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    A COMMUNICATION FROM THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
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    ORIGINS: The Institute had its beginning in t 'he Research and Development
    ff-ivi-s-lon of Monroe Industries, Inc., which at the time (1958) was inves-
    tigating methods and techniques of accelerated learning through practical
    environmental changes. As a result of cert.ain findings, the dccision
    was made to broaden the hase of such investigations and to alter the pur-
    pose of any such research effQrt. in 1971, the Institute was created to
    conform with and expand thisdifferent approach.
    PREMISE: Stated simply, the Institute holds to the concept that (1): Con.
    scious'ness and the focusing thereof contain any and all solutions to the
    life processes that man desires or encounters. (2): Greater understand-
    ing and appreciation of such consciousness can he achieved only through
    inter-disciplinary approaches and co-ordination; (3): The results of
    related research effort are moaningful only if reduced to practical ap-
    plication, to "Something of Value" within the context of the contemporary
    culture or era.
    SUMMARY: Early stuaies of consciousness and the decay thereof into sleep
    EY_G_U_~T1_t a major tool inLo use by the institute.
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    With the availability of this new tool, for the first tAme it became
    possible to develop and hold the subject into any of the various stages
    of sleep, from light alpha relaxation throiigh theta into delta and in
    REM (dreartiinq) . A generic patent on the method and techniqlie was granted
    to the originator, Robert Monroe, for whom the Institute is named.
    Tiio Monroe method and techniques wera found to be able, to "program" sleep
    Cycles throughout the night of sleep, if so desired. Variations Qould
    bring adjustment of the duration of each stage of sleep during the cycla,
    according to the needs and desires of tho individual. The 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 rou-.,ed gently yet firmly, with-
    out startling shock 'or dull sleep "hangover".
    Another important milestone of institute rescarc,.,1,1 into consciousness
    ctime with the development of a "mind awake.- body asleep" state.
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  that th,6tk-Zng, cognition,
  T-,EokF3c,Tou,6ne.64 ate not
  in a social structure bound heavily to causal relationships through
  matter-time-spaceo the acceptance of such aa valid through personal
  experience was indeed profound, disturbing, and extremely stimulating
  to both staff and participants. It wan truly a suspected Pandora's Box
  that offered unexpected potentials in an aspect. that had pre-occupied
  man since his early beginnings.
  With the advent of a wide interest in brain-hemispheric theory and
  study, the Institute undertook to explore the hi-lateral effects of FFR
  The natural outcome of this was to seek patterns which would "balance"
  or adjust the relationships between the left and righ brain, and help
  produce desired changes in behavior. Utilizing the Institute FFR pro-
  cess in the binaUral mode, a bi-latcral EEG on a volunteer subject was
  set up whereby the dominant wave form of each brain hemisphere was dis-
  played on a dual-trace oscilloscope.
            Binau&at beat- Zon cteates a -6u4taining FFR that is
  _64equencyI4timutat
  The total meaning of such coherency is not uiiderstood as no extended
  studies have been made except thoso bogun by the Institute. Prior to
  the development of the FFR method, no efficient technique was available
  to generate an hemi-sync state. It may be true that those in a focused,
  relaxed state in prayert meditation, or similar physically-quiet state3
  may produce periods of such synchronization. Certainly, it must occur
  naturally if only momentarily under certain specific conditions in humar
  life. Exactly what these are is not yet known.
  There is a partial entrainment effect, ancl there are indications that it
  can be learned much as in the bio-feedback model. Whether the synthesi;
  signal crosses the Corpus Callosum (the nerve network between the brain
  hemispheres), travels through the brain stem, limbic system - this has
  yet to be determined. It appears that new neural pathways are establish
  as a result.
  The efforts of the 1nstitute have not been designed or performed with
  the intent of offering documentation to the scientific community of
  the world at large, although much of orthodox scientific method has been
  utilized. Instead, such can well be the qual 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.
  For further information, write or phone; P. 0. Box 94C, Faber, VA 22938,
  (804) 361-1252.
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