- "I believe that civilization is a term used
to describe a very thin coating of fantasy humanity has sprayed across
the globe - it's kind of our own self-delusion. The single biggest threat
to almost all developing cultures is currently viewed as being the American
Culture. This ideal of American Culture is born out of the issues our own
media views as important to us - with a focus on greed, hypocrisy, and
violence."
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--Joe McMoneagle
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- When I saw on the Rense.com site that the April 1 program
was going to be with Joe McMoneagle, I wondered if it was an April Fool's
joke. No offense to Jeff because he does an over-the-top job with his
show and site as he bravely covers stories that other news outlets will
not touch.
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- I remember listening and hearing the good news as he
began his program by announcing a new Joe McMoneagle book that is due out
next month.
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- The actual interview concerned McMoneagle's recent remote
viewing and successfully locating two missing Japanese people, including
one woman who'd been missing for 27 years. He was able to pinpoint her
by targeting a sealed envelope with only her name inside...and from that
identified the city and actual apartment where she was living. Investigators
were able to locate her based on Joe's Remote Viewing data.
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- I sent Mr. McMoneagle an email last week asking him for
information about his new book to be published by Hampton Roads.
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- "Is there any news about your upcoming book which
I might be able to post," I asked him.
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- "You can tell everyone they have to wait until August.
Sorry. My publisher's wishes. I can tell you that it is hard cover and
coming out under 'current affairs,' and that it has sold over 5,000 copies
already and it hasn't been printed yet," he answered.
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- "It's mostly about me and my background. I really
had a career before Remote Viewing, which everyone seems to forget. I was
sitting in the number one seat for my MOS in the Army when I was recruited.
No one else can say that," he concluded.
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- I persisted and sent him a list of questions to find
out what he's up to today. He graciously took the time from his busy life
to answer them.
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- How's your wife, Nancy?
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- Joe: My wife is well. She continues to pursue her interests
in Astrology which I encourage. She is very good at it.
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- How are your cats?
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- Joe: My cats are like any other cats - totally psychic.
They are of course experts at reading human body language as well. As they
currently know I'm saying something about them, they are all trying to
get into my lap at the same time. They can't type (only because their claws
are not adaptable and they think it's a waste of time), but like to see
what's being printed on the screen.
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- What is your current passion?
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- Joe: Riding my Kawasaki Vulcan full out on a mountain
road. Writing, reading and arithmetic. Hiking in the mountains alone. Working
in a garden. Just being with my wife and cats. Fishing.
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- What are you currently reading?
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- Joe: Books = "Who's Who in the Middle Ages,"
by John Fines. "XML," by Emily Vander Veer and Rev Mengle. "Philosophy
in the Age of Crisis," by Eleanor Kuykendall. And, an English translation
of the Koran. Magazines = "Cruiser Magazine," and "Wooden
Boat."
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- What's your favorite food?
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- Joe: Fresh Fish, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai, German,
etc. I guess all of it.
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- What kind of music are you listening to?
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- Joe: All Classical done on original instruments (e.g.,
gut strung violins, etc.) And 'oldies but goodies' - 1950 through 1965.
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- Can you please describe the basic foundation of your
spirituality?
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- Joe: Zen.
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- Can you please describe your daily spiritual discipline?
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- Joe: At least one hour of meditation - being consciously
awake and aware as much as possible throughout the day.
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- Can you describe how you are experiencing and dealing
with the aging process?
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- Joe: What aging process?
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- What is your biggest professional challenge?
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- Joe: Remote Viewing.
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- If you could straighten out the biggest misconception
you think people have about you, what would that be?
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- Joe: I guess I don't care about misconceptions people
have about me. That would be putting a misconception on top of a misconception.
There is a general misconception that I, in some way, jumped from an embryonic
state straight into RV. No one credits me with having a life prior to 1978.
I suppose that is somewhat my own fault, since I don't talk a great deal
about it. I suppose like misconceptions, I don't have any primal urge to
correct the problem.
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- Can you please describe your latest work as a research
associate with the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory as you work with Dr. Edwin
May?
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- Joe: I'm supporting a study, which is investigating non-cognitive
reactions in humans. It's a study that's been ongoing now for nearly two
years. We are essentially collecting data (done properly, it is the hardest
work about scientific exploration.) We are getting very positive results
that are encouraging. Any further comment at this time would be pure speculation.
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- On page 16 of your first book 'Mind Trek' you suggest
that the term paranormal be substituted with the term 'cognitive talent'
(CT). Is this still true for you?
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- Joe: I suggested that because I don't view the things
that humans do as being beyond the normal. That implies some have and other
don't have such talents. I know that everyone has at least to some degree,
such talents. So, that would make them normally human. What becomes an
issue is the degree that someone possesses such talent. People get really
upset when they discover they are not world class psychics. Do you ever
see anyone getting really upset when someone tells them they can't play
an instrument, or their golf is not up to par?
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- Well, if you tell someone they aren't very good as a
psychic, for some reason they take this very emotionally and react very
badly as though it's some sort of personal attack or condemnation of their
character which it isn't. The whole issue is overplayed. I'll repeat myself
here -
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- Excellence in remote viewing like any other paranormal
activity is a result of - 33% talent, 33% understanding the rules, and
33% practice. You need 25% or better in all three to call yourself a virtuoso
as a remote viewer. If someone isn't, is that bad? No. There are people
I know who do fairly well at only producing abstracts or gross characteristics
about a target ñ but they do it with great consistency.
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- You can apply that creatively to problem solving and
it's just as valuable as anyone who is a world class remote viewer. If
you can do neither, move on to something that youíre good at, it
is certainly nothing to be ashamed of.
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- You also wrote that you found the edges or boundaries
of self? Are there really any edges or boundaries?
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- Joe: The edges and boundaries of self are self proscribed.
We set them and we move them. Sometimes out of fear, sometimes out of curiosity,
but always in accordance with ego.
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- What is the biggest piece of advice you can give to the
RV community?
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- Joe: Try to have fun.
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- What do you think the best thing is right now about the
current state of RV?
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- Joe: People's honest and skeptical interest.
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- The worst thing?
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- Joe: Egos.
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- What is your current view of our world?
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- Joe: It's the same as it has always been. I believe that
civilization is a term used to describe a very thin coating of fantasy
humanity has sprayed across the globe - it's kind of our own self-delusion.
The single biggest threat to almost all developing cultures is currently
viewed as being the American Culture. This ideal of American Culture is
born out of the issues our own media views as important to us - with a
focus on greed, hypocrisy, and violence.
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- In the eyes of the world, these media-bites erroneously
frame most Americans with severe flaws of character, when our greatest
gift to the world - freedom to live as we chose - is lost on most people
who can't see through the media blitz. It also causes some to misjudge
us in a way that promotes actions on their part that are birthed out of
ignorance, stupidity, or arrogance. This can only result in dreadful consequences
wherein everyone suffers. It's time to clean up our act, and time to demand
that our media, businesses, and leaders clean up theirs.
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- What do you want to be best known for?
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- Joe: Having served my country in its time of need, having
been in the balance of things, a good and honorable person, who cares about
others regardless of background, nationality, race, or religion.
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- If you had control of the world's media and could tell
everyone anything you wanted, what would that be?
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- Joe: Clean up your act (and) there's more news than American
news.
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- Those who see the invisible can do the impossible. Enthusiasm
brings vital energy. - Ingo Swann
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- We are the ones we've been waiting for! - Hopi Elders
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- Contributing Editor - Intuition, RV, Consciousness Studies
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/intuition_remote_viewing
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