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such greater energies and energy systems as may b


ebeneficial and constructive to me and to those who follow
THE GATEWAY EXPERIENCE GUIDANCE MANUAL me. Also, I deeply desire the help and cooperation, the
A GATEWAY TO SELF-EXPLORATION assistance, the understanding of those individuals whose
wisdom, development, and experience are equal to or
The Gateway Experience is a system of training in greater than my own. I ask their guidance and protection
personal development. Itis not a form of psychotherapy, from anyinfluence or any source that might provide me with
philosophy, religion, or medicaldiagnosis/treatment. It is a less than my stateddesires.
means to acquire knowledge. The application and results (Note: This Affirmation has evolved over time. On some
thereof are solely the responsibility of the trainee. Gateway Experiencetapes it may be slightly different from
The Gateway Experience training series is sold for private the way it is presented here. Both versions will help you
use only. make the most of your experiences. Remember, it is the
Caution: These tapes must not be used while driving. Use intent rather than the words themselves that is important.)
only with your doctor's permission if you are taking
psychotropic medication or areengaged in therapy. Your The Gateway Experience is a special version of the
doctor may call our Professional Division withany Gateway Voyage Program.
questions. Do not use tapes with any indication of epilepsy. Designed for in-home application, it incorporates methods
and techniques of the Gateway, adapted so that you can
The Gateway Affirmation benefit from it wherever and whenever you so desire.
I am more than my physical body. Because I am more than Consisting of six exercises on tape cassettes, Discovery is
physical matter, I can perceive that which is greater than the first album in this course. There are a total of sixalbums
the physical world. Therefore, I deeply desire to Expand, to (thirty-six tapes) in the Gateway Experience. Sequentially,
the remaining albums are: Threshold, Freedom, Discovery (Wave I)
Adventure, Exploring, and Prospecting. Each tape and Encoding Instructions
album contain a specific pattern of training. Energy Bar Tool (Threshold.#5)
Accordingly, it is very important that you work with them in Energy Food (Freedom #5)
sequence. Energy Walks
You can repeat eachexercise until you feel comfortable Exploration, Sleep (Discovery.#5)
and proficient with its use. Do this,Then move to the next. Exploring (Wave V)
The sound pattern you will hear on the tapes is a scientific Far Reaches (Prospecting #6)
process that helps you develop and absorb these Gateway First-Stage Separation (Freedom #6)
states of consciousness. The Gatewayforms of Five Messages (Adventure #2)
consciousness show significantly different EEG brain-wave Five Questions (Freedom #4)
patterns from those of hypnosis subjects. At present, there Focus 12: Overview
is controversyas to what such patterns truly mean and how Free Flow Methods of Exploration
to categorize them. Free Flow 10 (Discovery #6)
Free Flow 1 2 (Adventure #3)
Freedom (Wave III)
Advanced Focus 10 (Discovery #3) Gateway Affirmation, The
Adventure (Wave IV) Gateway Entry
Bio-Body (Prospecting #2) Gateway Experience, The
Brain Power Horizons (Exploring #5)
Color Breathing (Threshold #4) Introduction to Focus 10 (Discovery #2)
Comments from Robert A. Monroe Introduction to Focus 12 (Threshold #1)
Compoint (Adventure #6) Liftoff (Freedom #1)
Living Body Map (Threshold #6) Remote Viewing (Freedom #2)
Metamorphosite (Prospecting #1) Required Equipment
Mission Day (Exploring #3) Resonant Energy Balloon (REBAL)
Mission Night (Exploring #4) Tape-Taking Recommendations
Mission 10 (Exploring #1) Threshold (Wave II)
Mission 12 (Exploring #2) Vectors (Freedom #3)
Near Reaches (Prospecting #5) What can you expect from the Gateway Experience? As
Need Grounding? much or as little as you put into it. The exercises provide
Null Point (Prospecting #3) you with a set of tools – how you use them and what you
NVC I (Adventure #4) do with them is your responsibility. Some
NVC II (Adventure #5) discoverthemselves for the first time, and thus live more
One-Breath Technique, The completely, moreconstructively. Others reach levels of
One-Month Patterning (Threshold #3) awareness so profound that only one such experience is
One-Year Patterning (Adventure #1) enough for a lifetime. Still others becomeseekers-after-
Orientation (Discovery #1 ) truth and add an on-going adventure to their daily
Out-of-Body Experience activities. There is one basic promise – that you seriously
Pathways (Exploring #6) consider the Gateway Affirmation at the least a possibility:
Plus Polarity (Prospecting #4) that you are more than your physical body, that you can
Preventing and Solving Cassette Problems and do exist in energy systems that are not limited to time-
Problem Solving (Threshold #2) space, that you can and do communicate with intelligence
Prospecting (Wave VI) beyond your physical consciousness – call it what you will.
Questions & Answers
Release and Recharge (Discovery #4) WELCOME!
Brain Power electrical signal created by bothbrain hemispheres acting
How, then, do we go about using more of our brain power? and working together.If the 25-hertz signal (above) is one
There is a method and technique that offers much promise that produces a certain type ofconsciousness, then the
and potential. It can be utilized with relative ease, does not whole brain – both hemispheres – is focused in a coherent
require years of intensive training, and is not limited to a state of awareness. Most important, the state of awareness
narrow band of application. It is called HEMI-SYNC, which can be changed at will by changing the sound pattern. It
is short for hemispheric synchronization. also can be learned and recreated from memory as
Developed by The Monroe Institute, this process uses desired.
pulses of sound to create in both brain hemispheres The Hemi-Sync process already has been tested and
electrical wave forms simultaneouslyequal in frequency applied in many ways:for better sleep, stress-tension
and amplitude. reduction, control of pain, accelerated learning, study and
Hemi-Sync takes the process an important additional step. concentration, enhanced creativity, problem solving, even
Each ear sends its dominant nerve signal to the opposite for playing a better game of golf. Furthermore, it has been
brain hemisphere, following the X pattern mentioned one ofthe fundamental reasons for the success of the
earlier. By sending separate sound pulses to each Gateway Programs. Thesounds you hear during the
ear(using stereo headphones to isolate one ear from the Gateway Experience exercises are characteristic of this
other), the halves ofthe brain act in unison to „hear” a third process.
signal, which is the difference in frequencies between the
two signals in each ear. For example, if you hear a sound The Gateway Experience
measuring 100 hertz (cycles per second) in one ear and As are all Gateway Programs, the Gateway Experience is
another signal of 125 hertz in the other ear, the signal your dedicated to the
whole brain will „generate” will be 25 hertz. This third signal exploration and development of human consciousness
is the binaural beat. It is never an actual sound, but an through a system of
exercises using Hemi-Sync. These exercises assist you to surprising considering the wide dissemination of Mr.
know and better Monroe's books and
understand your total self. They are designed so you may the extensive media coverage of our work in this area. One
learn and of the
experience profound areas of expanded awareness. Institute's early goals was to develop and provide a training
Each exercise requires active concentration, volition, and system in
sometimes this technique. However, as more sophisticated methods of
courage, as you move by carefully controlled steps from exploration were
deep relaxation to developed, it became evident that participants were
those thresholds of consciousness apparently related to entering discrete (distinct
deep meditation. and separate) nonordinary states of consciousness. These
These thresholds become Gateways into different forms of states facilitate a
perception: great deal more than the OBE.
states of expanded awareness, of freedom. The tapes also Each individual approaches this internal work with different
provide a abilities,
structured environment in which you create your own concepts, and dynamic processes. Each enters this area
experiences, your own from a different
adventures. place and goes to a different place. The Institute goal is to
Many who use the Gateway Experience, or participate in provide
the Institute's techniques for exploring your full potential and for
programs, are in search of the out-of-body experience „travelling”; rather
(OBE). This is not than to provide a destination. In a broad sense, the
research has led to a
point where the OBE is far overshadowed by the One method of perception is to feel differences
development of human kinesthetically
potential on all levels. In addiction, the Hemi-Sync audio (sensations that are, or seem to be, physical). Pay
stimulus is not attention to your body
overpowering and can easily be rejected if it is not in and feel subtle sensations. These sensations might feel
agreement with like motion:
your conscious or unconscious desires. For these reasons, rising and falling, rocking, sliding, and tipping. You might
The Monroe feel
Institute does not guarantee an OBE. However, Gateways „electric” sensations: tingling or vibrations. Perhaps you
are provided into might feel
various levels of awareness. twitches, pulsing, pressure, or changes in temperature.
Gateway Entry Ask, „How does my
„Begin now.” Begin where you are, with an easy foot feel?” rather than, „Is my foot relaxed” Those feelings
acceptance of who you are. may change
To explore is to observe by discerning differences rather and shift, come and go; creating subtle patterns which are
than by making beautiful in
judgments. and of themselves. And like the surf, never assume that
Assume that the Hemi-Sync audio techniques presented the frailty of its
by The Monroe foam is a measure of the ocean's power. In our language,
Institute will create different brain-wave patterns, and there our concepts are deeply tied to the visual. We honor men
are various and women of vision, and value insight. Do you see what
ways to perceive these differences within yourself. we mean? Visual means of perception are important. At
the same time, visual perception is often overemphasized
and considered essential to the control and use of energy. around you. Value and build on your uniqueness: in it is
It's not necessarily so. One can get caught up in the wholeness and unity.
entertainment value of the visual, and the endless ***WAVE I: DISCOVERY***
fascination of unfolding visualization can blind us to other The Gateway Experience is a means to your selfdiscovery,
kinds of perception. Visualizations can be incredibly a Gateway to your choice of an ideal or a destination. The
meaningful. However, an attachment to them can become ultimate goal of the GatewayExperience is for you to no
a major block to other perceptual cues. An auditory longer need the tapes. They are like trainingwheels on a
perception may manifest as verbal messages, voices, bicycle: wonderful for practice, but inhibiting as you learnto
orimpressions of voices. lt may also occur as sounds such ride far and free. Your journey begins with the Discovery
as static,buzzing, pops and clicks, tones, or even music. album You will learn through direct experience, discovering
These perceptions have a delicacy, a quality difficult to that words andtheories are only one way to obtain
convey in physical, waking consciousness(Consciousness knowledge. As a result, as you performthese exercises,
One or C-1) terms. Too often, we close such beautiful your experiences will take you beyond what you think
channels that were open to us by discounting our orwhat you have read, to what you know There may be
impression as unreal rather than allowing them to be times when you „click-out” of the exercise, especially
legitimate. asbegin to move up to and beyond your level of
Gateway participants often report intuitive perceptions: a experience. Clicking-outdifferent from falling asleep. There
suddenawareness, a gestalt, a whole-knowing, or „thought­ is a sense of having dropped out ofthe exercise. Upon
ball” as one persondelightfully described it. There are no returning to or finishing the exercise, there is noperception
right or wrong ways to experience these exercises. of time having passed. You will have stored the memory of
Whatever your method(s) of perception, getting deeply into yourexperience, but will have no immediate recall.
yourself will enable you to appreciate more of that which is Clicking-out is a common,frequently reported experience
As you learn to cooperate with your own inner direction,
the paradoxicalnature of the Gateway itself emerges: your playing, etc.), simply note the distraction and use it to go
desire to explore intensifiesas you become more willing to deeper into
release any attachment to results.Expectations limit the your experience. For example, each time you hear a dog
unknown by what you now know Any conflict between bark, tell yourself
doing something and being there, or between active and you are settling deeper within yourself, that the noise is
passive states, is resolved in Focus 10. Doing and being allowing you to
merge,triggering what we call „synchronicity,” or a explore further and further.
synergism between thoughtand action, between Allow at least one hour after eating and avoid alcohol,
imagination and reality, between self and universe In drugs, or
Focus 10, the serious and playful aspects of selfdiscovery excessive caffeine, which may limit the effectiveness of the
also merge,effort and fun are no longer in conflict. You Hemi-Sync
enter a flow. Burdens light. exercises.
So seriously, have fun! Get comfortable. Use the bathroom before each exercise,
Tape-Taking Recommendations even if it seems
Locate a distraction-free environment where you can unnecessary. Loosen any tight clothing and remove shoes
darken the room and and glasses (or
remain undisturbed during the thirty to forty-five-minute contacts). Listen to the tapes while lying down or in a
taped seated position
exercises. Make sure you will not be interrupted by the with your head supported, whichever is more comfortable
phone. However, if for you.
you do experience noise (such as dogs barking, street Shift positions as necessary, both before and during the
repairs, children exercise.
If you itch during an exercise, scratch. You will be able to imbalance).
move gently
back into your pattern of relaxation. Discovery #1: Orientation
There can be a metabolic drop as you enter an exercise, The tools, exercises, and experiences you will discover or
producing a each tape in
coolness or chill which can quickly change to a perception the Discovery album build upon the tools, exercises, and
of heat, experiences of
motion, or pressure. Have a loose blanket or cover handy, the previous tape. Indeed, each tape and album in the
ready to pull up Gateway Experience
or throw off as needed. builds upon the same features of the previous tapes and
You may wish to keep a journal to document the details of albums. The more
your experiences intimate and proficient you become with each tape, the
such as: date/time, body position, medication or unusual more you will be
diet, able to explore and master the next tape or album. By
mood/attitude, energy level, moon phase, or any other carefully and
unusual patiently using Discovery, you will build a solid foundation
circumstance. within you
Required Equipment that will enable you to get the most out of this in-home
Stereo cassette tape player (do not use Dolby or other training system.
noise-reduction It is also recommended that you perform each exercise as
systems) instructed at
Stereo headphones (with separate volume controls if you least the first time you listen to it. Then, you may choose to
have a hearing innovate
and do something else. Let your experience during the Tape-Taking Recommendations on page 17. The following
tape guide you. Stay sections refer
open to change and flow with your experience. Don't force directly to processes on this tape: Hemi-Sync
anything. If you Hemispheric synchronization is demonstrated in a simple
are curious about the content of each tape, you may first way by placing asteady tone in one ear, then a different
listen to it steady tone in the other ear. As
objectively, over speakers. these different tones are blended together in the brain, the
In Discovery, repetition of tapes is advancement. Each binaural beat
time you listen to or wavering sound you hear is a brain-produced
a tape, you become stronger, clearer, and more masterful phenomenon created as bothhemispheres act in unison.
with it. Return Such signals can stimulate specific states
to basic tapes for reinforcement; doing so will deepen your ofconsciousness, which are automatically learned and then
experiences can be recreatedfrom memory.Hemispheric
and is strongly recommended.Various tools are developed synchronization focuses your attention, thereby
in Discovery to create bridging as one beginsto detect and enhancingcreativity and problem solving, and providing a
focus the strong energies we call „nonphysical.” These are greater awareness of your overall environment. Consider
often perceived as electrical or vibratory sensations, as light waves as an example of the Hemi-Syncprocess.
well as motion,heat, or pressure. These energies can flow Radiant light sources, such as sunlight or a lamp's
in Focus 10, and can, depending on your choice, influence tungstenfilament, are incoherent in that energy is produced
physical reality. with random timing,and focusing directs an irregular
To use these tapes effectively, please familiarize yourself stream of photons to a specific area. Inturn, the laser (light
with the amplification by the stimulated emission ofradiation) is
uniquely pure (of the same wavelength) and coherent headphones again during the tape. Shifts in volume of the
(wavesare in phase or synchronized). Hemi-Sync
Imagine the implications of our ability to focus frequencies are intentional. A high volume will not enhance
consciousness using the the
lamp and laser metaphor: with training in consciousness, effectiveness of the FFR or masked sound patterns. In
our minds have fact, it may reduce
the potential to become lamps turned lasers. As a result, the benefits of the exercise.
our abilities to Surf
learn, focus our minds, and direct our thoughts are Ocean surf-waves of natural energy in action is a symbol
automatically of the Monroe
amplified. Using Hemi-Sync, the specific exercises in the audio system: you will learn to perceive, tune, and control
Gateway waves of your
Experience provide a means for laser-like focusing of own natural vibrational energy. It is important to
human consciousness. understand that you
Volume Adjustment will be learning to control your energy better. As a result,
Adjust the volume so that it is just within your hearing you will be
range. As you able to attune yourself to, or harmonize with, your
listen to the tape, your senses will become heightened, environment in more
more sensitized. varied and meaningful ways than ever before. This will
If the volume is too high, you may feel startled when you enable you to
hear verbal establish resonance with, rather than control over, other
instructions during different stages of the exercise. Do not people and
readjust your nature.
Energy Conversion Box or color as you progress. Allow it to change, and use it as a
Create in your mind a „box,” a part of your personal space symbol of
that, for the your changes and growth
duration of any exercise, can be filled with all your worries Put concrete symbols of worries or distractions into your
and box. For
concerns, and then can be set aside, leaving you free and example, use your billfold as a symbol for money
unencumbered. concerns, your watch as a
Create it in your mind, even if you don't see, hear, or feel it. symbol for time concerns, or a photograph representing
Make it someone who is on
really yours, so it will work with you by giving you the your mind. Experiment. Gateway participants have
space to detach discovered marvelous
yourself from whatever is holding you back. things to set aside: a tiny version of the physical world with
You may design your own box: perceive it as simple or themselves
ornate, conventional outside; lists of limiting words like can't, won't and isn't;
or high-tech, physical or nonphysical. In other words, it anchors to
may be an old, both the past and the future; assumptions about both
wood chest or an intricately designed marble container; it success and failure;
may be a vacuum symbols of defenses resembling a series of masks.
cleaner or a nuclear particle collector; or it may be a lead- A man once spent a whole exercise trying to force his box
lined box or open: he tore at
a sphere of light. You may also find that your box changes it, pried, and ordered it to open, all to no avail. Baffled, he
in size, shape, stopped
and confronted his box, and in the sudden knowing of your entire system. It promotes an accelerated gathering of
Focus 10, he realized your
force doesn't work, and with one gentle movement, he vibrational energy while reducing your internal dialogue. In
opened his box. addition to
You may also want to return to your box during an preparing you for these exercises, you may use Resonant
exercise. Place whatever Tuning for
you wish in your box whenever you feel like doing so. meditation or quieting your thoughts.
Affirmation What is referred to in this Guidance Manual as nonphysical
The Gateway Affirmation serves several purposes: It helps energy, Robert
you focus your Monroe calls second-state energy. This vital energy flows
attention on what you want to accomplish during any along lines of
exercise. It helps you force, operating on the principle that our bodies, as well as
focus your intent, thereby enabling you to become more the
aware of your universe, function bilaterally, and like batteries, have a
expanding consciousness. It gives you permission to positive pole,
respond to, and work and a negative pole. Breathing exercises are a universal
with, other energy and energy systems. Plus, it helps you method of
stay, relaxed vitalizing and recharging your „battery,” moving this energy
and open to a variety of helpful influences. through its
Resonant Tuning natural channels in and around the body, loosening knots
Resonant Tuning is a breathing exercise to help you and blockages,
vitalize and charge and correcting imbalances. Within the tape exercises, this
process can
manifest as sudden jerks and twitches, or even as a Since energy continues to flow, allow the energy to move
sensation resembling and swirl gently
pain. Odd as it may sound, resistance increases this around in your head as you hold your breath. Exhale
phenomenon. But by through your lips as
confronting the experience and allowing it to work itself out, if you were softly blowing out a candle, releasing any tired,
you will stale energy
move beyond it. out through your body and the bottoms of your feet.
During the breathing exercises, follow the pacing on the Breathing slightly deeper than you normally would is just
tape to the as effective as
extent that it is comfortable for you. As the Resonant explosive, championship breaths. Open your eyes as you
Tuning chant begins inhale, and close
on the tape, continue the same breathing pattern, them as you exhale. Coordinating your eye movement with
vocalizing with the your breathing is one way to become aware of your ability
„aaah,” „oooh,” and „uuum” sounds as you exhale. Set to control autonomic (automatic) behavior. Typically, eye
your own rhythm, yourown pace. Use the sounds on the blinking and breathing are accomplished without the
tape only as a guide. It is important that you actually make slightest thought on your part. Now, however, you will plant
the sounds with your physical vocal cords. You will soon a seed that may grow into a full realization that you can
grow comfortable with this process and you may notice assume voluntary control over these processes. In other
kinesthetic responses as your body becomes aligned with words, you can recognize, change, and direct habitual
resonant energy. As you inhale, imagine an infinity of behavior and reflexes.
sparkling, vibrant, vital energy around you. Pull it into all Should you relax to the extent you seem to have lost
parts of your body and up into your head. contact with
everything physical, simply breathe normally and open Use this exercise after you are completely comfortable with
your eyes, or move Discovery
the fingers of your right hand, and your entire body will Exercise Tape #1.
respond and Focus 10
return to waking, physical consciousness. In Focus 10, the 10-State your mind remains awake and
Focus 3 alert; your body is
Focus 3 is a signpost on the way to Focus 10, a Hemi- calmly, deeply, and comfortably asleep.
Sync state where your brain and mind are more coherent, You will move into this state of total relaxation by first
synchronized, and balanced. You will move to Focus 3 by moving to Focus
a conventional count of one to three. 3, and then by letting various parts of your face and head
Return to Full Waking Consciousness progressively
At the end of every tape exercise, you will hear a strong go limp and relax. This relaxation of your head will then
audio signal „flow into your
designed to bring you to a state of full, waking brain,” which will feel and understand such a state, and will
consciousness (C-1 ). in turn
Despite the temptation to take off your headphones early, allow such relaxation to flow through your whole body.
listen to this signal until it is withdrawn. It will bring you Move along with the
completely „back” from the exercise. The more you bring instructions, successively focusing upon and then totally
yourself back from an exercise, the further you can go into releasing each
your next exercise. body part. To „look with your closed eyes” at your foot is a
way to view
Discovery #2: Introduction to Focus 10 it objectively, thus creating a sense of detachment. Your
body knows how
to do this. This is the beginning of the Health Affirmation that you will
The count to Focus 10 will continue. From four to ten, at hear at the
each successive end of these exercises. It will help you balance your
count you will relax another part of your physical body. physical and
One of the paradoxes of „body asleep,” or total relaxation, nonphysical energies. Know that the affirmation is working
and „mind for you without
awake,” is the possibility of sudden heightened sensitivity: effort on your part.
hearing the Countdown
swish of arterial blood flow behind your ears, or feeling the As you return from the tape exercise, move from the count
pores of of ten to one,
your skin breathe. Spontaneous remote sensing is another to full, physical, walking consciousness or Consciousness
possibility in One (C-1 ).
Focus 10: audio material you would swear was actually on Encoding (Please see Encoding Instructions on page 77.)
the tape this Awake and Alert, and Memory.
time, but not last time, or the total presence of faraway,
delicate odors. Discovery #3: Advanced Focus 10
Health Affirmation Use this exercise after you are completely comfortable with
When you return to full, waking reality, your body will be so Discovery
equalized as Exercise #2.
to overcome all those things that might hinder or prevent it Resonant Energy Balloon (REBAL)
from being You have recharged and revitalized your energy with
and giving its best mental, spiritual, and physical self... Resonant Tuning. Now
you will use this energy to create a moving field, a refined, vibration than yours will have access to your
Resonant Energy energy field. As
Balloon (REBAL) around you. Create a flow pattern with such, your REBAL is a shield from energy forms that you
your breath by may not want to be influenced by at any particular moment.
letting energy flow out of the top or your head like a The REBAL also acts as a magnet, attracting the
fountain, allowing influences and guidance from higher energy forms. The
it to continue flowing gently down and around you, and more you build your REBAL, the more your physical body
then reentering will be able to sustain higher and higher energy levels, until
your body, through the bottoms of your feet. Then shift the Focus 10 can become a launch pad from which you will
flow pattern float or move into other energy states.
into a spiral, winding the energy down around you and * For the purposes of this Manual, high energy state refers
coiling it back up to an enhanced
inside you. You will automatically reabsorb this energy at state of awareness that embraces methods of perception
the end of any not ordinarily used in physical, waking consciousness.
exercise. (Please see Gateway .)
Your REBAL is an intensification of your own energy, While in a high energy state, one has available a broader
helping to create a range of
high energy state* within and around you. Operating on a perceptions with which to solve problems, develop
principle of creativity, obtain
resonance, in accordance with the Gateway Affirmation, guidance, or simply enjoy greater awareness of, and
your REBAL is like interaction with, one's internal and external reality.
a sieve or filter: only, energy that is equal to, or of a higher, A high energy state is not to be confused with
or more hyperactivity, or excess
energy. Nor is it „higher” in the sense of „better” than any it while in either C-1 or in Focus 10, much like you would
other state switch on a
of awareness. It does, however, reflect the expansion and flashlight; simply by using one resonant energy breath as
integration of the switch.
personal awareness, enabling one to lead a more fulfilling Inhale vital energy, and as you hold it, think of a bright
life. moving circle
Your REBAL may spontaneously assume a different with the number ten inside it. Let it move down, around,
energy flow form, such as having a delicate membrane, in and over you as
contrast to being a force field, or you exhale. You will automatically reabsorb your REBAL,
becoming radiant, like an intensified aura. Since we exist in or you can choose to draw the circle back into yourself as
our own you inhale.
energy field, like fish unaware of being in the water, the Build and rebuild your REBAL, store the energy as you
actual would in a charged
perception of your REBAL often becomes a function of battery, then turn it on and use it. Experiment. Extend your
need. Although you REBAL while
may not always perceive your REBAL, a good exercise is you are in a group of people and see if its resonance will
to play with create a
sensing it in some manner. For example, sense it through response in people like yourself. Discover if doing so
visions, draws their
feelings, and/or muscle sensations. attention to you much as striking a tuning fork will activate
You can learn to „pop” your REBAL into place, turning it on others in
or extending harmony with it. For another experiment, extend it around
your car while
you are driving. Find out if you experience better traffic emotions. In Focus 10, you can work from an entirely
patterns, or if different dynamic – a
it helps you find a parking space a little easier. dynamic that may seem unconventional to some who are
well-versed in
various theories of psychological systems. That dynamic is
Return to Focus 10 one of energy,
You will count down to C-1 once, and then return to Focus conversion, which operates on a paradoxical principle long
10 for used in many
reinforcement of this exercise. philosophies: you „raise yourself with the help of that which
Encoding causes you
REBAL, Focus 10, and Return to C-1. to fail.”
Energy conversion is a process that allows you to release
Discovery #4: Release and Recharge self-imposed
Use this exercise after you are completely comfortable with limits resulting from the encrustation of fear and associated
tapes 1 through 3. emotion.
This is an energy conversion exercise designed to clean, Independent research has shown that when we are born,
balance, and we have only two innate fears – fear of falling and fear of
revitalize your entire system gently. Use it daily in Focus loud noises. If all other fears are learned, they can be
10, with or unlearned. Fear is like pain: useful as a warning signal, but
without the tape. once acknowledged, it is no longer needed. In the high
In C-1, we use a multitude of processes in order to deal energy state of Focus 10, you can calmly identify and
with our gently release fears, blocks, limits – anything that
interferes with your growth or progress. You can then
reclaim the clean energy that existed before such limits Here are some important points to consider: 1) You do not
were in place. Reclaiming the pure, natural energy which is have to worry
an integral part of you can make you whole. about, or plan for, what fears or emotions will come up for
You have been putting all your worries, anxieties, and you when you
concerns in your open your Energy Conversion Box. Simply open the box
Energy Conversion Box. In this exercise you will be asked and see what comes up for you. Trust that a larger part of
to go back to yourself knows what you are ready to
your Energy Conversion Box, open the lid, and perceive uncover. 2) If you open the box and find nothing, bubble
the first radiation „nothing” away.
of fear you encounter. You then pull the fear out of the box The process can be working very effectively on deeper
and move it levels. In this (or
away from you – allowing it to flow upward and away like a any other) case, always pull clean energy into you as a
bubble floating final step. 3)
upward in water. With the fear gone, you will be asked to Please do not get into a semantic argument with yourself
perceive the about whether or
emotion the fear covered and release it by bubbling it not fear is an emotion. That's a trap that can interfere with
away. Free of the successful
fear and emotion, you will perceive the clean energy that utilization of this valuable and important exercise. For the
was hidden or purpose of
covered by the fear and emotion, and be asked to pull that this exercise, consider the word „fear” to denote the
clean energy primary emotional
back into your being. This process will be repeated twice. charge related to a particular self-imposed block or limit
and the word
„emotion” to denote associated emotional charges related of us have many layers of encrustation that hold us back.
to that limit. 4) But if you
The verbal instructions for the final step suggest that you deliberately choose to move beyond your limitations, you
perceive, „the can. It's not
memory, the event that was hidden and covered by the always easy and may require numerous efforts. Yet using
fear and emotion.” this process can
You may find that a specific event in your life comes up, or certainly smooth out a normally difficult path.
you may By releasing self-imposed limits and recharging with the
discover a memory of what it was like before you clean, pure
developed the energy that is naturally yours, you may find a new freedom.
encrustation of fear and emotion that limit your potential. With such
Here is an example of how the process of energy freedom comes a new ability to explore and a sense of
conversion can work: You may go to your box and the first limitless
fear you perceive is the fear of speaking up in groups. possibilities.
Once you bubble that fear away, you might encounter the Preparatory Process
emotion of embarrassment. Having released the emotion, You will move to Focus l0 on your own. To do so, first use
you might perceive how you felt as a small child who was your Energy
naturally willing to share the wonder of a new discovery Conversion Box with careful consideration. Then, when the
with other people. You could then recapture, or reclaim, chanting begins, do your Resonant Tuning. After the
your ability to communicate with and share your wholeness Resonant Tuning sounds, pop your REBAL, state your
with others. affirmation, and move to Focus 10.
This process is not intended to be a quick-fix or one-shot Energy Conversion
panacea. Most
Open your box and perceive the first radiation of fear you sleep is a natural Gateway into other states of reality, other
encounter. Pull energy
the fear out of the box and move it away from you like a systems. Entering these nonphysical states requires a
bubble floating nonphysical
upward in water. With the fear gone, perceive the emotion consciousness which can move „out” of one's physical
that the fear body. Therefore, for
covered, bubbling it away, releasing what you will not need this exercise, you should be in a comfortable position for
again. Now, sleeping.
free of fear and emotion, perceive the clean energy of the Ecstasy, once meaning „to stand outside of oneself,” lost
memory, the this literal
event hidden and covered by the fear and emotion. Pull Greek translation long ago. It has come to be associated
that clean energy with the feeling
back into your being. of being transported; the feeling of incredible freedom and
Repeat this process twice again, close your box, and relax rapture that
in Focus 10 accompanies a return to our most natural conditions.
before you return to C-1. Reaching these conditions of being „outside of oneself”
and of euphoria is
Discovery #5: Exploration Sleep easy and effortless in sleep, although seldom
Use this tape after you are completely comfortable with remembered. Bridging
tapes 1 through 4. different levels of consciousness, this exercise will help
Out-of-body exploration in this exercise is based on the you bring into
concept that C-1 a common and natural process experienced during
sleep.
Out-of-Body Exercises During Sleep natural sleep.
In Focus 10, you will re-experience and remember the out- Encoding Sleep.
of-body processes
you have used before in sleep. Think how nice it would be Discovery #6: Free Flow 10
to float out and Use this tape after you are completely comfortable with
away. Then turn and slowly roll over like a log floating in tapes 1 through 5.
water. Easily detached, float up, remaining calm and Open Exploration
serene. Float down, turn and roll back, returning to your This exercise is the culmination of Discovery: your energy,
starting point. intent, and
Move into normal, natural, restful sleep by counting from beliefs will determine both the intensity and the extent of
eleven to your
twenty. Repeat and remember this exercise in the sleep exploration. It is your opportunity to develop and perform
state. your own
To work consciously with this and other out-of-body purpose in Focus 10. It may be helpful to verbalize the
techniques, use purpose to
Discovery #6: Free Flow 10, with its instructions, or refer yourself, and write it in the most succinct, straightforward
back to this manner
exercise. As you continue with the Gateway Experience, possible. Have that purpose clearly in mind as you begin.
Freedom (Wave III) The Gateway Experience is designed to provide
offers you additional out-of-body exercises. participants with a variety
Fadeout of methods for consciousness exploration. Note that
The Hemi-Sync signals will fade at the end of the tape, certain methods seem
leaving you in
to be intimately linked to specific means of perception, thus of energy, symbols, or messages can be explored and
relying clarified after this
heavily on one's perception of kinesthetic, visual, auditory, exercise. You may do so by using some specific cue (such
and/or as an emotional
intuitive cues. If you feel tingles and twitches, and there is part of the experience) that stands out in your mind as a
very little key to reopen
change in your perception of „blackness,” use your natural the entire experience.
ways of Explore from fresh perspectives. Even if you choose to re-
perceiving. For instance, allow your perception to move examine a
kinesthetically, previous experience, do so from a sense of wonder and
rather than being frustrated by a lack of visual imagery. newness rather than
„Getting there” from a sense of trying to recreate an identical situation.
is a misnomer. You are already there. Remain open and Guidance
sensitive to In Focus 10, seek only what you really want to know, and
available energy systems. As your commitment to self- be responsible
discovery deepens, for knowing, since whatever is received becomes a part of
your 10-State will also deepen, and many new types of your life.
exploration will You do not need to know the way to guidance. Choose
open for you. only to be guided.
Whatever is discovered in Focus 10 can be returned to in Expectations of when and by which path guidance should
Focus 10, since come may block the knowledge you seek. A sense of
your energy has already located that place or pattern. thanksgiving is an acknowledgement that you have
Feelings, patterns received from a source outside your conscious boundaries
of self. Such thanksgiving has an antenna-like effect on which you send out that desire, are keys to what you
energy and communication. Gratitude inspires a spirit of receive and the way
communication and union. you will receive it. A sense of thanksgiving seals the
Fast Re-entry experience.
There is no actual countdown on this tape. You will return Conventional C-1 relationships between questions and
to full; answers, problems and solutions, tend to dissolve as new
physical, waking consciousness by simply thinking of the Focus 10 perspectives change the very nature of the
number one. original question or problem. For instance, in the case of
Free Flow Methods of Exploration the Energy Conversion Box that wouldn't open, the
Answering Questions, Problem Solving, Messages problem was the tendency to use force, rather than a stuck
In Focus 10, place your question or problem at the center box-top. Recognizing and responding to this situation is a
of your Focus 10 problem-solving dynamic. The C-1 problem is
consciousness, and push it out, or let it flow strongly and often not the problem, decisions are seldom restricted to
surely out in the apparent C-1 alternatives, and a different question
all directions and in all ways, and then release it. frequently provides the answer. And the opposite can also
You can also use this method in C-1 with the One-Breath be valid in Focus 10 – some answers or solutions appear
Technique. Inhale vital energy as you think „ten,” ask your obvious or simple.
question as you „hold,” and then send the question or Experiment with creative monologue techniques in Focus
problem out from your center of consciousness, and 10: give your box a voice and ask why it won't open,
release it as you exhale. Allow the answer to come to you „become” your box and describe yourself, or let your box
in its own way, and in its own time. speak to you in one ear at a time, and perhaps it will have
Your desire to know, the clarity of your intent, and the a hidden mess¹ge for either the analytical or the creative
intensity with you.
Our biggest problem may well be, „What is my problem?” with her. Only later did she realize that the „pitcher” was
and our biggest worth a
question, „What question should I be asking?” If guidance thousand words about the kind of „aid” you get when, down
enters Focus 10 deep, you
from an energy system or reality more comprehensive than consider your Guides to be „lemons.”
C-1, we severely limit the parameters of our resources by Landscaping
framing our questions or problems from our C-1 Just as Focus 3 becomes a signpost on the way to Focus
perspective. So approach this in a more general manner 10, some people
and ask, „What is the most important message I can landscape the path they travel, either deliberately or
receive and understand at this time?” Or be specific in a spontaneously. As
big way. Ask, „Who am I?” or „What is my purpose here, an example, one woman in a Gateway Voyage ran across
and how can I best accomplish it at this time?” a hot beach at the
Humor can be an instant perspective-giver. Look for it in count of two (undirected energy), balanced on a rock at
Focus 10, three (Hemi-Sync),
especially manifesting as puns. (The sixth chapter of Ann leapt into the air at four (new or different environment),
Faraday's book, arched into a
Dream Game, on „Punny Things” is a wonderful resource.) dive at five (turning point), grew a mermaid's tail and long
For instance, a flowing hair
woman in a Gateway Voyage considered her Guides to be at six (transformation), dove into the water at seven
without answers and real lemons. As she drifted deeply (returning home),
into an exercise, she found a young man with a pitcher of swam through dark blue-green water at eight (at home),
lemonade sitting near her. He looked extremely bored plunged deep over
a sea-ridge at nine (going deeper), and at ten her body structure energy, then build a pyramid or geometric
was numb, deep, structure around you
and perfectly still (Focus 10). There are no right places for and sense the energy pattern. Be creative. Use your
certain REBAL to resonate, and
things to happen, only your places for different things to perhaps communicate, with a tree or a flower. You may
happen within also wish to
you. Landscaping may be consistent or not: as your 10- explore, and communicate with, nonphysical energy or
State changes, so energy systems.
will your perceptions, and perhaps your landscape. Need Grounding? Try These Basic Techniques
Explore A few people have not felt quite awake and alert after
Experience a deepening of your 10-State as you count listening to the
from one to ten, and exercises. If this ever happens to you, ground yourself by
let that point become one on a new scale, and move to ten doing one or
again, and more of the following:
again, and again. · Slowly count yourself back to one.
You may explore various forms of energy. For example, · Drink cool water immediately after the tape is over.
perceive yourself · Take a cold shower or splash cold water on your face,
standing under a waterfall and then standing in the sunlight neck, and
and note if wrists.
you can perceive different forms of energy pouring down · Weather permitting, walk barefoot outdoors, take deep
and over you. Or breaths, and
consider merging with a rock or crystal and sense its release all excess energy through your feet, letting the
power to pattern or earth stabilize
your energy. these exercises without such prior experience is not
· Let a tree help ground you. Place your back against a recommended.
tree and Focus 12: Overview
visualize energy flowing out of the top of your head to the Focus 12 is a state of expanded awareness: a high energy
branches state where you
above, then let the energy flow out of the soles of your feet can become more conscious of inner resources and
to the guidance. Many techniques discussed as part of Discovery
tree's roots. may also be applied with specific Focus 12 tapes. Using
*** WAVE II: THRESHOLD *** these techniques at higher energy levels often produces
In Threshold you will be introduced to, and work with, entirely new experiences.
Focus 12, the state As with Focus 10, in Focus 12 you will find that you do not
of expanded awareness. You will also reinforce and need to know
expand your Focus 10 the way to guidance. Choose only to be guided. Not
(mind awake/body asleep) skills. everyone clearly hears
Each Wave of the Gateway Experience is based on the voices, sees visions, or feels kinesthetic responses like we
Wave(s) before it. hear, see,
Threshold builds directly on Discovery tools and and feel in ordinary consciousness. Rarely do we perceive
techniques, as well as on nonphysical
information in the Discovery instructions. Therefore, the energy in exactly the same way we perceive in our
exercises in physical, waking state.
Threshold are effective only if you have completed Often, there is a knowing, a gestalt, or telepathic
Discovery. Any use of comprehension that we
normally translate into verbal language.
Through trust and patience, and continuing to invest in many new ways.
energy in the process Threshold #2: Problem Solving
of self-exploration, you will learn to perceive more clearly. Take a problem or question into Focus 12, place it at the
Sometimes center of your
this happens slowly, step by step, and sometimes this consciousness (which, for example, may be in your heart,
happens dramatically and suddenly, like water breaking abdomen, or
though a dam. head), and push it out, or let it flow out into your total
awareness. Then
Threshold #1: introduction to Focus 12 release it. The best answer or solution will come back to
Trust this exercise and let it happen – enjoy whatever you in its own
comes to you. way and in its own time. Frequently, this will happen during
Effort is often counterproductive, and analyzing the 12- your tape
State is only experience. Equally valid, however, is an answer or
appropriate after the experience and not during it. solution that may come
„Getting there” is a misnomer. If you allow the experience at some later time, in another place.
to unfold To seek solutions in this high energy state is the essence
rather than work for it, the audio signals “take” you into of this
Focus 12, as exercise: receiving will come to those who have asked.
you count from ten to twelve. Your desire to
Remain open and receptive to change, and as your know, the clarity of your question, and the intensity of your
commitment to asking are
self-discovery deepens, your 12-State will a cleepen, and keys to what you receive and the way you receive it.
you will explore Gratitude amplifies
the process. the simple and the obvious. If, at first, you feel as if you're
Conventional relationships between questions and creating
answers, problems and your own answers, gently acknowledge that if guidance is
solutions, tend to dissolve as new Focus 12 perspectives in any way
change the very connected to a more complete or higher aspect of your
nature of the original question or problem. For instance, total self, then
remember the man guidance would naturally seem to be coming from yourself,
who couldn't open his Energy Conversion Box? (Please and therefore
see Energy Conversion would seem deeply familiar.
Box instructions on page 20.) The recognition of his As you learned in Discovery, your biggest problem may
tendency to use force well be, „What is my
in most situations allowed his box to open easily. Thus, the problem?” and your biggest question, „What question
assumed should I be asking?”
problem (a locked box) is often not the actual problem If you remain puzzled about what to ask, approach this
(tendency to use exercise from
force). Solutions are seldom restricted to ordinary another point of view and ask, „What is the most important
alternatives, and a information I
different question frequently provides the answer. need to know at this moment?” And please remember, if
On the other hand, some answers and solutions appear so guidance enters your
obvious or simple awareness from energy systems or realities more
that you may tend to discount them. Don't. There is often comprehensive than
great power in ordinary consciousness, you severely limit the parameters
of your
resources by framing all of your questions and problems things, and that which we think, we become. Accordingly,
from your waking it's not a matter
perspective. And remember the value of receiving of whether we pattern, but of how intensely and how
guidance in the form of deliberately we choose
humor and puns. (For review, please see Free Flow what we think. As we deliberately make these choices in
Methods of Exploration) high energy
Experiment with creative techniques. If something isn't states, our patterns emerge around us reshaping our lives
working, change with a speed and
what you are doing. Use Focus 12 problem-solving intensity unavailable in ordinary consciousness. To learn
techniques to be more about this
innovative, to be creative, and to find solutions that best important tool, at least consider that the patterning process
suit you. is a
Encoding Problem Solving possibility.
To create a pattern, think, feel, or imagine that which you
Threshold #3: One-Month Patterning desire to
This exercise introduces you to a powerful tool for taking become a part of your life. Patterning functions like
charge of your problem solving:
life. You may have already encountered techniques similar place the pattern at the center of your consciousness and
to this. We call push it out or
it Patterning. let it flow strongly and surely out in all directions and in all
This exercise works from the basic assumption that ways.
thoughts manifest as Then release it. Releasing your pattern is very important.
Doing so will
assist the emergence of the pattern in your life. One way to · Pattern only in the present tense. For example, „I am now
determine if receiving...” If you pattern in the future tense, it can be' like
you have released your pattern is if you have a sense of a sign
ease and in a supermarket window that says, „FREE SODA
detachment regarding it. TOMORROW” – a tomorrow that never comes.
You can use the patterning process to create or enhance · Use „I” in your patterning statement and perceive yourself
many areas of your life: your physical self, your mental as an
self, your emotional self, and your active part of the pattern, so it doesn't wind up happening
total self; for where you want to be, what you want to be all around you
doing, and what and not to you.
you want to accomplish. There is nothing inherently wrong · Pattern only for yourself.
with asking for · Be clear about what you want. Do you want a new house
material things. It does require a change in concept if or to be
you're from the happy where you live? Do you want to lose ten pounds, or
school of economic thought that says this is a world of to feel better
scarce resources. about yourself?
If so, please consider a concept that's very different – that · Be specific. The more detail you put into your pattern, the
this is a more
universe of unlimited abundance – and there is nothing likely you are to get what you're asking for.
wrong with asking · Be sure to ask for what you really want, because you'll
for a share of that abundance. likely get
Here are some key points that will help you make the most exactly what you ask for!
of patterning:
· Put some feeling and conviction into it. Strong emotion · Don't specify how your request will be fulfilled. Let the
will universe
vitalize and reinforce your intention. Then let it go. Any or your total self decide and direct that.
pattern set in · It is always a good idea to qualify your pattern, asking
Focus 12 can be changed, reinforced, or cancelled in that it work only for the good of your total self.
Focus 12. However, This exercise is designed for a one-month patterning cycle.
don't keep checking on it or changing it because of doubts, However, you
fear, etc. A can override the time, requesting that patterns be fulfilled
fisherman has to leave his bait in the water for a while to in other
get a bite, cycles: a week, a year, by your next birthday. Or you can
just as when you plant a seed, you don't keep digging it up simply release
to see how it the pattern to be fulfilled in its own time.
is growing. Please look at this exercise as an introduction to
· For starters, it might be a good idea to pattern smaller, patterning. Then
reasonable requests. For example, if you pattern the first carefully consider how you would like to use the process,
time for $10 strengthening it
million, at least a part of you is likely to doubt that it will with the components of this exercise. The process of
really patterning may turn
work. If you start by patterning for $50 to $100 and prove some of your deepest assumptions into questions, which is
to yourself it also a Gateway
works, then other, perhaps bigger, patterns are going to to freedom.
come more easily.
Threshold #4: Color Breathing
An ideal way to link psyche and soma, or mind and body, emotion out and away from you, reducing all stress and
in Focus 10 is to tension as you feel
explore the degree to which colors resonate with, and thus calm and serene.
activate, your Use the same process with vibrant red to recharge your
own energy. You can then quickly and easily develop and physical body and
control your for acts requiring speed, strength, and coordination.
physical and nonphysical energies. Once you are familiar Perceive radiant, bright white light pouring down from a
with this source above you
technique, experiment with other colors, and other into the palms of your hands as you inhale, feeling it
purposes. spread through your
There are many ways besides visualization to perceive entire system. This is „energy, food,” which can nourish
color mentally. For you on physical,
instance, you may perceive it as sound, as vibrations, or as mental, emotional, and spiritual levels.
other Use vibrant purple to heal, restore, and balance the
sensations. One Gateway participant, blind since birth, physical body, by
experienced sending purple to that part of your body requiring help as
different colors as different textures. you say in your
During this exercise, you will inhale vibrant, sparkling mind: „Heal, balance.''
energy. Perceive In healing, you are creating or maintaining a healthy, body.
bright green as you hold this energy within you. Then Therefore,
exhale, moving calm, never energize the actual problem. Even when you
cleansing green energy down through your body. This will energize a body area in
push any harmful
need of repair, end your healing process by visualizing, or their purposes for them, even if you think that purpose is
otherwise „getting well,”
perceiving, your body as well, whole, and perfect. By doing simply offer the energy with the intention that it be
so, you are beneficial and
not reinforcing the ailment; you are directing your constructive to the person's total self. By doing so, you will
resources to build or be
maintain sound health. respecting their purpose, a purpose you may not be aware
Because we live in time-space, we typically, think in terms of at the time.
of sending At the end of the tape, you will move to Focus 12 and
energy. As you become familiar with „Color Breathing,” reinforce the
consider that this process of patterning, affirming that the patterns you build
method of healing is a merging of energy. Furthermore, in your mind
assume that you can and release into your expanded consciousness will
gather energy from an inexhaustible source; therefore, you immediately begin to
can form and develop around you.
purposefully and freely expend energy. Encoding Stress Reduction, Physical Strength and Agility,
It is also possible to merge your energy with the energy of Energy Food, Healing, and Patterning
someone else.
Remember that when providing energy for another person, Threshold #5: Energy Bar Tool (EBT)
it is their innate „Power sticks” abound in both our history and mythology
right to choose whether or not, or how, to use it. Rather as links between
than intend human and spiritual forces, or as connectors between
physical and
nonphysical energies. Moses turned his staff into a disassociate yourself from the words „on” and „off,” and
serpent. Kings, from the pace of
queens, pharaohs, and high priests carried symbolic your breathing. Then begin to make your EBT thicker and
maces and scepters. thinner. No matter how vague it may seem at first, simply
Excalibur led King Arthur into battle, and Merlin focused his concentrate and focus on your EBT and feel it develop.
power Sense the charged, electrical vibration of warmth.
through a wand. Diana, the Roman goddess of the moon You may feel it as a total body sensation, as localized, or
and of hunting, as moving and
carried her bow and arrows. And in the Star Wars films, spreading. Allow this pulsing, vibrational energy to build in
light sabers intensity.
linked the Jedi Knights to The Force. Excess energy, such as a sense of heat, can be released
Find or create your own Energy Bar Tool (EBT) in Focus by moving it out
10 – one that is and away with Resonant Tuning.
personal enough to share your identity, and through which Many people simply use their hands as energy bar tools,
you can induce building and
or gather, focus and direct nonphysical energies. sensing the pulse patterns within themselves. You can also
To create and charge your EBT, you will extend a dot of direct energy
light into a bar, from any other body location.
turning it on and off as you allow the process to speed up Notice that you control only your own energy, and you can
until the bar attune to, or
is pulsing like a strobe. As the speed increases, harmonize with, external, energies. Thus, you establish
deliberately resonance with,
rather than control over, other people, animals, plants, and that its power is reciprocal: as you recharge it, it will
even the recharge you.
earth itself. Encoding Memory, to Focus 10, and Return to C-1
As you explore energy systems, you will find many uses for
your EBT. In Threshold #6: Living Body Map (LBM)
Wave III, Freedom, you will explore its potential for Remote By creating a Living Body Map (LBM) as an energy tool,
Viewing. You you can learn to
can also let it grow large enough to become a vortex or balance and strengthen your physical body, as well as
tunnel and dive recharge and
through it to explore further. You can place one end in your energize it. In this exercise, you use energy to influence
Energy energy,
Conversion Box and see what happens; or use it as a assuming that the physical will automatically respond.
beacon or antenna to attract guidance or other intelligence. Since maps
Give it a voice, or allow it to represent the territory objectively, you create both the
shift shape. Even though you lead it in the beginning, you perspective and
may find it the detachment useful in healing.
leading you before long. These are intended to be Think about or visualize the outline of your physical body in
suggestions, not sparkling
limitations. With practice, the forms and uses of your EBT white light, as if it were a map of you – a totally
are limitless. nonphysical,
Find a place to keep your EBT so it will always be there for pure-energy „you.”
you, knowing To think an image, even a color, is to create it, and that
thought-image
can have as much power as any visual-image. To be a Repeat this procedure as you charge your LBM in
visualizer means you sequence from sparkling
have a nice feedback system, but one that is not a white to red, blue, yellow, and orange, healing and
necessary condition for recharging each system
working with energy states. independently.
You will change your bright white energy map to red, Encoding Relax
representing your The One-Breath Technique
circulatory system, blue to represent your nervous system, With practice, each of the energy tools you create, explore,
yellow for your and use in
organs and glandular system, and finally orange for your the Gateway Experience can become available to you
muscle and bone quickly and powerfully
structure. By placing your LBM over your physical body, in ordinary consciousness. The more you use them, the
you will be able to sense any dim or flickering places. As more effective they
you do this, let bright purple healing energy flow from your become.
Energy Bar Tool to any such places, thereby merging Simply inhale vibrant, sparkling energy, and activate your
these energies. Do so until your whole energy body is even desired energy
and balanced, sparkling and white. tool on the exhale. You can do this without anyone
Then, starting at the top of your LBM, wash and bathe it noticing. To go to
completely with Focus, think „ten” or „twelve” as you inhale vital energy,
bright purple energy, washing out all impurities and and move to
recharging every part Focus 10 or Focus 12 as you exhale. Extend your REBAL,
of your body. then ask a
question, or create a pattern with one breath.
For example, at the first sign of any unwanted energy, The exercises in Freedom are effective only if you have
inhale and send completed both the
calm, soothing green surging through your body. Discovery and Threshold Wave exercises. Any use of
Experiment. If you're these exercises without such prior experience is not
sleepy while driving at night, breathe the vibrant red light of recommended.
tail Out-of-Body Experience
lights or stoplights, sending the strength and vitality of red During an out-of-body experience (OBE), consciousness is
throughout localized or
your system. If you need energy at any level – physical, separated away from one's physical body. Occasionally
emotional, this awareness is
mental, or spiritual – breathe energy food from a source localized in more than one place. For example, it is
above you into possible to remain
your palms, allowing it fill your entire body. aware of one's physical body as well as the nonphysical, or
second, body.
*** WAVE III: FREEDOM *** It is also possible to separate from the second body, thus
Freedom provides you with exercises specifically having a third
developed to make the localized awareness (for further information, please refer to
methods for perceiving your nonphysical energy a Robert
comfortable and joyous Monroe's book, Far Journeys).
experience. Completion of this Wave will be a major step in Often characteristic of an OBE, one may experience
gaining distant locations
conscious control of the energy system that is you. (from one's physical body) by actually having one’s
nonphysical body at
that location. By contrast, with Remote Viewing (Freedom link your thought with your intent, you will travel instantly to
#2), one's the
consciousness is expanded directionally, toward a certain person or location reflecting your thought.
goal. Hence, Furthermore, since so much of our thinking is influenced by
within one's immediate awareness, one may envelop – and habit, during
thereby become conscious of – people, places, and/or an OBE we're apt to find ourselves looking and behaving
events that are physically distant. as we do while in
Other variations between physical and nonphysical reality our physical bodies. That is, you might perceive your
are readily second body as
apparent. For example, in C-1, you can choose whether or having arms, legs, a head, etc. At the same time, it is
not a thought possible to
results in action. On the other hand, during the early experience the second body as another physical (possibly
stages of nonhuman) form, as a sphere of light, or even as a
developing the OBE, a thought becomes the action itself. If nondescript mass of energy.
you so much as Thinking habits also apply to fear. If one's consciousness is
have a passing thought about a person or location, you are still
apt to find attached to physical reality during an OBE, one may
yourself at that precise spot – probably within the blink of experience a reality
an eye. With shock, or a fear of being separated from the physical self
experience, you will learn to distinguish between thought or body.
and intent. As a However, if one has let go of physical habits to some
result, you can pause during an OBE to think and reflect. extent, and is
Then, when you
directed more toward experiencing nonphysical energy, an The next step is to practice various separation techniques.
OBE typically The exercises
feels very natural and offers a sense of unbounded in Freedom will help you learn more about OBE separation
freedom. processes. Using
Theoretically, we can go out-of-body during sleep (please these techniques, you will discover more distinctions
„refer to between physical and
Discovery #5: Exploration, Sleep). As such, the goal would nonphysical energies. Perceiving the separation between
then these energies is
be learning how to perform this natural process a major step in learning more about your personal makeup,
consciously. Some people in addition to
never know how they separate from or re-enter their learning more about how to induce an OBE. Then, through
physical bodies: they patience and
simply find themselves out or back. Others use specific relaxed effort, you can explore these energies – gaining
techniques. In experience and
both instances, our research indicates that a conscious knowledge regarding how to use them.
OBE may be one Experiment until you find a technique that feels good and
result of achieving a high energy state. Therefore, we then practice
recommend that you it. If you feel stiff, find yourself unable to move, or feel as
begin developing OBEs by learning to create high energy though
states. One you've lost complete contact with your physical body, you
effective way to do this is to incorporate into your daily life can always
what you return to C-1. To do so, say in your mind or think the
learn by using the Gateway Experience. number one, moving
the fingers of your right hand, and you will be in C-1, comfortable from a perspective that has little or nothing to
physically wide do with your
awake and alert. This process is like putting fire under a physical body. Repeat it until the process is so familiar that
kettle: water will convert to you can
steam and expand or rise. When the energy builds perform it at will when you reach Focus 10.
suddenly, separation can At this point in your training, you should be completely
occur with incredible speed and possibly with roaring or familiar with the
rushing sounds. Resonant Energy Balloon (REBAL). As a refresher, go
From this point, the action, the adventure, the experience back to the Discovery
are totally, instructions on page 25 and review the REBAL. The
solely yours. You may wish to explore the solar system, REBAL is such a valuable
map the terrains tool that once you understand its possibilities, its use will
of and between physical and nonphysical realities, develop become an
friendships automatic procedure. This exercise demonstrates how the
with nonphysical entities, or simply fly over the nearest REBAL relates to
treetops. The you-not simply to your physical body.
possibilities are endless, governed only by who you are „Liftoff” guides you through the process of getting your
and how you wish REBAL well
to grow. formed, and then floating a short distance away from your
Freedom #1: Liftoff physical body,
This exercise is designed to help you become completely with your awareness inside. This does not necessarily
calm and imply that you are
actually separating from your physical body, but it does Remote Viewing
give you the One method of extending your consciousness in order to
perspective of such action and movement. Thus, „Liftoff” perceive distant
offers you people, places, and events, is to place your Energy Bar
something very important – that perspective. Tool at the center
Floating up is often associated with thoughts of flying, of your consciousness and let it stretch or flow to the
gliding, or person, place, or
soaring. Like standing in an elevator, you rise without effort event you wish to perceive. The perception of space is
by feeling different in Focus
as though you were relaxing or „settling down.” Center 10 such that the awareness of a location or person can
yourself in the you flow into, or merge
that is nonphysical energy, rather than the you of your with, your awareness. This is almost like calling that
physical body. person or place to
Use this exercise until it is very familiar to you. You will you, or having your awareness reach out to that person or
also find place.
that it provides the assurance of your ability, to return Focus 10 is not subject to the C-1 concepts of time and
safely and space. Therefore,
easily. Once you are secure with this knowledge, it is quite reference to time and space while Remote Viewing is
easy to move necessary only in
away farther than the exercise provides. order to determine the appropriate time and place in which
Practice with „Liftoff” – and have fun! to immerse

Freedom #2: Remote Viewing


your awareness. At a Gateway session in Richmond, about the things you perceive? What are the core feelings?
Virginia, a young man „saw” a very distinctive red car in Does an object's function affect your ability to resonate
front of the building. Quickly going with it (for example, can you perceive apples but not
outside after the tape, he was crushed not to find the red cigarettes)?
car. After Scientists Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ define the
lunch, as he was walking back to the building, the red car hazards of interpreting versus describing in their book,
was there, Mind Reach. In it, they reported that one subject
exactly as he had seen it. This shows the ease of Remote interpreted a cement rectangle filled with water as a
Viewing, and also establishes the need for being time swimming pool, and scored a miss. The cement rectangle
conscious. with water in it was a sewage processing plant.
Experiment. Nave a friend select a specific location in their Gateway stories concerning Remote Viewing are legion. A
home or man reported being stuck in a dark, dank, underground
office where a target object can be placed. It can be a cave, thereby thinking he missed the exercise. The target
window sill, an was an old shoe. A woman got lost in a blizzard when we
empty table top, or an out-of-the-way counter. Ensure the used an almost empty flour sack in which to place our
object stands target. A man felt silly to report finding a quarter moon in
alone as a target. As you envelop the object with your daylight when he tried to see in a paper bag. The target
awareness, explore was a lemon wedge in a teacup. As you see, Remote
how you perceive, how your perceptions work. Are you Viewing has much to teach us about our assumptions, as
more apt to sense well as our perceptions.
geometric shapes, colors, or textures? What makes you This exercise provides you with the means by which you
say specific words can perform actual demonstrations utilizing the energy
tools you now have available. Once you have acquired the several thousand miles away since distance makes no
technique, you can develop your own ways of using it. difference in Remote
To become familiar with this technique, you may first want Viewing. Have your friend describe the location of the
to listen to white bag. And
the tape prior to actually performing this experiment. Then, ensure that you can verify by phone or otherwise the
in order to results of your
prepare for this experiment, you will need to do the experiment with this person.
following: 4. Arrange with your friend to select a small object, or
1. Obtain a clean, white paper bag. The bag should be target; to
large enough to place in the bag. This can be a specific object or a
hold small objects. photograph of a
2. Arrange with a friend to have a small table or cleared person, place, or thing. It is important that the object
area set up selected remain
at a distance (at least not in the same room) from where unknown to you.
you will be 5. The experiment should be set for a specific time agreed
listening to the exercise. upon by you
3. Your friend should be someone with whom you can and your friend, and should have a specific or set duration
verify the – usually the
experiment. This person should also be separated by length of the exercise. Until you are proficient, you might
some distance from want to allow
you. Again, this means not in the same room. In fact, your more time to make notes of your experiences following the
friend can be exercise and
prior to contact with your friend.
6. Remember the Energy Bar Tool (EBT) that you have verification. As with most learning, prompt feedback
developed. This is accelerates the
a technique that will enable you to perform Remote development of Remote Viewing skills.
Viewing. Begin this 8. Review your notes. You may find yourself more
exercise with the knowledge that you will use your EBT, proficient in one part
and with the idea of the exercise than another. If so, by all means repeat the
of the target already having been placed inside the white process and
bag by your concentrate on the section that is most effective and build
friend. from there.
7. At the conclusion of „Remote Viewing,” write down the The entire pattern may not work well for you the first time.
perceptions Review your
that you have concerning the target. Explore why you feel inaccurate æonclusions and try to understand why they
the way you do a may have be in
bout those perceptions. Pay particular attention to why you error. Be sure to make special note of your accurate
arrived at any conclusions.
conclusions about the target. Write down the information 9. Always log your results. Patterns will emerge over time.
you will give to Try to look
your friend. Finally, get in touch with your friend and at, and understand, why these patterns are a part of your
determine if your life.
results are accurate. If you cannot reach the person As you work with „Remote Viewing,” try to integrate your
immediately by phone, newfound
request that your friend forward you a written report of the strengths into your daily life. And remember, there is no
target for failure in
psychic functioning, only a greater understanding of our are naturally developed by the „Vectors” system. Many of
awareness. these you will
Encoding Memory develop on your own, utilizing what is convenient for you.
The exercise guides you in conceptualizing the face of a
Freedom #3: Vectors clock. Twelve
„Vectors” provides reference points to enable you to repeat o'clock is always just above the top of your head. Six
any o'clock is always
explorations with or without using these exercises. It helps just below the bottoms of your feet. In the first step of the
you go and exercise,
return with a sense of direction. three o'clock is just outside your left hip, and nine o'clock is
This exercise uses three-dimensional space for such just
reference points, beyond your right hip.
which may be a little misleading when working with During the first section, you learn to extend or move your
nonphysical energy. perception
Perception utilizing nonphysical energy is not limited to around the face of the clock. You begin at twelve above
ordinary your head, move
concepts of time and space. However, it is a good way to out and around to your left side at three o'clock, then to
learn this below your feet
process of establishing direction – by relating it to the at six o'clock, then around to nine o'clock just beyond your
location of your right hip.
physical body. As you progress, you will begin to perceive Notice the feelings associated with perceiving beyond your
extensions that physical body.
Detect any interesting or unusual features while focusing in return to the original position. As these maneuvers are
a particular performed, note
direction. any significant changes in your personal awareness and
The second part of the exercise rotates the face of the remember this
clock ninety degrees. The number twelve still remains change in relation to the position on the clock. Also, as you
above your head. However, number three on the face is become
directly out in front of your hips and abdomen. The number proficient, you will learn to establish new vectors, such as a
nine, therefore, is directly behind you, just beyond your three
hips and waist. o'clock position halfway between the three to the side and
Starting at twelve o'clock above your head, for the third , the three to
part of this the front. Thus, you can have many points of exploration in
exercise, you are guided forward and outward to the new this
three o'clock three-dimensional pattern. It is important that you
position just in front of your feet, then outward and upward remember and log in
to the new your notes a vector that you find easy, comfortable,
nine position which is just beyond and away from the back stimulating, or even
of your waist as a source of information.
and hips. From there the movement is upward and inward „Vectors” may require several repetitions before you
to the twelve become proficient
position at the top of your head. with the method. Certainly, the more you utilize it, the more
In each of these steps, you move around the face of thc effective it
clock and then will become. Eventually, it can become a very automatic
pattern in any
exploration. The answers to these questions will most likely not be
perceived as a
Freedom #4: Five Questions spoken or written word. They will probably be in the form of
This exercise will be the start of a process that you will a series of
utilize often pictures, a sense of feeling or knowing, or other methods
on your own. It poses five questions for which you seek of perception
answers. These, of you have been working with. Keep in mind that these kinds
course, are only the beginning. Beyond this, you can of responses,
provide your own whether they are from your total self, or from an external
questions of a more direct and specific nature. source, are
Here are the five questions that you will ask in Focus 12. natural. It is then up to you to translate this nonverbal
They are given communication
to you during the exercise, but it is helpful to review them into time/space words and visual representations.
in advance. Repeat „Five Questions” if you need to understand a
1. Who am I? particular answer
2. Where and who was I before I entered this physical better, or for clarification, or if you did not obtain an answer
being? in the
3. What is my purpose for this existence in physical matter first run-through. Effectively performing this exercise will
reality? guide you to
4. What action can I now take to serve this purpose best? a deeper understanding of your total self.
5. What is the most important message that I can receive
and understand Freedom #5: Energy Food
at this point in my existence?
This exercise trains you in a method to restore depleted session. Others may require two or three sessions. In
energy. You will order to evaluate
obtain energy in a way other than the ordinary method of your progress proper conduct tests with the method shortly
eating. after each time
Nourishment will come from the very energy that you have you take the exercise. Notice if you feel better, if you feel
been using and more
exploring during these exercises. energized. Once you begin to achieve results, you no
The method you will learn is designed to be applied in C-1 longer need to use
after you the tape. This ability will then have become a part of you.
return from this exercise. Thus the exercise, itself, is simply
practice, Freedom #6: First-Stage Separation
an encoding of the process, rather than actual application. „First-Stage Separation” enables you to take a major step
What you will in having
learn is that by simply extending your hands outward, conscious control of the total energy system that is you.
palms up, you will Many of the
perceive, absorb, and store energy. It is as simple as that, previous exercises have been aimed at making this
and can be particular exercise more understandable, comfortable, and
used frequently as the desire arises. joyous.
The application of this new tool is similar to many of the This exercise guides you through five different methods o
others in the disassociation
Gateway Experience. Some people will retain and utilize it from your physical body. That is, you will learn to make
after only one more distinctions
between your physical and nonphysical energies. This will The moment you feel such release, it is important to
better enable release the pressure
you to separate your awareness of these energies, thereby that you have been putting upon such rotation. If you fail to
localizing your do this, you
awareness in either your physical or second body. As with might continue spinning. If you release the pressure too
other tools, it early, you might
is your option to select the method most comfortable for have only a partial rotation, perhaps only 90 to 180
you. In your own degrees.
way, you may wish to combine one or more of these Once you have stabilized this „out of phase” condition
methods. Each has been used successfully many times by, between your
participants through the years. physical and nonphysical energies, it is possible to „peel”
As you learn these methods, you will be guided through out of your
the following physical body, moving outward and turning over as you do
processes: so. Reorientation
1. Focus on the nonphysical energy within your physical with the physical is quite simple: you rotate until your
body. Much like second body is in
a log floating in water, slowly and easily rotate and roll this alignment with the physical again. At that point you might
energy. Do perceive
so until what seems to be „surface tension” releases and something akin to a little click, and you are then
you rotate freely reintegrated.
as if there were an axis running directly through the length 2. The second method is one where you conceive of your
of your body. second body as a rigid pole. Using your feet as a pivotal
point, you move your second body
slowly out of your physical body – head first, then feel yourself moving down through whatever you are lying
shoulders, then chest, on. Again, once
then waist and abdomen, then your legs, until you are this is achieved, turning away and moving to a more
standing or are distant position from
rigidly at 90 degrees from your physical body. At this point, your physical body can become a daily practice.
your only 4. The fourth method involves moving out of the top of your
connection is where your energy feet are still in proximity head as if
to your you are a thin spray of gas or fog. Once you have removed
physical feet. your second body from your physical self, it often re-forms
Then, desire itself is sufficient to enable a complete quite naturally into a replica
separation of your of your physical body. From that point, you are free to
second body from your physical body. ,1s with all behave as you
exercises, you may desire.
return to your physical body using the „Return to C-1” 5. The fifth method involves attaching an emotional value
encoding. Or, if to the
you are still connected with your physical body, simply concept of floating and/or soaring. You begin to
reverse your contemplate how pleasant
intent and tilt backward into your body. it is to float upward, like a cloud, and your second body
3. The third technique involves „backing away from the responds to this
physical.” That emotional wish. Once you have achieved this, it is possible
is, you slowly back out and away from your physical body. to remove or
You may even control the emotion gradually so that other parts of your
total self can
direct your experiences for the best possible outcome. your physical body. You always have such control. In
All of these methods and techniques require practice. addition to the
Practice will assist methods already mentioned, whenever you want to
you in becoming more aware of processes to go out-of- reintegrate completely and
body. (For immediately with your physical body, all you need do is
descriptions and elaboration of these and other think of some
techniques, please refer part of your physical body, such as the fingers on your right
to Robert Monroe's book, Journeys Out of the Body.) or left
Often when one becomes aware of a separation of the hand, and start to move that part of your body. Stimulating
second body, a sense your physical
of excitement shifts one's attention back to the physical awareness immediately initiates the return process.
body. As a Continued stimulation
result, one tends to re-enter the physical body immediately. (such as walking, doing chores, or taking a cold shower)
This natural ensures a
reaction is especially true for one's first OBE. Therefore, to complete reintegration. The knowledge that you have this
help you „quick return”
reduce the chance of this possibility, use these techniques procedure will only increase your sense of freedom.
to develop Remember, the effects of working with these various
patience and relaxed effort. Then, when you do have an energy tools are
OBE, you'll be able cumulative. The learning and application of one enhances
to experience the occasion fully. and improves the
Always bear in mind that you have an immediate means to use of another. The most important factor is patience. To
return fully to become a superb
concert pianist requires many hours of practice. To the pattern you wish to establish.
become proficient in Please see Threshold #3: One-Month Patterning on page
the Gateway Experience requires much the same 40 to review all
commitment. recommendations for patterning. The process is identical,.
You .will
*** WAVE IV: ADVENTURE *** simply be working with a different time period.
In this series of exercises you are provided a dynamic Adventure #2: Five Messages
expression of The Five Messages are arranged in order of importance.
consciousness beyond Freedom – that of a personally You will first ask
controlled and for the fifth most important message, then ask for the
directed Adventure. The title implies new experiences, new fourth, third,
ideas, new second, and finally the first most important message for
places, new friends, and new excitement. you at this time.
It is important that you have completed all previous Rarely are the messages simply verbal. Often information
Gateway Experience appears in
Waves of Change exercises. Any use of these exercises nonverbal form utilizing the means of perception that you
without such prior have been
experience is not recommended. cultivating throughout the Gateway Experience. It is
Adventure #1: One-Year Patterning important not to try
This is an opportunity to design exactly how and what you to analyze the messages as you receive them, but to
desire to be one interpret them after
year into the future. Before working with this exercise, plan the exercise.
carefully Adventure #3: Free Flow 12
This is an exercise that you will utilize again and again. It is where intelligence has a specific level of awareness.
a NVC is not to be confused with body language, or physical
background against which you can move into planned, responses
systematic without words, either consciously or otherwise. Such
explorations in whatever direction you choose. It is better communication does
to decide on take place continually, but it is not NVC. Please keep in
your purpose before you begin so as not to fail into a sleep mind that the
or dream process of NVC is different from the process of C-1
state during the exercise. communication. Both
You will perform the preparatory process, move to Focus forms of communication require perception of some kind of
10, then to Focus data, and then
12. After you arrive at Focus 12, you will be introduced to translation of that data to establish meaning. NVC is total
the beacon expression. It
guidepost. This is a noninvasive sound that will gently occurs in the mind, and in mind-to-mind communication.
remind you of Dreams are principally NVC. You have also encountered it
where and who you are. As a result, it will enable you to many times in
roam free and your Gateway Experience exercises – in vibrations, light,
far without concern of drifting and forgetting your purpose. living action,
Adventure #4: NVC emotion. These and other unique forms of perception you
NVC is short for Non-Verbal Commmication. NVC appears develop will
to be a primary comprise your NVC vocabulary. Allow yourself to establish
method of conscious interaction in and among energy new meanings for familiar perceptions.
systems, or realities,
To fully enjoy your adventures, begin to learn and use energy or energy systems, or simply observe events and
NVC. This exercise activities
is your primary lesson in NVC. In previous exercises, you occurring there. It can also serve as an agreed-upon
developed tools meeting place with
and methods of perception. Now you will develop a form of friends.
total *** WAVE V: EXPLORING ***
communication. Work with it until you obtain results. Then When you listen to these exercises, your first impression
practice may be that of
without the tape. simply listening to musical sounds. But the music and
Adventure #5: NVC II Hemi-Sync sounds you
This is additional instruction in NVC. You will continue to hear are actually the Focus 10 and Focus 12 processes in
recognize a new form. This
translation and conceptualization techniques. The more Metamusic has been specifically composed to help you
advanced you become in NVC the broader your perception further develop
will be in all states of being. Non-Verbal Communication (NVC). The Metamusic guides
Adventure #6: Compoint you through these
Compoint is our abbreviation for Communications Point – a exercises as you use the methods for reaching Focus 10
state of and Focus 12 that
consciousness that you can establish and return to you have already learned. There are no verbal instructions
whenever you desire. – the process
Here, through NVC, you gather information, meet, and is controlled solely by your mental direction.
associate with other With these exercises you will learn to achieve goals and
create
experiences without instructions from the tape. You will Focus level that is most comfortable for you for any
direct yourself – particular exercise.
where you want to go, and what you want to experience. For example, you may find that Focus 10 works best for
Changes in the you for Remote
frequencies of the Hemi-Sync signals automatically guide Viewing, using your Energy Bar Tool, or practicing out-of-
you in creating body techniques.
different states of consciousness. With this help, you will In turn, Focus 12 might work best for you for patterning,
sense your problem solving,
progression through the now-familiar preparatory process or asking for guidance.
(Resonant Tuning It is important that you have completed all previous
sounds remain on each tape), and then on to states of Gateway Experience
expanded awareness Waves of Change exercises. Any use of these exercises
and self-exploration. without such prior
You no longer need your verbal „training wheels.” experience is not recommended.
Furthermore, by this Exploring #1: Mission 10
time in your Gateway Experience training, you have the This Focus 10 exercise is similar to „Free Flow 12” in that
expertise to you should
regulate which Focus level you experience. In the first two have a specific purpose in mind before beginning. The
Exploring difference is that
exercises, you will use Focus 10 and Focus 12 Hemi-Sync there are no verbal instructions that may detract from your
signals to help experience.
you arrive at those levels; after that you will deliberately Here, the direction is totally yours. With no verbal
establish the reminders of C-1, you
may explore a more powerful and effective Focus 10 12. Again, the change in Hemi-Sync frequencies will
experience. automatically signal
Begin with the preparatory process, and move on to Focus when it is time to move through each phase.
10. Carry out Accomplish whatever purpose you have selected
your stated purpose using tools you've learned in previous (patterning, problem
Gateway solving, asking questions, or exploring a new idea or
Experience exercises. (See Free Flow Methods of locale, to name a
Exploration on page 33.) few), then come back to C-1 when it is time to return.
When you sense a change in the sound patterns, return to Exploring #3: Mission Day
C-1 using the This fifteen-minute exercise is designed to help you make
method(s) most comfortable for you. the most of your
Exploring #2: Mission 12 day. Use it in the morning before you begin your activities.
This is a Free Flow 12 exercise-NVC style. The After the
possibilities are preparatory process, go to Focus 10 or to Focus 12
unlimited. On the surface, „Mission 12” may sound the (whichever is best for
same as „Mission you) and express that which you want to achieve during
10,” but the underlying audio signals will assist you into the day. Express
Focus 12. your goal not in words, but in active mental pictures and in
Have your purpose firmly in mind before you begin the feelings.
tape. After you have Actually see and feel the accomplishment of the day's goal.
completed the preparatory process, proceed to Focus 10 This is a patterning process, so you may want to review
and then to Focus Threshold #3:
One-Month Patterning on page 40. This exercise can help during this exercise may be different each time or they may
set the tone for a successful day. build upon one another. Record your experiences. Over
Exploring #4: Mission Night time you will notice threads of continuity connecting your
Listen to this thirty-minute exercise as you go to sleep at experiences, or you may determine that each is unique.
night. Exploring #6: Pathways
Complete the preparatory process and move on to Focus Like „Horizons,” this exercise can help open doors to
10 or to Focus 12, whichever is most comfortable for you. unexplored places
Pattern to direct your sleep within you. After completing the preparatory process, just
experience. You may want to have an out-of-body listen and
experience, solve a allow the sounds to lead you along new paths, or down old
problem, receive a message, or remember your dreams ones you may
more accurately. This exercise will not bring you back to have long ago forgotten. Just for fun, shift between Focus
wakefulness, but lead you into restful sleep, from which levels
you will awake refreshed. randomly, whenever you want. What changes do you
Exploring #5: Horizons notice?
Here is an opportunity to look inward and explore. The When the Hemi-Sync signals change at the end of this
sound patterns on thirty-minute
this thirty-minute exercise are intended to evoke memories, exercise, return to C-1 by the method(s) you choose.
feelings, and Energy Walks
events, and to allow you to experience them in new ways. Your growing knowledge and understanding of NVC is
As usual, perform the preparatory process and choose preparing you for the infinite possibilities of personal
your desired Focus level. Then just relax and let it happen exploration and development. To help
– there is no need for a specific purpose. Your perceptions
you generate your own ideas for exploring, here are a few vitality, and life forces swirling a round you, and flowing
suggestions: deeply within
· Travel in and through time by asking, “Who or what was I you.
before · Trust in and build your NVC as you travel beyond the
this life?” and then, “Who or what will I be during my next familiar
life time/space/physical matter reality. What do nonphysical
experience?” Ask, “Where do I feel more at home?” systems of energy
Explore connections feel like? What is the landscape? Are there inhabitants?
between past, present, and future. “Does the future · Imagine yourself reaching out and touching a tree. Feel it
influence the past?” rooted
“Does the past influence the future?” Then perceive in both the earth and sky, and then feel the flowing of
yourself growing in a energies from
way you want to grow, and notice if this awareness affects above and below gathering within you.
what you have · Allow a breeze to move gently around you. Sense the
thus far experienced. energy that
· Perceive and communicate with the unique gives you freedom – freedom to move, to be light, to float,
consciousness of all life to fly.
forms. How do you perceive the energy of a cloud? Can · Imagine yourself going deep within the earth. Travel to its
you communicate with core.
a flower? What NVC does a dog use? What do you experience? Imagine yourself going deep
· Perceive yourself in ocean surf and feel the energies of within yourself.
movement, Again, what do you experience?
*** WAVE VI: PROSPECTING *** still included to help you complete the preparatory process.
Everyone has their own mine in which to dig for elusive Then the
treasures; a „mine Hemi-Sync frequencies will gently guide you in creating
of the mind.” The Prospecting tapes provide the tools to dig different states
for that of consciousness.
diamond of thought, golden recognition, emerald feeling, or It is important that you have completed all previous
artifact of Gateway Experience
knowledge which is important to your personal growth. As Waves of Change exercises. Any use of these exercises
in the old gold 4vithout such prior
rush days, you can experience „the find” and capitalize on experience is not recommended.
your unique and Prospecting #1: Metamorphosite
inborn treasures. The hunt can he almost as much fun as The prospecting is good at this site. You're hunting the
the discovery. gems of
Prospecting will provide you with further experiences in metamorphosis, of change. This tape is designed to create
Non-Verbal at the mental
Communication (NVC). The Metamusic is designed to take level the changes that you desire. Therefore, mentally set
you one step your goals
further with NVC. But don't take our word for it – stake your before you begin the tape. After completing the preparatory
own claims process, go to
and find the rich veins waiting for you as you go Focus 10 or Focus 12 (whichever seems right for you).
prospecting. As with Use patterning to
Exploring, there are no verbal instructions. Resonant bring about the changes you have set for yourself. The
Tuning sounds are Hemi-Sync sounds
will assist you in returning. subjects have found that the Null Point provides a useful
Prospecting #2: Bio-Body „window” for
With this exercise, you will explore the treasure trove that heading in any direction of mind activity. At the Null Point,
is your you may
physical body. Perform the preparatory process, and go to purposefully decide exactly what to explore.
the Focus level To reach this state of pure potential, after completing the
that is most comfortable to you. Then, begin a thorough preparatory
examination of process, go to Focus 10, then to Focus 12. Then the Hemi-
your physical body and its rhythms using the appropriate Sync signals can guide you beyond Focus 12 to the Null
tools (such as Point.
your Living Body Map and Energy Bar Tool). The more you Prospecting #4: Plus Polarity
use this exercise the more familiar you’ll become with your Strike it rich! The purpose of this exercise is to lead you
physical being. As a result, you’ll be better able to maintain through the
or restore optimum physical balance and well-being. Null Point to the opposite polarity from where' you started.
Prospecting #3: Null Point Various
This exercise can lead you to a rich and lasting gold vein in studies indicate there is reason to believe that the body's
the mine of polarity
your mind. This vein was unearthed in our laboratory while routinely shifts from positive to negative and back again in
working with cycles. Our
test subjects. Our laboratory, instruments suggest that the research suggests that a deliberate shift in polarity
Null Point is indicates that one
where the body's electric polarity shifts into a neutral is experiencing a change in consciousness. We have
phase. Our observed that such a
shift indicates a substantial change from C-1 awareness to infinite nonphysical energy systems that go beyond time
nonphysical and space. From
awareness. the preparatory process, Focus 10, and Focus 12, pass
Go from the preparatory process to Focus 10, then to through the Null
Focus 12. Allow the Point and begin your hunt. Dig deep. Soar high. You're
frequencies to assist your shift in polarity. Pay attention to now beyond words.
subtle All that you have learned through your Gateway
changes in your awareness. Notice if you recognize more Experience has prepared you for your journeys.
aspects of ENCODING INSTRUCTIONS
nonphysical energy. As with all the tapes in this home- To encode is to establish a specific signal, or trigger, that
study course, the brings about
Hemi-Sync signals will bring you back to your starting a specific occurrence. During the tape exercises, you will
point. mentally create
Prospecting #5: Near Reaches a trigger (a thought pattern) that symbolizes the desired
Stake your personal claim in the physical universe. outcome. Most of
Complete the preparatory process and go on to Focus 12. these encodings incorporate a specific physical action,
Passing through the Null Point in this exercise such as a breath
can lead, you to discover untold treasures in and of time or hand movement, that reinforces the mental trigger. This
and space. encoding
Prospecting #6: Far Reaches signal is inserted into, and works with, various levels of
What's farther than the vast reaches of the physical your
universe? The consciousness. As a result, your total self responds to the
signal,
bringing about the desired effect. The more you use these in Focus 10.
encodings in Focus 10 (Threshold #5)
C-1, the more powerful and effective they become. To move to Focus 10, close your eyes and count slowly
Awake and Alert (Discovery #2) from one to ten. You
To become physically wide awake and alert, touch the will then be in Focus 10.
fingers of your right Focus 12 (Threshold #1)
hand to the back of your neck and repeat the number one To be in Focus 12 (expanded awareness) from Focus 10,
in your mind. count from ten to
Energy Food (Threshold #4, Freedom #5) twelve, and you will be in Focus 12.
To receive, convert, and store fresh new energy, close Healing (Threshold #4)
your physical eyes, To bring any part of your physical body to a normal,
extend your physical hands outward palms up, then inhale healthy, balanced,
deeply and hold operating condition, close your eyes and inhale. Hold your
your breath for a moment. Think of pure, white energy breath and
flowing from above think of the cool energy of purple. Send that energy to that
into your palms, through your arms into your total self. part of your
Exhale and open physical body requiring help and say in your mind, „Heal,
your eyes. balance.”
Focus 10 (Discovery #3) Memory (Discovery #2, Threshold #5, Freedom #2)
To move to Focus 10 (mind alert and body deeply asleep), To remember any part of your life experience, close your
inhale sparkling eyes and softly
energy, say in your mind or think the number ten, exhale, touch the fingers of your right hand to the center of your
and you will be forehead.
Patterning (Threshold #4) To relax and remove all harmful tension and emotion from
To set a pattern, go to Focus 12 (see „Focus 12” encoding) your mind and
and think of body, think of the number ten, inhale deeply and exhale as
the pattern you desire. Build it carefully in your mind. Then if you were
release it blowing out a candle.
strongly and surely into all areas of your expanded Resonant Energy Balloon: REBAL (Discovery #3)
awareness. To create your REBAL, inhale, and as you hold your
Physical Strength and Agility (Threshold #4) breath, think of a
To perform a physical act with far greater strength, speed, bright moving circle with the number ten inside it. Exhale,
and agility, letting the
close your physical eyes, inhale deeply, hold your breath, circle move down, around, and over you. You will
and think of automatically reabsorb
the physical act to be performed, and then the strong color your REBAL upon completion of any exercise, or by
energy of red. inhaling deeply and
Problem Solving (Threshold #2) thinking of the circle moving back into your body.
To receive the best answer or solution to a problem, inhale Return to C-1 (Discovery #3)
deeply, To return to full, waking C-1 consciousness, think the
pulling fresh energy into your physical head. Hold your number one, and
breath, think of move the fingers of your right hand. You will immediately
the number twelve, then the question or problem. Exhale be wide awake
and receive the and refreshed.
answer or solution. Return to C-1 (Threshold #5)
Relax (Threshold #6)
To return to full, waking C-1 consciousness, close your Here are questions frequently asked by Gateway
physical eyes and Experience participants. In addition to the formulation of
breathe deeply as you count slowly from ten to one, and the Guidance Manual, the answers are the
you will be wide result of years of experience, inquiry, and research.
awake and refreshed. „Questions &
Sleep (Discovery #5) Answers” will supplement and reinforce your Manual
To go into normal, natural, restful sleep, count slowly in instructions.
your mind from During an exercise ...
one to twenty: When you reach the number twenty, you will Q: What should I do when various images or dream-like
be in normal, thoughts interfere
natural, restful sleep. with what I'm trying to do on a tape?
Stress Reduction (Threshold #4) A: Do not suppress or force the images away; rather,
To reduce any emotional pressure throughout your total acknowledge them
system, close your without getting involved with them, otherwise you may fall
eyes and inhale deeply. Hold your breath and think of the into a sleep
calming, state. Look at them, then let them go. You can always go
cleansing energy of green. Exhale, pushing all excess and back to them
harmful later.
emotional charges down through your body and out Q: I'm not able or willing to vocalize with the Resonant
through the soles of your feet. Tuning. I go into
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS a very deep relaxed state and my mouth doesn't seem to
want to work. I
either sing along in my head, click-out, or start some kind experiencing a great degree of discomfort, you may have
of thought the volume too
dream: What should I do? loud. For best results, the volume should be just loud
A: It is important to discipline yourself to participate in enough for you to
Resonant hear the verbal instructions. Remember, you are
Tuning because this is a method which will help you expanding your state of
perceive nonphysical awareness; consequently, you are more conscious of your
energy, so that you can later control and use it. Resonant heartbeat,
Tuning promotes breathing, etc. This is a phenomenon common to the shift
an accelerated gathering of your vibrational energy while in energy levels
reducing such as the shift from Consciousness 1 to Focus 10.
internal dialogue. Discomfort about vocalizing with the Q: I don't seem to feel the high energy states and have
tapes will trouble
eventually wane. visualizing what they should feel like.
Q: When using the tapes, I am aware of a buzzing or A: Everyone perceives his/her experiences in a different
pressure in my way, so these
forehead and also an acceleration of my heartbeat. Is this high energy states will not necessarily be visual. Some
normal? people report
A: A light buzzing or pressure happens frequently to some seeing light, color, and form, but others quite frequently
people. It means perceive
that you are responding to the Hemi-Sync process. sensations. You may experience vibration(s), or what
However, if you are seems to be an
electric tingling or a shaking of your body, bed, or room. and sleep.
Some people Q: I’m having difficulty forming and controlling my Energy
hear a rushing sound, buzzing, voices, verbal messages, Bar Tool (EBT).
or even music. Sometimes it switches to a triangle or seems to be an
Others may just „know” when they have achieved these extension of my, own
states. Just relax arm. Is this normal?
and observe your own perceptions without judging how A: The Energy Bar Tool can take any shape which comes
you should feel. to your mind. It
Q: I continually fall asleep during the taped exercises. doesn't have to be the same each time you use it and it
What can I do can switch forms
about this? while you are using it. The purpose of the EBT is to focus
A; First, make sure you are rested before doing the and direct
exercise. Second, nonphysical energy. There are many uses for the EBT:
stretch lightly and splash your face and neck with cold healing (Threshold
water. Third, put #6: Living Body Map on page 45), perceiving distant
the idea of sleep into your Energy Conversion Box. Fourth, events and people
if you are (Freedom #2: Remote Viewing on page 53), or entering
still falling asleep, try, sitting up during the exercise. And other energy systems
fifth, (Threshold #5: Energy Bar Tool on page 44), to name a
practice, practice, practice! It is through patience and few. Your
continued imagination is the only limit.
practice that you learn to maintain the balance between Q: Sometimes during a tape I feel. so much energy in my
deep relaxation body that it
actually gets uncomfortable and I want to come out of the while listening to the tapes. Some people report that they
tape. What prefer sitting
should I do about this? up because they're less likely to drop off to sleep. Also, if
A: Realize that the energy you are feeling is second-state you have a
energy, the comfortable set of „ear-bud” headphones, you might be
nonphysical energy which you first need to perceive before able to arrange some pillows so that you can „ride the
you can control Waves” while lying on your side or stomach. Ear-buds are
and use it. Try to move the energy through your whole readily available at stores carrying stereo products.
body – see if you Q: Even while in Focus 10, I am aware of my breathing.
can speed it up or slow it down; in other words, start This makes it
controlling it. The impossible for me to detach myself, or otherwise perceive
fact that you are perceiving this energy is indicative that the high energy
you are states. Any suggestions?
reaching an expanded state of awareness, of A: This is a very normal reaction. Actually, it can enhance
consciousness – which is your
exactly what you are striving for. experience if used in a positive way. It's your breathing that
Q: I usually sleep on my side or stomach and feel insecure helps
sprawled out on charge you with energy (hence, the Resonant Tuning
my back. Also, I cannot remain on my back very long exercises) and prepares you for moving to high energy
without getting states. Be aware of what is happening to you and just let it
restless. What should I do? be – don't fight it. You can be aware of your breathing and
A: You might try sitting upright in a comfortable chair or in of the taped exercise. You can always put the worries
your bed about your breathing in your Energy Conversion Box if it
really bothers you. Once you convince yourself that everyone is adept at mental images. Perhaps you can feel
breathing is a normal process and not a problem, the or know that you are forming your Resonant Energy
awareness of breathing should disappear by itself. Some Balloon (REBAL). Imagine that you are surrounded by and
even find their breathing or their heartbeat a comforting link filled with tingling, sparkling, brilliant bursts of
to physical reality and then can move more confidently into energy. If you have practiced the technique often, you are
other states of consciousness. possibly
Q: During „Focus 12 Free Flow” I had a peak experience. forming the REBAL without even being aware of it.
How can I have „Popping” your REBAL
this experience again? frequently without using the tapes will strengthen it. The
A: Focus 12, the state of expanded awareness, offers REBAL is an
many valuable invaluable tool; use it often. (Please refer to Discovery #3:
insights. We recommend that you do not seek to repeat or Advanced
regain peak Focus 10 on page 25, for complete instructions.)
experiences and make them „ordinary.” These experiences Q: I would like a more extensive explanation of Non-Verbal
are precious, and are to be treasured rather than captured. Communication
They are unique events. (NVC). I believe I'm beginning to understand it, but at first I
Rediscover their uniqueness in many forms. felt quite
Q: Thus far, I have not been able to visualize my REBAL frustrated.
energy coming from my head and bending around to my A: Your frustration is understandable. Most of us are left­
feet. I'm stuck. brained
A: Remember that visualization is only one way of (linear, verbal, etc.) in our orientation. NVC addresses
perceiving. Not right-brain
functions (intuition, gut feelings, images) and is a way of phone calls, one of the clearest messages that comes
communicating across to all of us
or understanding beyond verbalization. NVC implies a is that no two individuals’ experiences are alike. They
holistic range from the
communication based more on feelings and impressions. cosmic to the mundane, and yet are almost invariably of
For example, a real meaning and
beautiful sunset could be described endlessly in words (the significance to the person having the experience. If the
colors; the instructions
interplay of light, shadows, clouds, and landscape) without described what you should experience, you might discount
ever capturing an experience
the feeling it brings. With NVC, you can instantly because it was not mentioned. Yet that experience might
comprehend all the be a most
physical, plus nonphysical information. Words never meaningful event for you.
capture an NVC Q: While listening to your tapes, I experienced a flood of
„thought-ball” without losing much of its essence in the light. Is this
translation. light God?
Q: I have been using the tapes and do get some A: The light (often accompanied by feelings of euphoria, a
interesting things, but I oneness with
would be more pleased if I knew that I was getting what the universe, a sense of overwhelming love) is an
was intended. experience that has been
A: As we review the mail that comes to the Institute and widely reported by explorers of higher consciousness and
listen to your people who have
had near-death experiences. A Buddhist might indicate he practice or exposure to a more advanced tape. Of course,
has seen Buddha; don't hesitate to
a Moslem, Allah or Mohammed; a Christian might interpret review any of the tapes for reinforcement.
this as the light Q: Can my children use the tapes?
of Christ. The Institute, understandably, does not endorse A: Many parents have had good results using Gateway
any particular Experience tapes with
religious interpretations. Whatever your religious their children. We encourage parents to work with their
background or training, children and to
seeing such a light can be a meaningful experience that monitor their progress. Again, we leave it to the discretion
may indicate that of the
you are developing your potential on nonphysical levels. parents whether or not to use the tapes with family
On using the tapes... members.
Q: How many times should I use each tape before going Q: I understand that after a while we really do not need the
on to the next one? tapes to
A: That can vary greatly with the individual. You should be achieve different states of consciousness. How do I
familiar and remember the Hemi-Sync
comfortable with a tape before advancing to the next one. signals?
However, don't A: It is true that with practice, you do not need the taped
feel you must master it completely. There may be exercises to
challenges for an reach expanded states of consciousness. After you
individual with a specific technique that can diminish or become proficient with
disappear with an exercise, all you need to do is recall the sensations you
experienced
during what you consider to be your best, most effective doesn't understand. Do you have any suggestions on how
response in the to convince
desired state. Simply take a deep breath and remember someone who doesn't want to experience the tapes that
the state to trigger they are worth
the change in consciousness. The more you perform this trying, or at least that they are not harmful?
technique, the A: Whether we are talking about the tapes and programs of
easier and more effective it will become. (Please refer to The Monroe
the One-Breath Institute or about any other self-awareness/
Technique on page 47.) consciousness-expansion
Q: Have any people reported obtaining worthwhile results system or program, the rule seems to be that you cannot
with the use of „force feed” the
marijuana or other drugs in conjunction with the tapes? information. It is the individual's own interest and desire
A: We have had some reports from people who have used that creates
mind-altering drugs with the tapes. The results they have the enthusiasm for exploration that leads to success. With
reported have been mixed, neither indicating that drugs anyone
added to nor aided their experiences. In any event, we (spouse, friends, children), what you demonstrate by your
strongly recommend not using drugs with the tapes. The actions is much
tapes are training you to take control over your states of more forceful than any words you can say. You can show
consciousness Drugs the benefits
interfere with that control. In other words, the two are not through your behavior if your spouse doesn't want to
compatible. discuss your
Q: The Gateway Experience tapes have changed my life, experiences in depth. When you do talk about what you
but my spouse are doing, emphasize the nonthreatening aspects, see if
you can find ways to relate your experiences to The differences, however, are found in (1) the ease of
experiences your spouse has had, or those you have attaining that
shared in the past. Perhaps you can find an individual tape state (you put on the headphones and there you are); (2)
such as the ease of
Concentration, Catnapper, or Love Tennis that you can maintaining the state (the Hemi-Sync signal is constant
both use and then and does not waver with outside interruptions, so noises
be able to talk about the benefits of Hemi-Sync in everyday distract less and the attention is
life situations. immediately refocused by the signal); and finally (3) the
Q: I have a friend who has been meditating, practicing Hemi-Sync tapes
yoga, and working provide tools and guidelines for exploration.
with other disciplines for years. Would the Monroe Institute Out-of-Body Experience ...
tapes and Q: I'm currently working with the Discovery album. What if I
programs have anything to offer him, or is he too can't get out
advanced? of my body on tape #5 („Exploration, Sleep”)? Should I
A: We have had people with a wide variety of backgrounds continue with tape
enroll in both #5 until I do, or after a reasonable time move on to the next
the Gateway Experience and the week-long Gateway tape?
Voyage. Long-term A: Not everyone will have a conscious out-of-body
meditators may find that the Hemi-Sync signals produce experience (OBE). It
states quite takes a lot of practice for most, and , many of us have
similar to or even identical with states that they have been hidden fears that
experiencing. hold us back. Also, if you try too hard for an OBE, the
intense effort can
become the very distraction that holds you back. Be than to attempt arriving at a geographic destination. Any
nonchalant about OBEs. time you wish
They are just a small part of our program of personal to return, think of returning to your body and/or move a
exploration and finger or toe and
learning to expand consciousness. As long as you're you will be back.
thoroughly familiar Q: If I have an out-of-body experience, can I cause my wife
with tape #5, by all means go on to the next tape. to have one?
Q: Do you have any suggestions as to how to better A: We have had reports that individuals have helped
control an out-of-body another person to get
experience? Once I get out, I don't know how to steer my out-of-body. The method to accomplish this is unclear. It
thoughts. might be
A: You can practice control of an OBE by setting a goal worthwhile to remember that it is Rober Monroe's
before you begin. experience that most
Then you won't need to decide what to do once you are people probably have at least one out-of-body experience
out. You may want to each night during
„float,” see a particular person, go to a destination, or their sleep, but they do not remember the experience in
contact a waking
nonphysical entity. If an OBE happens spontaneously, consciousness. You and your wife might both try patterning
remember that for
thoughts are action in the second-state (whatever you synchronicity in your OBEs.
think, you do). At Q: Does astral projection/second body equal
first it may be easier to think of a person and reach their death/hereafter? What does a
energy rather
second body look like? Can one's second body see „pink sound” and provides a bed for the HemiSync signals.
another's second body? Pink sound
A: Astral projection and death appear to have similar contains all the tones the human ear can perceive. The
qualities. You might higher and lower
want to read Raymond Moody's book, Life After Life, where portions of the sound have been compensated for in
many near-death volume so you hear the
experiences are related. The second body can take on entire sound equally-it helps the mind create or select
different forms. It sound to complete
can look like a ball of energy, misty form, or appear to have the Hemi-Sync process. DO NOT use Dolby or other
a human noise-reduction systems
form. People perceive it differently. It will usually appear to as they interfere with the Institute's sophisticated Hemi-
you in a Sync mastering
form that you are comfortable with. Your second body can process.
perceive Q: There’s no indication of right or left ear on any of the
another's second body. later tapes.
On the technical side... It is still important to have the headphones on correctly?
Q: There's noise on my tapes. They all have a hissing A: No. On the earlier tapes, we make a distinction because
sound which I can of the design
only partially filter out with the Dolby switch an my stereo. of those tapes. However, the techniques and sound
Are my tapes combinations on the
defective? latter tapes are more sophisticated, and do not require any
A: No. The hissing or „tape noise” sound is intentional. It's right-ear/left-ear adjustment.
known as Q: Is the „clicking” sound on some of my tapes normal?
A: No. If you are hearing disconcerting clicking or popping is better to have the volume too low than too high.
sounds on a Q: What is the difference between hypnosis and Hemi-
tape (versus the „tape hiss” or „tooth brushing” of the pink Sync?
sound), it A: The term „hypnosis” is open to many interpretations.
may be defective. First, be sure the clicking is on the tape People often
and not regard hypnosis as a process of being led into a state of
coming from your tape player. If you have a defective tape, high
return it to suggestibility and relinquishing control to the hypnotist. On
us for replacement. As soon as we receive it, we will send the other
you a hand, Hemi-Sync is designed to allow the individual to
replacement at no charge. consciously control
Q: I find the recording level on the tapes is high and the VU and manipulate his/her own states of awareness. With
needle on self-, or auto-,
our cassette deck often kicks into the red area. Is this hypnosis the individual relaxes him/ herself, moves to a
okay? desired state of
A: Most recorded material will peak in the red area. This awareness, and consciously directs the exercise. Although
will occur more similar in this
frequently with some cassette deck players than with regard, Hemi-Sync, with its special frequencies, assists the
others. As long as listener in
there is no distortion of the sound, it presents no problem. achieving the desired state of consciousness much more
However, we quickly. (For more information on Hemi-Sync, please refer
do suggest that the Hemi-Sync exercises be listened to at to Brain Power on page 8.)
a low level. It Q: Are Hemi-Sync tapes subliminal?
A: No. „Subliminal” implies that a specific verbal message Q: What are the differences in the Gateway Experience,
(in the case of the Gateway Voyage, and Guidelines?
audio cassette tapes) is recorded below audible level and A: The Gateway Experience is the home-study course
often at high based on the week-long Gateway Voyage. It is also used
speed. The intention is to imbed a particular thought in the by those who have taken the Voyage and would like a
mind of the refresher and/or reinforcement of the techniques learned –
listener. By comparison, Hemi-Sync signals, although as well as for continued exploration. Many of the Gateway
recorded at a Experience and
subaudible level, are not verbal messages and are not Gateway Voyage tapes are the same. Both programs
recorded at high assist you in a wide
speed. The intention of the Hemi-Sync signals is to assist exploration of consciousness. However, Gateway
the listener Experience tapes implement Focus 10 and 12, while
into a state of awareness conducive to the development of participants in the Gateway Voyage also experience
a self-directed Focus 15 (No Time, No Space) and Focus 21 (Other
experience. Several Hemi-Sync tapes contain sleep Energy Systems) as well.
periods during which Guidelines, a six-day Gateway graduate program is open
verbal guidance is recorded at a very low level so as not to only to those who
awaken the have completed a Gateway Voyage. Guidelines utilizes all
listener. The script during these periods is a repetition of Focus levels,
the with a concentration of Focus 15 and Focus 21. At
information heard previously on the tape. Guidelines, the emphasis
I nstitute programs ... is on learning more about guidance – in whatever manner
guidance manifests
to you personally. practicing the techniques you have learned. Just as
Q: When will Focus 15 tapes be made available? people's experiences
A: (For those of you who have not experienced the week­ with Focus 12 vary greatly, so does the experience of
long Gateway Focus 15. The intent
Voyage, Focus 15 and Focus 21 tapes, which open areas and desire to go beyond Focus 12, to continue to expand
of „no time” and and experience is
beyond, are a highlight of the program.) what is needed more than a specific tape.
At this time there are not even rumors that Focus 15 tapes Q: What is the Personal Resource Exploration Program?
might be made A: The Personal Resource Exploration Program (PREP)
available outside the Institute. Those of you who have provides individual
experienced them sessions for self-exploration utilizing the Institute's
are undoubtedly aware of their potency, and remember the research
carefully laboratory isolation booth. These sessions, like the
controlled environment in which you listened to them here Explorer Program
at the sessions, are facilitated by trained monitors and
Institute or other training facility. We remind you also that technicians. The
once having combination of Hemi-Sync, the sensory-deprivation booth,
used those tapes, the information and signals are in your biomonitoring
mind; you can equipment, and trained monitors guiding the exploratory
return to that level at any time you like, simply by process, all
remembering what converge to produce a personal growth tool, par
Focus 15 or Focus 21 felt like. Equally important is to excellence. For more
continue information, call or write the Institute.
Q: I’m going to be in Virginia on my vacation and would like off the beaten track and therefore conducive to quiet and
to stop by working with
and see the Institute and find out what's happening there. sensitive equipment. After considering the above, if you
Where is Faber, would like to drop by for a visit, please phone ahead so we
Virginia? can schedule you an appointment with a staff member.
A: The Institute is located in Nelson County, Virginia, about
thirty miles
south of Charlottesville. While we are always happy to
meet our many
friends of the Gateway Experience, there is not a lot for
you to see here
because of the nature of our work. Our administrative
building is simply a
very busy office as we process your orders, Hemi-Sync
correspondence, and course “Gateway Experience”
registrations. Just up the road, the Residential Center, (manual)
Laboratory, and
Conference Center are restricted areas while programs are
in progress. (As
I am sure you can understand by this time, silence is
important.) One of
the reasons for locating the Institute in this area is the fact
that it is
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