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What is clairvoyance

Clairvoyance, from 17th century French Clairdiagnosis 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 transferencecame out of the trance state he would be
of information about an object, location orunaware of anything he had said or done. This
physical event through means other than the 5behavior is somewhat reminiscent of the
traditional senses. A person said is to havereported behaviors of the 20th century
Clairvoyance abilities is referred to as amedical clairvoyant and psychic Edgar Cayce.
clairvoyant.It is reported that although Puységur used
the term 'clairvoyance', he did not think of
Usagethese phenomena as "paranormal," since he
accepted mesmerism as one of the natural
Within Parapsychology, clairvoyance is usedsciences.
exclusively to refer to the transfer of
information that is both contemporary to, andClairvoyance was a reported ability of some
hidden from, the individual said to bemediums during the spiritualist period of the
receiving it. It is differentiated fromlate 19th and early 20th centuries and was
Telepathy in that the information is said toone of the phenomena studied by members of
be gained directly from an external physicalthe Society for Psychical Research (SPR).
source, rather than being transfered from thePsychics of many descriptions have claimed
mind  of  one  individual  to  another.clairvoyant  ability  up  to the present day.
Outside of parapsychology, Clairvoyance isWhile experimental research into clairvoyance
sometimes mistakenly used to refer to otherbegan with SPR researchers, experimental
forms of Anomalous cognition, most commonlystudies became more systematic with the
the perception of events that have occurredefforts of J. B. Rhine and his associates at
in the past, or which will occur in theDuke University, and such research efforts
future (known as retrocognition andcontinue to the present day. Perhaps the
precognition respectively), or to refer tobest-known study of clairvoyance in recent
communications with the dead (seetimes 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 "remoteSome parapsychologists have proposed that our
viewing" itself is not as widely applicabledifferent functional labels (clairvoyance,
as clairvoyance as it refers to a specifictelepathy, precognition, etc.) all refer to
controlled  process.one basic underlying mechanism, although
there is not yet any satisfactory theory for
Status  of  clairvoyancewhat  that  mechanism  may  be.
Within the field of Parapsychology, there isDeveloping  clairvoyant  abilities
a consensus that some instances of
clairvoyance are verifiable. There is also aCurrent thinking among proponents of
measured level of belief from amongst theclairvoyance posits that most people are born
general public, with the portion of the USwith clairvoyant abilities but then start to
population who believe in clairvoyancesubliminate them as their childhood training
varying between 1/4 and 1/3 over the last 15compels them to adhere to acceptable social
years.norms. Numerous institutes offer training
courses attempt to revive the clairvoyant
Year Beliefabilities  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 someworld" to greater degrees. Clairvoyance is
support from the US and Russian governmentone of the abilities that may be gained by
during and after the Cold War, and bothsuch  discipline.
governments made several attempts to harness
clairvoyance as an intelligence gatheringAccording to many Taoist- and
tool.Buddhist-related practices, abilities such as
clairvoyance and many other 'supernormal'
According to skeptics, clairvoyance is theabilities 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 throughexpansion is breathwork and meditation. The
historyvast majority of people only normally use
one-third of their brains and one-third of
There have been anecdotal reports oftheir lungs. In Taoist and Buddhist thought
clairvoyance and 'clear' abilities throughoutthis is not a coincidence. By expanding lung
history in most cultures. These episodes arecapacity 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] Oftenopen the subtle energy channels we also
clairvoyance has been associated withnaturally expand the mind and refine
religious or shamanic figures, offices andconsciousness. This is how these seemingly
practices. For example, ancient Hindumiraculous powers develop, though they are
religious texts list clairvoyance amongstnot truly miraculous. They are considered to
other forms of 'clear' experiencing, asbe latent abilities that everyone possesses
siddhis, or 'perfections', skills that arebut  need  'waking  up.'
yielded through appropriate meditation and
personal discipline. But a large number ofSuch abilities in some schools of thought are
anecdotal accounts of clairvoyance are of theconsidered distractions from the true path of
spontaneous variety among the generalEnlightenment and can lead to the
populace. For example, many people reportpractitioner falling off the true path. The
seeing a loved one who has recently diedre-discovery of these energetic abilities
before they have learned by other means thatrelies on the activation of the 'Dan Tien'
their loved one is deceased. While anecdotalthat is the central energy reservoir just
accounts do not provide scientific proof ofbelow the navel. When the practitioner learns
clairvoyance, such common experiencesto 'turn' it and move it as if it were a
continue to motivate research into suchfifth 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 phenomenaages. A major part of Taoist and Chinese
reportedly observed in the behavior ofBuddhist practice is learning to activate the
somnambulists, people who were mesmerized andDan Tien once again. This may also explain
in a trance state (nowadays equated withwhy such abilities are a bit stronger as a
hypnosis by most people) in the time of Franzchild and quickly disappear as one ages but
Anton Mesmer. The earliest record ofcan be awakened again at any time by the
somnambulistic clairvoyance is credited toproper practice of arts such as Nei Gong and
the Marquis de Puységur, a follower ofQi Gong to expand the mindstream and spirit.
Mesmer, who in 1784 was treating a localThere are many abilities that can be
dull-witted peasant named Victor Race. Duringdeveloped in this way — telepathy,
treatment, Race reportedly would go intoprediction, astral travel, pyrokinesis,
trance and undergo a personality change,telekinesis, levitation and energetic
becoming fluent and articulate, and givinghealing.



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