincerely,
      Elizabeth W.
HomePage:http://www.counselingalternatives.com/

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Mark L. Doyle ( mr.cell@mailexcite.com ), one of our trainees, sent us on October 9, 1998 this comment: Subject: His indignation about reading misinformation about out course posted on another web site.

To the Academy of Remote Viewing:
I was told by a fellow remote viewer to have a look at www.remoteviewers.com (Wayne Carr's site). I read all that he wrote about all the other RV courses out there including yours. I must say that this new recently self-proclaimed RV teacher seems to be bashing everyone else's courses. I have studied his profession for years and I know, for a fact, that he is using "tricks" to get people to buy his product.
     To all the people who are looking to buy his product: Beware. This man is a professional who knows all the tricks of the trade. So do not be fooled! Anyone who bashes other people has something to hide about himself.
     I have seen other courses out there. Many of them are good to one degree or another. In my own personal opinion, Mr. O'Donnell's course is by far the best I have ever seen and I have been looking for years. There are some fine courses out there, but again be very careful.
Mark L. Doyle

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John Sharp ( ibw@rmi.net ) wrote us on October 02, 1998: Subject: Effect of RV course.

 I have purchased your course already. It has worked wonders for me. The course has taken me to dimensions that are hard to explain. I have a lot of premonitions, synchronicities, and much more in the way of feelings.
Thank you for the safari!

John Sharp

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David Schoen ( DSchoen730@aol.com ), a recent trainee, sends us the following feedback on September 25, 1998. Subject: The ARV remote viewing course.

Hello Gerald:
     Thank you for being the only RV site to have the guts to publish openly "real feedback" from "real trainees!" and provide extensive information on Remote Viewing , its applications and mechanisms. You have the only real informative site on this subject. You do not only relate alleged feats of the "good old boys" club, but give the only in-depth explanation ever found on this complex subject.
     I would like to take the time to tell you what a wonderful remote viewing course you have put together. This information is literally worth 20 times more than you are charging for it and then some.
This message is to the people who are considering buying this course:
     I have searched a very long time for just the right course and I have to say that this course is by far the best one I have ever seen. On top of everything else, Mr. O'Donnell takes the time to help you in any way he can. He is truly a person who is looking to help other people, and he isn't only trying to make a buck. If you want the experience of you life, buy this course, you won't be disappointed!!!
If there is anyone out there that wants to ask me anything about this great course please feel free to email me at dschoen730@aol.com. I will be happy to tell you anything you want to know about this course.
     Thank you so much
     David Schoen
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Donald Vecchiolla (automan@westnet.com)     comments on September 23, 1998.  Subject: Training with our RV methodology  with a primary emphasis on financial trading.

Dear Gerald:

I am writing to let you know how pleased and satisfied I am with  your course.  It is refreshing to deal with someone who is honest, helpful and knowledgeable.  

I appreciate the promptness of the way you returned my phone inquiries and the solutions you provided. I am impressed  with the depth and breath of the knowledge you have demonstrated to me in our dealings. 

Your tapes are very easy to use and proved to be very effective  for me in my trading.  I do feel the course is a potent tool for all  traders.

I am a pleased customer  and would recommend your services without reservation.

Very truly yours

Tony V.

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Gary Legget ( gleg7@hotmail.com ) writes to us on September 17, 1998: Subject: Seeing the mysterious "Greys".

 Hi Gerald:
    I forgot to tell you in the phone conversation today that the other night while slipping into Theta I saw what people are calling "greys." It was just looking at me, I paid it no attention, but still thought it interesting. I've seen some pretty strange characters over the years in the astral. But nonetheless I thought I might see what your thoughts are on this.

 Greg

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James Wesley ( wesleyjd@worldnet.att.net ) sends us the following feedback on Sept. 16, 1998: Subject: Where does the "dream" begin and where does it end?

Dear Mr. O'Donnell:
I just wanted to let you know that my course work is progressing well. On many occasions I have questions arise and have found that you have so far answered them on your web page already. As I learn more, my ability to put aside my western impacted need to have it all "now" can slowly dissolve. There have been many interesting events occurring to me in my 7th week of training but most noticeable on a physical plane is that my need for sleep has dramatically declined. Also, I often can't tell if I am asleep/dreaming or awake/dreaming ? It's really exciting to see all that's happening...Everyday I start out with excitement to go deeper into training. I now have a renewed zest for life and all the miracles that are to be realized.
Thank you for opening the doors...
Sincerely,
Trainee,
Jim Wesley

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Donald Vechiolla ( automan@westman.com ) uses our RV training to improve his financial trading and sends us this feedback on September 16, 1998. Subject: Use of precognitive intuitive information in trading the S&P future contract.

Hi Gerald:
       I am a new student of yours for a little over a week. I am a full-time trader.
       I cannot say enough about your material.
       I have a trading buddy that has also taken your course. He and I had a strong feeling on a high on the S&P for about two days. The number came into play to the tick. "UNREAL! "
      I do hope you do put together course #2 for trading soon. I want to be the first to purchase it. Keep up the good work.
       Thank you
                                                              Tony V

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Jayne Schnmid ( chazba@oneimage.com ) writes to us on Sept. 12, 1998: Subject: Losing physical sensory awareness of body.

Hi,
   I received your course a couple weeks ago and am currently on Tape 3 side A. Nothing has really happened other than when I am listening to your voice I really am not aware of my body at all, in fact I can't even feel my heart beating or my pulse in my neck, sometimes I try to move my finger just to make sure I'm still alive! So I hope this means I'm progressing like I should be?
    I will continue to practice every day and hope to be able to let go at a deeper level every time. I look forward to future courses, I hope you let me know when the next course is.
Thank You - Jayne Schmid

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Carl Auerbach ( carlssss@hotmail.com ) sends us this message on September 10, 1998. Subject: The hard-ball marketing approach of a recent self-proclaimed "spiritually" oriented RV teacher.

Mr. O'Donnell:
    I have recently noticed the comments made by Mr. Carr about your Academy and other Remote Viewing schools. I just wanted to say that I have gotten plenty of e-mails telling me that a lot of the material that he teaches was originally taken from the Farsight Institute. I also hear that a lot of these people were totally disappointed by his course. The so-called American Association of Remote Viewers is an organization that he co-founded and uses for his own marketing purposes.
    I have done some investigation on this person and have found that he took a short remote viewing courses and then claimed to be an expert. In my opinion, someone should not bad mouth other courses when he is just a beginner himself. All I know is that I would not touch his course with a ten foot pole. Not only is he charging too much but he is claiming to be something he is not. I hope people will see this for what it is before they spend their hard earned money.
    I think that you have the best course on the market today even though there are some other ones out there that have good things to offer. I would like to thank you at this time and let you know that I have come a long way and that my experiences have been great.
    Thanks from the bottom of my heart.
    Carl Auerbach

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Russell Neil ( c031@aone.net.au ) adds on September 6, 1998: Subject: Experiences while training. The circle widens.

Dear Gerald,
I would like to relate some experiences relating to 'creational light'. The suggestions relating to the intensity and vibrational quality of the light from one's center of being have at times brought forth deep emotion. I recognize this experience as the same as that coming forth from previous experiences of chanting, of breakthroughs in healings I have had and other 'peak' experiences. The energy movement through and around the body I also associate with experiences of kundalini (Indian system) and of Chi (the Chinese). I have found these experiences to be very healing of the emotions and body. It is like having a deep well of unexpressed love and power unleashed. I have also noticed that my training with the tapes and practices seems to benefit others around me without me having to do anything. One friend who I had encouraged to practice some meditation had a spontaneous experience of flying to New York to offer a blessing and healing to a friend's relative who was unwell. Another acquaintance had an experience of feeling her hand filled with light. Other friends seem suddenly more interested in the healing powers of the mind. Like I said in the earlier e-mail, it is an experience of meditation that goes into the pure void and comes back with light and power, not just a one way trip to nothing. I cannot report great experiences of flying yet but I'm assisted by the reports of others on your Web site to just witness and see what happens. In response to the suggestion to ask one's inner light about past experiences I have received very quick and direct answers to questions about location and circumstances. These could be interpreted as relating to past lives - about 2 or 3 so far very specific in time and location. What seems to happens is that somehow these experiences are meaningful and seem related to my current attitudes and beliefs. There seems to be a process of integration and recognition underway without too much mental pondering or figuring out. This is the best part as it feels like deep frustrations are being resolved. Seems like a software upgrade as the conscious mind is reorganized. Thanks again for making this available.
Russell 
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Russell Neil ( c031@aone.net.au ), an Australian trainee, sends us the following comments on September 4, 1998. Subject: The physical and emotional healing experience of light.

Hello,
I received the course tapes in early August and have been training daily since. Really a wonderful experience.
I had been using the Synchronicity Foundation (Master Charles) theta and Recognitions Program tapes for about 4 years as well as using Harry Palmer's Avatar Course protocols. Your course is so easy and is helping me get beyond the tangle of mental constructs and blocks in a very easy way. I was starting to get tired of the binaural beat technology and having the intuitive prompting that it was too unnatural. So thanks again for sharing the techniques and understanding. I've had nice experiences. One thing I realized is that perhaps long term meditators become too much into the void. I say this because I have had some powerful experiences of light, with consequent healing experiences of my own emotions and body. All of a sudden people seem to turn up for me to share the understanding of the need to bring in the light to their meditations. The exploration continues. Thank you.
Russell
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Gary L. ( gleg7@hotmail.com ) e-mails us this feedback on August 25, 1998. Subject: Remote viewing 48 hrs into the future a baseball game.

Hello Mr. O'Donnell.
 
  I've had your course now for about 3 months and am listening to it almost daily. I have learned a lot about remote viewing. My main achievement at this point is that I do quite a bit of immediate future observing while in the theta state. Usually I see 24 to 36 hrs before hand. The other day I saw the end of an exciting Yankees game. I asked to see the future and while in Theta I saw the game ending home run. Everyone was excited. The whole scene was in different shades of gray and it was if I was looking at it from the Goodyear blimp. But I knew what I was seeing and it was exciting reading about the game and having it confirmed when it took place 2 days later.
Thank you.
Gary

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Russell Neill ( reneill@c031.aone.net.au ), one of our Australian trainee writes on august 09, 1998: Subject: "kundalini" (mystical serpent fire) awakening while training.

I am having the experience of intense energy which is going through cycles of intense explosion and implosion. The implosion cycles are very contracting and in the body are like strong cramps. I know enough about the process to be Ok, just sharing that there is a "kundalini" thing happening in me now. Any comments on this experience is welcome. Cheers,
Russell

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We received the following feedback from David Lawal ( David.Lawal@GRPC.AB.CA ) on July 29, 1998. Subject: Experiencing RV in the form of OOBE (out-of-body experiences) through time and space.

Hi Gerald:
     Let me share an experience. I had put on Tape 3 side B after waking up in the morning, and finished listening to it when I fell asleep again. As I was going back to sleep I suddenly noticed that I was slipping out of my body. I noticed my heart beating very fast, and an overwhelming feeling that I was out of my body. The interesting thing was that I knew, in the back of my mind, what I was experiencing (very much alike a lucid dream). I floated out of my bed and then fell on the floor. I felt that I was everywhere. I remember asking some questions which fascinate me, and getting some intelligent rapid replies (I had never experienced this before, even in dreams). I know the questions were not directed at any human being. I also went to a McDonald in Calgary (I live in Grande Prairie, Canada). After that I remember asking someone for the date, that a girl wrote it for me on a small paper, and that the date was 1989. The fact is that I came to Canada in 1992! I also recall hearing in the background you voice that kept repeating "You can remain at this level as long as you want", although I had finished listening to the tape before falling asleep again. I also noticed that I could coast easily between Canada and Africa. Just seamlessly. I had clear and vivid images of Africa. In the end I remember walking home, when all of a sudden there was a bright light and at the same time I realized that I was returning into my body.
     This is a truly amazing experience, thanks to this course. It certainly raises you awareness and expands your reality. As you said we are our own teacher. I am working on ways of tuning in into this powerful mode by myself.

Thanks again!
Sincerely,
David Lawal

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Ken Fairchild ( kenfairchild@webtv.net  ) writes the following on July 29, 1998: Subject: The life changes brought about by opening up to his higher consciousness (deep subconscious) through our course. Warmer natural interactions with individuals of the same and opposite sex.

   Hello Gerald:
   I really like the tapes.
   I think a warning/disclaimer for the course is needed. Once a person listens to your tapes and has a glimpse of a higher level of consciousness, it's difficult to imagine that person's life not being changed forever.
   I don't think that person could view the world through the same eyes again after discovering the higher levels within.
   I have bought many motivational and mind entrainment tapes in my lifetime and find yours by far superior to all the others. This course has been very uplifting.
   One of the purpose in ordering the course was to get more enjoyment out of life. I am just starting, but so far, I am very excited with the results. People are interacting with me in a very friendly and positive manner, often in unexpected ways. I have even had someone, very, very hostile to me in the past, talk over the phone and wish me well. People have been going that extra step to be nice.
   I seem to have become much more popular with the opposite sex. Without even trying anything consciously! Wow!
Ken

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Anthony Marchetti ( knight5335@aol.com ) a recent trainee, sends us on July 17, 1998 the following feedback: Subject: Our emphasis on personalized training and follow-up versus other advertised courses.

Dear Mr. O'Donnell

Just a note to let you know that I have been communicating by Email with many people that told me that they were quite unhappy with other courses that are being offered on the net by various web sites. Most had spent a lot of money on these other RV courses. Besides dubious results they all mainly complain of very poor follow-up support.
Luckily, your have the only course on the internet that for a small amount of money will get you everything, including the best coaching support there is.
Because of you, my life has turned around and my wishes have all come true.
I can't thank you enough. You are obviously dedicated to teaching and help others and not just to make money.
In my opinion, you are a very very rare person.
A little tip to everyone who wants to learn remote viewing: this is the place to come for it! You won't be sorry!
A fellow remote viewer.

Anthony Marchetti

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Kathleen Long ( DAATIFERET888@webtv.net ) sent us the following message on July 15, 1998. Subject: Experiencing the Original Source at the life/death gateway, and stirring the Original Stillness into action by focusing through It very intense caring thoughts (love) for another of Its parts.

Perhaps you can help me out on this one:
      My Grandma, to whom I am very close to, had a stroke on Monday night. It wasn't a bad one and she seemed fine latter on that evening. I slept well for almost 8 hours that night. I was practically a zombie the next day. I drank coffee, tea, and tried to wake up. I couldn't. It was as if I were drugged. When I got home my mother told me Grandma had another stroke that morning and wasn't expected to live (she is 94). I wonder if my inner being knew that and was with her?
     Today I was feeling the same until about noon. I went to my car and I started to meditate. I mentally went to visit her in her hospital bed. She was sleeping. I went to the top of her head and above her face to her right. I saw neurons and vessels. I hugged her shoulders and held her head in my arms and I began to fly, going up, but not outside of the infinity. She turned very BRIGHT AND SUDDENLY BECAME SMALL AND ABSENT FROM MY arms as if she were dust or a busting bubble. I felt good. I opened my eyes and looked around for a second or two. I then closed my eyes again. I felt an incredible change! I was getting brighter and brighter...The first time I ever really sensed the brightness you speak of in your tapes! My heart rate increased as if I were highly excited. My eyes were closed during this experience. I began to expand, became a giant, my being becoming expanded 1000 percent. I could feel it, almost as if I were going to burst. Finally the expansion stopped and I opened my eyes. From that point on, my body chemistry changed and I became more alert and energetic. I got home this evening and mother said "Grandma is awake, talking and using her right arm to exercise her paralyzed left arm!"
     Gerald, what do you think happened to me?
     Your friend, Kathleen.

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Sean Tees ( seantees@hotmail.com ), one of our Canadian trainees sent us on July 14, 1998 the following comments. Subject: OOBE (out-of-body-experiences) while training.

Dear Mr. O'Donnell:
   I am writing to you to let you know and anyone else who reads this, of my experiences while listening to the tapes of your course. Let me first start by saying that this is what I've been looking for a long time now. No books or meditation have opened my mind the way your tapes have.
   The course has helped me in many aspects of my life: studies, athletic endurance, cutting bad habits, and a massive increase in lucid dreams, to name a few.
   I had been listening to tape two side A for about a week, when I fell asleep on the couch with the headset on. I found myself roaming around the living room and kitchen looking to turn on the lights (at this point I didn't know I was OOB: out-of-body). I was trying to turn on the different switches, but the lights stayed off. I knew there was power because I could see the clock on the microwave oven. I became frustrated and tried to shout. That's when I woke up, realizing I had done it for the first time. What a rush!
   The second time was a bit different: I was listening to tape two, side B, in bed when I fell asleep. (This was my first experience of a bi-location). I perceived myself in my body but couldn't move, then suddenly found myself out-of-my-body next to the door. This went on back and forth a few times and I was totally confused. I could hear my girlfriend chatting on the net in the next room but I couldn't move nor talk.
     The third time I found myself walking down one of the streets in my town when I finally asked myself: "Am I dreaming?" I immediately flew up to what would be about 25 stories in height and that is when I awoke. The experience was very vivid. I could see everything clearly.
     I am now on tape three, side A and love it. If this is what happens in the first two tapes, I can't wait to get to the last four.
                                                             Sean Tees

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Bob T. ( bobtr1@hotmail.com ) adds this feedback on July 05, 1998:
Subject: Is "viewing" really important for RV?

Hi Mr. O'Donnell,
    Things are going well for me. I'm looking forward to the coming changes on the A.R.V. web site.

    For a while, I got hung up on trying to make the guided imagery on your tapes as vivid as dreaming. I then realized that I had missed the point. These images were not the tools you were providing. It is the concepts they represented the are the tools. I almost got "stuck" on the point of vivid imagery. My goal was to learn to remote view and I have learned that I can do it. My focus now is in learning how to do it effectively and accurately so that I can put it to good use. The imagery you guide us through on your tapes may never become as vivid as with dreaming for many of us, but the images I have received from the universal mind while remote viewing have been as vivid if only momentarily. Part of turning this natural ability into a developed skill is learning to describe effectively the information received. Also the tools provided in your tapes are not rigid laws. They can and should be adapted to one's own particular views and needs.
    I believe that vivid imagery will come with time as a natural development of the skill, but to put too much importance on it will only hinder and tend to get one stuck.
  
     Thanks again,
     Bob

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Bob T. ( bobtr1@hotmail.com ) wrote to us the following on June 28, 1998. Subject: Life changing effects of his RV training.

Hi Mr. O'Donnell,
    Thanks again for the course. It has changed my life in many ways, especially in the area of self-esteem. I have lived most of my life in fear of success and that has cost me dearly because many times I fail at my endeavors or at best do not completely achieve what I desire. I have always been puzzled by this irrational fear but never understood its real source, and could not get a handle on it.
     The exposure to frequent theta states has really expanded the scope of my awareness, heightened my intuition, and brightened my insight.
      While thinking on this problem about two weeks ago, I posed the question, (much as I would when RVing a practice target), about the source of this irrational fear. The almost immediate answer nearly knocked me to the floor not from its intensity but its clarity. I have not been afraid of success, I have been afraid of the responsibility that comes with success. This came from a childhood of being called "stupid" at every turn by my father. I have long ago cleared the air between father and myself but this one piece of baggage remained. Now that I understand its source I can take steps to deal with it. I have not been afraid to take on responsibilities when placed on me by others but deep down I felt unworthy or unqualified to assume responsibility for my own endeavors, desires and plans. This has now changed.
      By the way, I am already RVing without the tapes although I still listen to them from time to time to reinforce the training.
      Thanks again for the keys to unlock this incredible journey.

    Bob

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Patrick O'Brien ( ssurfer77@yahoo.com ), one of our recent trainees, sent us on June 24, 1998 the following feedback: Subject: tasking, gambling, OOBE, remote influencing, deep theta.

Mr. Gerald O'Donnell,

I thought you may be interested in some observations after going through half your course. I have been involved with Remote Viewing for about two years, and have already completed another course in RV based in England.

Because I have been practicing RV for two years; I find it fairly easy to arrive at a state of theta. Due to this fact as well as the power of your tapes; I find myself falling asleep in the middle of a tape. In order to combat this problem I have switched to sitting in a chair rather than reclining in order to experience the tapes. Also, I find it helpful to move a finger or a toe when I feel myself slipping beyond theta into delta. One may also open and close the eyes, but this may be too distracting for a beginner.

Tape three appears to be leading towards an out-of-body experience (OOBE) with its practice of extending a part of the light-body or biophysical vehicle out of the physical body. While this may lead to an OOBE; which gives an almost “being there” clarity, it is more important to use it as a visualization practice. Even though the OOBE state gives great clarity, it also disconnects the viewer from his intuitive state. While an OOBE does give great visual clarity; it is more important to be able to receive intuitive flashes or a feeling of “knowing.”

Once the student progresses and begins to practice on actual RV targets; it is very important to target accurately. This includes targeting an accurate TIME. If the target is what is happening right now at the base of the Eiffel Tower and one doesn’t specify it as such; the information received may pertain to the date of construction or even to some time into the probable future.

Another tip about targeting in reference to gambling is to go for the general feeling. For a beginning viewer it is easier to have a feeling about whether today is a good day for winning, rather than a specific winning experience. For example, get the winning day and then feel for the winning place, followed by the winning table or slot machine. Walk around the room until a particular machine gives you that winning feeling. Then don’t be too greedy. Walk away with several small profits rather than trying for one big one.

One experience your students should be aware of is the possibility of Remote Influencing. I have found that with continued practice of RV, RI can sometimes spontaneously occur. This can be a frightening experience if not properly understood. However, one does not have to worry about unconsciously influencing someone in a negative way. The Universe does not work like that. I have experienced influencing someone unconsciously. I was thinking that I would like a glass of iced tea; when my host poured me one. I said, “Thank you,” mentally, and she said, “You’re welcome,” out loud. I have since been able to positively influence an upcoming meeting; but this only works if one influences it in a positive way for all concerned. There can be no losers.

Finally, I would like to say that your tapes are the perfect way for a beginner to experience RV. They naturally lead the student into the theta state, teaching them what that state feels like, and enabling them to ultimately achieve theta without use of the tapes. I look forward to the advanced set of tapes still to come.

If anyone would like to contact me, my e-mail is : ssurfer77@yahoo.com

Good journeys,
Patrick O’Brien

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Kerry Clark ( kclark@prismnet.com ) writes to us the following comments on June 10, 1998. Subject: How "real" are symbols and myths?

Gerald,

Yes, it was a fine conversation we had. I am still reflecting upon it. I was intrigued by your remarks about lower Delta. I'm not attracted there however, just interested.

I appreciate your point about how the mind will resort even to folklore in order to interpret something completely beyond its understanding. French writer Jacques Vallee points out that when presented with an unusual visitation, Scandinavian people see blond giants, the Irish see Wee Folk, the English see fairies, and everyone has seen religious figures. Once in the old American West, some highly unusual visitors were reported to have appeared in widely separated locations, all on the same day. The travelers were uniformly described as fashionably dressed young men in a wonderful mechanical wagon. A century later, it was Greys in flying saucers. So in each case we find the embodied mind scrambling to turn something utterly unfamiliar into something contemporary and understandable. This doesn't mean that Bernadette really didn't see Mother Mary at Lourdes, or that those enormous UFOs really didn't cruise over Arizona last year. It just means that this is how those things happened, because this is how everything happens. This is how the entire universe rises out of changeless, pure consciousness at every moment. I know that you point to this in your tapes and on the web site. Now a few of the contributors to the Response Page are also talking plainly about higher values. There will always be trainees who write to the Response Page and attract a lot of attention with their ability to use RV for successful investments or trips to faraway places. But others, working more quietly, will find their way to the end of all using, and simply stand in wordless awareness of what they really are. I hope we get to hear more from those people.

Thanks for the good wishes, Gerald. The same to you and yours ---
Kerry

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Kerry Clark ( kclark@primsnet.com ) writes to us on June 7, 1998: Subject: Tasking for RV sessions.

Hi Gerald,

I just read the note from Bob T. on the Trainee Feedback Page. He describes a session where he was treated to a wonderful trip, clear out of the solar system, to view something he asked to see. He was left with some interesting questions unanswered, though. The problem is that he was shown precisely what he asked for, and that’s all. "I must learn to ask my questions more carefully," he says. Bob T. has hit upon an important issue.

After the long conversation we had about "tasking" for a RV session, I would like to share with you and your readers my explorations of "tasking" while doing solo RV sessions. Originally, I would often go into a session, and as my mind stabilized around the deep Theta level I would start to receive some information, only to spoil things by getting involved intellectually and trying to decide what to ask for next. That didn’t work of course; it took time, and it was too disturbing to the flow of impressions. I decided, as Bob has done, that by thoughtfully setting up the objective before a session, one can eliminate a lot of distraction. I know, we’re getting a little beyond the training in Volume 1, but briefly, and this concurs with your ideas, here’s what I found that helps –

First, list the name of the target in writing. Be brief. Then write something else brief to further define the target. Tell if what you’re looking for is an event, a person, a lost object, a concept, a piece of abstract information, mention a time frame if that’s important, etc. Then as if writing instructions for another person, specify in plain language what you want to learn about the target. For instance, "Perceive and record the colors, textures, sounds, smells, temperature, humidity, and the emotional atmosphere at the target location. Note the size, shape, and density of any objects present. Determine if those objects are natural or crafted. Observe and record any movement, technical or mechanical devices, energy sources, or living entities present at the target site." You get the idea. I know there will be refinements of this process in forthcoming training tapes, but for now I just try to make the tasking clear and direct. The term "tasking" is borrowed from the RV literature. I don’t know a better word.

The final part can be standard to every session. Add an instruction not be aware of any extraneous influences during the session, not to view anything at all besides, or unrelated to, the wanted information. Finally, ask the Universal for assistance in this session, and respectfully express appreciation for that help. Then dedicate the session to the highest good for all concerned. These last two items are important.

To set up a session like this works for me. It defines and stabilizes a session whether or not there is a monitor, and whether the target is front loaded or blind. None of this is my invention, of course. I took the parts I liked from everything I could find and learn on the subject. I hope it’s okay to somehow overstep the training tapes like this. You told us we’re our own best teachers.

Best regards,

Kerry