Reference: Comment section of KNOWABLE AND UNKNOWABLE
Remote viewing requires sharpening of the sixth sense. This is basically the mental sense that brings all the physical senses together in a coherent manner. This coherency appears as an abstract pattern underlying the physical senses.
It is thought that the abstract pattern underlying the physical senses can link into a universally coherent grid and thus gain access to remote points on this grid. Remote viewing comes about when patterns at those remote points are accessed and converted back to physical perceptions. In addition, it is thought possible to influence things remotely through such linking.
The article at Core Explanation of Remote Viewing and Remote Influencing is used to prepare the following notes.
Based on human brain wave frequency, the mind has following levels.
Delta – 1 to 4 Hertz
Deep sleep… also surgical unconsciousness, and certain pathological conditions such as epileptic petit mal… no dreaming present… consciousness is lost… the unconscious region of thought activity… but something can be recalled from that state… level of mysterious universal mind… interface with deep Theta…
Theta – 4 to 7 Hertz
Deep relaxation… more internally focused self-reflective state…
Alpha – 8 to 13 Hertz
Deep concentration… a more focused, expanded state of awareness…
Beta – 14 to 30 Hertz
Awake and totally active… the so-called conscious level of mind… a focus of concentration by the mind upon the outside or perceptually separated world… Human adults operate mostly at Beta…
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In Remote Viewing, one must move from awake and totally active Beta to deep sleep of Delta in order to access the universal awareness directly. As one moves from Alpha to Theta to Delta, one bypasses mental filters. These mental filters appear to make up the individual consciousness as well. So, as one moves closer to Delta, the mental filters reduce and so does the individual consciousness.
Per the KHTK model of the mind, moving from Beta to Delta is like climbing out of the whirlpool of self and becoming one with the universal sea of awareness. The individual consciousness seems to be replaced by a universal awareness, which is difficult to describe.
When one comes out of the Delta and moves back to Beta, the mental filters and individual consciousness return. The remote patterns accessed while in Delta are now processed through the filters, and the desired remote views appear in one’s consciousness. However, by interfacing with Delta from the deepest level of Theta it might be possible to view remotely in real time.
But this is all theory, and it has been difficult to achieve remote viewing in practice.
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Per KHTK, it is the gradual resolving of inconsistencies from individual consciousness that may bring one ultimately into a permanent state of being tuned to the universally coherent grid. But in this process all the inconsistencies that lead to conflicts and wars may also have to be resolved.
Remote viewing may simply be like a second nature then.
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Comments
“All these [yogic] methods help tp purify the mind and allow memories to bubble to the surface and be exhausted.”
From Patanjali:
“The basic tensions of the mind (which bring unhappiness) are ignorance of truth, egoism, attachment, aversion and fear of death.” (2:3)
“Ignorance of reality is the root tension from which all other tensions arise; the tensions can be dormant, slight, scattered or manifest.” (2:4)
“Ignorance can be defined as regarding the perishable as the imperishable, the impure as the pure, unhappiness as happiness and the non-self as the self.” (2:5)
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KHTK approach to remove ignorance is by spotting and resolving inconsistencies.
In Scientology, the perishable self is looked upon as an “immortal thetan.”
Egoism resolves as filters are recognized through spotting of inconsistencies and discarded.
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“Egoism can be defined as wrong identification of purusha (the seer) with the instrument of the mind-body.” (2:6)
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A strong sense of individuality is produced by false identification with mind-body. This is encouraged in Scientology. Every person tries to impose his will on others for selfish gain, He seeks personal gratification at all costs. The cost is generally frustration and unhappiness, since the ego can never be fully satisfied.
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“Attachment can be defined as absorption in the pleasures of the world. Aversion can be defined as repulsion from things of the world.” (2,7,8)
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These two tensions of attachment and aversion, likes or dislikes, lead one to conflict and unhappiness in life, for actual life situations rarely, if ever, meet one’s needs and expectations.
“The fear of death is an inherent and dominating force in all people, even in those who are very learned.” (2:9)
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These likes and dislikes lead to fear of death, since one wishes to continue the status quo of pleasure and individuality.
“These causes of unhappiness can be annihilated by resolving them to the source and by removing the associated mental states through meditation.” (2:10,11)
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Thus, the tensions can be removed by exploring the mind through meditative techniques. The KHTK technique is to unstack the mind by resolving inconsistencies in the order they come to attention in the mind. Inconsistencies are resolved by looking more closely at them.
Chitta:
Individual consciousness, which includes the conscious (objective), subconscious (subjective) and unconscious (dormant potentiality) levels of mind.
Note: Atman seems to be consciousness beyond the individual level.
vritti:
Pattern or circular patterns of consciousness; modification
A fundamental and different state of consciousness can be achieved by restraining the fluctuations of forms in consciousness.
Yoga is the blocking of the patterns arising in all dimensions of consciousness… When the expressions of individual awareness arising in different planes are transcended, the state of yoga manifests.
In general you have to read your condition during meditation and the means will have to be employed according to that.
Purusha:
Pure consciousness [KHTK: awareness]
Prakriti:
Nature; the manifested Universe [KHTK: motion]
Pususha is the essence of Prakriti. Prakriti is the form of Purusha.
Kundalini:
Unconscious, instinctive or libidinal force [KHTK: The activation of energy as fundamental inconsistencies start to come to view and they need to be resolved]
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The Chakras appear to be a “Bridge” from ignorance to spiritual knowledge.
Muladhara Chakra:
Root Chakra… considered the foundation of the “energy body”… Kundalini awakening begins here… where the individual consciousness is sleeping or dormant… after you have done certain practices, this becomes so stimulated or agitated that the agitation continues up to manipura chakra.
This seems to represent the engrossment of attention on basic physical survival. Here the person is living as a body. Agitation of awakening takes place when the person starts to wonder about the futility of it all.
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Swadhisthana Chakra:
“One’s own base”… The six petals represent… affection, pitilessness, feeling of all-destructiveness, delusion, disdain and suspicion… It is closely related to the Muladhara in that Svadhishthana is where the different samskaras (potential karmas), lie dormant, and Muladhara is where these samskaras find expression… It contains unconscious desires, especially sexual desire.
The fixation of attention on body seems to boil down to eating and reproducing activity. It requires closely looking at the inconsistencies associated with these obsessive impulses of the body.
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I have to do some cleanup at this level so I am free from health considerations.
Manipura Chakra:
Located at the navel… this chakra is involved in self-esteem, warrior energy, and the power of transformation; it also governs digestion and metabolism. A healthy spirited third chakra helps overcome inertia and jump-starts a “get-up-and-go” attitude so it is easier to take risks, assert one’s will, and assume responsibility for one’s life. This chakra is also the location of deep belly laughter, warmth, ease, and the vitality received from performing selfless service.
Here the person’s attention is freeing up from the body. However, at this level the person is still fixated on self or individuality. It requires closely looking at those fixations.
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Anahata Chakra:
Located near the heart… “Unhurt, unstruck and unbeaten”… associated with a calm, serene sound devoid of violence… In Anahata one makes decisions (“follows one’s heart”) based on one’s higher self, not the unfulfilled emotions and desires of lower nature (based on karma)… It is also associated with love and compassion, charity to others and psychic healing.
The attention is now freed up from the individuality of body and self. However, there is still attachment to relationships in life. The inconsistencies at this level have to do with relationships.
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Vishuddha Chakra:
Located near the throat… “especially pure”… associated with higher discrimination, creativity and self-expression… negative experiences are transformed into wisdom and learning… feelings of guilt…
At this chakra one can now focus on freeing oneself from feelings of guilt. Inconsistencies have to do with obsessively withdrawing from various activities of life that one is unable to confront.
Ajna Chakra:
Located between the eyes… “command”… eye of intuition and intellect… end of duality… trusting inner guidance… inner aspect relates to the access of intuition… deals with visual consciousness and clarity on an intuitive level… allows mind communication to occur between two people.
At this chakra one is dealing with inconsistencies in thinking at the conceptual level… The duality of spirit-matter, or awareness-motion is to be fully sorted out.
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Sahasrara Chakra:
Located at the crown… “thousand-petaled”… symbolises detachment from illusion; an essential element in obtaining higher consciousness of the truth that one is all and all is one… the state of pure consciousness, within which there is neither object nor subject… a state of liberating samadhi… it involves such issues as inner wisdom and the death of the body… deals with the release of karma, physical action with meditation, mental action with universal consciousness and unity, and emotional action with “beingness.”
This is that achieved when no more inconsistencies remain and the attention is totally free to roam about.
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Purity of mind, complete sense control, desirelessness and so on, are all necessary before one is competent to reach the goal of yoga, which is self-realization.
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Those prerequites above can be met through the practice of The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness.
When the mind is disturbed or enturbulated, then those patterns are superimposed on awareness. One needs to move beyond awareness to be still.
Purusha is the witnessing consciousness that stays calm.
In KHTK, Purusha shall be the overall universal reality observing parts of itself. It is witnessing from the broadest possible context.
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These patterns in awareness arise as a result of perception of physical or mental objects.
Or, these physical and mental objects are the modifications of awareness.
The awareness has to be divested of all its modifications so that awareenss remains nameless and formless, which is the ultimate aim of yoga.
These modifications (patterns) of awareness may be categorized as,
1. Right knowledge
2. Misconception (indiscrimination)
3. Imagination (fancy, verbal delusion)
4. Sleep
5. Memory
People are generally in a overwhelmed state with all the modifications and fluctuations going on in their awareness all the time. If these modifications can be slowed down to manageable proprotions, it would be helpful.
In other words, if we can restrain these confusions by means of “stable data” and then resolve the “stable data” further, we might make a person feel better.
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Patanjali’s Sutra 1:7 wonderfully explains the key to right knowledge as expounded upon by Swami Vivekananda. It is the source of KHTK’s emphasis on resolving inconsistencies. See
Patanjali 1:3 – 1:7
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The sources of right knowledge are direct cognition, inference by association, and testimony by a competent, trustworthy person, especially when no inconsistencies are present.
In case of misconception, direct correspondence, or consistency between physical and mental objects is missing.
Vikalpa is imagination without basis of an object. We take ideas from our experience and combine them to form new ideas of things that actually do not exist.
Right knowledge, misconceptions, and imagination are equally modifications of awareness, but they differe insofar as right knowledge has a true object (consistent), misconception has a false object (inconsistent), whereas imagination or vikalpa has no object at all (totally arbitrary). This difference should be carefully understood.