The TRV Contest Winning Session
by Jeff Lucas
Due to the popularity of our first contest held in December of 2001, last November we announced our long awaited 2nd TRV Contest. Each contestant was required to work a single blind target (receiving only eight random Target Reference Numbers which were assigned to the target) and then follow the TRV protocols and submit the sessions to us.
We would like to thank everyone who took the time to participate. The response was overwhelming and we are happy to note that twice the number of students entered this year. We received many excellent sessions this time, making the competition very close. In the end, we were able to narrow it down to one, and the following session was selected by our team of judges as the best.
Kyle, a 25 year old physics major from Europe, and winner of the first contest, defended his title valiantly. When I notified Kyle that he had won a second time, as the online students were waiting anxiously, I jokingly told him that he should run for his life. Seriously though, I'm certain that I can speak for the rest of the contestants by stating that they are also happy that he won and everyone at PSI TECH congratulates him on his victory. Kyle has been a hard working student who is always willing to help those who have just started their training.
To those students who came closer this time, please keep practicing and try again next time. Remember, the contests are not about talent but about skill. And the best TRVers are those who practice every day. Kyle overcame differences in language and early difficulty to achieve his success. He practices often and those many hours of hard work have paid off. We would like to give honorable mention to Gene and Joel, who tied for second place. Their sessions can be seen in the TRV Training Forum in the 2003 Contest conference.
The contest target cue can be seen below, along with the actual photograph which was placed inside of the target folder.
Target Cue: The Queen Mother's Funeral Service at Westminster Abbey / April 9, 2002
Target Reference Material:
by Jeff Lucas
Congratulations Kyle on winning the 2nd TRV contest! Were you surprised that you won a second time?
Thank you very much! Yes, very suprised. I did the session on the last day and in a hurry. And the only reason I did it was because I kept listening to that annoying inner voice, "You may regret it if you don't do it." So I did it trying to do a good job but at the same time without really caring if I would hit the target or not.Why do you think that you were successful twice? I know that you struggled when you first began your training four years ago. Is there anything about your technique or attitude that has changed in the past several years?
Well I'm still struggling everyday! The reason I think I won besides the obvious reason of having been practicing for quite some time now, is mainly in the attitude. These targets were unique in the sense there's a competition and a prize involved, which make them much more important, not just at a conscious level but also at an unconscious one. So I think in this situation my ego instead of trying to take charge, accepts that this is too important to self sabotage and stays quiet, because it is in its own interest to win! Also a "carefree" attitude is usually the one it works the best, which happened this time.Could you give advice to your fellow students on how to improve their skills so that they have a better chance next time (that is, unless you don't want to.)
Just keep practicing and when in the contest dont necessarely do a bunch of sessions trying to get the best one, because you can't really tell until you have feedback. Instead, if you are the daring type do just one single session (in the last day even) and tell yourself that you better do it right because you wont have another chance.You may be suprised with the results.The target this time was the Queen Mother's funeral event. Do you have any thoughts on the target, and are you happy with your session?
Well it's a very good training target in my opinion even if it can be considered kind of macabre. It has a big variety of strong elements that for their uniqueness or importance can be catch the trver's attention. As we can see not just from my session but also from Gene's and Joel's session. The three sessions make a very nice "pack" in my opinion. In regard to my session, I'm always my worst critic. So even though I was very pleased I think there's also a lot of room for improvement. One thing that striked me as odd at first was not getting the coffin itself, but considering the cue and that TRV is extremely cue specific maybe it's not that suprising.Last year you won the Advanced Training System. How have the new techniques assisted you in investigating and getting closer contact and more detailed information about your targets?
This past year has been a complicated one and I haven't practiced nearly as much as I wanted. Right now I'm still a rookie in most of the advanced techniques but they are all excellent tools for much more target contact and problem solving. I'm eager to master them.We recently asked you to write an article explaining how you overcame the language barrier while learning TRV. It was a great article and we received a lot of positive feedback from those who are now going through the same obstacles you did. For this contest, you worked the target in English, rather than your native language. It obviously did not adversely affect your chances of winning, but did you feel that it was it more difficult for you to perceive data this way?
Well I guess the timing of that article was very good. As you can see it's perfectly possible to have decent results even trving in a foreign language! To be honest the reason I did it in English was because of laziness and lack of time as I never expected to win this time, or I would have done it like last year's. The increased difficulty that I have perceiving data in English, expresses itself in less data and sometimes difficulty to put an idea into words.Do you have any advice for people who are just now learning about Technical Remote Viewing, but haven't decided on committing to training?
Learn the most you can about it and keep an open mind, because this actually works.
To see Kyle's winning session from last year's contest, click here.
