Understanding Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV): A Practical Guide

What Is Remote Viewing?

Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) is a structured technique that allows a person to perceive distant people, objects, or locations—across both time and space—using the mind alone. It involves tuning in mentally to targets that are otherwise inaccessible by normal sensory means, whether they are miles away or rooted in the past or future.

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Contrary to popular belief, CRV is not about psychic predictions or mystical visions. Instead, it’s a learnable skill grounded in a systematic process that allows the subconscious mind to connect with non-local information and bring it into conscious awareness.

Who Uses Remote Viewing—and Why?

Remote viewing is often used when traditional methods fall short. Law enforcement agencies, corporations, or individuals may request insights into past or future events, hidden objects, or sealed-off locations. For instance, viewers are asked to perceive everything from historical mysteries—like Amelia Earhart’s final flight—to the contents of a locked safe or the layout of a distant facility.

What Are Viewers Trying to Perceive?

Remote viewers are tasked with accessing data that exists beyond conventional reach. This could be:

• A location on the other side of the world

• An event that occurred long ago

• A hidden object

• A glimpse into a possible future

These perceptions are often sketched, described in writing, or expressed verbally during the viewing session.

The Goal of CRV: Tapping the Subconscious

The objective of remote viewing is to gather impressions through the subconscious and bring them into conscious form. This data flows from non-physical senses—beyond the five physical ones—and is interpreted using language, sketches, or symbols.

Moreover, viewers remain “blind” to the target to avoid bias and maintain the purity of the information.

Do You Need to Be Psychic?

Not at all. Remote viewing is not the same as being psychic. While natural intuitives may take to the process quickly, CRV is a structured, teachable skill that anyone can learn with training, practice, and patience.

Using All the Senses in Remote Viewing

Remote viewers rely on more than just visual impressions. Taste, smell, sound, texture, temperature—even emotional resonance—can all emerge during a session. For example, a viewer might:

• Smell saltwater

• Feel cold stone beneath their feet

• Sense a mood of celebration or danger

• Hear birdsong or machinery

Additionally, these impressions are often subtle and symbolic, requiring careful attention and interpretation.

It’s Not Astral Travel

While it might sound similar to out-of-body experiences, CRV does not require leaving the body. It’s a mental, not metaphysical, process. As researcher Rosemary Ellen Guiley described, remote viewing is about “seeing with the inner eye,” but it’s fundamentally different from astral projection.

A Pioneer of CRV: Ingo Swann

The late Ingo Swann, a renowned psychic, artist, and researcher, is credited with developing CRV in collaboration with physicists Russell Targ and Hal Puthoff at Stanford Research Institute during the 1970s.

Swann’s work laid the foundation for military remote viewing programs like the CIA-backed Star Gate Project. He described himself as a “consciousness researcher” who explored altered states and human potential.

Clearing the Mind: Avoiding Analytical Overlay

A key challenge in remote viewing is limiting “mental noise”—the inner commentary, judgments, or logical guesses that distort raw impressions. This interference, known as analytical overlay (AOL), can lead a viewer astray.

Therefore, learning to quiet the mind and remain open to subtle input is crucial. Without mental clarity, true signals from the subconscious are easily lost in the noise.

How Is Remote Viewing Used?

CRV can be applied in many areas, such as:

• Finding missing people or objects

• Solving law enforcement cases

• Exploring your own past or future

• Locating resources like water or minerals

• Describing inaccessible objects or sealed containers

• Understanding historical events

• Visiting past locations mentally

Clearly, its applications span both personal and professional realms.

How to Practice Remote Viewing: A Step-by-Step Guide

1. Find a Monitor

Choose someone to guide your session. Their role is to select targets, maintain structure, and ensure focus.

2. Create a Target Pool

Have your monitor pick five intriguing images (places, objects, events) and seal them in envelopes. Assign each a random number—your “coordinate.”

3. Cool Down

Take time to quiet your thoughts. Releasing distractions enhances your mental clarity.

4. Begin the Session

Pick an envelope and write your name, date, time, and coordinate aloud and on paper. This locks in your intention.

5. Perceive with All Your Senses

Describe impressions—light/dark, hot/cold, sounds, smells, emotions. Don’t censor anything. Every sensation counts.

6. Sketch Your Impressions

Draw whatever comes to mind. Crude shapes are fine. Often, they match target details later.

7. Use Movement Techniques

Mentally “zoom out” from the target. Change perspectives to gather additional details.

8. End the Session

When impressions fade, say “End” aloud and note the time.

9. Write a Summary

Briefly recap your session: physical, emotional, and environmental impressions.

10. Get Feedback

Open the envelope. Compare your session to the actual image. Look for similarities.

11. Keep Practicing

Accuracy improves with consistency. Treat each session as personal insight—not just performance.

Final Thoughts: A Journey Within

Remote viewing is more about self-awareness than proving accuracy. It’s a doorway into the hidden potential of your subconscious mind.

Let go of ego. Release the need to be “right.” Allow the experience to unfold naturally. Even the best viewers miss sometimes. What matters is curiosity, discipline, and practice.

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A structured introduction to the art and science of CRV.

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