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Viewing and the Body-Mind Connection
By Talia
Shafir
One of the biggest
myths to evolve in the growing annals of new age lore is that psychic
ability is the sole province of the mind. Our language reflects it in
terms like “mental telepathy” and “mind
reading”. When we think of ESP (extra sensory perception), we
generally think “beyond the senses”. But what
usually passes for extraordinary mental ability to see distant in time
and space actually has an important physical component.
The
Body’s Story
So much emphasis
has been put on “seeing” that we overlook the part
that the body plays in communication. We, like all living things, are
information processing organisms. The autonomic nervous system is a
conduit for information passing through our field in frequency form. We
can also choose to bring ourselves into contact with information that
is beyond the scope of our external sensory organs.
Our bodies have a
story to tell all their own. Sometimes our movements align with our
words and sometimes not. In fact, our bodies are capable of bringing
information to light that our brains can, at best, interpret with a
mixture of “truth” and past experience. This is the
juncture at which life usually gets complicated. It is the inclusion of
this information which expands our conscious awareness.
The Labyrinth of
Translation
It’s the
meaning (i.e. the translation) we give to the feelings we have that
creates obstacles to understanding and dysfunctional relationships of
all kinds. The side of psychic ability that is often ignored is that
interpretive part – when it comes time to give words to that
which cannot be seen or perceived with any of our external five senses
in the moment. It’s here that debunkers of such phenomena
have their heyday.
It is precisely
this piece that the protocol of Coordinate Remote Viewing addresses.
This is what sets remote viewing apart from random psychic experiences,
astral projection, channeling, out-of-body experiences, etc. The
“roadmap” of CRV actually creates an experience of
focus on two planes at once, the conscious and the unconscious. Our
brains have difficulty telling the difference between what unconscious
pieces it’s remembering and what’s happening in
present time, between our story and accurate reporting of raw data. CRV
presents us with some excellent coping tools for this phenomenon while
also clearing the way for our psychic ability to function. It helps us
embody a deeper ability to focus and discern what is truly happening
“in the moment”.
How Coordinate
Remote Viewing Works
The viewer is given
eight random numbers (coordinates) representing either a life form,
place, specific object or an event (generally speaking). Those random
numbers, which have been assigned by the person who created the target,
carry the entire gestalt of the target, the overview of all the parts
that create the whole. The viewer then follows a specific set of
instructions leading him or her from the first broad encounter with the
target - like a brief snapshot but rarely as clear – through
gradually longer and more expanded explorations of the site.
For the duration of
the session, the viewer is taught to cue a variety of sensory as well
as abstractly holistic categories for the purpose of collecting as much
descriptive information as possible. The trick is to learn to stay away
from naming things and to expand our awareness of parts of the whole.
In addition, information about emotions that may or may not be present,
any aesthetically impacting characteristics as well as intangible
qualities of the overall purpose of the site are woven into the
required feedback.
Descriptive vs.
Analytical
The protocol takes
one from images to words and back again and again, crossing the chasm
of the brain’s hemispheres to eventually produce rendering or
modelings of the target coupled with a verbally descriptive rendition
of the experience. It is not the remote viewer’s job to guess
what the target is – only to record as much description as
possible. Therein lies the challenge!
It soon becomes
apparent that the information gleaned from the matrix needs the body to
process it. In fact, a great deal of information that impinges on the
nervous system and evokes a bodily response often goes unnoticed. In
order for the remote viewer to truly learn to detect and decode
information, he or she must become more and more aware of the
body’s responses during the session.
A Fuller Definition
of “Mindfulness”
If we follow the
system’s path, all roads lead to mindfulness, a potent skill
for day-to-day living. This newfound sensitivity to internal as opposed
to external experiencing often finds the novice viewer at a loss for
words. Not only does one discover how limited one’s
descriptive vocabulary is but how much of our communication is done in
comparative form (i.e. it’s like…white as snow,
flowing like a river, child-like, etc.). Staying aware in the present
moment is hard enough – using open, descriptive terms is
harder. One discovers how much more familiar it is to jump to
conclusions.
Venturing with
whole body awareness into the paranormal realms has much to teach us
about the way we humans process information. The truth is that most of
us are eager to expand our knowledge of spirit but that quest is often
equated with “leaving one’s body” to
explore higher realms. It’s our grounding that allows us to
soar.
Spiritual
Connection At Our Fingertips
It’s
easier to make that spiritual connection than we imagine because the
frequency of it is always with us. It’s just a matter of
locating the signal line and maintaining the focus by staying fluid.
Flow is a dynamic process and so is remote viewing. The now of the
universe is constantly moving. The body understands that.
It’s translating what actually comes through with a better
than average degree of accuracy that is the most difficult task because
words slow us down to survival’s pace. We are constantly
playing catch-up with creation.
Spirit asks us to
remember that with connection comes a responsibility to take action on
the physical plane. Psychic events are a means to that end. They are a
whole-body experience. We were never meant to just “stay in
our heads”.
(copyright March
2005, all rights reserved)
Talia Shafir, MA,
C.C.Ht., is based in Sebastopol, California and is the co-founder of
the Center for Integrated Therapy, a haven for a broad spectrum of
transpersonal, body-centered work. A regression therapist specializing
in an embodied approach to acute trauma and long term post traumatic
stress, she holds a masters from Columbia University. Talia works with
clients both in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area and internationally.
She trained and also worked with several members of the former military
“psychic spy” unit. She now trains remote viewers,
consults in the corporate sector and lectures throughout the country,
adding her insights for its use as a tool of expanded consciousness and
personal growth. For more information, logon to http://www.soulview.com
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