a college class participates in a IASD psi contest
by Barbara Condron
Advanced students in the School of Metaphysics course of study, practice developing the intuitive faculties of Subconscious Mind. In a step-by-step manner the principles of concentration, meditation, and visualization are employed in the service of conscious etheric projection, lucid dreaming, and inner level travel.
Recently the International Association for the Study of Dreams, a 27-year-old organization of people interested in dreaming and related phenomena, held their annual Psiber Dreaming Conference (PDC). Over two dozen papers were presented with 5776 posts in response. Topics ranged from Jung's Red Book to Indigenous Dreaming Cultures, from Intergenerational Shared Dreams to Dream Journaling. Media was big this year with presentations by documentary filmmakers Amy Hardie (The Edge of Dreaming) and Roko Belic (Inception). Archetypal Neurons in Dreams, shamanic visions, emotions, even cancer were explored by 200 people from two dozen countries over a two-week period.
A unique feature of this conference is the opportunity to explore our dreamworlds by developing and testing dream psi abilities. Contests keep the trials fun and engaging, and all experiences are received. One of these contests is the "Dream Remote Viewing Contest". The contest is designed by Dr. Ed Kellogg, director of The Phenomenological Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon. A proficient lucid dreamer, he has published papers in the biochemistry of aging, general semantics, voluntary controls, and consciousness. Ed noted in his PDC paper:
"Research since the 1970’s in remote viewing has demonstrated that human beings in general have the ability to tune into designated targets outside of the range of their physical senses. In 1995 the CIA hired Dr. Jessica Utts, a professor of statistics at the University of California, Davis, to evaluate a series of remote viewing experiments done at the Stanford Research Institute. She concluded: "Using the standards applied to any other area of science, it is concluded that psychic functioning has been well established. The statistical results of the studies examined are far beyond what is expected by chance. Arguments that these results could be due to methodological flaws in the experiments are soundly refuted." And it seems generally agreed that spontaneous dream-state psi occurs much more easily and often than waking-state psi."
The object of the Dream Remote Viewing was to use dreams to tune into a target image at a specific location during a designated time period, log the dreams and report them into the conference. Detailed instructions for identifying five aspects of the dream were given for participants to follow. While assisting my son Hezekiah with his presentation on "Wisdom from Dream Elders", I became aware of the contest and encouraged my College of Metaphysics Mind Linguistics class to participate. Since they were not directly registered, their results were not eligible for the judging, but Dr. Kellogg encouraged the participation and documentation of results.
The students were eager to participate and the results were noteworthy in several aspects. Since SOM research draws a distinction between intuitive activity (consciousness state and content) in subconscious mind and dreaming (communication of these), students noted both kinds when they were present. Remote viewing is a modern term used widely in the scientific and military fields which describes what esotericists have called astral projection or out-of-body experiencing. It describes the capacity to perceive at a distance beyond the reach of the physical body's sense of sight.
When the target image was published online, participants were able to see the picture and read the following notation:
Title: ‘HeartShot’—The Kiss
Themes: Love, tenderness, intimacy, embrace, passion, union, abandonment of self in joyous absorption in another. Bright light, illumination, no secrets, no hiding
Emotions: see Themes
Major structural elements: Man and woman, drawn close; rounded, soft, sensual, contact; broad straight horizon, bright and open; blue sea and sky, white surf and clouds and his shirt, warm pink blush to skin and cloud and her shirt
Heart-shaped silhouette formed by joined heads and shirt necklines
Unexpected elements: his subtly silly smile, as he snaps the shutter with extended left arm, partly visible in lower right" - PDC Discussion Thread for Dream Remote Viewing Contest
Other information on the target from Ed included that purple ink had been used to print a date on the outside of the envelope which was sealed with gray duct tape. A silver CD in a rose red square plastic case accompanied a print out of the picture with text below it. He also noted that the couple in the photo used it on their wedding invitations (check out Josephine Goffe's dream!) which was to occur two days after the DRV. In our results, we were particularly struck by Heather Hunt's results. See what you think!
To learn more about Ed Kellogg and his research visit:
http://dreamtalk.hypermart.net/member/files/ed_kellogg.html
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