NEWS: Analysis & Commentary Page 2 Making A Stray Cat Prolific THESAURAL IMAGING AND REMOTE VIEWING by Bill Stroud, Ph.D. For instance in a recent practice exercise, I had a notation: "Stray Cat: Ball." At the end of my session, I went to that singular Stray Cat and listed my extended associations (Thesaural Imaging). My finished notes had the following: "Stray Cat: Ball." To initiate the process, I say to my self (concerning the Stray Cat): " It is like . . ." and then I add other images which come to mind. The results were as follows: "Ball. It is like . . . [Thesaural Imaging]: Sponge Pillow Teddy Bear" I then try to determine what constitutes an Essential Overlay, i.e., any aspect common to all the images: Essential Overlap: softness, cuddly, roundness The target picture was a small polar bear lying on the back of its mother, who was lying on snow-covered ground. Incidentally, It should not be overlooked that this associative attention is done at the end of the session. Giving reinforcement to the image immediately after it arises could, I surmise, catapult the image into a Castle Building frenzy (that dynamic whereby one gets so focused on an initial image that it essentially controls the conscious mind obsessively, with every new image being an extension of the original one). Such associations could hardly be more Freudian in illustrating the way the Unconscious cryptically expresses itself by what is known as free association. This dynamic often will appear, not only in a single image, but in the cluster of diverse--yet overlapping--ones, and they can depict an aspect (essence) which flows through the multiple images. Often listing every Stray Cat and every image produced in a session helps me determine the essential message that the Unconscious is sending by way of multiple images. For this purpose I use an Essentializing Matrix for organizing the data produced. Example: After completing a recent remote viewing of a practice target, I found myself facing notational descriptions of the following images which had presented themselves to me: "athletic workout" "person in fighting pose" "one opposing obstacle-like challenge" "one rebounding in response to offensive move" "someone escaping, getting out of something" Placed in an Essentializing Matrix, these would be arrayed as follows: The feedback picture was the depiction of a scene in the movie Pearl Harbor, in which subjects were running for their life during the bombing event. Part of my summary report had the following statement: "I feel the scene is some competitive venture between opposing sides, like tennis or more intense sport (war?)." If other remote viewers find Thesaural Imaging and the Essentializing Matrix exercise helpful--or damaging to remote viewing dynamics--I trust they will share their comments with me. Bill Stroud, of Clearwater, Florida, has an extensive background in three areas: theology, philosophy and psychology (B.D, Th.D., Ph.D). Although semi-retired, he is active as a speaker, freelance writer and a workshop presenter for educational and service agencies. He is currently in training in the theory and methodology of remote viewing under the tutelage of Lyn Buchanan of Alamogordo, NM. www.crviewer.com. Address comments to drstroud@tampabay.rr.com. For other writings, see website: drbillstroud.com   Copyright by Bill Stroud, August, 2001 [Bill Stroud has completed advanced training with Lyn Buchanan. His website is drbillstroud.com] PRINT THIS ARTICLE Privacy Statement Copyright © 2001, H.R.V.G. All rights reserved.

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