What is remote viewing? It's a psychic ability that lets you see people, places and objects even though you can't actually 'see' them with your physical eyes. That is, you can't see them by normal means, but you can use your psychic ability, which is innate, and train it to see things even though you're not actually there physically to see them with your eyes.

Remote viewing is not the same thing as an out-of body (OOB) experience. OOB, or astral traveling, is where your spirit or ethereal corporation leaves your body and travels to view a person or a place.

When you practice remote viewing, you are practicing a form of psychic dowsing. You're using your psychic power to see a particular location, person, etc., within your mind's eye. That is, you are using a kind of ESP to locate and view what you're looking for.

Every human being has some kind of psychic ability that may or may not be latent. Some people may indeed use psychic ability freely as adults, but others have not been able to fully access their psychic ability when younger. It's perhaps not surprising that we only use about 10% of our brains capacity, with the remaining 90% idle and unused, untrained and untapped instead of being used to its full potential.

Imagine being able to focus your mind and be reassured that your kids are okay when they're away from home. This kind of peace of mind is invaluable.

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.

Let's take a look at some steps you can take to try remote viewing for yourself.

*Sit quietly in a comfortable chair and close your eyes. Make sure there are no distractions like noises, uncomfortable bodily feelings like hunger, etc. You want to be able to focus your entire attention on the exercise.

*Regulate your breathing and try to breathe through your nose. If you feel the urge to yawn, try pressing your tongue gently against the roof of your mouth. This will suppress the urge to yawn and help control your breathing.

*You should allow yourself to sink deeper and deeper into your relaxation. As you go into a light trance, you need to have a strong conviction or belief that you really are able to see people or places that you've never encountered physically.

*Start your remote viewing exercise by targeting something simple, so that you can show yourself you indeed are capable of this psychic ability. Perhaps you could 'place' yourself standing in front of your own currently relaxed self, with your standing self looking backward at your relaxed self. This can be difficult at first, but continue to patiently perform this exercise. Before long, you should be able to see yourself from this objective angle, as others see you. This is wonderfully surprising.

*If you're able to control the remote viewing of you sitting in position, try ranging your mind a little further a-field and view something that you know well. A family member's house is perfect for this. Try to notice any items that might look out of place, such as dishes on the sink or clothing hanging on the line. Then when you're done with your exercise, call that person and verify what you saw. This verification is important as it allows you to reinforce your own capacity to your own mind.

You can change these remote-viewing exercises once you practice enough so that you can include another person nearby you. This will give you more varied feedback and will also further attest to your accuracy. It will also give you results much more quickly. For example, instead of viewing people or places you want to see from a more remote location, have a friend sit in another room and repeat some kind of physical motion, like twirling hair, or waving a hand at you. Use remote viewing to try to see what your friend is doing and then have him or her give the results when you finish with this exercise.

You may also find that once you've spent some time practicing remote viewing techniques, it's much easier to get into a relaxed state than it has been previously. That's because this is very much like the 'trancelike' state people can access when they are being hypnotized. Under hypnosis, you are still very much awake, but your body is very relaxed and you are much more easily able to tap into your subconscious mind.

All psychic abilities are accessed through the sub-conscious, so the more times you practice your remote viewing exercises the more you'll be able to achieve.