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INFORMATION PAPER
IAGPA-F-SD
5 Jan. 84
SUBJECT: The Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences (U)
ISSUE. (U) To provide the Secretary of the Army with information on Robert A.
Monroe, and INSCOM's associat.ion with the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences
(MIAS).
FAC TS .
1. (U) Born on 30 Oct 1915, in Wabash, Indiana, Robert A. Monroe received a
BA degree from Ohio State University in 1937 and began a career as a radio
program writer, director, producer, and executive. Concurrent with his radio
broadcasting career, Mr. Monroe pursued his avocation, the practical. development
of' accelerated learning through expanded forms of consciousness. This work led
to the founding of MIAS in the early 1970'S. He is the author of the book
Journeys Out of the Bo@X, published in 1971. Mr. Monroe has a DoD SECRET
security clearance based on a NAC completed on 18 January 1980.
2. (U) MIAS, near Charlottesville, Virginia, is a complete educational
facility where Mr. Monroe and his staff conduct educational seminars. These
seminars are based on the blending and sequencing of sound pulses coupled with
a system of "binaural beats" that apparently create a frequency-followilig
response (FFR) and an environment conducive to the synchronization of the left
and right hemispheres of the human brain. This process is known as hemispheric
synchronization or Hemi-Sync. The MIAS Hemi-Sync seminars teach individuals to
develop an awareness and control of inner resources an,d abilities.
3. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) USAINSCOM association with MIAS dates to 1978, when the
potentials of the Hemi-Sync process were considered for application within
INSCOM's initial psychoenergetic efforts. Current involvement is as follows:
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a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Project CENTER LANE.
(1) (S/CT,-3/NOFORN) CENTER LANE Advanced Training with MIAS consists
of four progressive phase,-, that lead to full use of the Hemi-Sync process
during CENTER LANE intelligence collection missions.
(2) (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Rapid Acquisition Personnel Training (RAPT) is an
application of the Hemi-Sync process designed to improve managerial and intra.-
personal relation's skills. The RAPT program is managed by CENTER LANE, and is
used to screen prospective source personnel and sensitize intelligence managers
and consumers to intelligence applications of psyclioenerge tics.
b. (U) INSCOM Center for Excellence (CENTEX) plans to use MIAS/Hemi-Sync
technology for accelerated learning of foreign language skills. 'In addition, the
technology appears to offer opportunities for habit control training.
4. (U) Articles which provide additional information on Mr. Monroe, MIAS, and
the Hemi-Sync process are attached.
LTC BUZBY/AV 923-7829
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P. 0. Box 130 Nellys-ford, Virginia 22958-0130 Phone-, 804-361-15M
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fE.!ffjq,rCOVERY PROGRAM
A series of training exercleies on six stereo c8sq9ette telfles with detaile-d
Ouidance Manual contaij@ed in it special DISCOVERY book-album.
This is not merely a set of lectures. -Instead, it is a careful'y designed
.jequential program of actual methods and techniques that can be practiced and
achieved in the home environment.
PURPOSE
The DISCOVERY Program providet,; the serious explorer of human mind potentials
vith a variety of to-ols that can be used in his quest. When learned and applied,
1-hese give the individual new awareness, knowledge, arid understanding of his own
Self. They help one to perceive arid control levels of his own consciousness
here-to-fore unavailable arid/or unknown to him. They may open other realities
and energy systems where new information and experiences may be obtained. They
can enhance measurably his creative processes and abilities.
DISCUSSION
The DISCOVERY training series is the product of a twerity-year research
effort by the staff of the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences. Many of the
t-chniques eraployed were originated by Robert Monroe, Founder anti Executive
Director of the Institute. Mr. Monroe is the author of the book JOtRNEYS OUT OF
TAE BODY, now a famous classic in the field and published in six languages
World-wide.
The DISCOVEItY Lraining system employs a unLque and CA0.119ive mearis to syn-
chronize the hemispheric activity of the human brain. This is achieved by a pat--
t@-rn of round waves w1hich encourag,t- a Frequency-Fol I owj. rig Response (FH.) in brain
electrical activity. Such sound patterns are varied in frequ ency to obtain
desired states of consciousness. nit! process is then applied binaurally
(different and independent signals in each ear) wherein the FFR signal becomes
a "beat frequency",* which aids in the brain wav,.- synchroniza Lion of the
hemispheres in both frequency and amplitude.
Very little is known a S to the occurrence of such synchronized states in
typical human consciousness. A study at the Menninger Fundation indicated the
ability of an experienced Zen Master to induce it at will, which jitay suggest it
is more prevalent than considered originally. Over the past- six years, the
Honroe Institute has developed and tested specific -' ''hemi-syric" appLications with
sever5l thousand parti.J.pants Liarough its Gateway Program. As a result, it is
the leader in this newly-emerging field of consciousness research.
The DISCOVERY Program utilizes fully this experience. It is in essence a
modification of the basic Gateway techniques for in-home training, where the.,
J'.@kctor of repetition-until-result can be maximized. Rarely an "instant" success,
it is rarely a "failure" when repeated consistently.
S14ECIFICS
DISCOVERY ($95.00 inrluding postage) Voiced by Robert Monroe
(To be uued with stereo cassette player and headphones)
*"Auditoty Beats in the Brain", "SCIENTIFIC MIERICAN", September, 1973
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