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What is clairvoyance Clairvoyance, from 17th century French Clair diagnosis and prescription for his own meaning "clear" and voyant meaning "seeing", disease as well as those of others. When he is a term used to describe the transference came out of the trance state he would be of information about an object, location or unaware of anything he had said or done. This physical event through means other than the 5 behavior is somewhat reminiscent of the traditional senses. A person said is to have reported behaviors of the 20th century Clairvoyance abilities is referred to as a medical clairvoyant and psychic Edgar Cayce. clairvoyant. It is reported that although Puységur used the term 'clairvoyance', he did not think of Usage these phenomena as "paranormal," since he accepted mesmerism as one of the natural Within Parapsychology, clairvoyance is used sciences. exclusively to refer to the transfer of information that is both contemporary to, and Clairvoyance was a reported ability of some hidden from, the individual said to be mediums during the spiritualist period of the receiving it. It is differentiated from late 19th and early 20th centuries and was Telepathy in that the information is said to one of the phenomena studied by members of be gained directly from an external physical the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). source, rather than being transfered from the Psychics of many descriptions have claimed mind  of  one  individual  to  another. clairvoyant  ability  up  to the present day. Outside of parapsychology, Clairvoyance is While experimental research into clairvoyance sometimes mistakenly used to refer to other began with SPR researchers, experimental forms of Anomalous cognition, most commonly studies became more systematic with the the perception of events that have occurred efforts of J. B. Rhine and his associates at in the past, or which will occur in the Duke University, and such research efforts future (known as retrocognition and continue to the present day. Perhaps the precognition respectively), or to refer to best-known study of clairvoyance in recent communications with the dead (see times was the US government-funded remote Mediumship). viewing project at SRI/SAIC during the 1970s through  the  mid-1990s. In some circles, clairvoyance is also known as remote viewing, although the term "remote Some parapsychologists have proposed that our viewing" itself is not as widely applicable different functional labels (clairvoyance, as clairvoyance as it refers to a specific telepathy, precognition, etc.) all refer to controlled  process. one basic underlying mechanism, although there is not yet any satisfactory theory for Status  of  clairvoyance what  that  mechanism  may  be. Within the field of Parapsychology, there is Developing  clairvoyant  abilities a consensus that some instances of clairvoyance are verifiable. There is also a Current thinking among proponents of measured level of belief from amongst the clairvoyance posits that most people are born general public, with the portion of the US with clairvoyant abilities but then start to population who believe in clairvoyance subliminate them as their childhood training varying between 1/4 and 1/3 over the last 15 compels them to adhere to acceptable social years. norms. Numerous institutes offer training courses attempt to revive the clairvoyant Year Belief abilities  present  in  those  early  years. 1990 26% Another school of thought says that our "sixth sense" grows when we do spiritual 2000 32% practice. With regular spiritual practice done according to basic spiritual principles 2005 26% we increase our "spiritual level" and are able to perceive and experience the "subtle The notion of clairvoyance also gained some world" to greater degrees. Clairvoyance is support from the US and Russian government one of the abilities that may be gained by during and after the Cold War, and both such  discipline. governments made several attempts to harness clairvoyance as an intelligence gathering According to many Taoist- and tool. Buddhist-related practices, abilities such as clairvoyance and many other 'supernormal' According to skeptics, clairvoyance is the abilities are by-products of spiritual result  of  fraud  or  self-delusion. awakening and the realisation of divine consciousness. Integral to spiritual and mind Clairvoyance and related phenomena through expansion is breathwork and meditation. The history vast majority of people only normally use one-third of their brains and one-third of There have been anecdotal reports of their lungs. In Taoist and Buddhist thought clairvoyance and 'clear' abilities throughout this is not a coincidence. By expanding lung history in most cultures. These episodes are capacity and learning to use the lungs as a often reported as being experienced through 'bellows' to direct qi around the body and early adulthood.[citation needed] Often open the subtle energy channels we also clairvoyance has been associated with naturally expand the mind and refine religious or shamanic figures, offices and consciousness. This is how these seemingly practices. For example, ancient Hindu miraculous powers develop, though they are religious texts list clairvoyance amongst not truly miraculous. They are considered to other forms of 'clear' experiencing, as be latent abilities that everyone possesses siddhis, or 'perfections', skills that are but  need  'waking  up.' yielded through appropriate meditation and personal discipline. But a large number of Such abilities in some schools of thought are anecdotal accounts of clairvoyance are of the considered distractions from the true path of spontaneous variety among the general Enlightenment and can lead to the populace. For example, many people report practitioner falling off the true path. The seeing a loved one who has recently died re-discovery of these energetic abilities before they have learned by other means that relies on the activation of the 'Dan Tien' their loved one is deceased. While anecdotal that is the central energy reservoir just accounts do not provide scientific proof of below the navel. When the practitioner learns clairvoyance, such common experiences to 'turn' it and move it as if it were a continue to motivate research into such fifth limb then qi can begin to be pushed phenomena. around the body. The Dan Tien is strong as a baby but quickly slows to a crawl as one Clairvoyance was one of the phenomena ages. A major part of Taoist and Chinese reportedly observed in the behavior of Buddhist practice is learning to activate the somnambulists, people who were mesmerized and Dan Tien once again. This may also explain in a trance state (nowadays equated with why such abilities are a bit stronger as a hypnosis by most people) in the time of Franz child and quickly disappear as one ages but Anton Mesmer. The earliest record of can be awakened again at any time by the somnambulistic clairvoyance is credited to proper practice of arts such as Nei Gong and the Marquis de Puységur, a follower of Qi Gong to expand the mindstream and spirit. Mesmer, who in 1784 was treating a local There are many abilities that can be dull-witted peasant named Victor Race. 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