It has to do with the mind and quantum mechanics.

It has to do with tuning into frequencies in the unseen universe with the subconscious and creating alternative pathways on which information can flow through space and time.

As Shakespeare’s Hamlet says, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophies.”

Whidbey Island resident Stephan A. Schwartz is a practitioner of “Remote Viewing,” a scientific approach to experiencing the nonlocal self. Remote Viewing is known in the parapsychological field as the trained ability to acquire accurate knowledge of things and events distant in time or space.

“Based on scientific research of the past 50 years, there is an aspect of consciousness that is not limited by space and time,” Schwartz said.

This aspect, he said, includes those events such as near death experiences, epiphanies, breakthroughs, and what one would call acts of great genius that involve one’s capacity to experience the interdependency of all life.

“Brahms and Mozart said they wrote down the music when they heard it; that it just came to them. Albert Einstein saw his general theory of relativity while idling away in a canoe after an illness,” Schwartz said.

Schwartz has dedicated four decades to studying consciousness, meditation, healing, creativity and the power of intention, as well as shamanic and religious traditions. Encapsulating a lifetime of work, Schwartz will present a workshop that distills his discoveries into a collection of learning experiences that support people in realizing a radical new sense of awareness.

He said the weekend is for those interested in discovering how to use creativity to gain more functional relationships; to better understand who they are and why they are here.

“It allows people to have experiences that illuminate and guide their lives,” he said.

“Opening to the Infinite: Exploring Your Nonlocal Self” is from 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18 through 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 at the Whidbey Institute at Chinook.

Schwartz is a senior fellow of the Samueli Institute, where research is done to explore the science of healing. He is a research associate of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory of the Laboratories for Fundamental Research, a United States Government-sponsored research facility for extra sensory studies.

He has written four books: “The Secret Vaults of Time,” “The Alexandria Project,” “Mind Rover” and, his most recent, “Opening to the Infinite.”

Connecting with one’s intuition is not nearly as elusive as many believe it to be and can be an essential, natural and beautiful part of being alive, Schwartz said. He invites participants to this workshop who wish to gain confidence in one’s intuition through scientifically proven techniques. The experience hopes to demonstrate the depth of one’s own intuitive capacities.

Organic meals are included with tuition, as is a benefit concert for the Whidbey Institute on Saturday evening with guitarist and singer Richard “Ricardo” Russell and friends.

For information about registering, and to see a video with Schwartz, click here or e-mail info@whidbeyinstitute.org.

The Whidbey Institute at Chinook is at 6449 Old Pietila Road in Clinton.