Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness

Remote Viewing and Self-Realization What would Edgar Cayce think about the recent fascination with remote viewing? He'd have to admit he'd done it himself sometimes, like when he announced from his self-induced clairvoyant consciousness that his next client had not yet arrived at home where he was to be for his reading from Cayce, or when Cayce noted that the prescribed remedy, "oil of smoke" was hidden in the back room shelf of the pharmacist. Cayce used remote viewing, and especially "remote knowing" to help others, and thus he would be satisfied with its serviceability. On the other hand, so much of his readings were filled with wisdom, providing much more guidance than could be provided by what a remote video camera could see, that his work involved more skills than simply remote viewing. I believe that Mr. Cayce would say remote viewing was, in itself, not sufficient. I suspect that, independent of the purposes toward which remote viewing might be applied, its procedures make self-actualization doubtful. Simply relaxing the mind may be sufficient to experience and report imagery that others might evaluate for its validity, but it doesn't seem sufficient to provide self-actualization guidance to the person practicing this skill. Something else has to be added. What is required beyond merely freeing consciousness is "raising one's consciousness to an ideal." Such grooming of consciousness might prove useful to become a channel of wisdom. The purpose to which value added remote viewing might be applied would also affect its serviceability for self-actualization. Remote viewing sessions typically begin with a "tasking assignment." As a tasking focus, I suggest something akin to an Edgar Cayce affirmation, with a bit of precognition thrown in: "I foresee an opportunity coming to me today where I may be of service to someone else by discovering more of my soul's abilities." I turned to a recent book by one of the pioneers of remote viewing. Russell Targ, Ph.D., writes in Limitless mind: A guide to remote viewing and transformation of consciousness (New World Library), to discover that the author writes, "Why bother with ESP? ...Dzogchen [Buddhist ideal of "great perfection"] teaches us to look directly at our awareness and experience the geometry of consciousness--the relationship of our awareness to the space-time in which we live.... these teachings of expanded awareness and the experience of spaciousness are not about self-improvement or gaining power; they are about self-realization: discovering who we really are.... This can be revealed in many ways, one of them being the practice of remote viewing....we discover through this process that we are the flow of loving awareness that is available to us whenever we are quiet and peaceful." The question I have in considering Targ's thoughtful and valuable book is whether his support of remote viewing as a tool of self-realization comes from the meditative part of the practice (in which case meditati

I found this book to be easily read, yet contain some fairly complex ideas. The stories and experiences presented as evidence for remote viewing and the extra-material senses of the human mind were fascenating. If you're interested at all in remoteviewing, or even just evidence for science actually "trying" to break into the spiritual, then it's a good book for you.

I found Limitless Mind to be an exceptional introduction to the study of consciousness and psychic abilities. The book describes many studies relating to fascinating topics such as remote viewing, distance/spiritual healing, precognition, and the fluidity of time and space. It describes the theory that time and space are "nonlocal." This theory suggests that it is an illusion that we occupy a specific area of space at a specific time. But in fact "each region of space-time contains information about every other point in space-time" (8). This is to "suggest that all of space-time is available to your consciousness, right where you are" (5). Or in other words "the whole universe is in some way enfolded in everything, and that each thing is enfolded in the whole" (8). And this would explain the phenomena of remote-viewing where a person describes a place or an object from a distance in which that person could have no sensory perception of the object. In remote viewing you're simply clearing your mind of all the "mental noise" (thoughts, memories, sounds, etc...) constantly running through your head thereby tapping into that part of you that is connected with the universe. Then by focusing your attention on a particular place or object you can access any point in space-time and bring it to your awareness. However remote viewing is only one area the book touches on. It also delves into how you can use this power for intuitive medical diagnosis, spiritual healing, and most importantly discovering who you are. Filled with scientific research studies supporting his claims, helpful guides to using these hidden abilities yourself, and written in an easy to read style this book is a must have for anyone interested in expanding their awareness and discovering who they really are!

Russell Targ's latest book is a broad-ranging, indepth coverage of remote viewing and nonlocal consciousness. As one of the original RV researchers, working with natural psychics such as Pat Price and Ingo Swann to develop standardized remote viewing protocols and testing procedures, Targ knows his way around the subject matter in all its aspects. From some of the early RV experiments in the 1970's to the most recent studies in distant healing, some of which were conducted by his daughter, Elizabeth, Targ covers a whole gamut of related consciousness topics, including after-death communications and the incredible research of F.W. Meyers. But most importantly, Targ has an important message for us: to quiet our noisy minds, transcend our personal stories, expand our awareness, and merge with the larger consciousness of the universe. It is a timely message and one that stands out throughout the all of his recent writings: a legacy of decades of research into the nature of consciouness. I recommend Limitless Mind for readers who are new to the subject and also to more experienced researchers who want to be reminded of what a vast subject area the study of nonlocal consciousness encompasses. Overall, this book is a gem. (Dr. Simeon Hein is the author of Opening Minds: A Journey of Extraordinary Encounters, Crop Circles, and Resonance (Mount Baldy Press, Inc.))

For years Russell Targ has been one of my favorite "inner voyagers" documenting the potential of human consciousness. I picked up this latest book from him at the same time as another one called LUCKY YOU! by Randall Fitzgerald, (a book that had been highly recommended by Dean Radin, Ph.D) and I found them to be exploring similar sorts of material about the anomalous effects of consciousness, but from different provocative angles. Targ is a true pioneer and this book extends his body of work to an even deeper level. Don't miss this one!