The Little Purple Notebook On How To Escape From This Universe
Copyleft � 1999 by Maximilian J. Sandor
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Straightline Remote Sensing #7
What really is 'reality'?
As pointed out earlier in this series, the main problem in "remote
sensing" is not so much the ability to bring about sensations or
pictures from another place, but rather the abundance of impressions
that may flow in, making it difficult to differentiate between
"facts and fiction."
The question arises: how do we know how to recognize reality in the
first place?
It may come as a shock, but there has been no answer to this quite
innocent, yet very basic question in the entire known history of
mankind! Even worse: the more one is trying to nail down how to
"really" recognize "reality," the more it eludes rational thinking.
Sure, there are plenty of definitions of "reality." One definition,
the model of overlapping individual universes, was presented earlier
in this series. Most definitions are quite limited, however, if one
attempts to put them to practical use.
On top of this dilemma is another one: even if there would be "one
and only one" reality, and even if this reality could be perceived
by two different observers in an identical fashion-- the subjective
comprehension, based on the subsequent process of abstraction of
this "reality," would be different for each observer.
Abstractions are based on the socio-cultural environment that an
observer is used to. A bushman who never saw a "chair" in his life
can hardly make the abstraction "chair" when he sees one. Thus, the
more closely one looks, it becomes progressively difficult to
ascertain any common grounds for different observers.
Now, in "remote viewing" it is expected that two or more observers
arrive at an identical (or extremely similar) "abstraction." This
means that an outcome is expected that is already close to
impossible to achieve when the observers are not remote. Perhaps it
may be altogether more accurate to label "remote viewing" as
"abstractions about distant events" instead.
All this means that no matter whether "reality" truly exists or
not, and no matter how it ultimately manifests itself, it also
appears to be impossible to determine with certainty whether an
observation is truly based on an "objective reality" which is shared
with others or if it solely exists in the mind of one (and only
one!) beholder. If one would try to verify an observation with
another observer, the observed "reality" might very well exist only
for the two observers involved and not for anyone else.
The same is true for channeled and tunneled information sources:
there is no guarantee that the information is "true" for anyone else
other than the entity that provided the information and the
recipient(s) of this information.
For the majority of humans these problematic questions have no
relevance whatsoever. They are so firmly rooted in their immediate
environment that they seem unable to conceive any thought that could
possibly question their fixated set of mind. Thus they become slaves
of mental constructs that they perceive as their "own" even though
these constructs are mostly imprints from the prefabricated
pseudo-world of the mass media.
The following, extremely powerful exercise goes a long way in
gaining a better understanding of how one's own mind is perceiving
"reality." It is derived from the technique of "instrument scanning"
which is practiced by airplane pilots who fly "on instruments" (IFR)
and it is the actual remote viewing procedure suggested here in the
Straightline Remote Sensing series: ***
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Exercise 7a (Remote Viewing):
0. Think of at least two remote places you want to look at.
1. Look around wherever your body happens to be in this very
moment.
Do this quickly and stop immediately when you have any new or
confirmed information about the place.
2. Now do the same with the first of the two remote places.
3. And then do it with the second one.
Go to Step #1 again and cycle through the viewing "scan."
For pilots flying on instruments this procedure is vital. It is the
basic survival skill for flying in any weather condition that is not
"severely clear."
Looking at only one instrument would result very quickly in a
hypnotic effect and the pilot would lose control over the airplane
within an amazingly short time.
In a sense this is exactly what happens to a Being which is fixated
on a single body: it becomes paralyzed after a short time of looking
at a single object (the human body), loses control shortly
thereafter, and then tries to overcontrol even though it has already
lost orientation and doesn't know where it is heading for.
The Being is then prone to hang on to the body just like a pilot
often starts holding the yoke with cramped hands. Amongst pilots
this is feared and known as the "death grip" or the "white
knuckles." Unless resolved in time, the result will be a sure dive
into disaster.
Actually, a straight dive is rare amongst humans and airplanes.
More commonly, a "spin" will be entered. A spin is ironically the
only "stable" condition for an airplane except when it is grounded:
all forces are in an equilibrium. This is exactly why it is so
difficult to recover from a spin.
While an airplane is spinning down to the ground in seconds or
minutes, a Being may take many lifetimes. Time enough, one might
think, to break the spin. But time is not that important in breaking
the spin, except when it is getting really close to the ground
already.
One must engage the "opposite rudder" with all force and hold it
there until the spin comes to a stop. (And one should never forget
to let go of the rudder when this happens-- otherwise another spin
in the opposite direction would be initiated).
But back to the exercise... What makes the perceptions of immediate
and remote environments different from each other? Some indicators
have already been presented in this series, notably the paradox of
the continuity of events that are, nevertheless, constantly
changing. The human mind can change an illusion that is not being
shared with other Beings. It can do so without warning and without
any restrictions:
It can turn an elephant pink and a human face green without any
temporal or spatial transition. And, at the same time, it can
falsely insist that something never changed over time, even though
this would clearly be impossible.
In "reality," things are changing at a certain rate; yet all
objects that are part of an event will have a certain amount of
inertia.
Indicators to look for during the "remote sensing scan" are
therefore:
* what is different in the picture compared to the previous
scan(s)?
* what remained the same in the pictures?
* can submodalities (such as color, weight, speed, etc) be
changed permanently in the picture? (This would be an indicator
of a isolated mental construct).
* do the events take a course of its own and in a way that could
not have been predicted? (This would be an indicator of a
shared reality).
The checklist of indicators should be expanded by the reader
according to his/her own preferences - nobody "works" exactly like
anybody else.
This now concludes the mini-series Straightline Remote Sensing,
written for the readers of ViewZone Magazine. More information on
this subject can be found in the author's online book PNOHTEFTU -
The Little Purple Notebook On How To Escape From This Universe at
http://transmillennium.net/pnohteftu/. This site also contains a
list of websites of contemporary thinkers and tinkerers who engaged
in comparable quests.
Although far from being comprehensive or exhaustive, this
mini-series nevertheless contains the outlines of the major elements
and considerations regarding this subject. If there is one point
that could summarize this outline, it would be the realization that
"remote" sensing is just a special case of perception at large. It
cannot be seen isolated from the already existing faculties of
perceiving what is going on: in a strict sense - since there are no
genuinely IMMEDIATE perceptions in the first place - EVERY sensing
could be called REMOTE sensing.
The starting place for remote sensing is therefore necessarily the
improvement of the perceptions of the environment in which the human
body is currently placed. And, even more important: the perception
of the perception process itself.
Once this perception process has been recognized as such, the
concept of "remote" sensing becomes just a side condition-- namely
the distance of one's own current body to an event that is to be
observed.
Most importan of all: learning to perceive perception processes is
the basic step to regain one's individual liberty from the self-made
prison of mental constructs.
Now, when the barriers in the individual mind are starting to
tumble down, something else happens, both wonderful and
frightening-- and often unexpected: the barriers that appeared to
separate us from all the other living beings that share this very
place with us are breaking down at about the same rate at which our
own internal limits are dissolving.
With the increasing ability of "Remote Sensing" comes thus a
responsibility from which it seems impossible to escape:
* Without barriers of time and space, one is not only exposed to
the curious, delightful, or fascinating aspects of events in
distant places, but one also has to learn to share the fright,
despair, loneliness, and sorrow of other Beings.
In a time where everybody glibly talks of global peace and the
progress-- or even the survival-- of the human race, this question
should therefore be raised and honestly answered:
"Can mankind as a whole become truly free as long as its proper
members-- the individual human beings-- are not free, happy, and
safe in their very own hearts and minds to begin with?"
It is the author's recognition that this world (and any possible
world for this matter) can never be changed to a better place by
means of guns, drugs, economics, or politics. Any true change has to
start with freeing one's very own mind and heart first.
In the spirit of this thought, these notes about Straightline
Remote Sensing have been written.
May All Beings Be Happy, Safe, And Free!
Maximilian J. Sandor, Ph.D.
Christmas Eve 1998,
Tujunga, California, on the planet Earth of the Solar System,
somewhere in the outskirts of the galaxy known as the Milky Way.
