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What are Focus Levels?
During the Gateway course, participants who are listening to Monroe Institute meditations are
introduced to focus levels. Level one is the current waking state of the meditator referred to in this
document, as the "explorer." After a meditation, the explorer is returned to the same focus level where
they started. Focus levels two through nine are not initially given any significance other than a stair
step used to wade into a pool of water. The first level at which the explorer enters a different state of
consciousness is focus level ten, described by Robert Monroe, Bob, as "mind awake, body asleep."
Focus ten is the explorer's first experience of associating internal imagery with a change in brain
frequency induced with the use of Monroe Sound Science. This is the core skill learned in Gateway,
which is to be able to change the brain's frequency or mental state while maintaining an awakened
mind so you can remember the experience. This skill opens the "gateway" to exploring a subjective and
typically ineffable experience. The focus levels allow for a common language to express this meditative
experience between explorers.
These are the four pillars upon which Bob Monroe designed his courses: technology, language,
methodology, and community. In each of these pillars the focus levels play an important role.
• Monroe Sound Science technology uses “frequency following” to guide the brain. The
technology trains the brain by listening to a sound frequency and correlating it with an internal
image and a focus level.
• The language used to express the experience uses a focus level as a point of reference for a type
of experience associated with a specific frequency. In this way, an explorer can say, "I went to
focus ten," and another explorer can instantly know the general conditions of that mental state.
• The methodology Bob developed over time is demonstrated in the many courses the Monroe
Institute provides to hone in on specific skills needed to achieve the mental state of higher focus
levels. The practical value of the methodology is that it can be taught in a course, and the
meaning of the content is left to the explorer. Explorers are empowered and guided to have a
personal experience.
• Support staff, physical and virtual campuses, and explorers make up the community. This
community aspect of the experience is critical to learning the skill required for a gateway
experience. Often, the explorer will find it difficult to recall anything from their meditation.
When a trainer or another explorer shares their experience, it can aid the explorer's recall of the
meditation's events. The explorer then establishes a waking link to their memory and associates
it with a focus level. Explorers are encouraged to write about their adventures, which aids
memory retention.
At focus levels fifteen through twenty-one, the explorer is introduced to the resonant colors described
by Miranon. Bob, in one meditation, mentions the blue of focus fifteen and proceeds to move through
the seven resonant colors, ending at the white of focus twenty-one. The purpose of this document is to
assemble the information presented by Miranon and reveal a deeper understanding of the focus levels.
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Who is Miranon?
Miranon is the consciousness that provides data about the focus levels and the seven resonant colors to
Bob Monroe while he is monitoring Explorer sessions with Shay Ellsworth, also known as Leona. Each
explorer was assigned a code that resembled their initials. Leona is known as "SHE" in the Explorer
Tapes. SHE is sometimes referred to as "Explorer Six" because she is the sixth tape in the Monroe
Archive's "Explorer" series.
Miranon and Leona shared the same consciousness during the Lemurian period in Earth history. A
being's psychic abilities were enhanced at that time. As Miranon describes in Session 4, dated
10/15/1975, this capability was abused, resulting in a schism or splintering of the being1 between Leona
and Miranon.
Miranon gives an example of Leona in a previous life demonstrating this talent.
“When she lived with me in Lemuria, she developed very strong talents. She could think of
a person, and they would do whatever it was she wanted them to do. Or they would be
however she wanted them to be. She used this with a small child. The child was ill, and she
willed the child to be well. The child became well.”
Miranon tells us how the splintering with Leona happens.
“As she shared with the child what she had done, then the child used her thoughts to bring
great harm upon Leona. At that point a separation occurred between Leona and me
[Miranon], because Leona then willed harm upon that child and the child died. She must
remember that all thoughts that she has with other people must be for their good. And that I
mean only good for her.”
Miranon states the need for a positive affirmation.
“It is important for her to say over and over again that she herself is in perfect health. It is
important for the people that she works with that they say they are in perfect health.
Because your thoughts are real. But what you say and what you think are real. She says she
is ill. She is ill. But she is in perfect health.”
Miranon, an advanced consciousness who has ascended to higher focus levels, only to returns to Leona
at a rose level because she is a spiritual splinter of his being. To move Miranon forward, all of the lost
parts2 must be found and reintegrated to form a complete being full of gifts. One of the important
functions of resonant colors is the ability to heal and become a complete being.
Leona was not the only explorer who was able to communicate with Miranon. While having an Out of
Body Experience (OBE), Bob had numerous direct encounters with Miranon, as did other explorers.
The Miranon story is compelling because it provides insight into Bob Monroe's early years and the
programs he developed. Miranon had such an impact on the Monroe Institute's development that Bob
named a nearby lake "Miranon."
1 The “splintering” will later be referred to as the formation of an ego bubble caused by trauma during the rejection of a
life lesson at a blue level.
2 The “lost parts” are the gifts needed to become a complete being capable of sustaining itself through the emitter.
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The Seven Resonant Colors Relative to Focus Levels
Initially, we understand the focus levels in terms of the significant changes in states of being. Such as
focus level 1 (F1) being waking reality and focus level 10 (F10) being the mind awake and the body
asleep. The focus levels between F1 and F10 are just used to facilitate the transition between the two
states. The explorer imagines walking into the gentle surf of the ocean. With each step, the water rises
to a higher part of the body, starting at the feet and ending at F10, with the head submerged under the
water but perfectly able to breathe.
This greater role of the resonant colors are introduced in this transcript of a meditation voiced by Bob.
"Now in Focus 15, reach out and explore. You're free. Reach out and explore. You are free
to send out questions and receive answers. You are free to find communication and
information you may desire. You are free. I will call you, and you will hear and respond
when this free flow period is concluded. Begin now. Now, from focus 15, from focus 15
you're going to move through the colors to the white of focus 21. The white of focus 21,
which is a bridge to the energy systems. A bridge that can allow you to experience other
realities. Move now to a pattern of blue in focus 15. Beyond the blue. Beyond the blue of 15
to an expanded 15. Do this now, and I will join you there beyond the blue of 15. Now, from
beyond the pattern of blue in 15, move to a bright pattern of red in focus 16. Think of and
move through the brilliant pattern of red on the other side of focus 16. Do this, and I will
join you there beyond the red. Move now to focus 17. To move to 17, all you have to do is
think of and move beyond a bright, bright yellow. Move to the bright yellow pattern of
focus 17. Do this, and I will join you there. Now you will move on to focus 18. Think of a
pattern of rose. Soft pink rose. Move through this pattern of rose to focus 18 on the other
side. Move through the rose. Do this, and I will join you in focus 18. You will move now to
focus 19. You see a brilliant pattern of green. A brilliant pattern of green. Move through a
brilliant pattern of green to focus 19. Move through a brilliant pattern of green to focus 19.
Do this, and I will join you there. Now you will move to focus 20. All you have to do is think
of a rich pattern of purple and move through it to focus 20. Move through the purple
pattern to the other side. Do this, and I will join you there. Now from focus 20, you will
move to the other side to the white of focus 21. Focus 21, where you can learn to visit other
energy systems, other realities. Focus 21 the bridge. The bridge that allows you to visit and
return from a realm beyond physical experience. Perceive a bright, shining pattern of
white. A bright pattern of white. The sum of all the colors. Now move into the white of focus
21. Move into the white, the sum of all the colors, to focus 21, and I will join you there.
Now in focus 21. Now in focus 21. Observe, explore, perceive, and experience. Remain