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Here is the full 1983 report from the Dept. of the Army,
declassified by the CIA in 2003.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
US ARMY OPERATIONAL GROUP
US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755
IAGPC-O
9 June 1983

SUBJECT: Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process
TO: Commander
US Army Operational Group
Fort Meade, MD 20755
1. You tasked me to provide an assessment of the Gateway
Experience in terms of its mechanics and ultimate practicality.
As I set out to fulfill that tasking it soon became clear that in
order to assess the validity and practicality of the process I
needed to do enough supporting research and analysis to fully
understand how and why the process works. Frankly, sir, that
proved to be an extremely involved and difficult business.
Initially, based on conversations with a physician who took the
Gateway training with me, I had recourse to the biomedical
models developed by Itzhak Bentov to obtain information
concerning the physical aspects of the process. Then I Found it

necessary to delve into various sources for information
concerning quantum mechanics in order to be able to describe
the nature and functioning of human consciousness. I had to
be able to construct a scientifically valid and reasonably lucid
model of how consciousness functions under the influence of
the brain hemisphere synchronization technique employed by
Gateway. Once this was done, the next step involved recourse
to theoretical physics in order to explain the character of the
time-space dimension and the means by which expanded
human consciousness transcends it in achieving
Gateway’s objectives. Finally, I again found it necessary to use
physics to bring the whole phenomenon of out-of-body states
into the language of physical science to remove the stigma of
its occult connotations, and put it in a frame of reference
suited to objective assessment.

2. I began the narrative by briefly profiling the fundamental
biomedical factors affecting such related techniques as
hypnosis, biofeedback and transcendental meditation so that
their objectives and mode of functioning could be compared in
the reader’s mind with the Gateway experience as the model of
its underlying mechanics was developed. Additionally, that
introductory material is useful in supporting the conclusions of
the paper. I indicate that at times these related techniques may
provide useful entry points to accelerate movement into the
Gateway Experience.
3. Niels Bohr, the renowned physicist once responded to his
son’s complaints about the obtuse nature of certain concepts
in physics by saying: “You are not thinking, you are merely
being logical.” The physics of altered human consciousness
deals with some conceptualizations that are not easily grasped

or visualized exclusively in the context of ordinary “left brain”
linear thinking. So, to borrow Dr. Bohr’s mode of expression,
parts of this paper will require not only logic but a touch of
right brain intuitive insight to achieve a complete comfortable
grasp of the concepts involved. Nevertheless, once that is
done, I am confident that their construction and application will
stand up to the test of rational critique.
4, Paradoxically, having gone to such great lengths to avoid
trying to render judgements based on an occult or dogmatic
frame of reference in the end I found it necessary to return, at
least briefly, to the question of the impact of the Gateway
Experience on common belief systems. I did so because
although it was essential to avoid attempting to render an
assessment in the context of such systems, I felt that it was
necessary after having completed the analysis to point out that

the resulting conclusions do not do any violence to the
fundamental mainstream of either eastern or western belief
systems. Unless that point is clearly established, the danger
exists that some people will reject the whole concept of the
Gateway Experience in the mistaken belief that it contradicts
and is therefore alien to all that they hold to be right and true.
5. This study is certainly not designed to be the last word on
the subject but I hope that the validity of its basic structure
and of the fundamental concepts upon which it is based will
make it a useful guide for other USAINSCOM personnel who are
required to take the Gateway training or work with Gateway
materials.
WAYNE M. MCDONNELL
LTC, MI
Commander, Det O

TheGatewayExperience:BrainHemisphere
SynchronizationinPerspective
1.Introduction. In order to describe the Monroe Institute
technique for achieving altered states of consciousness, (the
“Gateway Experience”) involving brain hemisphere
synchronization or “Hemi-Sync”, the most effective way to
begin is to briefly profile the basic mechanics which underlay
operation of related methods such as hypnosis, transcendental
meditation, and biofeedback. It is easiest to effectively describe
what Gateway is by beginning with a short description of those
associated techniques that share some common aspects with
the Gateway Experience but which are nevertheless different.

In this way we can develop a frame of reference at the outset
which will provide useful concepts to explain and understand
Gateway by comparison, as we proceed.
2.Hypnosis. According to the theories of psychologist Ronald
Stone and the biomedical engineering models of Itshak Bentov,
hypnosis is basically a technique which permits acquisition of
direct access to the sensory motor cortex and
pleasure centers, and lower cerebral(emotional) portions, (and
associated pleasure centers) of the right side of the human
brain following successful disengagement of the stimulus
screening function of the left hemisphere of the brain. The left
hemisphere of the brain is the self-cognitive, verbal and linear
reasoning component of the mind. It fulfills the function of
screening incoming stimuli by categorizing, assessing and
assigning meaning prior to allowing passage to the right

hemisphere of the mind. The right hemisphere, which
functions as the noncritical, holistic, nonverbal and pattern-
oriented component of the brain appears to accept what the
left hemisphere passes to it without question.
Consequently, if the left hemisphere can be distracted either
through boredom or through reduction to a soporific, semi-
sleep state, external stimuli to include hypnotic suggestions
are allowed to pass unchallenged into the right hemisphere
where they are accepted and acted upon directly. The result
may involve an emotional reaction originating in the lower
cerebral region, sensory/motor responses requiring
involvement of the cortex, and so on. Both the sensory and the
motor cortices of the right cerebral portion of the brain contain
a sequence of points known as the “homunculus” which
corresponds to points in the body. Stimulation of the

corresponding area on the cortex causes intermediate
response in the associated portion of the body.
Consequently, induction of the suggestion that the left leg is
numb, if it reaches the right hemisphere unchallenged and is
referred to the appropriate area of the sensory cortex, will
result in an electrical reaction being generated that will induce
the feeling of numbness. Similarly, the suggestion that the
person is experiencing a general feeling of happiness and well-
being would be referred to the appropriate pleasure centers
located in the lower cerebral portion or in the cortex of the right
hemisphere, thereby inducing the suggested feeling of
euphoria. Finally, suggestions such as one that informs the
hypnotic subject that he enjoys enhanced concentration or
powers of memory would be responded to in the right
hemisphere by accessing unused information storage capacity

normally held in reserve as a result of left hemisphere selection
and control processes. This aspect will become Significant in
the context of the Gateway process when attention is given to
examining the way that hypnosis may be used to accelerate
progress in the early Stages of the Gateway Experience.
3.TranscendentalMeditation. On the other hand,
transcendental meditation works in a distinctly different
fashion. In this technique, intense and protracted Single
minded concentration on the process of drawing energy up the
spinal cord ultimately results in what appears to be creation of
acoustical standing waves in the cerebral ventricles which are
then conducted to the gray matter in the cerebral cortex on
the right side of the brain. As a result, according to Bentov,
these waves “will stimulate and eventually ‘polarize’ the cortex
in such a way that it will tend to conduct a signal along the

homunculus, starting from the toes and on up.” The Bentov
bio-medical model, as described in a book by Lee Sannella,
M.D., entitled: Kundalini-Psychosis or Transcendence, states
that the Standing acoustical waves are the result of the altered
rhythm of heart sounds which are occasioned by prolonged
practice of meditation, and which set up sympathetic
vibrations in the walls of the fluid filled cavities which comprise
the third and a lateral ventricles of the brain. In addition,
according to Bentov: “The states of bliss described by those
whose Kundalini symptoms have completed the full loop along
the hemispheres may be explained as a self-stimulation of the
pleasure centers in the brain caused by the circulation of a
‘current’ along the sensory cortex.” Bentov also notes, “that
most of the described symptoms start on the left side of the
body means that it is mostly a development occurring in the

right hemisphere.” Although normally a period of meditation
involving intense concentration and practice for five years or
some is required to “bring up the Kundalini,” Bentov states that
exposure to mechanical or acoustical vibrations in the range of
4-7 Hertz, (cycles per second) for protracted periods may
achieve the same effect. Bentov cites as an example “repeated
riding in a car whose suspension and seat combination
produce that range of vibrations, or being exposed for long
periods of time to these frequencies caused, for instance, by
an air conditioning duct.” He also notes that: “The cumulative
effect of these vibrations may be able to trigger a spontaneous
physio-Kundalini sequence in susceptible people who have a
particularly sensitive nervous system.”

4.Biofeedback. The third consciousness altering
methodology which will be briefly described is biofeedback.
Biofeedback is somewhat unique in that it actually employs the
self-cognitive powers of the left hemisphere to gain access to
such areas of the right brain as the lower cerebral, motor and
sensory cortices and assorted pain or pleasure centers. Instead
of suppressing the left hemisphere as is done in hypnosis, or
largely bypassing and ignoring it as is done in transcendental
meditation, biofeedback teaches the left hemisphere first to
Visualize the desired result and then to recognize the feelings
associated with the experience of successful right hemisphere
access to the specific lower cerebral, cortex, pain or pleasure or
other areas in the manner needed to produce the desired
result. Special self-monitoring devices such as the digital
thermometer are used to inform the left brain when it

succeeds in keying the right hemisphere into accessing the
appropriate area. Once this is done, the left brain can then
repeatedly instruct the right brain to reestablish the pathways
involved so as toproduce the same external, objective
measures of success. In this way, the pathways are
strengthened and emphasized to such an extent that left. brain
consciousness is enabled to access appropriate areas in the
right brain using a conscious, demand mode.
For example, if the subject wishes to increase the circulation in
the left leg in order to speed up healing, he may concentrate
with his left brain on achieving that result while carefully
monitoring a digital thermometer connected to the left leg.
When the concentrated effort begins to achieve success, the
digital thermometer will register an increase in the temperature
of the left leg. At that point, the subject can mentally (left

brain) associate the sensations experienced with the result
achieved and can begin to emphasize, by memory recall, the
same process to cause its strengthening by affirmation and
repetition. In this way, pain can be blocked, healing can be
enhanced, malignant tumors can apparently be suppressed
and ultimately destroyed, the body’s pleasure centers can be
stimulated, and a variety of specific physiological results may
be achieved. In addition, biofeedback may be used to greatly
accelerate achievement of deep meditative states particularly
for beginners who have no experience in meditative
techniques and whose progress in that methodology is
enhanced through effective visualization and external,
objective affirmation. Display of the subject’s brainwave
pattern on a cathode ray tube has proven to be a laboratory-
validated means by which subjects may quickly learn to place

themselves in profoundly relaxed states characterized by the
sort of quietude and singularity of mental focus associated
with advanced meditation.
5.GatewayandHemi-Sync. Now that we have briefly
profiled the basic mechanics of the principal techniques for
altering or expanding consciousness which share some of the
objectives and/or methods employed in the Gateway
Experience, we may proceed to focus on what that technique
actually involves. Fundamentally, the Gateway Experience is a
training system designed to bring enhanced strength, focus
and coherence to the amplitude and frequency of brainwave
output between the left and right hemispheres so as to alter
consciousness, moving it outside the physical sphere so as to
ultimately escape even the restrictions of time and Space, The
participant then gains access to the various levels of intuitive

knowledge which the universe offers. What differentiates the
Gateway Experience from forms of meditation is its use of the
Hemi-Sync technique which is defined in a monograph by
Monroe Institute trainer Melissa Jager as, “a state of
consciousness defined when the EEG patterns of both
hemispheres are simultaneously equal in amplitude and
frequency.” Although Hemi-Sync seems to be rather rare and
of only short duration in ordinary human consciousness,
Melissa Jager states that: “Audio techniques developed by Bob
Monroe can induce and sustain Hemi-Sync with the Institute’s
basic Focus 3 tapes…” She also notes that: “Studies conducted
by Elmer and Alyce Greene at the Menninger Foundation have
shown that a subject with 20 years of training in Zen
meditation could consistently establish Hemi-Sync at will,
sustaining it for over 15 minutes.” Dr. Stuart Twemlow, a

psychiatrist and a research associate of the Monroe Institute,
reports that: “In our studies of the effect of the Monroe tape
system on brainwaves, we have found that the tapes
encourage the focusing of brain energy, (it can be measured as
with a lightbulb, in watts) into a narrower and narrower
‘frequency band’. This focusing of energy is not unlike the yoga
concept of one pointedness, which we may translate in
western terms as a single-mindedness.” Dr. Twemlow goes on
to observe that as the individual gets into the tapes beyond
Focus 3, “…there is a gradual increase in brainwave size which is
a measure of brain energy or power.”
6.LampvsLaser: Melissa Jager uses a metaphor to help
clarify the process involved in the use of Hemi-Sync in the
Gateway Experience. She points out that the human mind in its
natural state may be likened to an ordinary lamp which

expends energy in the form of both heat and light but in a
chaotic, incoherent way which diffuses its energy over a wide
area of rather limited depth. On the other hand, the human
mind under the discipline of Hemi-Sync acts after the fashion
of a laser beam which produces a disciplined stream of light.
The stream of energy is projected with total coherence of both
frequency and amplitude such that the surface area of a laser
beam contains billions of times the concentrated energy found
in a similar surface area on the sun. Gateway assumes that
once the frequency and amplitude of the human brain are
rendered coherent, it is possible to begin accelerating both so
that the human mind is soon resonating at ever higher
vibrational levels. The mind can then bring itself into
synchronization with. more sophisticated and rarified energy
levels in the universe. The mind, when operating at these

increasingly rarified levels is assumed to be capable of
processing the information thus received through the same
fundamental matrix by which it makes sense of ordinary
physical sensory input to achieve meaning in a cognitive
context. Such meaning is usually perceived visually in the form
of symbols but may also be perceived as astonishing flashes of
holistic intuition or even in the form of scenarios involving both
visual and aural perception. The mechanics by which the mind
exercises the consciousness function will be addressed in
more detail later in this paper.
7.FrequencyFollowingResponse. To achieve
Synchronization of brain hemispheres, the Hemi-Syne
technique takes advantage of a phenomenon known as the
Frequency Following Response (FFR) which means that if a
subject hears a sound produced at a frequency which

emulates one of those associated with the operation of the
human brain, the brain will try to mimic the same frequency
pattern by adjusting its brainwave output. Therefore, if the
subject is in a fully awake state but hears sound frequencies
which approximates brainwave output at the Theta level, the
subject’s brain will endeavor to alter its brainwave pattern from
the normal Beta to the Theta level. Since the Theta level is
associated with sleep, the subject concerned may progress
from a fully awake to a sleep state, (provided that he does not
consciously resist) as the brain strives to entrain its wave
frequency output with the one which the person hears. Since
these brainwave frequencies are outside the spectrum of
sounds which can be heard in pure form by the human ear,
Hemi-Sync must produce them based on another
phenomenon known as the brain’s capacity for deducing “beat”

frequencies. If the human brain is exposed to one frequency in
the left ear which is 10 Hertz below another audible frequency
played in the right ear, rather than hearing either of the two
audible frequencies, the brain chooses to “hear” the difference
between them, the “beat” frequency. Thus, availing itself of the
FFR phenomenon, and using the technique of “beat”
frequencies, the Gateway system uses Hemi-Sync and other
audio techniques employing the FFR phenomenon to introduce
a variety of frequencies which are played at a virtually
subliminal, marginally audible level. The objective is to relax the
left hemisphere of the brain, place the physical body in a virtual
sleep state, and bring the left and right hemispheres into
coherence under conditions designed to promote
the production of ever higher amplitude and frequency of
brainwave output. Audible and perhaps subliminal suggestions

by Bob Monroe accompany the various brainwave frequencies,
which are sometimes rolled in together with other sounds such
as sea surf to mask the sound frequencies where desirable. In
this way, Gateway endeavors to provide the subject with the
tools by which he may alter his consciousness based on his
own volition over time through the repetitive use of the tapes
So as to access, via intuitive means, new categories of
information not available to ordinary consciousness.
8.RoleofResonance. However, brain coherence through
entrainment to “beat” frequencies introduced via stereo
headphones is only part of the reason why the Gateway
system works. It is also designed to achieve the physical
quietude characteristic of deep transcendental meditative
states which brings about a complete alteration of the
fundamental resonance pattern associated with the sound

frequencies produced by the human body. Yoga, Zen or
transcendental meditation, if practiced long enough, will
produce a change in the sound frequency with which the
human heart resonates throughout the entire body. According
to Bentov, this change in resonance results from elimination of
what the medical profession calls “the bifurcation echo” so that
the sound of the heartbeat can move synchronously up and
down the circulatory system in harmonious resonance
approximately seven times a second. Bentov describes the role
played by the bifurcation echo as follows:
“When the left ventricle of the heart ejects blood, the aorta,
being elastic, balloons out just beyond the valve and causes a
pressure pulse to travel down along the aorta. When the
pressure pulse reaches the bifurcation in the lower abdomen
(which is where the aorta forks in two to go into the legs), part

of the pressure pulse rebounds and starts traveling up the
aorta. If in the meantime the heart ejects more blood, and a
new pressure pulse is traveling down, these two pressures
points will eventually collide somewhere along the aorta and
produce an interference pattern.”
By placing the body in a sleeplike state, the Gateway tapes
achieve the same goal as meditation in that it places the body
in such a profoundly relaxed state that the bifurcation echo
slowly fades away as the heart lessens the force and
frequency with which it pushes blood into the aorta. The result
is a regular, rhythmic Sinewave pattern of sound which echoes
throughout the body and rises up into the head in sustained
resonance. The amplitude of this sinewave pattern, when

measured with a sensitive, seismograph type instrument is
about three times the average of the sound volume produced
by the heart when it is operating normally.
9.BrainStimulation. Bentov’s biomedical model shows that
this resonance is of considerable importance since it. is directly
transmitted to and impacts upon the brain. The resulting
vibration is received and transmitted into the brain itself via the
fluid filled third and left ventricles located above the brain
stem. An electromagnetic pulse is then generated which
stimulates the brain to raise the amplitude and frequency of
brainwave output, just as Dr. Twemlow observed in his research
on the effects of the Hemi-Sync tapes. Also, the brain is
contained in a tight membrane called the dura which is, in turn,
cushioned by a thin layer of Fluid located between it and the
skull. As the coherent resonance produced by the human heart

in a state of profound relaxation reaches the fluid layer
surrounding the brain, it sets up a rhythmic pattern in which
the brain moves up and down approximately 0.005 to 0.010
millimeters in a continuous pattern. The self-reinforcing
character of resonant behavior accounts for the body’s ability
to sustain this movement despite the minimal level of energy
involved. in this way, the entire body, based on its own
micromotion, functions as a tuned vibrational system which
transfers energy in a range of between 6.8 and 7.5 Hertz into
the earth’s ionospheric cavity, which itself resonates at about
7-7.5 Hertz. Of this process, Bentov states:
“This is occurring at a very long wavelength of about 40,000
km, or just about the perimeter of the planet. In other words,
the signal from the movement of our bodies will travel around
the world in about one seventh of a second through the

electrostatic field in which we are imbedded. Such a long
wavelength knows no obstacles, and its strength does not
attenuate much over large distances. Naturally it will go
through just about anything: metal, concrete, water, and the
fields making up our bodies. It is the ideal medium for
conveying a telepathic signal.”
Consequently, the Gateway process is designed to rather
rapidly induce a state of profound calm within the nervous
system and to significantly lower blood pressure to cause the
circulatory system, skeleton and all other physical organ
systems to begin vibrating coherently at approximately 7-7.5
cycles per second. The resulting resonance sets up a regular,
repetitive sound wave which propagates in consonance with
the electrostatic field of the earth.

10.EnergyEntrainment. As the body is turned into a
coherent oscillator vibrating in harmony with the surrounding
electrostatic medium, the specific exercises included in the
Gateway tapes enjoin the participant to build up the energy
field surrounding his body, presumably by using energy from
the earth’s Field which the body is now entraining because of
its ability to resonate with it. This puts the body’s energy field
into homogeneity with its surrounding environment and
promotes movement of the seat of consciousness into the
surrounding environment partly in response to the fact that the
two electromagnetic medians are now a single energy
continuum. Thus, the same process which moves the brain into
focused coherence at steadily higher levels of frequency and
amplitude so as to entrain analogous frequencies in the
universe for data collection also promotes enhancement of

bodily energy levels to a point adequate to permit the subject
to experience an out-of-body movement when he is ready to
do so, (more will be said about this topic later). In addition, by
resonating with the earth’s electromagnetic sphere the human
body creates a surprisingly powerful carrier wave to assist the
mind in communication activity with other human minds
similarly tuned.
11.ConsciousnessandEnergy. Before our explanation can
proceed any further, it is essential to define the mechanism by
which the human mind exercises the function known as
consciousness, and to describe the way in which that
consciousness operates to deduce meaning from the stimuli
which it receives. To do this, we will first consider the
fundamental character of the material world in which we have
our physical existence in order to accurately perceive the raw

stuff with which our consciousness must work. The first point
which needs to be made is that the two terms, matter and
energy tend to be misleading if taken to indicate two distinctly
different states of existence in the physical world that we know
it. Indeed, if the term matter is taken to mean solid substance
as opposed to energy which is understood to mean a force of
some sort, then the use of the former is entirely misleading.
Science now knows that both the electrons which spin in the
energy field located around the nucleus of the atom and the
nucleus itself are made up of nothing more than oscillating
energy grids. Solid matter, in the strict construction of the
term, simply does not exist. Rather, atomic structure is
composed of oscillating energy grids surrounded by other
oscillating energy grids which orbit at extraordinarily high
speeds. In his book, Stalking the Wild Pendulum, Itzhak Bentov

gives the following figures. The energy grid which composes
the nucleus of the atom vibrates at approximately 1022 Hertz,
(which means 10 followed by 22 zeros). At 70 degrees
Fahrenheit an atom oscillates at the rate of 1015 Hertz. an
entire molecule, composed of a number of atoms bound
together in a single energy field vibrates in the range of 109
Hertz. A live human cell vibrates at approximately 103 Hertz.
The point to be made is that the entire human being, brain,
consciousness and all is, like the universe which surrounds
him, nothing more or less than an extraordinarily complex
system of energy fields. The so-called states of matter are
actually variances in the state of energy, and human
consciousness is a function of the interaction of energy in two
opposite states, (motion vs rest) in a manner described in the
following paragraph.

12.Holograms. Energy creates, stores and retrieves meaning
in the universe by projecting or expanding at certain
frequencies in a three-dimensional mode that creates a living
pattern called a hologram. The concept of the hologram can be
most easily understood by using an example cited by Bentov in
which he asks the reader to visualize a bowl full of water into
which three pebbles are dropped. As the ripples created by the
simultaneous entry of the three pebbles radiate outward
towards the rim of the bowl, Bentov further asks the reader to
visualize that the surface of the water is suddenly flash frozen
so that the ripple pattern is preserved instantly. The ice is
removed leaving the three pebbles still laying at the bottom of
the bowl. Then the ice is exposed to a powerful, coherent
source of light, such as a laser. The result will be a three-
dimensional model or representation of the position of the

three pebbles suspended in midair. Holograms are capable of
encoding so much detail that, for example, it is possible to take
a holographic projection of a glass of swamp water and view it
under magnification to see small organisms not visible to the
naked eye when the glass of water itself is examined. The
whole concept of holography, despite its scientific implications,
has only been known to the physicist since the underlying
mathematical principles were worked out by Dennis Gabor in
1947(he later won a Nobel Prize for his work).
Laboratory demonstration of Gabor’s work only occurred years
later following invention of the laser. As biologist Lyall Watson
explains: “The purest kind of light available to us is that
produced by a laser, which sends out a beam in which all the
waves are of one frequency, like those made by an ideal pebble
in a perfect pond. When two laser beams touch, they produce

an interference pattern of light and dark ripples that can be
recorded on a photographic plate. And if one of the beams,
instead of coming directly from the laser, is reflected first off
an object such as a human face, the resulting pattern will be
very complex indeed, but it can still be recorded. The record will
be a hologram of the face.”
13.ThePartEncodestheWhole. Of further importance is the
fact that even if we dropped our frozen hologram of the ripple
pattern on the floor and broke it into a number of pieces each
individual piece would recreate the entire holographic image all
by itself. The smaller the piece, the fuzzier and more distorted
would be the resulting holographic projection but the fact
remains that a whole projection would nonetheless be made.
The key to creating any hologram is that energy in motion must
interact with energy in a state of rest, (non-motion). In the

foregoing example, the pebbles represent energy in motion
while the water, (before its agitation by the pebbles) represents
energy at a state of rest. To activate or, in effect, to “perceive”
the meaning of a holograph, energy, (in this case, a coherent
light source such as a laser beam) must be passed through the
interference pattern generated by interaction between the
moving energy and the energy at rest. In the Simple example
given by Bentov, this requirement was fulfilled by holding the
frozen interference pattern in front of the coherent light to
project the three-dimensional holographic image, (its
“meaning”) into Space. As Marilyn Ferguson, editor of the
Brain/Mind Bulletin tells us: “Another feature of a hologram is
its efficiency. Billions of bits of information can be stored in a
tiny space. The pattern of the holographic (photograph]…is
stored everywhere on the plate.”

14.TheConsciousnessMatrix. The universe is composed of
interacting energy fields, some at rest and some in motion. It is,
in and of itself, one gigantic hologram of unbelievable
complexity. According to the theories of Karl Pribram, a
neuroscientist at Stanford University and David Bohm, a
physicist at the University of London, the human mind is also a
hologram which attunes itself to the universal hologram by the
medium of energy exchange thereby deducing meaning and
achieving the state which we call consciousness. With respect
to states of expanded or altered consciousness such as
Gateway uses, the process operates in the following way. As
energy passes through various aspects of the universal
hologram and is perceived by the electrostatic fields which
comprise the human mind, the holographic images being
conveyed are projected upon those electrostatic fields of the

mind and are perceived or understood to the extent that the
electrostatic field is operating at a frequency and amplitude
that can harmonize with and therefore “read” the energy carrier
wave pattern passing through it. Changes in the frequency and
amplitude of the electrostatic field which comprises the human
mind determines the configuration and hence the character of
the holographic energy matrix which the mind projects to
intercept meaning directly from the holographic transmissions
of the universe. Then, to make sense of what the holographic
image is “saying” to it, the mind proceeds to compare the
image just received with itself. Specifically, it does this by
comparing the image received with that part of its own
hologram which constitutes memory. By registering
differences in geometric form and in energy frequency, the
consciousness perceives. As psychologist Keith Floyd puts it:

“Contrary to what everyone knows is so, it may not be the brain
that produces consciousness–but rather, consciousness that
creates the appearance of the brain…”
15.Braininphase: The consciousness process is most easily
envisaged if we picture the holographic input with a three-
dimensional grid system superimposed over it such that all of
the energy patterns contained within can be described in
terms of three-dimensional geometry using mathematics to
reduce the data to two-dimensional form. Bentov states that
scientists suspect that the human mind operates on a Simple
binary “go/no go” system as do all digital computers. Therefore,
once it superimposes a three-dimensional matrix over
holographic information it wishes to interpret and reduces that
information mathematically to two-dimensional form, it can
completely process it using its fundamental binary system just

as any computer made by the hand of man can process
volumes of data and make various comparisons between the
data and information stored in its digital memory. Our minds
operate in the same way, perceiving by comparison only.
Bentov States the proposition this way: “Our whole reality is
constructed by constantly making such comparisons….
Whenever we perceive something, we always perceive
differences only.” In states of expanded consciousness, the
right hemisphere of the human brain in its holistic, nonlinear
and nonverbal mode of functioning acts as the primary matrix
or receptor for this holographic input while, by operating in
phase or coherence with the right brain, the left hemisphere
provides the secondary matrix through its binary, computer-
like method of functioning to screen further the data by
comparison and reduce it to a discreet, two-dimensional form.

16.Evaluation. To the extent that Gateway succeeds in
bringing about a refinement in energy matrix of the mind, it
succeeds in expanding or altering human consciousness that it
can perceive without recourse to the intercession of the
physical senses such that ever more of the universal hologram,
(not, of course, accessible by sense perception) can ultimately
be perceived and understood.
Marilyn Ferguson has written that the theories of Pribram and
Bohm “appear to account for all transcendental experience,
paranormal events and even “normal” perceptual oddities…” She
goes on to say of Pribram:
“Currently he is proposing a startling, all-encompassing model
that is generating considerable excitement among those
intrigued by the mysteries of human consciousness. His
“holographic model” marries brain research to theoretical

physics; it accounts for normal perception and Simultaneously
takes the paranormal and transcendental experiences out of
the supernatural by explaining them as a part of nature.
Like certain strange discoveries of quantum physics, the radical
reorientation of this theory suddenly makes sense of
paradoxical sayings of mystics throughout the ages.”
17.Self-Cognition. To complete our outline of the process by
which the mind achieves and exercises consciousness, we
must also describe the mechanism which accounts for the
aspect of human thought that differentiates it from the
consciousness of plants or animals, i.e., self-cognition. Humans
not only know, but they know that they know. They are able to
monitor the process of their own thinking and maintain an
awareness of it. Moreover, they can conduct a comparative
assessment, evaluating the functioning of their thought

processes against various “objective” standards they have
adopted. Human consciousness can do this because it has the
capacity to duplicate aspects of its own hologram, project
them out, “perceive” that projection, put it through comparison
with the memory aspect, (where its evaluation standards of
measure are stored) of its own hologram, and measure or
“sense” the differences using three-dimensional geometry and
then binary “go/no go” pulse to yield verbal cognition about the
self.
18.Time-SpaceDimension. Up to this point our discussion of
the Gateway process has been relatively simple and easy to
follow. Now the fun begins. Gateway involves more than just
perception of those aspects of the universal hologram which
can be accessed in the dimension of time-space as we know it.
To explain how and why human consciousness can be brought

to transcend the limitations of time-space is the next task
which must be addressed. To do this we must first appreciate
what time and space are in order to understand how the
dimension that they constitute can be transcended. Physicists
define time as a measurement of energy or force in motion. In
other words, it is a measurement of change. However, in order
for energy to be in motion it must first be limited in some way
within the confines of some sort of vibratory pattern so that its
confinement gives it the capacity for being contained at a
specific location which is distinguishable from other
locations(space). Energy which is not confined is force without
limit, without dimension, without the limits of form. It is infinity,
cannot move because there is nothing beyond infinity, ana is
therefore outside of the dimension of time. It is also beyond
space because that concept implies that a specific energy

form is limited to a specific location and is absent from other
locations. But if energy is in the state of infinity, there are no
boundaries, no “here” to differentiate from “there”, no sense of
area. Energy in infinity means energy uniformly extended
without limit. It has no beginning, no end, no location. It is
conscious force, the fundamental, primal power of existence
without form, a state of infinite being. Energy in infinity is said
to be completely at rest and, therefore, cannot generate
holograms So long as it remains utterly inactive. It retains its
inherent capacity for consciousness in that it can receive and
passively perceive holograms generated by energy in motion
out in the various dimensions which make up the created
universe, but it cannot be perceived by consciousness
operating in the active universe. Energy in this state of inactive
infinity is termed by physicists as energy in its absolute state,

or simply “the Absolute.” Between the Absolute and the
“material” universe in which we experience our physical
existence are various intervening dimensions to which human
consciousness in altered states of being may gain access.
Theoretically, human consciousness may continue to expand
the horizons of its perceptual capability until it reaches the
dimension of the Absolute at which point perception stops
because the Absolute generates no holograms of or about
itself.
19.InterveningDimensions. Since the Absolute is conscious
energy in infinity, (i.e. without boundaries), it occupies every
dimension to include the time-space dimension in which we
have our physical existence, but we cannot perceive it. It
overlays everything as do many of the intervening gradients or
dimensions through which the energies of the universe pass

on their way to and from their home in the state of infinity, (the
Absolute). To enter these intervening dimensions, human
consciousness must focus with such intense coherence that
the frequency of the energy pattern which comprises that
consciousness, (i.e., the brainwave output) can accelerate to
the point where the resulting frequency pattern, if displayed on
an oscilloscope, would look virtually like a solid line.
Achievement of this state of altered consciousness sets the
stage for perception of non-time-space dimensions because
of the operation of a principle in physics known as Planck’s
Distance. This is an aspect of quantum mechanics which
applies to the fact that any oscillating frequency, (such as a
brainwave) reaches two points of complete rest which
constitute the boundaries of each individual oscillation, (i.e.,
movement up or down). Without these points of rest, an

oscillating wave pattern would be impossible since the points
of rest are required to permit the energy to change direction
and thus continue vibrating between rigid limits. But it is also
true that when, for an infinitesimally brief instant, that energy
reaches one of its two points of rest it “clicks out” of time-
space and joins infinity. That critical step out of time-space
occurs when the speed of the oscillation drops below 10733
centimeters per second, (Planck’s Distance). To use the words
of Bentov: “…quantum mechanics tell us that when distances
go below Planck’s Distance, which is 10733 cm, we enter, in
effect, a new world.” To return to our case in point, the. human
consciousness wave pattern reaches such high frequency that
the pattern of “clickouts” comes so close together that there
is virtual continuity in it. Then, a portion of that consciousness
is actually postulated to establish and maintain its information

collection function in those dimensions located between time-
space and the Absolute. Thus, as the almost continuous
“clickout” pattern establishes itself in continuous phase at
speeds below Planck’s Distance but before reaching the state
of total rest, human consciousness passes through the looking
glass of time-space after the fashion of Alice beginning her
journey into wonderland. The Gateway experience, with its
associated Hemi-Sync technique, is apparently designed, if
used systematically and patiently, to enable human
consciousness to establish a coherent pattern of perception in
those dimensions where speeds below Planck’s distance apply.
This holds true irrespective of whether the individual is
exercising his consciousness while in his physical body or

whether he is doing so after having separated that
consciousness from the physical body, (i.e., the so-called out-
of-body state mentioned earlier).
20.SubatomicParticles. The behavior of subatomic particles
provides an interesting example of the phenomenon of
“clicking out” discussed in the preceding paragraphs. In an
article prepared for Science Digest magazine, Dr. John
Gliedman mentions the way in which subatomic particles
communicate with each other once their energy fields become
entrained as a result of colliding with each other.
The communication concerned is, of course, postulated to be
occurring during the “click out phase” in the oscillation of the
energy fields comprising the subatomic particles concerned. It
is this cause which accounts for the cross-communication at
what in terms of time-space velocities, would seem to involve

speeds in excess of light. In reality Einstein’s Theory of
Relativity is not being invalidated but, rather, the
communication concerned is taking place outside the
dimension of time-space to which the Theory of Relativity is
strictly confined. Specifically, Dr. Gleidman tells us: “Quantum
theory postulates a kind of long-range Siamese twin effect
whenever two subatomic particles collide and then go their
different ways. Even when the particles are halfway across the
universe from each other, it Says, they instantaneously
respond to each other’s actions. And in so doing, they violate
relativity’s ban on faster than light velocities.” Indeed, regarding
attempts to quantify what is known about the behavior of
energy in dimensions apparently outside of time-space, Bentov
speaks about, “…courageous physicists who are working on
hypothetical particles, called ‘tachyons,’ which can move at

speeds higher than light. The speed of tachyons starts just
above the speed of light and ranges all the way to infinite
velocities.”
21.DimensionsIn-between. Now that we have postulated
the legitimacy of the assertion that the energy forms which
compose consciousness can move beyond the time-space
dimension, we need to turn our attention to the energy forms
which inhabit those dimensions between time-space and the
Absolute. In so doing, we may better perceive the form that
“reality” assumes when we encounter it in those intermediate
dimensions. In this context, Bentov tells us that:
“The causal relationship between events breaks down;
movements become jerky rather than smooth. Time and space
may become “grainy” or “chunky.” Perhaps a piece of space can
be traversed by a particle of matter in any direction without

necessarily being synchronized with a piece of time. In short, a
pair of events will occur in either time or space, the pair not
being connected causally but by a random fluctuation.”
What Bentov means is that inside the dimension of time-space
where both concepts apply in a generally uniform way there is
a proportional relationship between them. A certain space can
be covered by energy moving in either particle or wave form in
a certain time assuming a specific velocity virtually anywhere
in the time-space universe. The relationship is neat and
predictable. However, in the intermediate dimensions beyond
time-space the limitations imposed on energy to put it into a
state of oscillating motion are not uniform as they are in our
physical universe. A myriad of various distortions and
incongruities are thus likely to be encountered such that our
nice, neat assumptions concerning the relationship between

time and space as we know it in this dimension do not apply.
But even more important, access is opened to both the past
and the future when the dimension of current time-space is
left behind.
22.SpecialStatus,Out-of-BodyExperience. Although
human consciousness can, with enough practice, move
beyond the dimension of time-space and interface with other
energy systems in other dimensions, the entire process is
appreciably enhanced if that consciousness can be detached
in large measure from the physical body before such interface
is attempted. Once an individual becomes proficient in the
technique of out-of-body movement and then reaches the
point where he is able to break out of time-space while out of
his body, he gains the advantage of “clicking out” part of his
enhanced consciousness while starting from a base located

much closer to the dimensions with which he wishes to
communicate. In other words, since he is starting from a point
much “higher up”, to use an analogy from the time-space
context, that part of his consciousness involved in “clicking
out” will have that much more time to interact in dimensions
beyond time-space because less time is required to traverse
the intervening layers. Moreover, once the individual is able to
project his consciousness beyond time-space, that
consciousness would logically tend to entrain its frequency
output with the new energy environment to which it is
exposed, therein greatly enhancing the extent to which the
individual’s altered consciousness may be further modified to
achieve a much-heightened point of focus and a much-refined
oscillating pattern. Asa result, a self-reinforcing process should
ensue whereby the farther consciousness in the out-of-body

state can be projected beyond the time-space dimension, the
more its level of energy output would be enhanced, thus
promoting the potential for still further travel. The tentative
conclusion to be drawn is that the out-of-body state may be
regarded as an extremely effective way of accelerating the
process of enhancing consciousness and of interfacing with
dimensions beyond time-space. If the practitioner of the
Gateway technique has a choice of concentrating on achieving
and exploiting the out-of-body experience as opposed to
concentrating his full efforts on expanding his consciousness
exclusively from a physical base, the former would appear to
promise much faster and more impressive successes than
does the latter.

23.AbsoluteinPerspective. It may be helpful at this point to
pause and recap the major aspects of our intellectual journey
from time-space to the realm of the Absolute. We have spoken
at some length concerning the incredibly complex hologram
which is created by the intersection of energy patterns
generated by the totality of all dimensions of the universe,
time-space included. We have noted that our minds constitute
energy fields which interact with various aspects of this
hologram to deduce information which is ultimately processed
through the left hemisphere of our brains to reduce it to a form
that we employ for the process we call thinking. We have
implied that this hologram is the finite embodiment in active,
energy form of the infinite consciousness of the Absolute. It is
the title we assigned to that vast pool of energy in a state of
perfect rest over which the physical universe is layered, and

from whence it comes. Incidentally, to describe this, Bentov
uses the analogy of a very deep sea, comparing the still depths
of the sea to the dimension of the Absolute while assigning the
storm-tossed waves above to represent the physical universe
with which we are familiar. The Slightly agitated currents of the
sea to be found in between the turbulent surface and the
totally still depths represent energy in the process of either
going into rest, (i.e. approaching infinity) or coming out of rest.
24.FromBigBangtoTorus. Working from the widely
accepted “Big Bang” theory Bentov presents a conceptual
model to depict the process of time-space evolution the
relative position of the universal hologram. That hologram is
often called a “Torus” because it is thought to have the overall
shape of an immense, self-contained spiral. Basing his thesis
on recent studies concerning the distribution of quasars,

(quasi-stellar objects), and operating on the premise that in the
universe smaller processes tend to be mirror images of larger
ones, (i.e., the pattern of electrons around the nucleus of an
atom mirrors the way planets orbit their suns, and so on)
Bentov postulates the following scenario. Taking his cue from
the observed capability of quasars to eject enormously
concentrated beams of matter from their interiors in a
controlled, non-concentric version of the “Big-bang” he
envisages a similar process occurring in the generation of the
Universe. Noting that those galaxies located to the north of our
own galaxy are moving away faster than those located to the
south, and that those to the east and west are demonstrably
more distant, Bentov regards this as substantive evidence that
the jet of matter which expanded into our universe has turned
back upon itself, eventually forming an ovoid or egg shape. He

sees “matter” in our universe entering the ovoid pattern
following ejection from a nucleus composed of extremely
compressed energy through a “white hole.” at the end of its trip
to the far end of the ovoid, he sees it departing via a “black
hole”. In such a model, time is observed to be a measure of the
change which occurs as energy evolves into new, more
complex forms as it progresses along the distance from the
white hole side of the nucleus, around the shell of this “cosmic
egg” until it enters the black hole. In other words, as energy–
expelled from infinity and confined within limits by the
conscious of the Absolute–achieves form and motion following
ejection from the white hole at the top of the egg, time begins
as a measure of the cadence of this evolutionary movement as
“reality” goes around the shell of the egg on its journey to the
black hole at the far end.

25.OurPlaceinTime. The observed distribution of galaxies
suggests that our particular universe is located near the top of
the egg at the point where matter begins to fall back on itself,
thus explaining the reason why the galaxies to the north are
seen to be moving away more rapidly as they are caught up in
the downturn of the stream of matter towards the far end of
the cosmic egg. Layered over this cosmic egg is the Absolute
which sustains the radiating nucleus from which the original jet
of matter issued forth. As the stream of matter moves around
the ovoid towards its destination at the black hole where it will
be reabsorbed into the radiating nucleus and then the
Absolute, it generates the interference pattern within the
cosmic egg which constitutes the universal hologram or Torus,
Since the Torus is being simultaneously generated by matter in
all the various phases of “time”, it reflects the development of

the universe in the past, present and future, (as it would be
seen from our particular perspective in one phase of time). By
reflecting on this model, it becomes possible to “see” how
human consciousness brought to a sufficiently altered
(focused) state could obtain information concerning the past,
present a future since they all exist in the universal hologram
simultaneously, (In the case of the future because all of the
consequences of the past and present can be seen coming
together in the hologram such that the future can be predicted
or “seen” with total accuracy). Moreover, it is possible to see
how the implosion of energy patterns would cross and recross
to create an incredibly complex four-dimensional hologram or
Torus, in spiral shape in reflection of the multi-dimensional

developing pattern of evolution. All of the movements of the
energies which comprise the universe leave their mark and
hence tell their story throughout time.
26.QualityofConsciousness. We noted earlier that the out-
of-body state involves projection of a major portion of the
energy pattern that represents human consciousness so that it
may move either freely throughout the terrestrial sphere for
purposes of information acquisition or into other dimensions
outside of time-space, perhaps to interact with other forms of
consciousness within the universe. Consciousness is the
organizing and sustaining principle that provides the impetus
and guidance to bring and keep energy in motion within a
given set of parameters so that a specific reality will result.
When consciousness reaches a State of sophistication in which
it can perceive itself, (its own hologram) it reaches the point of

self-cognition. Human beings have this form of elevated
consciousness as does the Absolute but in case of the latter, it
is a function of energy and its associated quality of
consciousness in infinity, (omniscience and omnipotence in
perceptual unity). When energy returns to a state of total rest
within the Absolute, it returns to the continuum of
consciousness in the pool of limitless, timeless perception that
resides there. Thus, the more complex an energy system in the
“material” state, the more consciousness it possesses to
maintain its reality. Our consciousness, therefore, is that
differentiated aspect of the universal consciousness which
resides within the Absolute. It accounts for the organization of
the energy patterns which constitute our physical body but is
distinctly separate from and superior to it. Since consciousness
exists quite apart from and outside of reality, beyond the

bounds of time-space, it, like the Absolute, has neither
beginning nor end. Reality has both a beginning and an end
because it is bounded within time-space, but the fundamental
quantum of energy and its associated consciousness is
eternal. When reality ends, its constituent energy simply
returns to infinity in the Absolute.
27.ConsciousnessinPerspective. Having ascertained that
human consciousness is able to separate from physical reality
and interact with other intelligences in other dimensions within
the universe, and that it is both eternal and destined for
ultimate return to the Absolute we are faced with the question:
“So what happens then?” Since memory is a function of
consciousness and therefore enjoys the same eternal
character as the consciousness which accounts for its
existence it must be admitted that when consciousness

returns to the Absolute it brings with it all the memories it has
accumulated through experience in reality. The return of
consciousness to the Absolute does not imply an extinction of
the separate entity which the consciousness organized and
sustained in reality. Rather, it suggests a differentiated
consciousness which merges with and participates in the
universal consciousness and infinity of the Absolute without
losing the separate identity and accumulated self-knowledge
which its memories confer upon it. What it does lose is the
capability for generation of independent thought holograms
since that can be done only by energy in motion. In other
words, it retains the power to perceive but loses the power of
will or choice. In exchange, however, this consciousness
participates in the all-knowing infinite continuum of
consciousness which is a characteristic of energy in the ever

present. Consequently, it is accurate to observe that when a
person experiences the out-of- body state he is, in fact,
projecting that eternal spark of consciousness and memory
which constitutes the ultimate source of his identity to let it
play in and learn from dimensions both inside and outside the
time-space world in which his physical component currently
enjoys a short period of reality.
28.GatewayMethod. Having put the Gateway Experience in
context by postulating a structural outline of how and why it
seems to work, and having shown what it is designed to
achieve, the time has come to examine the specific techniques
which comprise the Gateway training process. These
techniques are designed to enable the user of the Gateway
tapes to manipulate the high energy states which can be
achieved if the user continues to work with the tapes over a

period of time. The amount of time required to reach advanced
energy states and to fully exploit the techniques varies with
the individual. The sensitivity of his nervous system, his general
state of mind, and the extent to which he may have previously
developed facility in related techniques such as transcendental
meditation are all pertinent factors affecting the speed at
which he may expect to progress. The Gateway process begins
by teaching the individual participant to isolate extraneous
concerns in a visualization device called an “energy conversion
box.” Next, the participant is introduced to a method of
encouraging his mind and body to strive to achieve a state of
resonance through utterance of a single tone, a monotonous,
protracted humming sound that sets up a feeling of vibration
particularly in the head. He engages in this “resonate tuning” as
it is called by humming along with a chorus of such sounds

that are contained on the Gateway tape. Following this,
the participant is exposed to the Gateway affirmation and is
encouraged to repeat it to himself as he hears it repeated on
the tape. This affirmation is a statement to the effect that the
individual realizes that he is more than merely a physical body
and that he deeply desires to expand his consciousness.
29.Hemi-SyncIntroduced. After that, he is exposed for the
first time to the Hemi-Sync sound frequencies, and is
encouraged to focus on and develop a perception of and
appreciation for those feelings which accompany the
synchronization of brainwaves that results. Next comes the
technique of progressive and systematic physical relaxation
while the Hemi-Sync frequencies are expanded to include
additional forms of “pink and white” noise designed to put the
physical body at the virtual threshold of sleep as well as to

calm the left hemisphere of the mind while raising the right
hemisphere to a state of heightened attentiveness. Once all of
this is achieved, the participant is invited to envisage creation
of an “energy balloon” comprised of an energy flow beginning
at the center of the top of the head and extending down in all
directions to the feet. The energy involved in this flow then
proceeds up through the body and back out into the balloon
pattern again. The “energy balloon”, which sets up a pattern
very reminiscent of the cosmic egg discussed earlier, not only
enhances bodily energy flow and encourages early
achievement of a suitable resonant state, but it is also
designed to provide protection against conscious entities
possessing lower energy levels which the participant might
encounter in the event that he achieves an out-of-body,

state. It serves a precautionary purpose in the unlikely event
that the participant’s first out-of-body experience involves
direct projection outside the terrestrial sphere.
30.AdvancedTechniques. Having reached Focus 10, the
participant is now ready to endeavor to achieve a state of
sufficiently expanded awareness to begin actually interacting
with dimensions beyond those associated with his experience
of physical reality. This state is called Focus 12 and involves
conscious efforts on his part while additional forms of “pink
and white noise” enter the sound stream being directed into his
ears from the Gateway tape. Once the participant has achieved
his state of greatly expanded awareness, he is ready to begin
employing a series of specific techniques or “tools” as the
Monroe Institute characterizes them which enable him to
manipulate his newly found expanded awareness to obtain

practical, useful feedback of value for promoting self-discovery
and personal growth. The specific techniques involved are
described individually below.
A. Problem Solving. This technique involves identifying
fundamental problems which the individual wishes to see
solved, filling his expanded awareness with his perception of
these problems and then projecting them out into the
universe. In this way, the individual enlists the assistance of
what Monroe Institute calls his “higher self”, in other words
his expanded consciousness, to interact with the universal
hologram to obtain the information required to solve the
problem. This approach may be used to solve personal
difficulties, technical problems in the realm of physics,
mathematics, etc., practical administrative problems, and so
on. Responses to the problem-solving technique may be

received almost immediately, but often, they come based on
developing intuition over the next two to three
days. Frequently the response comes in the form of a
sudden, holistic perception in which the individual suddenly
finds that he simply knows the answer in all of
its ramifications and completely in context, sometimes
without even being able to put his newly found perception
into words, at least initially. In some cases, the response may
even arrive in the form of visual symbols which the
individual will see” with his mind while he is in the Focus 12
state and which he will have to interpret after he returns to
normal consciousness.
B. Patterning. This technique involves use of the
consciousness to achieve desired objectives in the physical,
emotional, or intellectual sphere. It involves concentration

on the desired objective while in a Focus 12 state, extension
of the individual’s perception of that objective into the whole
expanded consciousness, and its projection into the
universe with the intention that the desired objective is
already a matter of established achievement which is
destined to be realized within the time frame specified. This
particular methodology is based on the belief that the
thought patterns generated by our consciousness in a state
of expanded awareness create holograms which represent
the situation we desire to bring about and, in so doing,
establish the basis for actual realization of that goal. Once
the thought-generated hologram of the sought-after
objective is established in the universe it becomes an aspect
of reality which interacts with the universal hologram to
bring about the desired objective which might not,

under other circumstances, ever occur. In other words, the
technique of patterning recognizes the fact that since
consciousness is the source of all reality, our thoughts have
the power to influence the development of reality in time-
space as it applies to us if those thoughts can be projected
with adequate intensity. However, the more complicated the
objective sought and the more radically it departs from our
current reality, the more time the universal hologram will
need to reorient our reality sphere to accommodate our
desires. Monroe trainers caution against attempting to force
the pace of this process because the individual could
succeed in dislocating his existing reality with drastic
consequences.

C. Color Breathing. The next technique is called color
breathing and is designed to use the expanded awareness
and highly focused attentiveness associated with the Focus
12 state to imagine various colors in a particularly intense
and vivid manner so as to use them to resonate with and in
turn to activate the body’s own energies. Fundamentally, in
terms of practical application it is a healing technique which
is designed to restore the body and to enhance its
physical capabilities by balancing, revitalizing and retuning
bodily energy flows. It is predicated on the principle that the
body’s electromagnetic field is capable of altering its
resonance pattern so as to entrain energy from the
earth’s electrostatic field for its own use. The various colors
envisaged in the imagination as part of the technique cue
the mind as to which frequencies and what specific

amplitudes are desired in connection with this entrainment
and the subsequent alterations in bodily energy flow
patterns. That color has the capacity to affect the human
mind is well known, and the effectuality of color in
certain kinds of healing is a demonstrable fact. For example,
application of an intense blue light to an area of physical
tumescence leads to relatively rapid and easily observable
reduction in the swelling while red, and to a lesser extent,
yellow have quite the opposite effect. However, in the Hemi-
Sync application of the technique, external light sources are
not involved but, rather, the mind is the sole agent of the
healing and revitalization.
D. Energy Bar Tool. Magic wands and enchanted scepters
have been part of the folklore and occult practices of many
cultures. The scepters, staffs and maces carried by

monarchs and high priests alike occur with such frequency
in the history of bygone eras as to suggest that at the very
least these items are aspects of some type of archetypical
symbol which the human mind seems to appreciate,
perhaps quite subliminally. In any case, the energy bar tool
technique involves envisaging a small, intensely pulsating
dot of light which the participant charges in his imagination
with enormous energy until it is virtually pulsating. The
participant then extrudes the dot into the shape of a
sparkling, vibrating cylinder of energy which he then uses to
channel force from the universe to selected parts of his
body for purposes of healing and revitalization.
E. Remote Viewing. In addition, the energy bar tool is used
as a portal for initiating a follow-on technique called “remote
viewing.” In this context, the participant turns his bar of

energy into a whirling vortex through which he sends his
imagination in search of new and illuminating insights. The
apparent purpose of the symbolism involved in the vortex
seems to be to cue the subconscious and convey to it
instructions as to what the participant wishes to do but in
terms of nonverbal symbols which the right hemisphere of
the mind is capable of understanding.
F. ‘Living Body Map. This technique provides amplification
for application of the energy bar tool as a means of healing
specific areas or systems of the human body. The
configuration of the participant’s body is imagined and then
the various major systems such as the nervous and
circulatory systems are envisaged in appropriate colors
within the confines of the outline being held in
the imagination. The energy bar tool is then applied to

energizing, balancing and healing in whatever manner the
participant desires. In the process, the participant visualizes
various streams of colored energy flowing out of the
tool into the organ system or area upon which the
revitalizing or healing application is being made. Since colors
are the result of differing wavelengths of light, which is to
say energy at various frequencies, this technique operates
on the assumption that as the human body is composed of
energy it can be vitalized and healed through the additive
application of additional energy provided that the energy is
applied in the appropriate form.
G. Focus 15: Travel into the Past. All of the preceding
techniques are conducted at the level of expanded
awareness known as Focus 12. However, the technique of
time travel into the past involves further expansion of

consciousness through the inclusion of additional levels of
sound on the Hemi-Sync tapes. Some of the sound is
probably merely an intensification of the basic Hemi-
Sync frequencies, being designed to further modify
brainwave frequency and amplitude. Other aspects of the
added sound patterns appear to be designed to provide
subtle, almost subliminal suggestions to the mind as to what
is desired by way of further expanded consciousness so as
to support the verbal suggestions and instructions also
contained on the tape. Even the instructions are highly
symbolic, with time being visualized as a huge wheel in the
universe with various spokes each of which gives access to
a different part of the participant’s past. Focus 15 is a
very advanced state and is extremely difficult to achieve.
Probably less than five percent of all participants in any

given Gateway Experience actually fully achieve the Focus
15 state during the course of the approximately seven days
of training. Nonetheless, Monroe Institute trainers affirm that
with enough practice, eventually Focus 15 can be achieved.
They also state that not only the individual’s past history is
available for examination by one who has achieved Focus 15
but other aspects of the past with which the individual
himself has had no connection may also be accessed.
H. Focus 21: The Future. The last and most advanced of all
the Focus states associated with the Gateway training
program involves movement outside of the boundaries of
time-space as in Focus 15 but with attention to discovering
the future rather than the past. The individual who has
achieved this state has reached a truly advanced level.
Except in unusual circumstances, it is probably not

attainable except by those who have conditioned
themselves through long application of meditation or by
those who have practiced long and hard through use of the
Hemi-Sync tapes for a period of months if not years.
31.TheOut-of-BodyMovement. This remarkable
phenomenon has been saved for discussion in detail until last
because of the interest which it occasions and special
circumstances involved in its attainment. Monroe Institute
stresses that the Gateway program was not established solely
for the purpose of enabling participants to obtain the out-of-
body state nor does the program guarantee that most
participants will succeed in doing it during the course of the
training at the Institute. Only one tape out of the many which
make up the Gateway Experience is devoted to the techniques
involved in the out-of-body movement. Basically, these

techniques are merely designed to make it easier for the
individual to achieve the out-of-body state when his brainwave
pattern and personal energy levels have reached a point that
he is in apparent harmony with his surrounding
electromagnetic environment such that he feels that he has
reached the threshhold where separation is a possibility. To
facilitate achieving the out-of-body state, Bob Monroe, the
founder of Monroe Institute, is quoted in a recent magazine
article as saying that in order to assist the participant the
particular Hemi-Sync tape concerned with that technique
employs Beta signals of “around 2877.3 CPS.”(cycles per
second). Since 30 to 40 CPS is considered to be the normal
range for Beta brainwave signals, (those associated with the
wakeful state), it is apparent that the Monroe institute is
convinced that the same heightened state of brainwave

frequency output which promotes altered states of
consciousness is also an important consideration in assisting in
achievement of out-of-body states. The actual techniques
employed for separating from the body involve such simple
maneuvers as rolling out, lifting out after the fashion of a
telephone pole wherein the individual separates in a rigid,
headfirst manner, (such that he finds himself standing at
attention at the foot of his physical body) and sliding out
through either end of his body.
32.RoleofREMSleep. It is interesting to note that Bob
Monroe informed the Gateway class that finished 7 May 1983
that an ex-trainer of his operating in Charlottesville, Virginia
found that he could guarantee out-of-body movements by
bringing participants down into a rapid eye movement, (REM)
state of sleep and then use the Hemi-Sync tape technique.

This may well be a function of the fact that most if not all
people reputedly go into an out-of-body state during REM
sleep.
REM sleep is the deepest possible level of ordinary sleep and
involves complete disengagement of the body’s motor cortex
functions from the neck down and nearly complete
suppression of consciousness in the left-brain hemisphere.
The effect of this is to put the body in a state of complete
stillness so far as the skeletal muscle structure is concerned,
thereby further promoting the state of deep rest needed to
eliminate the bifurcation echo. In addition, it leaves the right
hemisphere of the brain free to respond to the instructions and
suggestions contained on the Gateway tape. However, use of
the Hemi-Sync tapes at this point may be less a factor in
actually achieving the out-of-body state than it is a matter of

focusing the brain enough so that a residual memory of having
naturally achieved an out-of-body state is carried into the
waking state. Indeed, it may even be postulated that some
dreams associated with deep levels of sleep are in fact
functions of the same kind of altered consciousness involved
in interaction with the universe that plays a role in all of the
Focus 12, 15 and 21 states described above. The difference
between those states and the condition of the mind in REM
sleep seems to be that the left hemisphere is almost totally
disengaged in the latter experience such that memory of what
was achieved in the altered states of consciousness cannot
usually be retrieved by conscious desire because the left
hemisphere has no knowledge of its existence or its location in
the right hemisphere. Admittedly, some people can be trained
to remember their REM state dreams through intense

conditioning in the waking state but even that may be more a
function of establishing pathways in the right hemisphere
which the left hemisphere can access following reentry into
the wakeful state than it is an indication of any specific left
hemisphere conscious involvement in the process during REM
sleep. In any event, the three apparent conditions required for
voluntarily inducing an out-of-body state in most individuals
seems to be: (1) achievement of a state of profound quiet in the
body such that the bifurcation echo fades and resonance at
approximately 7 Hertz is established, (2) synchronization of the
two brain hemisphere wave patterns, and (3) subsequent
stimulation of the right hemisphere of the mind to attain a
state of heightened alertness, (which, of course, interferes with

brain hemisphere synchronization but not until a sufficient
level of enhanced frequency range has first been established
to help achieve the out-of-body state).
33.InformationCollectionPotential. The information
acquisition potential associated with the out-of-body state
seems to attract the most attention from the standpoint of
developing practical applications for the Gateway technique.
Unfortunately, although the out-of-body state can apparently
be achieved by many people without excessive expenditure of
time or effort, the purposes to which it can be put are currently
limited by the fact that although individuals in that state may
travel anywhere on an instantaneous basis in either the
terrestrial or in other spheres, information distortion in the
former context remains a major concern. To date, according to
one of the trainers at Monroe Institute, numerous experiments

have been conducted involving persons moving from one
coast to the other in the out-of-body state to read a series of
ten computer generated numbers in a university laboratory.
Although most have acquired enough of the digits to make
clear that their consciousness was present none have ever
succeeded in getting all ten correct. This seems to be a
function of the fact that physical reality in the present is not
the only holographic influence which the individual may
encounter in an out-of-body state. There are also energy
patterns left by people or events occurring at the same
physical site being viewed, but from the past rather than the
present. In addition, since thoughts are the product of energy
patterns, and energy patterns are reality, it may also be

possible that individuals encounter thought forms while in an
out-of-body state which mingle with physical reality and are
not easily differentiated.
Finally, as Melissa Jager writes, there is another potential
problem area in the sense that holograms can be viewed
pseudoscopically, that is to say inside out or backwards just as
well as they can be seen in proper perspective. Some of the
distortions occurring may ultimately prove to be traceable to
this cause because in the out-of-body state an individual may
perceive the holographic energy patterns given off by people
or things interacting in time-space reality in a somewhat
distorted form.
34,BeliefSystemConsiderations. In 1967, Alexandra David-
Neel and Llama Yongden wrote a book entitled Secret Oral
Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects, from which the following

quote is taken:
“The tangible world is movement, say the Masters, not a
collection of moving objects, but movement itself. There are no
objects “in movement,” it is the movement which constitutes
the objects which appear to us: They are nothing but
movement. This movement is a continued and infinitely rapid
succession of flashes of energy, (in Tibetan “tsal” or “shoug”).
All objects perceptible to our senses, all phenomena of
whatever kind and whatever aspect they may assume, are
constituted by a rapid succession of instantaneous events.”
The classic description of the universal hologram is to be found
in a Hindu sutra which says:

“In the heaven of Indra there is said to be a network of pearls
so arranged that if you look at one you see all the others
reflected in it.”
I have cited this quotation because it shows that the concept
of the universe which at least some physicists are now coming
to accept is identical in its essential aspects with the one
known to the learned elite in selected civilizations and cultures
of high attainment in the ancient world. The concept of the
cosmic egg, for example, is well known to scholars familiar with
the ancient writings of the eastern religions. Nor are the
theories presented in this paper at variance with the essential
tenets of the Judeo-Christian stream of thought. The concept
of visible reality, (i.e., the “created” world) as being an
emanation of an omnipotent and omniscient divinity who is
completely unknowable in his primary state of being. The

Absolute at rest in infinity is a concept straight out of Hebrew
mystical philosophy. Even the Christian concept of the Trinity
shines through the description of the Absolute as presented in
this paper. The description of energy totally at rest, in infinity
fits the Christian metaphysical concept of the Father while the
infinite self-consciousness resident in that energy providing
the motive force of will to bring a portion of that energy into
motion to create reality corresponds with the Son. This is so
because in order to attain self-consciousness, the
consciousness of the Absolute must project a hologram of
itself and then perceive it. That hologram is a mirror image of
the Absolute in infinity, still exists outside time and space, but
is one step removed from the Absolute and is the actual agent
of all creation, (all reality). And, the eternal thought or concept
of self which results from this self-consciousness serves the

Absolute as the model around which the evolution of time-
space revolves to ultimately attain a reflection of and union
with Him. That thought model, which perfectly reflects the
essence or “spirit” of the Absolute fits the
Christian metaphysical description of the Holy Spirit. Finally,
our description of the universal hologram, the Torus of creation
and evolution is neither new nor original. Its use as the figure of
the universe, of creation developing in evolution is found in
various stylized representations in virtually every religious
system of antiquity, whether of eastern or western derivation.
Whether it’s the stylized labyrinth once popular in the Hellenic
world, the spiralized version of the Hebrew Tree of Life or its
Hindu counterpart, or the Chinese Spiral Through The Fourfold
Powers, the ultimate meaning is the same. Mystics the world
over, it seems, have perceived the universal hologram in the

same spiral form and have incorporated that intuitive
knowledge in their religious writings from antiquity to the
present.
35.LeftBrainLimitations. Twentieth Century physics would
seem to be revisiting insights belonging to mankind as far back
as written records can take us; The only difference is that
Twentieth Century physics is using a left brain, linear,
quantitative style of reasoning to approach the same
knowledge which the mystics of Old apparently acquired in a
holistic, intuitional, right brain style. As a tool in the hands of
our left brain culture, Gateway would seem to be a promising
method for achieving the intuitive, holistic type of interface
with the universal hologram needed to provide the context that
thinkers like Einstein have sought in their labors to discover a
unified field theory in physics. For persons in our profession

whose concerns revolve around strategic issues, tactical
questions and matters of managerial form and system, access
to a new world of intuitive perception and self-reflection would
seem to offer, in the long term, the means by which to know in
a truly objective way. This is so because the self-imposed
limitations to balanced perception and objective logic which
our cultural and personal psychological subjectivity imposes
when we use the strictly left brain thinking style could be
offset by the holistic form of perception associated with altered
states of consciousness. To the extent that we come to
perceive ourselves fully in the context of that portion of the
universal hologram which is the reflection of ourselves, to that
extent we release ourselves from the prison of subjectivity.

36.SelfKnowledge. It was axiomatic to the mystic
philosophers of old that the first step in personal maturity
could be expressed in the aphorism: “Know thyself.” To them,
the education of a man undertook, as its primary step,
achievement of an introverted focus so that he learned what
was within himself before attempting to approach the outside
world. They rightly assumed that he could not effectively
evaluate and cope with the world until he fully understood his
personal psychological balance. The insights being provided by
Twentieth Century psychology in this context through the use
of various kinds of personality testing seem to be a revalidation
of this ancient intuition. But no personality test, or series of
tests, will ever replace the depth and fullness of the perception
of self which can be achieved when the mind alters its state of
consciousness sufficiently to perceive the very hologram of

itself which it has projected into the universe in its proper
context as part of the universal hologram in a totally holistic
and intuitional way. This would seem to be one of the real
promise of the Gateway Experience from the standpoint of its
ability to provide a portal through which, based on months if
not years of practice, the individual may pass in his search to
find self, personal effectuality, and truth in the larger sense.
37.MotivationalAspect. It is a step-by-step procedure
which involves repetitive practice of the techniques concerned,
using each new insight as a means of penetrating farther
during the next practice session. But the rate of progress is so
much faster with the Gateway approach than it is with
transcendental meditation or other forms of mental self-
discipline and its horizons seem to be so much wider that the
discipline needed to practice it would seem to be within the

means of even the impatient, result oriented, skeptical
pragmatist of our society. Unlike yoga and other forms of
eastern mental discipline, Gateway does not require the infinite
patience and total personal subservience to and faith in a
system of discipline designed to absorb all the individual’s
energies over most of a lifetime. Rather, it will begin to produce
at least minimal results within a relatively short time such that
enough feedback is available to motivate and energize the
individual to continue working with it. Indeed, the speed with
which an individual may expect to progress seems less a
function of the number of hours spent practicing than it is a
question of the speed with which he or she is able to use the
insights gained to release anxieties and stresses within both
the mind and the body. These points of energy blockage seem
to provide the principal barriers to achieving the enhanced

energy states and focus of mind needed for rapid progression.
The more compulsive, the more “uptight” the individual may be
at the outset the more barriers he or she will initially encounter
to achieving a deep or immediate experience, but as
the insights begin to come and the blockages begin to dissolve,
the way ahead becomes increasingly clear and the value of
Gateway moves from the status of a matter of intellectual
assessment to one of personal experience.
38.Conclusion. There is a sound, rational basis in terms of
physical science parameters for considering Gateway to be
plausible in terms of its essential objectives. Intuitional insights
of not only personal but of a practical and professional nature
would seem to be within bounds of reasonable expectations.
However, a phased approach for entering the Gateway
Experience in an accelerated mode would seem to be required

if the time needed to reach advanced states of altered
consciousness is to be brought within more manageable limits
from the standpoint of establishing an organization-wide
exploitation of Gateway’s potential. The most promising
approach suggested in the foregoing study involves the
following steps:
A. Begin by using the Gateway Hemi-Sync tapes to achieve
enhanced brain focus and to induce hemisphere
synchronization.
B. Then add strong REM sleep frequencies to induce left
brain quiescence and deep physical relaxation.
C. Provide hypnotic suggestion designed to enable an
individual to induce deep autohypnotic State at will.

D. Use autohypnotic suggestion to attain much enhanced
focus of concentration and motivation in rapidly progressing
through Focus 12 exercises.
E. Then repeat steps A and B following use of the
autohypnotic suggestion that an out-of-body movement
will occur and be remembered.
F. Repeat step E to achieve facility in gaining out-of-body
state under conscious control. Alter hypnotic suggestion to
stress ability to consciously control out-of-body movement
and maintain it even after REM sleep state ends.
G. Approach Focus 15 and 21 objectives, (escape from time-
space and interact within new dimensions) from the out-of-
body perspective.

H. Use multi-focus approach to solve problem of distortion
in terrestrial information gathering trips. This approach
involves the use of three individuals in the out-of-body
state, one viewing the target object here, in time-space,
one viewing it at Focus 15 as it slips into the immediate past,
and one viewing it at Focus 21 as it Slips from the immediate
future. Debrief all three and compare data gathered from the
three points of view. If care is taken to insure that the
three all go out-of-body together, in the same environment,
their consciousness energy systems should resonate in
sympathetic oscillation. They can tune in to the same target
on different planes (dimensions) with greater effectiveness.
I. Encourage pursuit of full self-knowledge by all individuals
involved in the foregoing experiments to enhance objectivity
in out-of-body observation and thinking, and to remove

personal energy blockages likely to retard rapid progress.
J. Be intellectually prepared to react to possible encounters
with intelligent, non-corporal energy forms when time-
space boundaries are exceeded.
K. Arrange to have groups of people in Focus 12 state unite
their altered consciousness to build holographic patterns
around sensitive areas to repulse possible unwanted out-of-
body presences.
L. Encourage more advanced Gateway participants to build
holographic patterns of successful attainment and rapid
progress for advanced colleagues to assist them in
progressing through the Gateway system.

If these experiments are carried through, it is to be hoped that
we will truly find a gateway to Gateway and to the realm of
practical application for the whole system of techniques which
comprise it.
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