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 DATE: 1 September, 1987
 REPLY TO
 ATTN OF: DT-S (018) SUBJECT:  End of Stage critique for Stage 4 training  (for 025).
 SG1J
 TO: DT-S   (ATTN:
 1.   (S-SS)  PERIOD OF TRAINING :   025 began Stage 4 lectures by
 095 on July 1,  1988.        s-on training on began July 8,  1988,
 under the tutelage of         was transferred to me  (018)  July 20,
 VVV
 1988, and finished Stage 4 training August 31,  1988.
 2.   (S-SS)  PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:   During 025's Stage 4
 training,  the following accomplishments were made:
 a. COLUMNS:   A natural  tendency to place perceptions in
 incorrect columns was overcome to a major extent.      Perceptions
 still wind up in incorrect columns at times,    but 025 now tends to
 have a much higher sense of structural awareness, and catches
 his/her own mistakes.   Any further problems with this will  be
 overcome with experience,  if 025 and monitors alike continue to
 give   immediate correction.
 b.    MOVEMENT: Movement exercises in space,  time,  and
 concepts were performed.   025 did not have any problem with this
 aspect of Stage 4 at any time.
 c.    PROBING FOR PERCEPTIONS:  025 learned to use Stage 3
 results, Stage 4 perceptions, and the empty Stage 4 columns,
 themselves for gaining further perceptions.
 d.    IMPACT:
 1)    EI:   025 had two targets in which the EI column
 provided most of the major information.   Results were good, and
 provided 025 with a positive experience in using this column to
 probe for emotions, attitudes, and site-specific information.
 During these two sessions, 025 was shown the basic difference
 between EI  (emotions at the site, such as the target person's
 feelings about themselves)  and AI  (RVer's emotions about the
 site,  such as the viewer's feelings about the target person),  and
 how they might often conflict.
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 2) AI:   025 had four sessions on one specific target
 which was selected partly for the purpose of providing the most
 extreme AI experience  (that is, one which is so objectionable to
 the viewer that  it  is completely denied and therefore goes
 undetected).   Post session instruction showed 025 how to
 recognize such mentally undetectable AI through physical
 reactions and/or off-handed comments made during the session.
 e.    AOL/AOL SIGNAL:   Constant attention was given
 throughout all sessions to stress the importance of being able to
 determine the difference between valid perceptions, analytic
 overlay (AOL)    and AOL SIGNAL  (or AOL matching).   Some progress
 was made, but there are still many occurrences of the three major
 problems indicated below.      It should be noted that these same
 three major problems plague the most experienced viewers, often
 to the same degree as or greater than 025 is experiencing.   These
 three problems are:
 1)    The tendency to label valid perceptions as AOL,
 "Just in case" they aren't right.   This deals with the natural
 tendency of all viewers to doubt their ability to do this kind of
 work.
 2)    The tendency to label AOL SIGNAL perceptions as
 AOL, and to break from the signal line.   No valid rule of thumb
 has been devised to accurately or consciously tell the
 difference, but it was noted during 025's training that he/she
 tends to continue writing down the page when labeling valid
 perceptions, but tries to "go back up" higher on the page, where
 other writing has already taken place, when objectifying an AOL.
 This practice is also maintained during the labeling of
 perceptions as AOL.   A review of session transcripts shows that
 valid perceptions or A/S perceptions which 025 has incorrectly
 labeled as AOL tends to be written beside or higher on the page
 than the other written EEI which precede them.   025 has not been
 informed of this tendency,  as it appears to be a valuable
 analytic tool, and 025's awareness of it might prevent it in
 future sessions.
 3)    The tendency to accept AOL's as valid perceptions.
 There is no set rule of thumb for either the detection or the
 resolution of this problem,  and 025 has shown in Stage 4 training
 to have neither a greater nor lesser tendency to make this
 mistake than      "more advanced" viewers.
 f.     REPORTING:   025's written session reports tend to be
 run-on, single paragraph listings of session highlights, often
 using incomplete sentences to indicate the impressions gained.
 There is, at present, no "formal format" for session summaries,
 since individual styles tend to impart such accurate reporting of
 perceptions received.   025's individual style of reporting has
 been completely satisfactory in this respect.   Therefore, 025 was
 briefed on a more formalized method of preparing session
 summaries,  but no requirement to adhere to a formalized style was
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 g.    FAILURE:   Perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of
 training for a student is that of failure to properly achieve the
 expected results.   025 had 2 sessions in which he/she apparently
 "switched targets" mentally, getting the EEI for one session
 which should have been gained for the other, and vice versa.   025
 was appraised of the fact that even when proper EEI is gained,  if
 it is not gained in such a way that it will be reported for the
 correct tasking, that session must be considered a failure.   025
 was quick to see the logic behind this,  and to understand and
 agree that a failure had been made.
 g.    TARGET TYPES:   025 was given targets which would train
 in the following types of perceptional awareness:
 1)    Awareness of Stage 2 perceptors  (Physical
 descriptions required)   Target tasking of this type ranged from
 general descriptors of battleships, down to detailed descriptors
 of an astronaut's shoe sole.
 2)    Awareness of Dimensional perceptors.   In this
 respect,     025 was constantly reminded during sessions that Stage 4
 dimensional perceptions are for gestaltic dimensionals only (i.e.
 "large", "heavy").   Stage 6  is used for dimensional  relationships
 (i.e.  "larger than...",  "heavier than...").   025 had the natural
 tendency to try for dimensional relationships in Stage 4, and was
 shown in post-session reviews each time, that such perceptions in
 Stage 4 are usually incorrect, and often lead to AOL.
 3)     Aesthetic  Impact awareness  [see 2.b.2),  above].
 4)     EI  (Descriptions of target person's feelings,
 emotions,  etc.
 5)     Perceptions of Tangibles and Intangibles were
 often confused.   This is an area where further attention should
 be given in future training.
 6)     AOL and A/S:  see 2.e., above.   Probably more
 stress was placed on awareness of this one aspect of Stage 4
 functioning than on any other.   025 quickly grew to accept the
 idea that perceptions might as quickly come from imagination as
 from the subconscious "signal line", and learned to question the
 source of such perceptions, without losing confidence in his/her
 work.   In this respect, 025 learned an exceptional amount,
 progressing rapidly and very well.
 3.     (S/SS)   025 has made progress very rapidly.   025 is
 conscientious and dedicated to the mastery of this art.   Further
 experiences with the CRV method will  certainly provide this
 office with an excellent Remote Viewer.   025 is ready for Stage 5
 & 6 training,  having already reached experiences in Stage 4 which
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