Alan-

I admit I'm skeptical, but I'll be the first to applaud you if you can get a hit on me!

R

Matthew,

I don't even recall a prior question to remotely view me.  I took Alan's description of his recent attempt to remove view me.  In that light, his efforts failed. 

But if I did once concede a hit about the hanging gardens of Babylon, that only meant that I preached a sermon in which I referred to this city.  Since the Babylon captivity of the Jews serves as the background for several OT books, that hit would be expected by chance and would lack significance. 
My parents have a skate behind their condominium in British Colunbia in which there is a little fountain and there is a little fountain outside out courthouse in Colville.  But I don't view either as a hit for your imaging of "golden fountains."  I have nothing similar at my house or church.  It is not legitimate to take the imagery of a reading and then search one's memory for times when you've encountered something resembling that image.  Al of us could generally come up with examples; so this means nothing.

The same is true of the pale horse, an image from the Book of Revelation.  Of course, I've discussed that book in church, but not the pale horse.  So that attempt at remote viewing is mistaken.

Alan, I believe in remote viewing; I simply haven't discerned it from you in the way that others may have.  To construe this reaction as a return to a "fundamentalist box" is a symptom of your breath-taking irrational thought patterns.

Don

I recall an interesting experiment in a psychology class while at Columbia University.  Each person was given what they were told was a personal horoscope/reading from a renowned psychic.  The readings were crafted in the same manner for each student.  Sayings which included the entire range of possibilities were given such as:  "although you enjoy the company of others you are a reflective, private person too."   Fairly meaningless. 

However, the upshot was that each student was asked to rate their "psychic reading."  More than 90% of the students rated the generic readings as "very insightful"  "spot on"  and with comments such as "she really knew me well."  The point of this experiment was to teach the students that sometimes we hear what we want to hear and put our own interpretations sometimes. 

All that being said, the synchronicity of Alan attempting to view Don, and describing hanging gardens, and Don preaching about the hanging gardens of Babylon (possibly with golden fountains), may still be considered a "hit."  Alan is a neophyte at distant reading.  If he happened to make a mental connection when Don was formulating his sermon, could this not have been an unforseen mental connection instead of a viewing of a physical scene?

Not to say I'm certain of it, just giving the benefit of doubt.  I would esimate the odds of Alan talking of hanging gardens and Don giving a sermon about Babylon's hanging gardens right at the same time would be less than 1 in 100 by mere chance.

Alan is just experimenting.  He is not an accomplished remote viewer like McMoneagle.  I do agree that in Don's case we can't conclude anything about Alan's reading with certitude.  Still it makes one wonder. 



Matt

Alan,

I had forgotten that post.   You "hit" is admittedly more impressive by occurruing the day after.

I concede that.
Don

The method I use to remote view is "something anyone can do", At night I just think of your avatar name and wait until pictures form in my mind.

I cant do it at the moment because each time I tried it my mind began to fill with scenes from the

I will wait a week and then when things have cooled down make an attempt

Why don't one of you guys give it a try? Strangely I find if I am sleep deprived I become more sensitive and visions flood into my mind
Regards

Alan

Hi, & my permission to remote view me, too!  I think it's great that you're undertaking an experiment like this!

kirolak wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2010 at 12:00am:


You know it is strange! I was thinking about trying to remote view and saw a room with a lot of books and of course the bookcases, but as it is after the event it cant be taken as a hit.

You are an avid reader and I think you must have read more than a thousand books in your life time?

But you seem I good candidate, Bets has often seen me when I visited and her dog Barnabe always knows I am there he just stares at my ethereal presence

Love

Alan