Finding a Golden Ring

What happens when you succeed in getting out of your own way?

“You'll find reality to be quite a bit different than you thought.” (Paraphrased) Lady Jessica Atreides, Children of Dune

Anyone who has attended one of Lyn Buchanan’s Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) trainings is familiar with his love for analogies. There are 20 or so analogies included the CRV training manual and each student is expected to know them backwards and forwards. (Yes, students are quizzed on a random selection of these basic analogies upon returning for advanced trainings.)

The analogy that resonates most with me is entitled, “Finding a Golden Ring”:

Let’s say that you are digging in your back yard and find a golden ring. You will go and tell everyone you know about the wonderful windfall.

But let’s further say that you keep digging and find a large chest full of gold, gemstones, and other treasures. You will hide it and be very careful to tell only those select few people you can trust the most.

The meaning of the analogy – as it relates to remote viewing is as follows:

When a person first gets into remote viewing, he/she is amazed at what he/she can do. There is a strong initial desire to show off to friends and family. But once that person becomes a trained and experienced viewer, he/she realizes the big picture implications and thinks twice about who gets told.

For example, a new remote viewer may consider using ARV (associative remote viewing) to win the lottery or work the stock market. Initially, the viewer will make a big to-do about their new plans, ideas, or theories about how to make the system work better, etc. But when the money starts to roll in and the enormity of what they are doing finally dawns on them, they get quiet, drop out of public view, and drop off email lists, etc. In short, they stop wanting people to know that they have an edge over their competitors.

The public, in its desire to hear the loudest voice, moves on to the next new “expert”, and the person who has really become an expert goes on to very quietly develop a good thing into a great thing – a concept into a full-blown application – an idea into a science.

The bottom line to this analogy is that, if you want to find the people who know the most in this field, and who can do the best work, and have the most developed talents, look beyond those who are out making noise to the public. Look for the quiet ones.

In my opinion, this analogy is relevant not only to remote viewing but can easily be applied to any number of skill-sets or life lessons.

There is an old saying that: Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom

The impulse that drives us to attain new knowledge usually begins with pride and ends with a narrow perception of reality that is based on a lot of assumptions. The ego driven feeling that usually begins with the phrase if only:
· If only I could perfect my card counting strategy….I could Break Vegas
· If only I could hack through any computer’s security system…I could get rich
· If only I could perfect my healing technique…I could cure disease
· If only I could earn a 6th degree black belt in Krav Maga…I could get even
· etc.

And at first blush, any new knowledge has an initial wow factor…that initial enthusiasm combined with a strong desire to share with others. But there is a lot of wisdom in the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for…you just might get it.”

The direct experience of living with profound new knowledge has a way of altering or opening up one’s reality to a much bigger and more complicated picture.

Everything that you assumed would happen…the thrill of victory or success….evolves into an understanding of the greater burden of responsibility.

In my humble opinion, the lesson to be learned from the analogy of “Finding a Golden Ring” is: if you want to find the people who know the most in any field, have the most developed talents and the wisdom to know how to use it… look beyond those who are out making noise to the public. Look for the quiet ones…because Knowledge + Experience = Wisdom.

Reference

Buchanan, L. (2008). Problems>Solutions>Innovations. Retrieved May 1, 2008, http://www.crviewer.com/