How to See the Future

 QUESTION

“Years ago, I had read your book FUTURE MEMORY.  It intrigued me and I tried doing what was recommended by you and James Van Avery.  I had no success.

“Often, I find myself wondering ‘What is possible,’ or what powers do we humans have?  I ultimately let such thoughts go because, frankly, I don’t know what else to do.  But, I am wondering, is there more information available by Van Avery?  I tried finding any published works by him, but there was nothing I could find (and I am a decent researcher).

“I have scoured the internet for other people, willing to share their stories and experiences, yet, alas, essentially nothing but book reviews (but not experiences).

“PMH, can we truly, honestly, accomplish the ability to see the future?  I assumed that your book is literal with this, and not metaphorical prose (i.e. sounds cool but not literally true).  If you have anything else about future memory that I could read from Van Avery, I am interested.  Yes, I need more stories, examples, and if there were an actual person to talk to, who had experience with this, I would do a backflip(!).....Mark

ANSWER

Mark, John never a wrote book.  He developed the technique described in my book FUTURE MEMORY on his own by experimenting to see if he could in some way see snippets of future events, like a newspaper headline, or what might happen when he journeyed out on any given day.  He was quite successful with his formula.  It was never for “predicting the future,” but rather for seeing what might be ahead for him, news, happenings, even just simple things like that newspaper headline.  He was an engineer and not interested in doing more than he did.

When it comes to PREDICTING THE FUTURE, i.e., the bigger things in life, what might happen to us or the world, that usually is done through psychic predictions, psychic knowing, metaphysical practitioners, astrologers, and other gifted individuals.  Some people know through dreams.  Or suddenly have a vision and know.  There have been many tests run by scientists using random generators, and they have found that globally before an important event, people around the world will start dreaming about the event, or have a flash of intuition that the event will occur - like what happened with Princess Diana’s death or September 11 when so many people died in New York City when Muslim terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center.  People respond to future events if they have an impact behind them - I suspect because consciousness is global.  We are all connected on that higher level subconsciously, and we will all respond if something important is about to happen.  We just do.  We know when we need to know.

Yes, you can be trained to be a psychic who does this.  Seldom do you ever run across anyone with a high number for accuracy, although there are some who can run something like 70% accuracy.  I’ve known a few who ran 90%.

Where you find future memory a lot is with near-death experiencers, adults and children.  The ability to pre-live the future before it occurs in one of the aftereffects - easily 50 to 60% of experiencers have.  Notice I did NOT say predict the future.  This is a pre-living.  In other words, you actually go through all aspects of living something on every level, totally real - before the event actually occurs.  I believe people are able to do this after such an experience, because the experience itself changes brain structure and brain function.  We know that now - some more than others.  But it is an aftereffect of near-death experiences and major transformations of consciousness.

I am sorry you have been trying to find a way to do this on your own.  If this ability - to see the future before it occurs - is important to you. I would recommend you find yourself a good teacher who can help you develop your psychic/intuitive abilities in such a way that you can extend them out farther than normal living, to touch futures and see what you can find.  This will take much practice.  It took Van Avery quite a while too.  You could also contact the Monroe Institute (www.monroeinstitute.org).  They offer a wide-range of classes and experiences.  You may find something that might appeal to you.  Future memory, though, is something quite “else.”  It is not predicting the future.  It is pre-living the future.  Go back to the book FUTURE MEMORY and re-read what pre-living really is and how it seems to work.  You may not fully understand the difference between predicting and pre-living.  

Many blessings, PMH