April 21, 2025 • 20 mins
What happens when your consciousness travels beyond your physical body? Can your mind truly perceive distant locations or peek into the future? The boundaries between different psychic abilities often blur in popular understanding, but they represent distinct facets of human consciousness worth exploring.
Dr. Douglas James Cottrell draws from over four decades of metaphysical practice to illuminate the crucial differences between remote viewing, mind projection, astral travel, and clairvoyance. Remote viewing allows you to see specific distant locations as if you're physically present, while mind projection grants greater freedom to move through physical obstacles. The most profound distinction comes with astral travel—when your spiritual body temporarily leaves your physical form while maintaining connection through what mystics call the "silver cord."
Have you ever experienced that startling jolt while falling asleep, where you suddenly "jump" in bed? Dr. Cottrell explains this common phenomenon as your soul rapidly returning to your body after an out-of-body experience. This protective mechanism ensures your spirit remains connected when something disrupts your astral journey. He shares fascinating anecdotes from his practice—helping locate missing jewelry, lost phones, and even individuals in distress through his psychic abilities. Most compelling are the cases where his precise descriptions led to discoveries in unexpected places, demonstrating how psychic perception operates beyond our logical frameworks.
Whether you're curious about developing your own intuitive abilities or simply fascinated by consciousness exploration, this episode provides valuable insights into the mechanics of psychic perception. Subscribe to Wake Up with Dr. Douglas James Cottrell for more illuminating conversations that bridge spirituality and practical wisdom, and visit douglasjamescottrell.com to explore self-development resources that can help you awaken your own intuitive potential.
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Announcer (00:00):
Welcome to Wake Up with Dr Douglas James Cottrell,
your source for helpfulinformation, advice and tips to
live your life in a mindful wayin this increasingly chaotic
world.
For over four decades, DrDouglas has been teaching people
how to develop their intuitionand live their lives in a
conscious way.
His news and views of the worldtomorrow, today, are always
(00:21):
informative and revealing.
And now here's your host, DrDouglas James Cottrell.
Douglas James Cottrell (00:30):
Welcome to the Wake Up, a broadcast
where curiosity leads to deeperunderstanding.
I'm your host, Douglas JamesCottrell, and my good friend and
co-host Les Hubert is here withme, along with editor Jack
Bialik, as we delve into thefascinating realms of life,
metaphysics, spirituality andthe pressing questions that
shape our world.
Good morning, Les.
Les Hubert (00:51):
Hi Doug, good to be with you again.
We have a great question fromour viewers concerning remote
viewing, clairvoyance, mindprojection and astral travel.
What is the difference betweenthese and can any of them be
dangerous?
Douglas James Cottrell (01:05):
Well, you remind me if I forget,
because that's a whole book ofinformation there.
So the short form is remoteviewing means you're seeing
something at a distance.
You're physically in one placeand you're able to project your
vision to a faraway place andyou can actually like, you're
reading something, you're rightthere, on the spot.
(01:27):
Mind projection is somethingsimilar, except that your mind
is out there.
You're like a disembodied mindor like looking, you don't see
yourself, so your mind islooking.
That mind projection can gothrough things.
(01:48):
Where remote viewing you tendto be going around things.
But your mind can go throughthings like into the ground,
looking for whatever, mineralsor water or gold.
Well, mind projection beingsimilar, you can go to the
universe, you can go anywhere.
But you have a reference point,where remote viewing is like,
(02:14):
well, if you take your hand andyou bring your hand up to your
nose, your hand is in front ofyour face and that's what you're
looking at and only that.
So you are looking at aspecific picture and you are um,
they don't have no referencepoints around it, whereas mind
(02:35):
projection you can see yourselftaking that trip down the street
, around the corner, around tothe park, going through the park
.
So that's the two similaritiesand difference in a very
simplistic way.
What was the other one, Les,that you were asking for?
Les Hubert (02:55):
Clairvoyance and astral travel.
Douglas James Cottrell (02:58):
Okay, well, astral travel means that
you take your spiritual bodywith you and it's like you can
feel everything around you.
There is a so-called connection, tether or cord, sometimes
called the silver cord, and itconnects you now, the
disembodied spirit, your soulflying if you will.
(03:18):
And that connection, thattether, connects you to your
body.
And the evidence of that tether, that connection, is that,
while you're out there exploringsome faraway place, something
happens like a sound, a click,something startles you.
(03:40):
Well, that tether has been likean elastic band that's been
stretched, it's like a bungeecord.
And as soon as that fear orfright has happened, it
contracts.
And our viewers may have hadthis experience that they jump
in bed.
(04:01):
Yeah, they hit the bed and theybolt in bed.
When that happens, that's whenyou've had an out-of-body
experience.
You've been astral projecting,you've been soul traveling.
See, I'm giving you the samenames for the same thing.
(04:21):
And then something happened andit startled you and so, in
order to prevent yourself frombeing disconnected, the tether
being cut, the preservation ofyou, your soul, is to run back
and jump in the body.
Now, sometimes you see peoplesleeping and it looks like you
(04:45):
can see the outline of theirbody about two inches.
You see a little bit of ashadow or a light.
That's the soul body coming upout of the physical body.
It's starting to separate.
And if you want to have somefun with it, if you have a
partner or if you're a parentand you see somebody sleeping on
(05:08):
the couch or so, if you go overand you take your hands very
slowly and bring them down ontheir chest as you get to about
two inches, you'll feelsomething.
And then, as you continuepushing your hands down, you are
actually pushing their soul,their astral body, back in their
body.
bodyA nd as soon as your handsget down almost to touching them
(05:31):
, their eyes will open andthey'll wake up.
It's because while they'reasleep, they're having this
levitation, as some people callit, this out-of-body experience,
this floating, this feeling ofwonderful sensation.
Well, you can push them back intheir body.
Okay, that's how you play withit, that's how you give evidence
(05:51):
it's happening.
But that tether is importantbecause if you get locked out of
your body by somebody puttingtheir hand through that tether
or passing a piece of paper overyour body, as they did to the
late, great Edgar Cayce, yoursoul becomes disorganized,
detached and it has a whole lotof trouble getting back into the
(06:15):
body.
So this tether is like alifeline, it's like an umbilical
cord and it gets you back in.
So the clairvoyance is acombination of being able to
remote view, mind project, andto see in the future as well as
the past.
So you have like 360 degreevision, clairvoyantly, meaning
(06:41):
clear seeing.
So is it a combination ofremote viewing or mind
projection or astral traveling?
Yes, it is.
But the difference usuallyassociated with clairvoyance is
time traveling.
You see things in a future time, but you can also go back and
(07:03):
you can see things in past times.
So clairvoyance means clearseeing.
But that's like a snapshot.
It's like looking at thebackground in my video or yours.
It's that static shot.
Then you can look around anddiscover more things within the
picture, but that you'reactually seeing something in
(07:25):
time.
Now, you can go in otherdimensions as well and see
things in faraway places, but weusually associate that with
dreaming and things that go bumpin the night, so that's a
little bit different than themental skills or ability that
you asked about.
Les Hubert (07:41):
So does one need a target when one is doing remote
viewing or astral travel?
And if you don't have a target,what happens?
You just wander or you just seenothing?
Douglas James Cottrell (07:50):
Yeah, it's like a dream.
You're just cruising out therein the ethers.
So usually that happens indreams.
But if you have some concern,like, say, you're interested in
magnetic electrical power, themagnets generating electricity,
(08:12):
that's where you'll go.
You'll go and you'll see someplace where that's happening,
perhaps.
But if you have a questionlike: I wonder what's going to
happen on Monday when the judgemakes his decision, you have a
target.
You're going there.
(08:32):
And I once had the experiencewhere somebody had a young man
and he had a very important casecome up.
He had been a little naughtyand they said is he going to go
to jail, is he going to get off?
And I said, well, projecting mymind, I said, I see the judge.
He has a pair of handcuffs upand he's on his finger and he's
(08:55):
waving the handcuffs, swayingback and forth at the fellow, so
it looks like he's not going tojail.
Time passes by.
I talk to the people.
I say, whatever happened withthat young man in the court case
?
They said, Douglas, youwouldn't believe it.
We thought he was going to jailfor sure.
The judge picked up a pair ofhandcuffs and waved them in
(09:19):
front of him and said, this isyour last chance.
If I see you here next time,you'll be wearing these.
Les Hubert (09:26):
Wow.
Douglas James Cottrell (09:27):
My mind had -- because I was asked, I
was given a target (09:30):
the court, the judge and the time.
So I now had accordance of timeand location.
And because it was the question-- was he going to jail or --
my mind went to that momentwhen the verdict, decision or
the discussion took place.
So the more you can narrowsomething down, the better it is
(09:53):
.
People ask me, I have helpedand participated when somebody
goes missing or when somebodyhas done some self-harm.
So you can see the remainssomewhere, but not necessarily
up close, because it'suncomfortable.
So you might see the grassystuff, the lawn, there might be
(10:15):
a stone or a fence, somelandmark, and that's what you
describe.
And then the person doing thesearching goes out and they look
for that landmark.
They see the landmark and thenthey discover the remains.
So you're seeing something thatyou can identify with -- the
landmark, the type of clothingthey're wearing, what the
(10:38):
position is on the hill or theditch wherever -- but you don't
get up close and personal andsee the horror.
Les Hubert (10:46):
Can any of these be dangerous to us, Doug?
Douglas James Cottrell (10:50):
I don't think so, other than when you go
snooping or peeking (when youdon't belong) nobody else's
welfare.
Not allowed, but sometimes youcan do it.
Now, what do I mean by that?
A family comes and, as they didonce, they said: my husband is
acting a little strange.
He hasn't been taking hismedication.
(11:11):
We don't know where he is.
We don't know where to look.
He didn't want to be found, hewanted to get away.
I saw him underneath a concavedside of a hill.
I could see the grass and Icould see the vista or the scene
in front of the hill.
The family went to that exactspot and they looked out over
(11:36):
the edge of the grassy area andthey couldn't see him.
So they went home.
He was right under their feet.
Oh wow.
He heard them, but he stayedthere.
I was able to give thelocation, I was able to see him,
but they didn't take that extrastep of going, of course, down
(11:59):
and then coming and lookingunder the concave part of the
hill.
But he did come home.
Now, when people ask me to findthings, I look, I see something
and I might see, as I have onelady who has lost her phone, and
I said it's on the floor ofyour car.
(12:20):
Okay, so she went out andlooked all around.
She drove the car.
She got in the driver's side.
She looked around, she cameback and she said -- either came
back or telephoned me -- shesaid, it's not there.
I said I'll look again.
I said, it's on the floor.
She said no, it's not.
I looked all under the driver'sseat, whatever.
(12:42):
I said, did you look on theother side?
No.
But she went and had a look andthere it was.
It was on the other side.
So, being able to say it was inthe car on the floor, the
person just assumed it was inthe driver's side, didn't think
that it could be both sides.
So when you have snapshots ofthe future clairvoyance, you
(13:06):
have to think a little bit, youhave to explore.
But in most cases we don'tbelieve it.
Some would say, yes, yourwallet is on the floor
underneath the couch.
Okay.
Then they think, I never sat onthat couch, my wallet couldn't
(13:27):
be there.
And so, they don't look.
It doesn't occur to them, maybetheir wallet fell out of their
pocket on the ground, and thenwent under the couch all by
itself.
One interview at WesternUniversity at a radio station,
there was people in the soundbooth before I was to be on, as
a guest and two ladies came out.
(13:48):
They heard that the psychic guywas coming on.
So, without any how are you orintroduction, they said, I lost
my ring.
Where is it?
I said, well, it's nice to meetyou too.
And I said, well, I see, it'skind of a blue stone, it has a
silver setting, blah, blah, blah.
(14:08):
I described the reading, orsorry, they described the ring,
and she said, yes, that's whatit looks like.
So where is it?
I said I see it on a checkeredgreen and cream colored like a
tablecloth or something or acushion.
Looks like it's in the laundryroom.
Okay, that didn't make anysense.
So they didn't find it for sometime.
(14:32):
And the story that was reportedback to me, they went in and
they started moving the laundryaround and there it was on top
of a tea towel.
So I would add to this, notfrustration, but I would think,
how does that happen?
Why, when you tell peoplesomething, they don't get it?
(14:56):
A very wealthy lady once askedme -- she had five houses in the
world -- she said my jewelry,necklace full of diamonds,
whatever, is missing.
And I said, well, I see it in ashoebox in a closet and it's in
the city she lived in.
I won't say the name now.
And so, nothing happened.
(15:18):
And then, as time goes by, thestory comes out.
The woman's there and herhusband.
Because she had to fess up toher husband that the jewelry was
missing because this was thelast day before the insurance
wouldn't pay, that they had totell the insurance it was
missing.
The lady went into her closetto get dressed, reached up on
(15:41):
the shelf, pulled out a pair ofshoes and there was the jewelry
in the shoes, not the shoe box.
Les Hubert (15:51):
Ah, interesting.
Douglas James Cottrell (15:52):
That was one that very early on in my
career I'll always remember,including just now, and I
thought, I mean, couldn't youmake the connection, Douglas?
You know, like the money or thejewelry was in a shoe box, but
it was a shoe, you would thinkthe person would recall, but
it's not in their mind.
If they don't have it in theirmind, they don't see it.
(16:17):
And if they don't see it, itdoesn't make sense.
Then they don't get it.
Les Hubert (16:23):
You were going through her mind to see through
her eyes, or were you goingthrough--?
Douglas James Cottrell (16:26):
No I was looking in the, I was looking
in the closet, but this is wherethe universe plays tricks, this
is where the universe throwsthe curve.
I thought about this, andthat's a very good observation.
I was seeing shoe box and shesaid it was in her shoes.
Now, that was the story.
(16:46):
I wasn't in there.
I didn't really see whether hershoes were in a shoebox, but
that could be.
You know, you put the jewelryin the shoes, the shoes in the
shoebox.
But my take was, I saidshoebox, jewelry, in the house,
in the closet, in a shoebox,that would be ding! But there
was no connection.
The same as other times whenI've mentioned things to people.
(17:07):
Because it's not in their headyet.
You better go to work and getthere on time.
You don't be late.
Well, no, if I go, I'm fiveminutes late, I work five
minutes later, nobody cares.
I say, yes, they do.
Because they don't see youstaying five minutes later.
They see you coming in fiveminutes late.
Go to work, be on time.
(17:29):
Well, the person didn't, itwas a relative of mine.
They lost their job and theywere so upset because people
were complaining they werecoming in late all the time.
And then I said, yeah, I toldyou about that, remember.
They didn't Didn't believe mebecause again, I'm staying five
minutes later, so I'm okay.
Anyway, the point is that whenyou're given something
(17:54):
prophetically, or an intuitiveperson sees it, or even yourself
, when you have something, it'snot in your mind .
, It it doesn't make sense .
, So so therefore it doesn'tregister.
So when you hear that stillsmall voice, wake up, pay
attention and then maybe do alittle , r ight.
(18:18):
, You you have to earn itbecause Because, I mean, the
universe has just given you a .
, They've they've helped youfind something that you couldn't
find, or you know, you've got agift.
You didn't have to pay any .
, You you didn't have to doanything.
Les Hubert (18:32):
Do they ever use symbolic forms in something like
remote viewing?
Do they ever speak to yousymbolically, or do you see
things symbolically, or is italways literal?
Douglas James Cottrell (18:40):
No it's literal.
I mean, you know, you can seedarkly, like you can see
something's in a room and youcan see it's over there, but you
don't see it clearly.
But I don't think you'd seesomething symbolically, like the
Jolly G reen Giant means thatyour garden is going to grow
very well.
I don't think so.
Actually, see your garden wouldbe growing well.
(19:04):
Now, for everybody out therewho doesn't know who the Jolly
Green Giant is, that was a brand, a commercial on TV that the
Jolly Green Giant, ho ho ho,would sell.
I think he was selling beansand peas at the time, but he
would sell canned vegetables.
Les Hubert (19:24):
Great commercial.
Well, thank you, Doug, forwrapping that up.
Hopefully we'll be here againsoon.
Hopefully people will start tosubscribe and to enjoy our
podcast and we can continue toshare your wisdom with the
people out there.
Douglas James Cottrell (19:37):
It's great to be here tonight.
Subscribe everybody.
That's our favor.
We appreciate it.
Till next time.
Peace to everyone.
Peace be with you, Les.
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Welcome to Wake Up with Dr Douglas James Cottrell,
your source for helpfulinformation, advice and tips to
live your life in a mindful wayin this increasingly chaotic
world.
For over four decades, DrDouglas has been teaching people
how to develop their intuitionand live their lives in a
conscious way.
His news and views of the worldtomorrow, today, are always
(00:21):
informative and revealing.
And now here's your host, DrDouglas James Cottrell.
Douglas James Cottrell (00:30):
Welcome to the Wake Up, a broadcast
where curiosity leads to deeperunderstanding.
I'm your host, Douglas JamesCottrell, and my good friend and
co-host Les Hubert is here withme, along with editor Jack
Bialik, as we delve into thefascinating realms of life,
metaphysics, spirituality andthe pressing questions that
shape our world.
Good morning, Les.
Les Hubert (00:51):
Hi Doug, good to be with you again.
We have a great question fromour viewers concerning remote
viewing, clairvoyance, mindprojection and astral travel.
What is the difference betweenthese and can any of them be
dangerous?
Douglas James Cottrell (01:05):
Well, you remind me if I forget,
because that's a whole book ofinformation there.
So the short form is remoteviewing means you're seeing
something at a distance.
You're physically in one placeand you're able to project your
vision to a faraway place andyou can actually like, you're
reading something, you're rightthere, on the spot.
(01:27):
Mind projection is somethingsimilar, except that your mind
is out there.
You're like a disembodied mindor like looking, you don't see
yourself, so your mind islooking.
That mind projection can gothrough things.
(01:48):
Where remote viewing you tendto be going around things.
But your mind can go throughthings like into the ground,
looking for whatever, mineralsor water or gold.
Well, mind projection beingsimilar, you can go to the
universe, you can go anywhere.
But you have a reference point,where remote viewing is like,
(02:14):
well, if you take your hand andyou bring your hand up to your
nose, your hand is in front ofyour face and that's what you're
looking at and only that.
So you are looking at aspecific picture and you are um,
they don't have no referencepoints around it, whereas mind
(02:35):
projection you can see yourselftaking that trip down the street
, around the corner, around tothe park, going through the park
.
So that's the two similaritiesand difference in a very
simplistic way.
What was the other one, Les,that you were asking for?
Les Hubert (02:55):
Clairvoyance and astral travel.
Douglas James Cottrell (02:58):
Okay, well, astral travel means that
you take your spiritual bodywith you and it's like you can
feel everything around you.
There is a so-called connection, tether or cord, sometimes
called the silver cord, and itconnects you now, the
disembodied spirit, your soulflying if you will.
(03:18):
And that connection, thattether, connects you to your
body.
And the evidence of that tether, that connection, is that,
while you're out there exploringsome faraway place, something
happens like a sound, a click,something startles you.
(03:40):
Well, that tether has been likean elastic band that's been
stretched, it's like a bungeecord.
And as soon as that fear orfright has happened, it
contracts.
And our viewers may have hadthis experience that they jump
in bed.
(04:01):
Yeah, they hit the bed and theybolt in bed.
When that happens, that's whenyou've had an out-of-body
experience.
You've been astral projecting,you've been soul traveling.
See, I'm giving you the samenames for the same thing.
(04:21):
And then something happened andit startled you and so, in
order to prevent yourself frombeing disconnected, the tether
being cut, the preservation ofyou, your soul, is to run back
and jump in the body.
Now, sometimes you see peoplesleeping and it looks like you
(04:45):
can see the outline of theirbody about two inches.
You see a little bit of ashadow or a light.
That's the soul body coming upout of the physical body.
It's starting to separate.
And if you want to have somefun with it, if you have a
partner or if you're a parentand you see somebody sleeping on
(05:08):
the couch or so, if you go overand you take your hands very
slowly and bring them down ontheir chest as you get to about
two inches, you'll feelsomething.
And then, as you continuepushing your hands down, you are
actually pushing their soul,their astral body, back in their
body.
bodyA nd as soon as your handsget down almost to touching them
(05:31):
, their eyes will open andthey'll wake up.
It's because while they'reasleep, they're having this
levitation, as some people callit, this out-of-body experience,
this floating, this feeling ofwonderful sensation.
Well, you can push them back intheir body.
Okay, that's how you play withit, that's how you give evidence
(05:51):
it's happening.
But that tether is importantbecause if you get locked out of
your body by somebody puttingtheir hand through that tether
or passing a piece of paper overyour body, as they did to the
late, great Edgar Cayce, yoursoul becomes disorganized,
detached and it has a whole lotof trouble getting back into the
(06:15):
body.
So this tether is like alifeline, it's like an umbilical
cord and it gets you back in.
So the clairvoyance is acombination of being able to
remote view, mind project, andto see in the future as well as
the past.
So you have like 360 degreevision, clairvoyantly, meaning
(06:41):
clear seeing.
So is it a combination ofremote viewing or mind
projection or astral traveling?
Yes, it is.
But the difference usuallyassociated with clairvoyance is
time traveling.
You see things in a future time, but you can also go back and
(07:03):
you can see things in past times.
So clairvoyance means clearseeing.
But that's like a snapshot.
It's like looking at thebackground in my video or yours.
It's that static shot.
Then you can look around anddiscover more things within the
picture, but that you'reactually seeing something in
(07:25):
time.
Now, you can go in otherdimensions as well and see
things in faraway places, but weusually associate that with
dreaming and things that go bumpin the night, so that's a
little bit different than themental skills or ability that
you asked about.
Les Hubert (07:41):
So does one need a target when one is doing remote
viewing or astral travel?
And if you don't have a target,what happens?
You just wander or you just seenothing?
Douglas James Cottrell (07:50):
Yeah, it's like a dream.
You're just cruising out therein the ethers.
So usually that happens indreams.
But if you have some concern,like, say, you're interested in
magnetic electrical power, themagnets generating electricity,
(08:12):
that's where you'll go.
You'll go and you'll see someplace where that's happening,
perhaps.
But if you have a questionlike: I wonder what's going to
happen on Monday when the judgemakes his decision, you have a
target.
You're going there.
(08:32):
And I once had the experiencewhere somebody had a young man
and he had a very important casecome up.
He had been a little naughtyand they said is he going to go
to jail, is he going to get off?
And I said, well, projecting mymind, I said, I see the judge.
He has a pair of handcuffs upand he's on his finger and he's
(08:55):
waving the handcuffs, swayingback and forth at the fellow, so
it looks like he's not going tojail.
Time passes by.
I talk to the people.
I say, whatever happened withthat young man in the court case
?
They said, Douglas, youwouldn't believe it.
We thought he was going to jailfor sure.
The judge picked up a pair ofhandcuffs and waved them in
(09:19):
front of him and said, this isyour last chance.
If I see you here next time,you'll be wearing these.
Les Hubert (09:26):
Wow.
Douglas James Cottrell (09:27):
My mind had -- because I was asked, I
was given a target (09:30):
the court, the judge and the time.
So I now had accordance of timeand location.
And because it was the question-- was he going to jail or --
my mind went to that momentwhen the verdict, decision or
the discussion took place.
So the more you can narrowsomething down, the better it is
(09:53):
.
People ask me, I have helpedand participated when somebody
goes missing or when somebodyhas done some self-harm.
So you can see the remainssomewhere, but not necessarily
up close, because it'suncomfortable.
So you might see the grassystuff, the lawn, there might be
(10:15):
a stone or a fence, somelandmark, and that's what you
describe.
And then the person doing thesearching goes out and they look
for that landmark.
They see the landmark and thenthey discover the remains.
So you're seeing something thatyou can identify with -- the
landmark, the type of clothingthey're wearing, what the
(10:38):
position is on the hill or theditch wherever -- but you don't
get up close and personal andsee the horror.
Les Hubert (10:46):
Can any of these be dangerous to us, Doug?
Douglas James Cottrell (10:50):
I don't think so, other than when you go
snooping or peeking (when youdon't belong) nobody else's
welfare.
Not allowed, but sometimes youcan do it.
Now, what do I mean by that?
A family comes and, as they didonce, they said: my husband is
acting a little strange.
He hasn't been taking hismedication.
(11:11):
We don't know where he is.
We don't know where to look.
He didn't want to be found, hewanted to get away.
I saw him underneath a concavedside of a hill.
I could see the grass and Icould see the vista or the scene
in front of the hill.
The family went to that exactspot and they looked out over
(11:36):
the edge of the grassy area andthey couldn't see him.
So they went home.
He was right under their feet.
Oh wow.
He heard them, but he stayedthere.
I was able to give thelocation, I was able to see him,
but they didn't take that extrastep of going, of course, down
(11:59):
and then coming and lookingunder the concave part of the
hill.
But he did come home.
Now, when people ask me to findthings, I look, I see something
and I might see, as I have onelady who has lost her phone, and
I said it's on the floor ofyour car.
(12:20):
Okay, so she went out andlooked all around.
She drove the car.
She got in the driver's side.
She looked around, she cameback and she said -- either came
back or telephoned me -- shesaid, it's not there.
I said I'll look again.
I said, it's on the floor.
She said no, it's not.
I looked all under the driver'sseat, whatever.
(12:42):
I said, did you look on theother side?
No.
But she went and had a look andthere it was.
It was on the other side.
So, being able to say it was inthe car on the floor, the
person just assumed it was inthe driver's side, didn't think
that it could be both sides.
So when you have snapshots ofthe future clairvoyance, you
(13:06):
have to think a little bit, youhave to explore.
But in most cases we don'tbelieve it.
Some would say, yes, yourwallet is on the floor
underneath the couch.
Okay.
Then they think, I never sat onthat couch, my wallet couldn't
(13:27):
be there.
And so, they don't look.
It doesn't occur to them, maybetheir wallet fell out of their
pocket on the ground, and thenwent under the couch all by
itself.
One interview at WesternUniversity at a radio station,
there was people in the soundbooth before I was to be on, as
a guest and two ladies came out.
(13:48):
They heard that the psychic guywas coming on.
So, without any how are you orintroduction, they said, I lost
my ring.
Where is it?
I said, well, it's nice to meetyou too.
And I said, well, I see, it'skind of a blue stone, it has a
silver setting, blah, blah, blah.
(14:08):
I described the reading, orsorry, they described the ring,
and she said, yes, that's whatit looks like.
So where is it?
I said I see it on a checkeredgreen and cream colored like a
tablecloth or something or acushion.
Looks like it's in the laundryroom.
Okay, that didn't make anysense.
So they didn't find it for sometime.
(14:32):
And the story that was reportedback to me, they went in and
they started moving the laundryaround and there it was on top
of a tea towel.
So I would add to this, notfrustration, but I would think,
how does that happen?
Why, when you tell peoplesomething, they don't get it?
(14:56):
A very wealthy lady once askedme -- she had five houses in the
world -- she said my jewelry,necklace full of diamonds,
whatever, is missing.
And I said, well, I see it in ashoebox in a closet and it's in
the city she lived in.
I won't say the name now.
And so, nothing happened.
(15:18):
And then, as time goes by, thestory comes out.
The woman's there and herhusband.
Because she had to fess up toher husband that the jewelry was
missing because this was thelast day before the insurance
wouldn't pay, that they had totell the insurance it was
missing.
The lady went into her closetto get dressed, reached up on
(15:41):
the shelf, pulled out a pair ofshoes and there was the jewelry
in the shoes, not the shoe box.
Les Hubert (15:51):
Ah, interesting.
Douglas James Cottrell (15:52):
That was one that very early on in my
career I'll always remember,including just now, and I
thought, I mean, couldn't youmake the connection, Douglas?
You know, like the money or thejewelry was in a shoe box, but
it was a shoe, you would thinkthe person would recall, but
it's not in their mind.
If they don't have it in theirmind, they don't see it.
(16:17):
And if they don't see it, itdoesn't make sense.
Then they don't get it.
Les Hubert (16:23):
You were going through her mind to see through
her eyes, or were you goingthrough--?
Douglas James Cottrell (16:26):
No I was looking in the, I was looking
in the closet, but this is wherethe universe plays tricks, this
is where the universe throwsthe curve.
I thought about this, andthat's a very good observation.
I was seeing shoe box and shesaid it was in her shoes.
Now, that was the story.
(16:46):
I wasn't in there.
I didn't really see whether hershoes were in a shoebox, but
that could be.
You know, you put the jewelryin the shoes, the shoes in the
shoebox.
But my take was, I saidshoebox, jewelry, in the house,
in the closet, in a shoebox,that would be ding! But there
was no connection.
The same as other times whenI've mentioned things to people.
(17:07):
Because it's not in their headyet.
You better go to work and getthere on time.
You don't be late.
Well, no, if I go, I'm fiveminutes late, I work five
minutes later, nobody cares.
I say, yes, they do.
Because they don't see youstaying five minutes later.
They see you coming in fiveminutes late.
Go to work, be on time.
(17:29):
Well, the person didn't, itwas a relative of mine.
They lost their job and theywere so upset because people
were complaining they werecoming in late all the time.
And then I said, yeah, I toldyou about that, remember.
They didn't Didn't believe mebecause again, I'm staying five
minutes later, so I'm okay.
Anyway, the point is that whenyou're given something
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prophetically, or an intuitiveperson sees it, or even yourself
, when you have something, it'snot in your mind .
, It it doesn't make sense .
, So so therefore it doesn'tregister.
So when you hear that stillsmall voice, wake up, pay
attention and then maybe do alittle , r ight.
(18:18):
, You you have to earn itbecause Because, I mean, the
universe has just given you a .
, They've they've helped youfind something that you couldn't
find, or you know, you've got agift.
You didn't have to pay any .
, You you didn't have to doanything.
Les Hubert (18:32):
Do they ever use symbolic forms in something like
remote viewing?
Do they ever speak to yousymbolically, or do you see
things symbolically, or is italways literal?
Douglas James Cottrell (18:40):
No it's literal.
I mean, you know, you can seedarkly, like you can see
something's in a room and youcan see it's over there, but you
don't see it clearly.
But I don't think you'd seesomething symbolically, like the
Jolly G reen Giant means thatyour garden is going to grow
very well.
I don't think so.
Actually, see your garden wouldbe growing well.
(19:04):
Now, for everybody out therewho doesn't know who the Jolly
Green Giant is, that was a brand, a commercial on TV that the
Jolly Green Giant, ho ho ho,would sell.
I think he was selling beansand peas at the time, but he
would sell canned vegetables.
Les Hubert (19:24):
Great commercial.
Well, thank you, Doug, forwrapping that up.
Hopefully we'll be here againsoon.
Hopefully people will start tosubscribe and to enjoy our
podcast and we can continue toshare your wisdom with the
people out there.
Douglas James Cottrell (19:37):
It's great to be here tonight.
Subscribe everybody.
That's our favor.
We appreciate it.
Till next time.
Peace to everyone.
Peace be with you, Les.
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