Levels of Remote Viewing
I'm not actually sure that specific levels of remote viewing can be established. There has been some attempt by others to do this, but the difficulty lies in the fact that all of us mentally process information differently. As long as we do, no two people can ever be expected to react the same while developing their remote viewing capability. In fact, you should expect to see differences between individuals from the very beginning of their exposure.
However, by nature, we think in levels and somewhat expect them. So as a guide, I will show what the average person can expect. In keeping with the concept of RV'do, I've laid these out much like the different belts one might expect to find within a martial art. I will attempt to describe each of these as completely as possible.
White Belt
This will usually be the beginner or novitiate, someone being exposed to remote viewing for the first time. There is great honor in being called a novitiate. For every Omega, or ending, there has to be an Alpha, a beginning. Everyone who truly understands the martial arts understands that the beginning is right where we hope to eventually arrive.
All masters begin with a white belt and a first introduction to technique. Years later, when they have sufficiently mastered not just one technique, but many, they are able to synthesize what they have learned into something both powerful and simple. The key to becoming a master is to take what is necessary from others, use it to identify your own natural talent or skill, and then create something equally effective, but it is hoped with a much greater simplicity and grace.
So, the beginning remote viewer can expect to learn a very basic or initial technique at this stage. It should be simple enough to grasp, powerful enough to produce a basic level of response, but significant enough to show there is more (with effort) available.
The viewer with a white belt can expect to describe a major gestalt, but very little else. A gestalt is the sum of the elements that create an overall impression of a target. Much of the information that a white belt can expect to see will be fractured almost beyond recognition and will have very few inter-connections. In other words, a lot of it won't make any sense at all.
Besides the active remote viewing itself, white belt viewers should come to understand some of the rules. For instance, they should learn the differences between good protocols and bad protocols. They should be able to define what remote viewing is, and the differences between remote viewing and other forms of paranormal behavior. (Most of this can be found in Chapter Three.)
Following is an example of a target with a remote viewing result that can be expected from a white belt viewer:
Yellow Belt
The differences between white and yellow are probably not going to seem very significant, but they are. This is when viewers begin to receive more input that is recognizable as delivered from their "senses." In fact, this is a term that is commonly used; "I sense there is a lot of red at the target site."
This skill level usually results in the first use of the word "like" as well. "It's. . . . well . . . like a swimming pool, but not actually a swimming pool."
The reason for this change is because you have essentially discovered the place in your mind where the data arrives, but you have absolutely no control over how much processing you do with it. In fact, you still have no control over fully accessing it.
Overall or general descriptions of the targets can be expected, as well as a very general feel for the environment.
Besides the actual remote viewing, yellow belt students should begin to learn about the necessary mental requirements, competency, stability, intelligence, and educational requirements. They should understand the negative aspects of remote viewing and what effects can be expected from mental instability. They should be taught how their experiences will affect those around them, such as family, friends, or acquaintances. (Much of this will be presented within Chapter Four.) The following is an example of a yellow belt viewer's results:
Orange Belt
This level of learning can be summed up in the words, aesthetic impact. Aesthetic impact deals with how the remote viewer's sense of art, beauty, and taste are affected.
Things you most like and dislike about the target will become evident. The problem with this is that it will also become difficult to tell where the actual target information begins or ends, and where your imagination lies in relationship to it. The orange belt viewer will have a lot of difficulty in getting a handle on the natural creative process and separating it from the actual target information source.
The upside is that previously confusing details will begin to come together in meaningful ways that show links and connections within the target. At the same time, you will begin to recognize or notice internally generated overlay. We call this "analytic overlay", because it is generally produced in the processing portion of the mind and has nothing to do with the actual remote viewing data as delivered in its raw form.
While this is one of the more demanding stages of remote viewing learning, it can also be one of the fun stages. If you pay attention, you will learn a lot about how and why you process information the way you do, and you will be able to unhook from many of the bad habits you've picked up along the way in your human development.
A small example would be: A sense of bright, reflected-light from a surface, for most people, almost automatically means there is glass in the target. However, over time, one learns that the sense of bright, reflected light can also come from concrete, steel or metal, a large area of white sand, the surface of water, a mirror, windows, or can be artificially produced. So we quickly learn about a bad habit called, assumption.
Besides the viewing aspects of this stage, orange belt viewers should also learn about how viewers are selected, how some develop more talent than others and why. This will enable them to overcome the key issues in themselves that might be preventing them from becoming better viewers.
This stage is what I call the first of three "make or break" stages. This is where aspiring new viewers find out whether or not they have what it takes to continue on in a learning process that really has no end. Whether they want to devote a significant portion of their life to understanding and becoming centered in "RV'do." (Much of this information can be found in Chapter Five.) Following is an example of yellow belt viewing:
Brown Belt
Emotions begin to hammer in. You will find as you enter the brown belt stage that you have to learn to deal with emotions. These will be emotions that are generated within the target, as well as your emotional reaction to what might be perceived about the target. This doesn't sound like much, but it is one of the most difficult things a remote viewer has to overcome.
Emotions are primal reactions to events and circumstances that we have developed within us over a long period of time. We generally react emotionally to things long before we are able to think about them in a rational sense. So, emotions cloud the viewing material, they make it more difficult to define the details, and overlay it with preconceived thoughts.
Since this is also where we begin to form conclusions, it creates a very dangerous combination. Most have enough experience to know that what you think you are "seeing" is sometimes not what you feel you are seeing.
I'm reminded of a scene in a movie where Mel Gibson sees his partner's daughter being assaulted. He reacts emotionally to the situation, jumping the perpetrator from behind, and pummeling him to the ground. Unfortunately, it turns out that she has gotten a job as an actress and they are in the middle of filming a scene on a street set.
At this stage of viewing it is very easy to make this kind of mistake: leaping to a conclusion. It is also quite easy to get wrapped up in the emotion of another person at the target and to imagine what they might be feeling, based on the details. These kinds of emotions may or may not be correct.
What is good about this stage of learning is that it forces us to slow down, to pay very close attention to the details. We come to realize over time there are a number of conclusions that might fit a given like or similar collection of details.
For example: A large square filled with water might not be a swimming pool. It could be a septic tank, a fishpond without fish, a reflecting pool, or a holding tank. A tall thin object with what seems like fronds at the top could be a palm tree or it might also be a television antenna.
If one pays attention at this stage, a lot can be learned about how you should be putting the details together.
Viewers working on their brown belt in RV'do should also be learning all about the various methods or techniques that can be used in remote viewing. They should be garnering a clear understanding of the pros and cons regarding the types of targets, why some targets make very good remote viewing targets, and why some don't.
Strange and unique protocols have been developed over the years to address very narrow or specific kinds of remote viewing targets, such as: binary questions (yes/no, right/wrong, buy/don't buy, etc.), healing, sub-atomic or microtargeting, event-related problems, etc. These should all be clearly understood by this point.
Some rather exotic forms, methods, or techniques can be learned as well. The brown belt viewer should have at least a firm knowledge of what these are, and the pros and cons regarding each. (Information on these subjects can be found in Chapter Six.) An example of brown belt viewing follows:
Black Belt (First Stage)
Entering this belt region, one begins to refine ideas and concepts pertinent to the target. These are concepts that drive the target situation. Why things are happening the way they are and what the eventual outcome should be.
This is the level of remote viewing that permits drawing to scale, correctly proportioning elements in the target to each other, and the interconnection between one target area and another. It is where the viewer begins to understand the full relationship of people within the target, their motivations, and why they are there. This skill level represents interrelationships of elements within the target, gives the target meaning.
Analysis of target material will be very good at this stage, but not yet perfect. One can expect to be hitting a randomly chosen target at least fifty percent of the time, and one should be able to produce 30 to 50 percent information that makes a lot of sense about the target, shows significant details, and/or establishes solid conclusions about the target.
At this point, besides viewing techniques, the new black belt viewer should have a very clear understanding of the learning and teaching methods they have been subjected to. They should understand what can be imparted by a teaching method and what cannot be, or what is dependent on talent. They should be learning the details surrounding the application of remote viewing—why there are differences between the learning methods and the methods of application.
By the time Black Belts (First Stage) finish their training, they should be able to identify and select appropriate targets for learning, and be able to properly set up a target for applications purposes. (Selection of appropriate targets is presented in Chapter Seven.) The results of a Black Belt (First Stage) viewing follow:
Black Belt (Second Stage)
The entire structure of remote viewing should change at this point. Typically, viewers will no longer be thinking about targets the way they have up until now.
Drawings will become three-dimensional and the hidden aspects of a target will begin to shine through. Viewers will have a very clear perception of where they are in relation to the target and will be able to shift that perception at will.
This is a very hard stage to maintain and it cannot easily be done by even the most proficient of viewers. This is the second "make or break" level of viewing. The majority of those who learn to remote view and who devote a considerable amount of time and effort to doing so usually bottom out at this point. This more than likely has to do with philosophical belief structure; that is, it depends on what they can change within themselves and what they cannot.
Most of what we can see and understand about our beliefs we can usually change. But, there are a lot of things, philosophically, that we are never able to see. Just because someone is exposed to the possibilities, does not guarantee they will observe or become cognizant of them.
There are aspects about time/space that will always remain just beyond the reach of some individuals. No matter how hard they try, they will never see or understand the next layer.
From a practical standpoint, there is nothing wrong with that. In fact, attempting to force change in someone at this level can result in severe damage to the psyche. This area sits along the edge of reason. Forcing the issue here is not recommended.
However, a second stage black belt can still learn the non-viewing aspects of this stage, which deal with "front loading." Up until this point, I have not addressed this very critical issue, because learning anything about it without understanding the basis for all of the stages that come before would only create confusion and misunderstanding. (This is covered in quite a lot of detail in Chapter Eight.) An example of this viewing level is presented as follows:
Black Belt (Third Stage)
Third stage black belts should be able to lay out the target's entire history within the context of abstract expression, and should be able to detail the target's connections or place in reality and space/time.
This really opens the door on history and the future and how the target flows through time. This is also about the best that anyone can be expected to do with regard to remote viewing ability. The skills that follow are much more advanced, and while not absolutely necessary to the remote viewing process as it is used in day-to-day applications, they can bring a much deeper understanding of RV'do to the practitioner.
Someone who reaches this level and who can display such ability on a consistent basis can meet any challenge. There are no remote viewing targets or conditions they should not be able to address.
It would be appropriate to state that someone who has reached this stage is, or should be considered, a Master of RV'do. There is no necessity to go beyond this point. However, some will want to.
In a non-viewing sense, this level is where one learns all about time, what is probably real about it, and what is probably not real. Targeting the past, present, and future all require unique conditions that someone at this level must clearly understand. (Information regarding these forms of targeting can be found in Chapter Nine.)
Additional skills that should be mastered at this level are: reporting, formal record keeping, unique/strange features known to impact on remote viewing, and other paranormal disciplines impacting on/supporting remote viewing. (These are found in Chapters Ten and Eleven.)
An example of this viewing level demonstrates the increase in depth and knowledge about the target. In many cases, a viewer will present near perfect drawings of the target.
Black Belt (Fourth Stage)
This is the third "make or break" point. This is where the Master is introduced into a different type or level of knowledge.
Manifestations and apparitions in and outside the specified target begin to occasionally occur. This is where wisdom becomes a real aspect of the structure. I'm not talking about wisdom as in knowledge we can be taught, I'm talking about wisdom that is imparted about the human condition. This form of wisdom has nothing to do with "local" definitions of right or wrong; but has everything to do with human dignity and righteousness, how human beings should be respected and/or treated.
The Master of RV'do at this level begins to see elements of reality that usually remain hidden, having to do with constructive and destructive ideals; ideals that lay buried beneath or behind the nature of things. Spontaneous knowing and understanding is automatic at this stage. Knowing when it is a correct knowing versus a false belief is also learned at this time.
A full understanding of reality's intricate interactions becomes apparent. Also, one obtains at least a partial understanding of how to alter future outcomes through action, as well as the healing of self and others. Some of these aspects are lightly touched upon in Chapter Thirteen. Most of these conditions are not being experienced full time nor are they very well controlled by the individual when they occur.
Red/Black Belt—Great Master
What takes place here is a full integration of everything learned with what is now understood about one's own strengths and weaknesses. It is a place of self-realization, a time of intense spiritual and ethical cleansing. It is where the student of RV'do evolves back to the Alpha point, the beginning.
It is the ultimate position of focus and understanding. But it is also a position of greatest simplicity. It is a near-perfect union of one's paranormal talent blended within extant reality. People who reach this level no longer have to think about how to do it, they simply do.