Remote viewing is the name for the psychic ability that allows you to see places, people and objects without using any of the regular five senses. This means that even though you wouldn't see or hear those things by proximity, you can train your own latent psychic abilities to perceive certain things even without you being there in person.

However, there should be a distinction, here. Remote viewing is not the same as an out of body experience. Doing astral travel, or having an out of body experience, is actually where you travel in spirit form to view a place or an event 'in person,' not in your physical body, but with your spirit.

Remote viewing lets you as the psychic use your psychic powers to seek out what you want to find. It's a form of psychic dowsing. You as the remote viewer are using a kind of ESP to find what you're looking for.

All of us have psychic ability, but for some of us, it may be latent. That is, if it was never fully developed when we were children, it still exists within us, but we simply don't know how to tap into it or use it. And in fact, most of us only use about 10% of our brain's power, with 90% left untouched and unused, so that its potential is wasted.

Imagine what remote viewing can do for you. You could simply 'check in' and make sure your children were okay while at school or at a friend's house, for example, which gives you significant peace of mind as a parent. This type of security and peace is just one advantage to being able to use remote viewing; in fact, its benefits are priceless.

Remote viewing differs from other types of psychic ability because anybody can learn how to become a remote viewer. In fact, studies show that many so-called 'non-psychic' people have indeed demonstrated an ability to perform remote viewing once they've been put into a 'trancelike' state; once there, they could indeed produce results from remote viewing that were highly accurate.

Here are some basic remote viewing exercises for you to try:

*Sit down in a quiet place and in a comfortable chair. Make sure you're not distracted by anything like noises, lights, hunger, or other discomfort.

*Through your nose, breathe deeply, relaxing as you do so. It may be easier to control your breathing if you press your tongue to the roof of your mouth lightly. This will also help keep you from the natural propensity to yawn as you do this.

*One of the key elements to remote viewing is that you have to believe it's possible to do it. Therefore, as you go deeper and deeper into your state of relaxation, suspend any disbelief you have and simply know that you are very capable of seeing events, people or places that you can't physically see with your eyes at the moment.

*Try something simple to get you started. For example, you could see yourself in your mind's eye as though you were standing in front of yourself in your relaxed state and looking back toward this relaxed self. It can be hard at first to allow your mind to see yourself in this manner, but with patience, you can do so. When you do achieve success and see yourself in this angle as others also truly see you, it will be a very pleasant and wonderful surprise for you.

*Once you can see yourself from this kind of relatively simple remote viewing perspective, make it a little bit more challenging. Pick a location that you're very familiar with but that is nonetheless some distance away from you. For example, perhaps you can use a family member or friend's home as the location you want to see. As you train your 'remote viewing' on this location, take note of anything that may not be as it normally is when you've been there before. Perhaps there are books stacked on the coffee table or some scattered toys on the floor. Make note of these 'out of place' things that make this particular view unique from any others you have seen previously. As soon as you get a chance, call and ask your friend or family member to confirm what you saw with your remote viewing. Confirming that your view was accurate is very important, because it will give you greater confidence in your ability to do this type of remote viewing.

If you have a friend who is willing, ask them to sit in a separate room and perform a simple action over and over. Allow yourself to fall into your trance-like relaxation and see if you can tell which action is being repeated. When you're done, ask your friend to verify what you saw.

When you've done your mind exercises a few times you'll notice that its suddenly much easier to get yourself into the trance-like state you need. This is very similar to the deepened level of relaxation people experience when undergoing hypnosis. You are still wide awake, but you're so relaxed you're able to reach into the sub-conscious levels of your mind.

If you are new to tapping into your psychic abilities, you can access them much more easily by your subconscious. The more you work on getting good at your remote viewing techniques, the better you'll get at them.