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Monroe InStiftltO of Applied Sciences
...... P.O. Box 57
Afton, Virginia 22920
Phone (703) 45"166
The Institute had its beginning in the Research and Development
(1958,
Division of Monroe Industries, Inc., which at the time ') was
investigating methods and techniques of accelerated learning through
practical environmental changes. As a result of certain findings,
the decision was made to broaden the base of such investigations and
to alter the purpose of any such research effort. In 1971, the Insti-
tute was created to conforin with and expand this different approach.
Stated simply, the Institute holds to the concept that (1): Con-
sCiousness and the focusing thereof contain any and all solu-tions to
the life processes that man desires or encounters. (2): Gro--!ater
understanding and appreciation of such consciousness can be achieved
only -through inter-disciplinar- approaches and co-ordination; (3): The
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results of related research effort are meaningful only if reduced to
practical application, to "Something of Value" within the context of
the contemporary culture or era.
HISTORY
Two points of reference need to be clarified in this, the opening
portion. First, the following report is not presented within the re-
strictive confines of a single avenue of study or practice. It is an
attempt to place in broadly comprehensive terms the basic de:velopnients
at the Institute so that each individual may relate it to his own area
of interest without need for "-translation".
Second, the summary of study and research contained herein is not
conventional in its approach.' There are no statistical tables,i graphs,
or references to the works of others in the field. The efforts of the
Institute have not been designed or performed with the intent of
offering proof or documentation to the scientific community or the world
at large, although much of orthodox scientific method has been utilized.,
Instead, such can will be the goal of other organizations and individuals
who may take the basic findings of -the Institute to prove and present
them in other forms, in other areas of specialization.. The Institute
welcomes this participation.
As stated above, the early goals were defined as the development
@l environmental changes,
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0 -earning methods and techniques through 2.L @ctic
i.e., changes that could be put into use simply and easily under typical
societal conditions. This immediately precluded any exotic approaches
such as chemical, drug, or dietary stimulation. Also, to be widely accept-
able, the use of sophisticated ZLnd expensive instrumentation could not be
of vital necessity. Moreover, the need became apparent to go beyond the.
current modes and theories of learning to reach a baseline that might be
all-encompassing. The purpose was to produce something effective in a new
form, rather than an extension or eXpansion of traditional practices that
were declining steadily in acceptable results each year.
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Type I Lear@njina - Utilizing a freedom from conventionalityy studies
we.re made into all forms of the learning process in daily life activities.
In moving beyond the Skinnerian pattern, factor in learning ap--
peared to be, first of all, the, focusing of attention.. Pain or pleasure
focused attention to the experIence, and the experience WELS then learned/
stored. Further, any factor of emotion focused attention, again causing
the experience to be imprinted heavily. Any extreme. physical experience
sed attention on the experience with similar result,-_-,. Tt&_Ae.)th
also focu
f _ning (retention-recall) _peared to be in direct relation to the
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inte_n_s_i_t_y-of experience. Conversely, the more shallow the experience,
the lesser the attention seemed valid, which diminished greatly the
learning process. Any other "un-natural" learning such as willful focusing
of attention without stimulus required a form of dedication and discipline
generally unavailable to the average human mind. Attention flickers and
fluctuates also in low-order repetitive experience, denigrating again
learning that might take place.
The premise: (Natural) learning is triggered by attention focused by
experience which contains elements of emotion, pain-pleasure, physical
action, newness in various combinations. Therefore: natural learning is
experience: the greater th 'e'.depth of the--experience-, the greater the
imprint of learning. This is labeled Tvy)e T Learning.
A simple validation of the premise can be achieved by no more than
sitting down and writing out a list of the ten most significant infor-
mation events you have learned to date, in the order of the clarity of
detail and your ability to recall. Having done this, note how many of
the ten represent those items you have learned through formal training.
The question was: how to put this natural learning process into a
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synthesis that could be applied broadly and readily.
T pe 11 Learn@:n_q - Another learning process, the most conventional
and. widely in use, is indeed deliberate and willful, and approaches a
Pavlovian conditioning pattern in its habituation, to be truly successful.
The! reading and re-reading of a textbook, the physical co-ordination of
all athlete, the skill of a concert pianist, all are forms of Type 11
Learning -- and req uire a special pre-learned form of focus of attention
(which may be triggered by a previous "natural" learning experience which
may or may not be in conscious recall). From this basic rote process,
11un-natural", &s it were, combinations thereof are assembled. to form
deductive simulations akin to natural learning experience.
TMfj J= LearnincT - Another pattern which is. present and af f ects the
individual, yet for the most part is usually not within his conscious
recall, lies in two (or more) areas of experience.
The first tak es place in no,rj=,@,onscious retention of experi-ence which
is perceived and stored during his waking physical life activity. All
five physical senses perceive information, only a small portion (loss than
20%) of which is ordinarily.available to the conscious mind. Yet such
information is stored in memory in the most minute detail. It is not a
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part of the average consciousness because there is no focus of attention
on the experience at. that particular moment. This has been illustrated
in inany forms, such as the recall of the content of 4 cQnvers4tion be-
t-ween others while the focus of attention was in another:direction, or
the remembering of a musical selection while reading a book.
he non
The second form of learning is by the ex eri.QaQp____Qf _t -cQnsciQus
self - the-dream 1ence- which may or may not be in conscious reqall.
_expe,r
The dream material itself may be a new experience created out of the
previously learned experiences, and in turn is treated by the learning
process as a learning experience no 19as real or Important tbiva 4ny other.
nak ream..q that he
An individual who previouply hAg of q
is wading in a cre seriougl
ek., is' W tow y ill.
Thereafter, he is afraid oft-' k' quite possibly is afraid of wading
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in c-reeks - though the entire dreatm experienoe J9.J10 t 4_part of his corL-
scious memory.
The important facet in Type =1 Learning is that such learning ex-
perience is indeed a part of non conscious memory, which does not have
the basic ability to evaluate the experience within a relative context.
yet, it is experiential, often emotional learning, and thus acts upon the
individual personality with the same St.rengtb ag Typel Learning - without
conscious awareness of the ind@vidual,
It was herein, Learninq, that beld the mo4t hopeful promise
of achievement of the
Preliminary Results It soon became obvious that experiments in
Type fff--f6a-r'ning were-Hot at all an original approach. Much of it had.
taken place through -the years under various labels - suggestion, hypnosis,
psycho-synthesis, placebo effect, motivational research, plus several
hundred philosophical vari4ttions,. ThR, j?,rQblem hias V
w4s tQ gort Q t. the
catalytic factor in as many of -th"Oso;A*-, ..0* d
"'PO on , a ly them in some
rational and repeatable scientifiq model,
with this came an important change in identification of exactly what
-this was that had been under investigation. What attention was being
focused? What was undergoing the experience? Unhappy with the term
"human being T'-(the process might apply to animals also), personality or
individualism being the result, and "awareness" offering insufficient
connotation, we settled reluctantly upon Consciousness. Reluctance was
there because it still seemed inadequate, vague, mis-used, and over-used
but it was the best to be had at the time.
With this hurdle cleared ho],,)efully, and shortened to CS through im-
patience, CS (Consciom_qpp_qs) became the target of intensive and unorthodox
patterns If CS could be extended into Type 11 learning, arid
focused therein, much,might be achieved.
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By luck or intuition, the project aimed immediately at the m
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obvious yet natural edge of CS - the release and dispersi Ion of CS at 14"W"a
the onset of and during sleep. The simple process of extended wake-
fulness did not produce any worthwhile patterns, i.e., delayinc the
loss of CS without qualitative changes of what appeared to be a de-
clining efficiency. Therefore, a means was sought to maintain the
(juality of,CS as the physiological system converted into the sleep
state. This included the problem of how to make peace with the home-
ostatic network, which resists or feels "threatened" by any change
and change had to be the key to any process to be designed and de-
veloped.
Discove3@y - Very little was achieved in the early effort except
to verify many earlier studies on sleep. Some 52 subjects were tested
in various sleep states without any significant new information, brought
into view. The first and basic breakthrough took place inadvertently,
through necessity. The project team, for the most part volunteers,
found it difficult to find time -to travel from home to home with equipment
and instrumentation to measure sleep states of various subjects. The
project did not have adequate facilities to house subjects for the night.
Also, subjects found it very difficult -to go to sleep upon request. If
they (1id, it was usually in a near-exhausted state which negated anything
other -than delta. sleep, a near-comatose unresponsive state (at that period).,
To solve the problem, so that subjects would be able to go quickly
into sleep when needed, various methods were tried. Environments were
set 7ap most condusive to sleep, including control of temperature, humidity,
light and sound - which were only partially sucQessful.. Light stimulation
was tried, - but seenLedto bring discomfort rather than relaxation. A
combination of audio signals showed promise. Additional investigation
proved the solution.
It was di,6cove&(,d tha,t phased .6ine waves at dizaetnabte sound J&equen-
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With the availability of this new tool, progress was immediate and
continuous. For the first time, it became possible to develop and hold
the subject into any of the Various stages of sleep, from light alpha
relaxation through theta into delta and in REM (dreaming). A generic
patent. on the method and technique was granted to the originator, Robert
Monroe, for whom the Institute is named.
The Monroe method and techniques were found to be able Nto "program"
sleep cycles throughout the night of sleep, if so desired. Variations
could bring adjustment of the duration of each stage of sleep during
the cycle, according to the needs and desires of the individual. The
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waking-from-sleep moment was enhanced greatly over the traditional alarm
clock which had no cognizance of' the stage of sleep it was invading. By
programming -the FFR up into REM sleep for the few minutes before wake-up
time, then inserting a beta signal, the sleeper was roused gently yet
firmly, without startling shock or dull sleep "hangover".
In one multiple test, under medical supervision, some 45 insomniacs
were given a month of*nightly repeating FFR tape recordings in their own
home environments. For such purpose, an insomniac was defined as an in-
dividual who could not sleep at night without prescribed medication. At
-the end of the month, 40 of the 45 patients reported the system to be at
least as effective as their medication, and obviously without drug after
effects. In some cases, an entrainment factor lasted as long as six
months, whereby the patient had only to think of the sound pattern and
was able to achieve sleep.
Initially, the method has been released for general use as a cas-
sette tape, which is effective in monaural form. For maximum results,
it can be utilized in stereo with headphones in the same cassette con-
figuration. A prototype of a new unit with micro- electronic circuitry
is now under test whereby an entire multiple-cycle sleep period can be
it programmed", including a special wake-up sequence that goes into oper-
ation five minutes prior to a pre-set time. These are in keeping with
the premise of "Something of Value" evolving from any research. effort.
Interim Pr9gress - With the ability to control borderland sleep states,
exploration Tf-various stages of sleep continued as rapidly.as limited
'time,, funds, personnel and subjects would permit - a pace that turned
into months and years. The goal was to move CS into sleep patterns and
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still maintain CS a.; itis understood in the waking state.
Slowly, it became obvious that this could not be achieved, but not
for the expected reason. As each subject logged greater number of ex-
perimental sessions, CS in and of itself became enhanced rather than re-
stricted. Not only was the subject-participant able to ease through the
normal dimunition of physical sensory input in sleep, without loss of
CS, he discovered first, that CS was not dependent upon those same
physical sensory signals. second, he-dir-scovered that CS as he under-
stood it became 2,Kea-Lte3@ in its capacity without the heavy physical
sensory data presenting strong interference and distortion.
The knowin2 (conviction?) th,to!@jh expe&ience that thinki!@g
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In a social structure bound heavily to causal relationships through
matter-time-space, the acceptance of such as valid through personal ex-
perience was indeed profound, disturbing, and extremely stimulating to
both staff and participants. It was truly a suspected Pandora's Box
that offered unexpected potentials in an aspect that had pre-occupied
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man since his early beginnings. Could the Box be opened slowly, a little
at a time, so as to avoid being overwhelmed? Or would the additional
studies show this paradoxical state of sleep-awake be that and no more.
At this point, a member of the research team recommended that the
beat frequency patterns be applied binaurally, i.e., that one set of
signals be inserted into one ear, another in. the other ear. In open air,
extremely low frequency brain wave patterns (30HZ-1.5HZ) were below audio
perception levels, thus, the pattern was expressed in amplitude rather
than actual frequency of the sound itself. The effect of binaural in-
sertion implied a possible synthesis of the beat frequency by the brain
itself. A 200HZ signal in one ear and a 210HZ signal in the other could
suggest to the brain an effective 10HZ resonance.
The results were spectacular. A quantum jump in the entire process
became evident. Time of response shortened, duration extended, degree
of intensity was dramatic, all in the FFR patterns shown in EEG traces.
Even among some 22 previous and well-indoctrinated subjects, greatly in-
creased effectiveness was the ri,:Lle.
The period that. followed was one of exploration of response to audio
frequencies above EEG ranges, arLd often beyond normal hearing frequencies.
The search was aimed at the determination of other effective audio fre-
quencies, whatever such effect might be. The process was a tedious one,
as only a slow sweep tests permitted the FFR to appear, due to the time-
delay in response arid the reporting of the volunteer subject. Moreover,
to be acceptable as -to the nature of the response, a double-blind can-
sensus of subjects was a part of the criteria. Thus, to be significant,
a response reported by one subject was withheld from other subjects un-
less and/or until each reported a similar response within the same fre-
quency range. The factor of suggestion was then eliminated, and recordings
of subject response both verbal and through instrumentation were used for
evaluation.
A number of definite, repeatable responses were found. Attention
co,uld be varied frora non-conscious delta sleep of total lack of CS and
comatose physical state up through intense Beta-type concentration of one
pointed fixation, and into high-anxiety intolerable "nervousness". How-
ever, much depended upon the sesmence of the signals offered. For example,
an extremely "clear" form ot mentation was obtained by first aiding the
subjoct to achieve blind Awake-Body Asleep (arbitrarily identified as
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Focus 10) through f---' gna imulation, then applying a second,
overlapping signal that would normally be too "nerve-racking". It is
still. not thoroughly understood why most of such sequencing- is important.
With. the advent- of a wide interest in brain-hemispheric theory and
study, the Institute undertook to explore the bi-lateral effects of FFR.
It was found very quickly that extreme disorientation cuuld be produced
temporarily by inserting different, unrelated signals in each ear.
Nlo,virtg more cautiously, a "de-tuning" of either hemisphere WaS possible
by the insertion of low EEG range frequencies in the OppOSite ear. Con-
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versoly, either hemisphere could be stimulated by the same method, by
application of specific Beta sound patterns and beyond. The natural
outcome of -this was to seek patterns which would "balance" or adjust
tile relationships between the left and right brain, and help produce
desired changes in behavior.
The above has produced dynamic results in many areas, and still
is in a stage of i rifancy as to the "state of the art". However, this
did lead to the definition of the basic effect with which the Institute
effort is dealing. Several years after the beginning of the "binaural
beat" studies, an associate researcher brought it to the attention of
the Institute. Utilizing the Institute FFR process in the binaural
mode, he set up a bi-lateral EEG on a volunteer subject whereby the
dominant wave form of each brain hemisphere was displayed on a dual-
trace oscilloscope.
Binautat bea.t-JA.~que~(2.y,_~.;timutation cteate.6 a sustaining FFR that
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The total meaning of such coherency is not understood as no extended
studies have been made except -those begun by the Institute. Prior to the
development of the FFR method, no efficient technique was available to
generate an hemi-s,nc state. It. may be true that those in a focused,
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relaxed state in prayer, meditation, or similar physically--quiet states
may produce periods of such synchronization. One test of a Zen master
with twenty years of contemplative study indicated he was able to pro-
duce the effects for long periods. Certainly, it must occur naturally
if only momentarily under certain specific conditions in human life.
Exactly what these are is not yet known.
There is a partial entrainment effect, and there are indications
-that it can be learned much as in the bio-feedback model. Whether the
s,tithesized signal crosses the Corpos Callosum (the nerve network be--
tween the brain hemispheres), travels through the brain stem, limbic
system - this has yet to be determined. It appears that new neural
pathways are established as a result.
Work with the Monroe system and the brain hemispheric, syncbroniza-
tion-coherence has brought forth a number of,interesting prospects. Some
of these are:
1. Balanced Health: The first and prime effect has been a stabi-
lization of the m6ii7E@i_land physical energies of the participant. This
usually appears between the loth and llth session, each 45 minutes in
length. Most report dynamic changes in physical vitality, more restful
sleep, a greater sense of well-being, a general serenity, new enthusiasm
for living, and release from false identities and obligations, to name
a few. Generally, each begins with the statement "I feel better, I
seem to think more clearly". After the loth exposure, the change is
often permanent. Participants so report this some two and three years
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after the experiments.
2. Stress-Tension Reduction: Used principally in cases that have
resisted conventional approaches, results derived appear to be caused
chiefly by a change in the over-view of the individual, rather than
dealing with specifics.
3. Surgical Support: Applied before, during and after surgery.
When used this special system helps the patient in
reduction of anxieties, control. of life energies, reduction of pain,
and acceleration of natural body healing. Patients consistently re-
port major gains in all of these areas.
4. Control of Pain: It is not yet clear why the method is as
effective as indiFii-Ce-T.- The suggestion for control of chronic pain
Would appear to be quite insufficient to provide the dynamic, changes
reporteYagain and again. As 'Little as one week of work with the
tapes has often been sufficient. There is some speculation 'that it
is related to the effect noted in (1) above.
5. Stroke Recovery: Although very little has been done with
the Monroe System In this area-,, -the preliminary findings bear report-
ing. The synchronization of the hemispheres of two participants
shortly after the onset of minor strokes, each produced defiYkite im-
provement in the disfunction. In one case, the subject had suffered
m1nor speech difficulty and intermittent motor instability in his legs.
After three hemi-sync sessions, his speech had cleared considerably,
and he was able to walk steadily without effort. Three months later,
there had been no retrogression that could be observed.
6. Psycho-therapy: When applied in the interview setting, the
h(:!mi-syn6-mo-d-(i----a--Ppears to help t. he patient reach very quickly long-
submerged levels which have resisted penetration by most traditional
means. It has been stated that 10 interviews using the systein may be.
the equivalent of 10 years of orthodox treatment.
7. Problem S,2.1vin2: The coherent brain-mind focused in a given
area by sp(@_(:Ti_ffc_FFR patterns apparently has a far greater capacity
to view any condition from a holistic position than "normal" con-
sciousness. It can be speculatE!d that it: is,,the result of simple
utilization of complete inter-action between brain hemispheres. In
a demonstration with a group of forty-five executives of a major
corporation, participants were asked to seek the best answer -they
could for his own individual problem, while experiencing hemi-sync.
Thirty reported decision-solutions of a quality for the most part
unexpected. Each was sure it was the "right" answer.
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8. Accelerated. LearnipQ: The pure synchronization effect alone
offers many @o@J_@_tials in Type = and Type T= by the simple provision
of focusing of attention. For example, its use by students while
studying enhances retention and recall: One college student was able
to raise her college grades from a 2.5 to 3.9 average in one quarter,
Using the method. Another test showed an ability to perceive and
remember oral information at a rate of 1,000 words per minute. (A
speech compresser was used to create -the material). Another partici-
pant was able to multiply two eight-digit numbers mentally, with 100%
accuracy; without the hemi-sync effect, he had difficulty with sets
of two digit numbers. Multiplication tables from 13 to 24 were used
as rote material, with 60% accuracy in recall after one session.
Under the same conditions, mental-physical co-ordination activities
were simulated with a form of guided imagery. Particular -tests were
performed chiefly in sports where any changes could be measured. The
most indicative of these took place where six golfers all reduced their
scores by as much as five strokes. The implication that the method
could be employed in more constructive directions and in many forms
appears to be limited only by the need.
9. Creative Stimulus; A well-known training authority stated that
over 30,0TO-ei@g-in@;j.-s on.the company payroll, savings and/or profits
could be increased by some $200,000,000 if this employee group added
2% to their creative ability. Response in this area from the Monroe
System has been so consistent that perhaps one day the Institute will
be able to conduct such an extensive study as this. Tests already
performed with a small and diverse engineering group some eleven in
number have shown a probability to surpass easily such percentile.
Several in the group have developed new designs in their respective
fields which were interesting enough to warrant patent application.
One participant: in another Institute program became inspired to
write a book, completed it and sold it to a publisher within six weeks.
A second became proficient and prominent as a commercial artist, a
third turned musical. composer and arranger. Several hundred have come
forth with new ideas, methods, concepts and viewpoints that have brought
major changes in thE.1ir life styles. The value.of the latter can be
assessed only by the individual at first, and subsequently by those
around him.
The following is a portion of a report from one Institute research
associate, psychiatrist Stuart Twerrilow:
"In our studies of the effect of the Monroe Tape system on brain waves,
we have found that the tapes encourage the focusing of brain energy (it
can-be measured as with a light bulb, in watts) into a narrower and
narrower "frequency band". This focusing of energy is not unlike the
yoga concept of one pointedness, which we may translate in Western terms
as single-mindedness. As Focus 10 counts down, there is a gradual in-
crease in brain-wave size, which is a measure of brain energy or power.,
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Although the significance of this is not yet clear, it could be specu-
lated that the tape system encourages the recruitment of neurons in
the brain to focus their attention on a single task, thus perhaps in-
creasing the efficiency of mastering a task, whether that be to reduce
tension on the muscles, to improve sleeping, or control pain".
"I'll describe three situations where we have applied the Monroe
tapes with 'unusually striking results. The types of patients with
whom the tapes have been tried, generally speaking, have been chronic
that is, have had their problem for long periods of time".
110ne such case was a middle-aged lady who had severe pain resulting
from 'roblems in the healing of an. old fracture. In combining the tapes
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with a structured hospital milieu, we determined that as she began to
relax the parts of her body which had not relaxed, were those pains con-
nected with psychological problems for which the pain was serving the
function of "secondary gains". That is, the pain appeared.to help her
cope with some of the psychological stresses in her everyday life in a
sense was kept going because it served this adaptive fundtion'!.
"As we were able to deal with this, she began to feel in control of
her life and her need to keep the pain decreased. After discharge from
the hospital, this patient has continued to be almost unrecognizable
physically. She looks a great deal younger than she did before, she
has her pain under control and does not need any physical support for It.
Most strikingly, other parts of her life from which she had been very
withdrawn, have now become a source of gratification to her"..
"The next case concerns a middle-aged man with a very long history
of psychosomatic problems affecting practically every organ in his body.
A psychological investigation found many of these symptoms related to
some severe surgical trauma which occurred wl:ten he was a young child.
In this case, we combined the tape exercises, especially the Focus 10
exercise with the sorts of stimuli in his environment that would make
him very anxious, that is, the stimuli that reminded him of the surgi-
cal trauma as a child. Over a period of weeks we exposed him both to
the Focus 10 deeply relaxed state and to the stimuli that would make
him very anxious and upset. Gradually, he became desensitized to the
stimuli and was able to feel a lot more in contkol of his life".
"A dying man utilized the tape system. He also had severe pain
which had been impossible to control, with massive doses of narcotic.
over a period of weeks, he also achieved control. Since he died, we've
had a communication from his wife. She stated that he played the tapes
until he died and the last week of his life, was completely pain free
and at peace!'.
"Our feeling was that both the experience with achieving control of
the part of his body that was painf'ul and preparing himself for death
of his physical body made him less frightened and panicky. The control
and preparation made him, therefore, more able to make peace with the
family - so important in dying people. In fact, as we hav, t'ced with
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a number of people who are dying, he was able to give support to those
around him who will suffer the loss. Coming to terms with the loss of
his own physical body enabled him to integrate -the remaining he had in
this direction".
"Use of the tapes in a clinical setting has pointed out that their
effect on reduction of stress and tense muscles is startling. As a
matter of fact, it appears that not only muscles under voluntary con-
trol but also those under involuntary control (smooth muscles, such
aS the muscles of the bladder) may be relaxed with the Focus 10 exercise".
"Patients who are chronic feel very much out of control of the vari-
oils symptoms they have. As with a number of the newer therapeutic tech-
niques, giving them a sense of control has a 11snowball" effect on tho-
control of other symptoms and aspects of their interpersonal relation-
ships. As they begin to achieve in other areas resulting from this
11snowball" effect, each small success has a reinforcing effect".
"It seems that Focus 10 is the basic state which is essential to
master before being able to proceed. Some of our patients have learned
to induce the Focus 10 state to relax their bodies while they are
actively engaged in work, and certainly to relax their bodies in be-
tween some highly stressful day-to-day working situations. Some
patients are now able to program their sleep, so that they awake at
certain times. A number of them with insomnia have found themselves
sleeping very restfully".
11 One patient had noticed that a very few minutes of sleep in Focus
10 seemed equivalent to him, in terms of restfulness, to many hours of
sleep with his normal sleeping pattern. Sometimes problems can be
created by this. For example, one patient noted that he has had periods
of very high energy in which he finds he is creative, but which re-
presents a change in his ordinary level of functioning to which other
people take some time to adjust., He has noticed, for example, that
he needs fewer hours of sleep at night and this is ready to start the
day's work a great deal earlier than most other people".
"A number of patients who have regularly practiced with the tapes
have found that they've become much more reflective, less physically
active, and more satisfied with quieter sorts of hobbies and day-to-day
activities. Becoming more inwardly turned is a characteristic of
people who learn to utilize sources of gratification within their own
heads rather than having to constantly turn to the outside world for
gratification".
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The Gateway Program - In 1975, the Institute was invited to the
Esalen Center in Big Sur, California, to conduct a week-end workshop
which would incorporate some of the methods and techniques it had de-
veloped. In that week-end, and the one that followed at Esalen in
San Francisco, the Institute inadvertently opened a new aspect to its
experimental procedure. As additional requests for similar sessions
of exploration of consciousness came in, the decision was made to
present other week-end programs in a semi-public manner, i.e., the
selec -tion of participants would be on the basis of sincerity of in-)
@erest and inherent ability, with.,appropriate personality profiles.',,
Most important, such an on-going program would offer a far wide.
consensus,base than ever possible through experimental work inside the\.,,
Institute itself. Moreover, a feedback system could be employed,
whereby the participants themselves, in their reporting of effects,
would permit the evolution and modification of methods and techniques
employed with each succeeding program.
With a few exceptions, the procedure has worked remarkably wc2,.I,.
In four years, over 1,500 participants have been through this training
and exploration in consciousness. Originally named the M-5000, it is
now called the Gateway-Program. The present Gateway Session is a
distant cousin of the first, to say the least. Much of the primary
method-material has been validated through surveys of Gateway Participants.
Here - Now - Downstream: In a broad view, those closely associ-
ated @WIDEF_ItHe _1nsti7td_f_e__Y.E6_'deeply pre-occupied with the implications
inherent in -the information gathered to date. Any introspection based
upon extended application of such new tools as now seem available usu-
ally brings confusion. It is not the donkey starving equidistant be-
tween only two hay stacks - there look to be five, ten, one-hundred or
more potentials, all equally important. The inevitable conclusion:
Azz urnip 0 dato
,q_the vatidit qatheAed, that zuch methodz and
techim-quez ate tn _k'1E__C_ttUot6 LoA the atT@Ta-t4'Onlam
JE Y i'tY '_ffe&z Pote io
ve Is t OTU C nti i
LL@'_ a ptact a app'T
n att 4`a@_etz without exceotion.
From this overview, any wider diversity is beyond the current
capability of the Institute. Therefore, the Institute is now open to
contact and communication with all sectors of'human endeavor, with the
purpose of development and utilization of such tools wherever feasible
and applicable. These include medicine, psychiatry, structured edu-
cation, commercial products, music, entertainment, religion, not neces-
sarily listed in order of importance. Such dissemination is expected
to lead into areas not yet contemplated or conceived of by those associ-
ated with the Institute. Those at the Institute believe this position
to be the only one that will. lessen the possible mis-use of the system
for non-constructive ends. The Institute welcomes any inquires from
responsible individuals and 6ra-anizAtions that-might aid in the total
process.
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Bob Monroe at his composing switchboard.... MOM's
sta r in a CIIEC unit.... Chii@ instructor Melissa Yager.
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The following article doesn't necessarill,	exclude distracting light), speakers, and an	hearing such accounts-ttiat u= s, as well
represent the official opinion of the staff or	excellent set of stcreo headphones, I Jay still	as many other experiences related to aitcrect
management of TIIE MOTIIER E'ART11	with my eyes closed, eager and anxious to	states of consciousness, were possible
NEWS*'. Instead, it's made up of subjective	experience to experience ... well, I	but aboui the only encounter I'd had with
i.nipressi.ons of what 1, associate editor Pat	wasn't sure just whar might happen!	any so-called higher energies con3isted
Stone, experienced during the week-long Gate-	Of course, while I couldn't guess exactly	niciely of feeling an electricity- I ike energy
V Program at the Monroe Institute of Ap-
wa	what was in store for me, I had gathered	(called prana by yogis) moving up my spine
-
plied Sciences. I was sent there, ky this niag-	
sox about the in-
-lie background knowledge .	d into my skull during a year of hatha
an
azine, when we learned that Elisabeth Kubler-	stitute before signing up. It was started by	yoga classes. So white my attitude toward
Ross (renowned expert on death and dving,	Robert Monroe, a former radio show pro-	the adventure I Wa3 about to undergo was
and the subject of next issue's Plowbov Inlc@-	duction executive who claims to have be,	open and receptive, I was--in effect-a
"
view) claimed ro have made a life- dianging	gull, in 1958, to spontanCOUSly Undergo bi	"New Age novice
exploration of higher states oJ consciousness	zarre personal events that he didn't under-	Bob Monroe now employs modern sound
while at the institure.	stand. In essence, Nionroc's adventures-	technology to hell) other people reach vari-
flo-wever, although the tale of mv ozon ex-	now commonly called out-of-body experi-	ous higher states of awareness. (The OBE
pericnee of the rural Virginia center pales be-	ences, or OBE's-were typified by a sensa-	was supposed to be only one possible out-
side hers (and when compared with manv re-	tion that his conscious mental selfhad lifted	come among many.) Iiis rnethod is based on
"
lated to me by nzy copartict@anrs in the pro-	from his resting physical form and (with an	a
two premises: [I] If your brain "hears

gram), it may still strike some readers as pret-	
ethereal "body" of its own) traveled by the	ca ca c le t
sound frequency it n cr t e c rically it-
tv far-Jetched. 1J* so, that's perfectl roider-	power of thought to places near, far, and	self, it will tend to imi!,atc that same wave

standable. usi repneniber that Pin not trying
y	
otherworldly.	signal (Monroe secured a patent on this
to convince an@yone of an thing ... I'm just	Bob's ffill story is detailed in his well-	"firequency-following response" in 1975).
v relate some (I coiddn't
attempting to honestl	known book., Yourneys Out of the Body. I'd	[21 You can't directly hear such sound
"
(ell you all in twice this space!) of zz-hat I	read the volume a decade earlier and had-	waves (they're mostly pitched too low for
believe I observed and experienced.	over the Vears--talked with scvera@ people
,	the ears to pick up), but they can be coin-
- -----I-- -- -----	
tried to have had. out-of-body ex-
who clai	the mind by piaying slightly
municated to
"Ilave a good trip!" Those were the last	pericrices themselves. (For instance, a close	different wavelengths to opposite cars
words I heard before Melissa Jager, the re-	college friend had told me that lie once	il-irough stereo headphones. Your brain will
markable wornan who's the chief training	watched his own body from the ceiling of	then assimilate the two pulses and-in ef-
instructor at the Monroe Institute of Ap-	his apartment, while his roommate frariti-	fc(.t---"hear" the difference between them!
plied Sciences, turned on the first experien-	cally worked to rescue the sleeping form	Thus, ifyou wanted to send a 10-cycle-per-
I ial stereo tape that 1--and the other partici-	from a Fite!) In fact, as soon as it becarne	second (CPS) signal-a low alpha signal-to
pants in the institute'@, Gateway Program---
I
l	known around the office that I was sup-
"
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an occa-
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d
d	the mind, you could play a 100-CPS sound
wave in one car and a I 10-CPS signal to the
was
ong stay.
would hear during our week-	.
ut o
o
to go to
,
pose
y	
lying ill illy own CIIEC unit (it stands for	sionat cohort WOUld pull me aside and-of	other. Your brain would, it's claimed, be
'
Controlled 11olistic Environmental Chain-	tell in a secretive voice-admit his or tier	the information received by the
aware of
ber) ... an isolation cube com	plete with a	own expeiience with "asiral travel".	separate cats, hearing both signals and their
co,mfortabl.
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Having worked at home with some of the
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settes that can be used either independently
of the center's program or as a preparation
for the Gateway course), I believed that
Monroe's brain-hemisphere-uniting process
--called "Hemi-Sync"-could work. In fact,
my biggest fear was that I'd simply show so
little aptitude for alternative consciousness
that I'd have a drab, disappointing experi-
ence and end up with no personal growth
down and brought us back to normal con-
at the institute). We all left our individual
booths and gathered in a meeting room to
discuss the experience.
Thus began the origoing "take a tape and
then relate" routine of the week. Except for
the excellent vegetarian meals, a two-hour
break each afternoon,and some movie view-
ing, that's what we did . at least six times
a day!
signals we use here are not analogous to any
and have no
particular value. Such scientists typically
think of beta signals as going up to 30 or 40
CPS. We use much higher wave pulses
here, however. In fact, when we try to help
trigger out-of-body states, we employ beta
signals of around 2877.3 CPS."
(and nothing to report). Conversely, my
goals were to have an actual out-of-body
experience
to gain more spiritual in-
...
sight ... to grow as a loving person ...
arid, of course, to get material (or an inter-
esting article.
In short, that's where I stood-or rather
lay-one Sunday morning last May when
our trainer started playing the first tape.
Thefirst tape. Immediately after Melissa's
friendly send-off, the sound of ocean surf'
(which underlay every tape as an "audio
bed") rose up and filled my headphones,
Next, Bob Monroe's deep, soothing-re-
corded--voice told us to adjust our headsets
so that the volume was balanced between
our ears and we heard his voice in the right
channel. Then humming, almost hissing,
tones--which
the flemi-Sync signals-
Focus 10. The next tapes we worked on
took us from Focus I to Focus 10 ... a con-
sciousness level where "your mind is awake
and your body is asleep". Induced by com-
bining low theta (sleep) brain-wave signals
with higher beta (wakeful) ones, Focus 10
was to become a launching pad for all the
other experiences to come.
It took me a tape or two to get going, but
eventually I was having great ftin! My inter-
nal energy flow seemed stronger arid strong-
er. I was even beginning to feel the sensa-
tion of sonre energy shooting out of my head
during the rebal phase (although no matter
how hard I tried, I couldn't make this loop-
ing flow extend below my knees). And Yo-
cus I 0-whatever it was---did give my whole
body a tingly, alert feeling.
were
blended in with the sea wave sounds.
At this point Bob's voice began describ-
Sdf-rcsponsibility. When we rejoined our
group, I told the others how very trying Yny
tape experience had been. And-I'll adniiT
-1 kind of expected our instructor to of-
fer comfort. Instead, she challenged me:
"What are you afraid of? Don't resist pain
. . . that just increases it. Move into the ex-
perience, so you can move through it."
1 was a little startled by her blunt teac-
tion, too. But then I realized that her advice
was likely sound, and-after all-I hadn't
asked for emotional support. Besides, as I
came to observe them throughout the week,
I noted that Melissa and her cotrainer (a
visiting psychiatrist) expected the program
participants to take responsibility for them-
selves. True, they Would always keep an eye
on people who seemed troubled or didn't
leave their CHEC units after a tape, but
they never encouraged any of us to act de-
pendent or even to share our experiences,
Instead, they gave us respect arid a right to
privacy,
ing the four steps of the "pre
-preparation	inrro Fociu 12. The last tape of the day	

process" . . . a procedure that would serve	was also the first one to go beyond the six	
as the opening ritual of every tape. The first	Discovery cassettes and into new (to me)	Nfonda-v ... clicking out. According to
step was to construct an "energy conversion	territory . . . to Focus 12, "the state ofex-	Monroe, tape listeners will -automatically
box", a mental vision of a cliest in which we	panded awareness". After the initial pre-	"click oui'" into a deep sleep if they're not
were to "lock away" all of our everyday
'	preparation process (during which I firially	ready to deal with what they're fiearing.
concerns (such as my worry about liav
ing to	began-with difficulty-to be able to feel	And, indeed, more than one member of our
write an article) and thereby leave our	that I was projecting some rebal energy	group had trouble staying awake during the
ininds free and unburdened.	down to my feed), Bob's recorded voice led	initial tapes. Some p,,3st Gateway partici-
Second, chanting voices on the tape pro-	us up to Focus 10 ... counted to 12 ...	pints had reputedly slept through every
vided the cue for us to begin "resonant turi-	bac to 10 ... up to 12 again ... back to 10	tape for three days ... only Zo wake up dur-
ing": a series of deep, open-throated breaths	... and t hen down to C- 1.	ing a Hemi-Sync experience on the fourth
during which we inhaled while visualizing	The moment before Bob's voice first
"	afternoon and find themselves hovering
sparkling energy entering our bodies and	called out "10
, 1 felt my body zapped all	above their bodies!
rising up into our heads ,
and exhaled while	over
with remarkably intense cleciricitv.	Of' Course, I had to wonder whether

chanting "aaah", "oooh", or "ummiri" and	
WhC11 lie led the CoUnt Up to 12, 1 tried ;o
'	1,
clicking out" was a real phenomenon or
mentally releasing the energy.	imagine an expanded self (even though
I	just a euphemism for cainapping. And I
Third, we were to construct it "rebal", or	had no idea what that really meant!) ... arid	couldn't answer that question ... until one
"resonant energy balloon": a sphere of en-	suddenly my chest got tight. I felt as ifl had	day, later in the week (during a Focus 15
ergy outside our bodies. We would do this	to fight to breathe. I was also hit with	tape), when we were supposed to travel
by "shooting" the energy gathered during	rushes of harsh light, and my body was	back mentally on a wheel of time and ex-
re'
sonant tuning out the tops ofour heads,	racked with vibrating energy.	plore our past. As soon as I decided to at-

down around our bodies, and back in at	In fact, I becarne so frightened by these	tempt to "visit" a traurnatic and still dis-
our feet.	sensations that I instinctively chanted the	turbing incident in my childhood, I started

Last, we were to repeat the Gateway Af-	Gateway Affirmation ("I arn more than my	feeling weary. Tile next thing I knew, the
firmation, the institute's credo, which be-	physical body. out loud to get a hold	entire 45-minute tape was over!
gins, "I am more than my physical body.	on myself. Finally, when the tape was over,	Once we regrouped, many other members
Because I am more than physical matter-, I	I did some stretching, exercises to calm	conflessed that they, too, had passed out.
can perceive that which is greater than t he	down the residual physical tinglings	Melissa then told us that, in her experience,
physical world." (It goes on to proclaim the	and prayed.	well over half of program participants
individual's deep desire to learn to Use bene-		"click out" on that particular tape. "A lot
ficial higher energy systems, and to be guid-		of' people don't, like to face parts of their
ed and protected,)	From afollow-up interview with Bob Mon-	past," she said.
Well, even, though I'd practiced all of	roe: "The signals we send in [he sequence	
these techniques on the Discovery home	of a tape follow a lot of the gradienis of	
tapes, I still had sorne difficulty acting them
'	sleep ... up to a certain point. Then, at Fo-	Out-of-body practice. On Monday we also
cut.. Mv
imaginary worry box didn't stop	cus 10, we insert some high beta signals on	tried a Focus 12 tape which helped us play
me from getting distracted with outside	top of the already established theta tones, in	with five different ways of leaving our bod-
thoughts. And although I made an carnest	order to trigger a waking consciousness	ies ... such as rising up on end like a tele-
mental attempt to rebal, I didn't feel as if I	white leaving the body asleep, Arid when	phone pole, rolling out like a log, or simply
were pushing any energy at all around my	we go to 12, we drop the body clown even	floating up. By this time, I was no longer
body. On the other hand, the Hemi-Syric	deeper, into delta sleep, while-using a spe-	hit with the flormerly experienced overpow-
signals and chanting did invoke the type of	cialized mixture of at least four different	ering energy during the Focus 12 state-in
spinal energy flow I'd felt in my old yoga	sets of beta signals-we increase the level of	fact, my first exposure to every new level
classes. In fact, my whole body felt stiinu
'	mental wakefulness.	was the most physically intense--so I was
lated as if
by a pleasing charge ofenergy.	"Now you should understgrid that ac-	able to try all five techniques calmly.
After about 45 minutes, the tape wound cordina_ to most researcl,,r,,,bhA '@ fby(fte
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thermore, it was equally important, Melissa	way process pro-
vides a dramatic means of discovering one-
opened my eyes @ . . and discovered I was	told us, to add the "disclaimer" that we	self, and then making full use of one's po-
moving my real hand!	wanted our wishes fulfilled only if they	tential. We provide the tools ... which are
	would be in the interests of' our higher	mental, not physical, ones. They can then
	selves ... to keep them from possibly back-	bi@ used in a variety ofways-for such pur-
Bob Monroe: "If any people come here ex-	firing. Our instructor also advised us to	poses as practical problem solving, gain-
pecting that we can guarantee them an out-	phrase our requests in the present tense ("If	ing self-knowledge, or miintaining mental
of-body experience, we give them their hats	you ask for something to happen in the fu-	health-but what each person does with the

and say goodbye. Of course, most individ-	ture, the result may always stay in the fu-

"	tools is an individual matter.

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uals who hope for an OBE learn other, per-	ture
) and to think positively, as if our pat-	We don
t try to indoctrinate l
)COPIC. In-
haps more important, lessons here. You see,	terned questions had already been answered	stead, we say, 'Don't take our Nvord about
there are a lot more useful ways to handle	("You're creating an effect ... the cause	anything ... but find out for yourself
the saine energy that creates the out-of-body	will catch up to it").	what's true. The tools we a@-e providing
state,"		should help you do this.'
Melissa: "Only a small percentage of the	Tuesday. States like Focus 10 and Focus	"We have only one piece of dogma that
people who come here have an OBE durin1g,	12 were starting to take shape for ine (in-	we want to knock into people's heads: 'You
their stay. A good number achieve one a few	stead of simply giving me intense physical	are more than your physical body. If you
days after they return home-orice they've	rushes). Focus 10 definitely did involve a	will seriously consider-and try working
given up hope of it--because their cagerness	"body asleep, mind awake" feeling. And in	with--that assumption, you'll find here the
for the experience actually kept them from	the less-relaxed Focus 12, 1 consistently felt	opportunity to know that it's so.'
having it! After all, an expectation is a way	a vibrant energy extending to the borders of	
of saying youc.an't do something now."	my rebal cocoon.	'

A@y thoughts, "But how can I stop wishing	
While working with new tapes, we did a	Wednesday. This was one of
my best days.

for an out-of-body experience if I really	
variety ofexercises today, such as attempt-	Almost all of the tapes felt really accessible

think I want one?" I felt trapped by that	
ing to send visual color energies (red for vi-	and enjoyable. And such basic maneuvers as

paradox much of the week. After all, I rea-	
tality,
purple for healing, green to wash out	popping a rebal or going into Focus 10 or

soned, what better proof could I receive that	,
negative emotion) throughout our bodies	12 were now ridiculously easy. In addition,

I orn more than a physical body . . . ,
and	
... and experimenting with a "bubbling	I

was gaining a greater sense of control over
what more exciting event could I have to	
away" technique to help deal with personal	t
hese processes. One example of that oc-
"

write an article about?	
fears. (After this last tape, one group meni-	curred during a tape on Focus 15,
the state
"
	
bet related how she first visualized a snake.	of no time
. (According to Bob, time is
'
	,
then "bubbled away" tier phobic fear of the	s con-
merely an assumption made by one
The group. I soon learned that most of the	
reptile ... and saw-in its place-a brown	sciousness. People can therefore learn to

folks attending our session had more exten-	
belt, which reminded her of long-forgotten	acknowledge, experience, and utilize--by

sive backgrounds in alternative conscious-	
beatings she'd received from her father!)	doing such things as peering into the past or
nt.,ss research than I did. And as the week	Sonic of the day's tapes gave
me strong	Future--the fact that time does not exist.)
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went on, I couldn't fail to be impressed by	
physical sensations ... others had little ob-	Now I can
t guarantee that I experienced

their experience, their commitment, and--	
vious meaning or effiect . @ . and a few did	t
imelessness while I was in Focus 15, but I
especially--their eagerness to exchange in-	indeed seem to portend insight or power.	did feel that my mind was in a beautifully
l'ormation with like-minded people. (Many	Yet perhaps equally significant for me wasa	Clear, still, and relaxed place. In fact, I felt
"
'
of them have to keep their expanded-con-	"physical level" event that took place when	so good "up there
that when Monroe
s
sciousness experiences secret most of the	I asked the parapsychological healer in our	taped voice started to bring us buck down to
tinie ... since their ftiends--and, often,	group to cure my new-and irritating-case	C-1, I just took off the headphones, moved
eniployers--would be shocked to bear about	of poison ivy. In response, lie told me to	myself back up to 15, and enjoyed it for a
'
such things.)	take a bath in a half-and-half mixture ofhu-	while. (Melissa applauds such actions: "It
s
Of course, the fact that the Monroe pro-	man urine and the milk frorn dandelion	important to ultimately shake your depen-
grain (which isn't advertised anywhere) is	stems. When. I protested that I could never	dence on tapes ... to learn to reach these
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"
both diffitcult to find out about and expen-	gather enough of those two required liq-	states without using
tf aining wheels
.
)
sive (the week cost $850) helps limit partici-	uids, he stated simply, "Well, visualize it!	
pants to very committed people rather than
"	That's the same thing!"	Going Out? After one of the day's tapes, a
attracting mildly curious
New Age dilet-
"	So, alone in my room, I sat down and	group member told us that site saw the
tantes
. Our group, for instance, included a	imagined an elaborate treatment scenario	words "I am more than my physical body"
parapsychological healer from Europe who	complete with specialized machinery	spin in a vortex overhead. Then tier arms
claimed to have cured his own debilitating
'	for harvesting millions of dandelion milk	began to ache and to rise straight up in the
childhood case of
raultiple sclerosis by go-	droplets, and lots of beer drinking to help	air. "I would have bet a paycheck," she
ing out of his body and performing in "as-
"	me produce the other ingredient, Finally, I	said, "that my real arms were sticking up
tral operation
!	Pictured dunking myself three times in the	... but when I looked, they were still on
On the other hand, some members of the	noxious mixture.	my chest!"
group--like me---tended to have less dra-	When it was over, my skin really did feet	Melissa then gave us a lot of advice on
matic personal events . . . and to spend at-	covered with a caky crust. And soop after	how to get all the way out if we feet our-
most as much time wondering if our experi-	that, I was-cross my heard-taken aback	selves starting to sepirate from our physical
ences were real as we did learning how to	by the unmistakable stench of stale urine!	bodies: "Think of something you really
deal with them. Yet we also tackled our ex-	In fact, the odor was so strong that I was	want, and mentally try to reach for it. Or
traordinary lessons with focused sincerity.	hesitant to rejoin the group ... until I
'	speed up the process by imagining yourself
	decided that the "v couldn
t possibly smell	hopping onto a Ferris wheel. But don't

J'atterning. One of the "second state"	the product of my fantasy!
The result? My poison ivy did not
o	tense up and hold your breath, or deliberate
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skills we worked on during the .week was	g
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out w
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squelch it."
patterning ... which involves groing into a
"
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Focus 12 state,
balling up
a question you	inveterate rash-scratcher like me, that relief	OBE. Instead, I'm attclilpting to pattern
want answered-or a request-inside your
"
"	was as good as a cure. True, the familiar ir-	that I already am out of bodv ... and back
head, and then
shooting
that query out to	ritating sensations returned about once a	in, of course!
the universe at large. And although the	day thereafter, but if I spent a few monients	
process might at first seem to be merely I	revisual i zing my treatment scenario, the	
new-fangled version of' traditional prayer,	maddening urge to scratch went away	The problem of trust. Several member-, of
we were told that patterning demanded	every time.	the group have expressed the thoughtthat
sorrie specific and specialized techniques.	Was I just flooling myself? Well, as flar as	although sensations, insights, and niessages
For one thing, we were supposed to re-
.	I was concerned, that didn't inatter ... be-	received during a tape session may feel com-
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experiences were authentic, she responded,	Oh, how I wished my hands had f0t way	Jessica. Remembering that the one time I	
"You're the only one who can judge.	high up-instead of a measly few inclies-so	left Nathan for a few days during his in-	
Whenever you reach to us for validation, all.	I could have been positive I wasn't kidding	fancy, he'd almost seemed to forget who I	
we can do is show you consensus ... in the	myself. But then I realized that the reality	was, I couldn't help fearing that what little	
form of statements niade by many other	or nonreality of one "out of hands" expe-	bond I had established with my daughter
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people that these types of things have hap-	The real
rience wasn't all that important.	
d be even
at she
would have dissolved and th	.
pened to. Yet ultimately, the extent to	lesson, I became certain, was that the proc-	less comfortable with me now than before,	
which you can validate yourself will deter-	esses I'd been going through during the	Yet whcn I walked up to greet my family	
mine the extent to which your reality will	week were definitel beginning to lead me	Jessica saw me ... and just beamed. Her	
be able to expand further,"	to higher states o@consciousriess. I now	face glowed with a delight I'd never seen	
One group member (a Gateway veteran)	knew without doubt that these altered states	her show for anyone except her mother.
'	Z,
added, "I didn't really believe the answers I	existed and that I had some tools for work-	s been happy and loving with me
And she	
was receiving through these processes until	ing with them (and was even convinced that	eversince.	
they disagreed with the course of' action I	sometime-in my lifetime- I would reach an	
Postscript. What about afterward? Does	
would normally have chosen ... yet they
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k	out-of-body state).
I felt like a child who
In a wa
though	the Monroe program have any lasting effccts?	
wor
ea	,
y,
having just learned to climb the steps to the	I was able to contact five of the members
of	
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high diving board at a swimming pool, Jig-	my Gateway group seven months after our	
	gles up and down on the edge of the board	one-week session, All./elt they had gained a	
Thursday ... the elation series. Today we
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hi
h	tightening up with nervous tension yet	deeper knowledge of themselves through the	
we were
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went through four tapes
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to encompass the entire earth ... the
ness	I
wasn t ready to leave. And something out
'	They varied greatly in the degree to which they
a	
solar system ... the galaxy and wher-	.
instructor told me privately just before we	rporating what theyV learned into
7vere inco	
ever we wanted to explore. The aim of the	
took the last tape of the day-and of the	cc,
their dai@v lives, though. One, for instan	
series seemed to be that all-awareness ex-	
that as long as I had
week-made me realize	s

onl-v uses the Focus 10 method for keeping hi	
igions,
perience, typical of many Eastern rel	ave
to fulfill the role of a journalist, it may h	mind aware-while resting-to help him inves-	e,
known as cosmic consciousness.
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"
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been both impossible for me to jump off the	tigate his dreams ... and another, caught tip	ER
I
on these
and
down
I went both,
up	board and best that I couldn't. Melissa ad-	with imp@y surviving in the struggle 0 day-to-	C
tapes. I olid experience many strange sensa-	nutted that she was both "awed and ap-	da@v life, just uses Monroe relaxing techniques	7
tions. It seemed-once again-that my con-	
palled" that I had managed to fully pirtici-	to relieve particularly hectic moments. At the	
Z.-
sciousness was being stretched and I was be-	
Pate in the course while working toward	I
other end of the spectrum, two members pu	;;a
ginning to encounter new levels of aware-	preparing a report on it. Other writers	the tools to work quite frequent@y ... going in-	
liess. At the same time, though, a ring of	who'd come to Gateway on assignment had	to a Focus 10 or 12 state to receive
prompt an-	
sharp physical pain began to develop at my
i
i	
all quit part way through ... either from	wers to difficult decisions, for example, or
s	
ntense dur
elbows. The ache became so
ng	disbelief or because they finally couldn't	even popping rebah to help repel antagonistic	
the third Elation tape that I quickly count-	handle it	dogs!	3L11
.
ed myself back down to Focus 1, took the	.
So the fact that the personal insights into	1, too, feet that the personal and spiritual	I
Iic
ed
headphones off for a while, and rubb	
higher reality that I gained during this week	
lessons I learned from the program are valid	
my arn,,s,	
were completely convincing-tbough not as	
but I've definitely been remiss about ap-	
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	dramatically earthshaking as I'd hoped-	p@ying Monroe's technology in my day-to-day	
	may well have bf en "; n the interests of rny	life. I rarelv listen to any Hemi-Sync tapes,	
Friday ... Focus 21. According to an en-	higher self". Sonieda@, though, I'd like to	and I have difficulty mustering up strong ener-	W
tire cosmology that Bob and his researchers	go back to the Monroe Institute on my own	gy flows. Yet-call it coincidence or cause and	
were apparently given from "beyond" (the	... and see what happens then.	effect-when I apply the methods, they almost
rich rein-
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institutc. offers cassette recordings of these		son
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explorer series" transmissions), there are		in
edy has neverfailed'me (or my wife). The	
21 levels of physical life. Seven of' these		
e
stitute's Catnapper tape (which condenses rh	
encompass the range of human existence,	The last tape. I can't tell you all of the	brain-wave patterns of a normal 90-minute	
while the highest-Level 21-provides the	moving experiences I had during-or con-	sleep cycle into 30 minutes) has given me., and	
beginning of a bridge to nonphysical spirit	nected with-our final tape, but I will share	two friends, refreshing half-hour rests. Once,	

forms.	one ... an event that's had great impor-	after a hard day of rototilling, I used purple	
As always, we weren't asked simply to ac-	tance for me. It concerns my then four-	
y to prevent subsequent-and normally
energ	
cept these ideas., but to try working with	month-old daughter, Jessica.	almost inevitable-back pain ... and had no	a
a
'chem and see what happened. So we moved	When Jesse was born in February 1982,	"after aches". And the results I've patterned	5.
up to a new state, Focus 21 (which was, in	my 2-1/2-year-old boy Nathan had been se-	for-whether they were as trivial as avoiding a	
theory, parallel to Level 21) and tried to	riously ill for two weeks. Indeed, a few	driver's license hassle or as significant as im-	g
reach out for communication with the be-	short hours before my daughter's birth, my	proving a serious family prob1cm--have al-	
yond. I didn't meet any identifiable spirits	wife and I finally admitted our mutual fear
h	ways beenfavorable.
'd lik
t the
nier
r
b
t
l
I	
during this tape (as did the member of our	ree
that our son might die ... and just t	e
o
ea
n more a
ou
ce
fyou
,	
group who related. afterward that she'd had	hours after the delivery, I was taking the,	you can write the Monroe Institute, Dept.	
a deeply profound contact with her de-	pain-racked boy to an appointment with	7MEN, Box 175, Faber, Virginia 22938 (or	!j
ceased and formerly estranged mother), yet	medical specialists.	call 8001446-5006) fop, a packet of free infor-	
I did have a personally powerful and mean-	Nathan eventually recovered. However,	mation. The institute can also supply the book	
ingful experience. I was flushed several	my emotional preoccupation with my son	Journeys Out of the Body for $650 ... a	
'
times with feelings of love and-through a	throughout Jesse's arrival, and during the	number of practical-purpose Heini-Sync tapes	1
vision of people undertaking symbolic ac-	first days of her life, apparently hampered	(such as Under Par Golf, Love Tennis, Sound	a
'
tivities in a variety of different rooms-,-	my ability to establish a good relationship	Sleeper, Concentration, and the Catnapper)	z
gained some moving (and, I think, truthful)	with my daughter. She couldn't relax in my	for $11.95 each ... the full set of six Dis-	
insights into the emotional difficulties of	arms, or even look at me for long without	covery cassettes for $95 (a@,' these prices include	
several individuals I know,	crying. We both felt uncomfortable with	postage) ... and the week-long Gateway Pro-	C
In addition, my lower arms started aching	each other.	gram for $850.	
again . and this time, my forearms felt as	This problem troubled me deeply, so dur-	A ndfinally, as a special offer to interested	Z
ifthey were beginning to rise, I tried using	ing our last Gateway experience-a pattern-	MOTIIER-readors, Bob Monroe has agree	
mental Ferris wheels to encourage the proc-	ing tape-I asked to have a close, loving re-	to send "The Way of Henii-Sync" (a 30-Min-	
ess, but I think that my self-consciousness	lationship with my daughter. As previously	ute introductory experience tape), plus the in-	
stopped it instead, Figuring my hands were	instructed, I didn't put a time frame on my	stitute's basic information packet and a $5. 00	g
only about six inches off the bed, but that	wish . . . yet in the back of mind, I couldn't	discount coupon for further tape purchases	

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