Since my experiences with extrasensory perception actually began with the experience of the so-called OOBE phenomenon (Out Of Body Experience), long before getting into Remote Viewing, it would be a good idea to discuss here briefly these two ways of extrasensory perception. They relate to each other and I think that when you are interested in OOBE, it is also worth practicing Remote Viewing.

Not all OOBE enthusiasts know that the most famous in this field, the Robert A. Monroe Institute in the US in Virginia, dealing with OOBE research – also hosted people participating in the military Remote Viewing program as part of the training.

Both of these phenomena have something in common – after all, in both cases our consciousness is capable of perceiving things at any distance outside the physical body of the perceiving person. So it was checked how the inclusion of elements of the OOBE practice could contribute to the development of Remote Viewing.

OOBE, however, is a slightly different phenomenon. It is a physical experience of the complete separation of consciousness from the physical body. In the OOBE phenomenon, a person literally feels that he is leaving the physical body, detaching from it and floating outside it in a non-corporeal form, they can go to different places both perceiving the physical world and moving to other realms, thus experiencing non-physical realities.

Many people dream of mastering OOBE abilities identifying them with a sense of freedom from physical limitations, and the ability to independently test many elements of existence beyond material reality.

However, not all OOBE researchers experienced it in the same way, having a full sense of separation from the physical body.
While the aforementioned Robert A. Monroe described the OOBE phenomenon, which he began to experience spontaneously with time and learn to control, in his phenomenal trilogy of his authorship: “Journeys Out of the Body”, “Far Journeys” and “Ultimate Journey” (it is worth reading in this order) – yes, some people trying to experience OOBE have also discovered in the method the ability to shift awareness and perception without losing any contact with the physical body and being present and conscious in the physical body during the journey.

One such researcher was, for example, Bruce Moen, whose books are an additional interesting supplement to the trilogy of Robert A Monroe. Moen was able to perceive everything that a normal OOBE person would be able to perceive without actually leaving the physical body, but only by traveling “mentally” (by focusing the mind), and taught this method.

Remote Viewing is much closer to Bruce Moen’s method, because it just involves traveling with consciousness without losing contact with the physical body and physical awareness.
This has a number of additional practical advantages, which in my opinion make Remote Viewing one of the best, if not the best, tool for developing and using extrasensory perception.

Well, one of the problems of people interested in the ability to mentally travel and study reality, also non-physical through insight with their mind – is to distinguish what comes from their own imagination from what is actually extrasensory perception.
If, for example, now I tell you “go mentally and describe to me the area around the Eiffel Tower, or what is somewhere on Mars – you will immediately recall some photos you have seen, movies, your own guesses about the possible appearance of the area, etc. In short, memory recall and guesswork with the use of imagination, not perception itself, start immediately.
Meanwhile, in a Remote Viewing, you can check the same things in a way that does not activate or play from memory, or stimulate the imagination during the session, because we examine a given target “blindly” and only after the end of the study, the person finds out what he really checked. This makes the results much better and much more reliable.

In addition, learning Remote Viewing is learning to control your own perception. In Remote Viewing, as in any other method of extrasensory perception, emphasis is placed on the ability to consciously understand the principle of operation of one’s own perception, and to master the ability to assertively, neutrally explore and control this process.

The problem of many enthusiasts of the Out Of Body Experience phenomenon who practice OOBE is that they often lose control over the process. They start to leave the body not only when they want it, but often also when they don’t want it at all, and the experiences they have are also very random and not always positive. OOBE for many people is like throwing yourself into the deep waters of the ocean with makeshift scuba diving gear and relying on what will happen there – be it beautiful corals and dolphins, or maybe a shark. In OOBE practice, most people place very little emphasis on the issues of actual safety. Therefore, whenever I share my knowledge about OOBE, I always highlight the issues of its safe practice.

Meanwhile, properly conducted Remote Viewing teaches the wise, responsible and safe use of extrasensory perception in a way that allows you to control these abilities and activate them only when you want to. In my opinion, it is extremely valuable and important for general self-development.

To sum up, in Remote Viewing you can check and experience everything that can be experienced in OOBE – however, it is done in more controlled, safe conditions, while ensuring greater objectivity and verification of extrasensory perception.

It was fragment from my ebook “Remote Viewing – Development through perception“, which I share for free here on the website.

Jacob Qba Niegowski