A forum friend told me about Russel Targ just now, it's quite
interesting how he explains non-locality and links it with these
psychic phenomena. He is looking forward to getting the book 'The
End of Suffering', which contains many Buddhist teachings as well.
Here's an interview with him, it doesnt answer your questions you
asked, but anyway thought you might be interested... http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/rtarg.htm
The End of Suffering
(Running time = 36 mins)
Regina first interviewed Russell Targ almost 21 years ago just
before he was leaving for the Soviet Union to take part in an
experiment with Brezhnev's psychic healer, in what was to become a
well known documentation on the efficacy of remote viewing for
military purposes.
Russell Targ is a physicist and author who has devoted much of his
professional career to the research of the human capacity for
psychic ability. In 1972, he co-founded the Stanford Research
Institute's federally-funded program that investigated psychic
abilities in humans. The program provided invaluable information
and techniques to various government intelligence agencies,
including the DIA, the CIA, NASA, and Army Intelligence. In his ten
years with the program, Targ co-published his findings in some of
the most prestigious scientific journals. He is the co-author, with
Jane Katra, of five books about psychic abilities, two of which
are: Miracles of Mind: Exploring Non-local Consciousness &
Spiritual Healing, and The Heart of the Mind: How to Experience God
Without Belief.
Russell was also quite active in the development of the laser and
its various applications, having written over fifty articles on
advanced laser research. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of
Electrical Engineers and has received two NASA awards for
inventions and contributions in laser and laser communications.
Recently retiring from his position as senior staff scientist at
Lockheed Martin, Russell now devotes his time to ESP research and
offering workshops on remote viewing and spiritual healing.
In an abstract from a research paper, Russell said, "Since ancient
times spiritual teachers have described paths and practices that a
person could follow to achieve health, happiness, and peace of
mind. A considerable body of recent research indicates that any
kind of spiritual practice is likely to improve ones prognosis for
recovering from a serious illness. Many of these approaches to
spirituality involve learning to quiet the mind, rather than
adhering to a prescribed religious belief. These meditative
practices are inherent aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, mystical
Christianity, Kabalistic Judaism, Sufism, and other mystic paths.
What is indicated in the subtext of these teachings is that as one
learns to quiet his or her mind, one is likely to encounter
psychic-like experiences or perceptions. For example, in The Sutras
of Patanjali, the Hindu master tells us that on the way to
transcendence we may experience many kinds of amazing visions, such
as the ability to see into the distance, or into the future; and to
diagnose illnesses, and also to cure them. However, we are
admonished not to become attached to these abilities - that they
are mere phenomena standing as stumbling blocks on the path to
enlightenment. In this paper, I will describe my recent experience
in teaching remote viewing at three workshops in Italy, in which we
emphasize expanded awareness of who we are, rather than an ability
to find car keys and parking spaces. Our spiritual approach, did
not interfere with all three of these groups demonstrating highly
significant remote viewing in a double-blind setting."
