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This level will be visited by those who have died. This is the white light they see as they pass through
the tunnel shortly after death. The majority of those who have passed will be assigned to one of the six
higher levels from here. Higher-level entities travel through this level to greet and escort loved ones or
to return to the physical plane.
Like a moth to a flame, energetic entities' desire and fascination with the physical plane can be
overwhelming. F22 through F27 are the six levels that exist to satisfy desires and heal the spirit's
attachment to the physical world. You have a one-of-a-kind opportunity as an explorer to safely observe
these levels and witness the effects of attachments to the physical plane.
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Focus Level 22
Color blue, Geometry: Horizontal. A belief system territory. Most entities encountered here are
comatose and sleeping. Some are perhaps still physically alive but in an unconscious state. These
include people in comas, drug-induced states, who are dreaming, who are insane or deranged.
When I've had a particularly difficult day, I meditate and then go to F22, where I click out and sleep.
It's very peaceful and relaxing. A state of security in which the conscious is learning and testing to feel
safe and understand how this level works. Those who identify with the physical may find themselves
descending, unaware that they can fly. The explorer, on the other hand, will ascend because it has been
trained to enter and exit F22 at will.
Transcending F22 will require all these previous skills. Also, remember that meditation is practice, not
the real thing. You are safe to practice and explore. F22 introduces us to the beginning of the belief
systems that can be defined as attachments. In the most simple way of looking at it, an attachment is
what you think you love. You may think this idea or this material object is a part of you or is you. You
fear that by losing the attachment, you will lose a part of who you are or your attachment to life.
While F22 is thought to be a comatose state, it can also be where the mind goes to escape.
People reach this level by using drugs, but also by numbing the mind through automatic behavior.
Why do we need to escape to a place of the dead if life has so
much to offer?
Also found here are the lurkers. Those who just sit on the
sidelines and watch life pass by. In Tom Campbell's Theory of
Everything (TOE), these are referred to as non-player
characters, or NPCs. They live inside a small ego bubble of
routine expectations and attachments. They believe they will
die with their bodies until their last days, when they realize
death is imminent. Then they will grasp at anything to believe
and attach to any device as a savior, never realizing this is the
very thing that keeps them here in F22.
It is interesting that, traditionally, the state near death is referred to as descending into the ground, so it
is associated with the underworld, yet the experience of meditation is ascending. I suppose that for
someone who has never faced their fear, this place would be very scary. Those who identify with the
physical may descend, not realizing they can fly. An Egyptian reference to this state is: "Enter the
underworld with a heart as light as a feather." Maat's test. The spiritual aspect will ascend because it
can enter and leave F22 at will. Remember, you are conscious and alive. You can learn these things
now. Have mercy, be of service to others, forgive, and have a light heart.
Session 3
Bob Monroe 13:17 “At what level for example, when one passes from this physical matter
existence, what is the next level that one moves to?”
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SHE 13:43 “It will depend on what one is ready for. Normally you would move to level 22.”
(This is clarified in Miranon session 6 SHE 38:01 “Levels 22 through 28 are your bridge.
They are the levels that you enter upon death.”)
Bob Monroe 13:55 “Can you describe level 22 for us?”
SHE 14:04 “It is time in which to say purposes for which you have lived are brought out. In
which you decide where you will go from there. It is time to begin anew.”
Bob Monroe 14:42 “Then level 22 is not necessarily one of pure energy such as 46?”
SHE 14:51 “There is a closer tie between 22 and your plane. It is not a place of pure
energy. It is a place of light.”
Bob Monroe 15:27 What choice is... Or what election may one have from level 22? You
indicated that there is a choice. What choices are available to an entity at that stage at
level 22?
SHE 16:11 “You would have before you a spectrum of choices as varied as that as the rays
of the sun.”
Bob Monroe 16:28 “Is one such choice to return again to physical matter existence at this
earth level?”
SHE 16:39 “If that is your wish. There are some beings that have to do that.”
Bob Monroe 16:49 “What is the factor that would force a being to do this?”
SHE 16:59 “If there is a mission that he has had that is not accomplished; he must return.”
Bob Monroe 17:09 “Is that his own decision that the mission is not accomplished or is that
decision made for him?”
SHE 17:26 “That is all one and the same. There is a knowing.”
Bob Monroe, in an interview about the LifeLine course taught at Monroe Institute elaborates further
about F22.
“Well, 22, we label as a state that is not post-mortem, this is the place where the dreams
are worthy. Anything that is not full consciousness in time space, occurs in 22. And as you
can see, all the drug addicts are there, all the alcoholics are there, and people unconscious
from some injury.”
An insight is that this level is blue. That means it is a consensus reality state like what we experience as
physical reality. In the previous blue state, F8, we learned that we could move, that we are not slow
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movers like plants and the elements. In F15, we learned we could fly, not only physically but with our
imagination. That we are capable of innovation and creative thought. In F22, we are learning that we
are more than our physical body and that our awareness of being will survive physical death.
Focus Level 23
Color red, Geometry: A horizontal layer where
natural awareness of moving to a higher plane is
not obvious. Bob said this is where the "New
Goners," those who recently passed, will first
arrive. They are still attached to the physical but
see the other side. It is easy for them to form
attachments and believe that they are the
attachment. Any entity encountered at this level
is independent and typically alone. This is belief
territory. The entity forms a mirror image of the
previous level that they were aware of. For them,
F23 is a place that conforms to their outer reality
states and their expectations. The locale contains
human inhabitants who are no longer physically
alive and have become "stuck" for one reason or
another. Often, they are confused about or unaware of their deaths. To find them, you often have to see
them in their reality. You may have to shape-shift to appear as something they expect to see. Many of
them attempt to maintain contact with the physical world and remain around familiar people or places.
F23 is the gateway to the unconscious and shelled universe. These are the ones we call "ghosts." Focus
23 inhabitants are stuck because they are unable to leave through their own resources. The range of
their free-will choices is extremely narrow. They are typically alone and completely isolated from
communication with other humans. This can occur through the circumstances of their death or habitual
patterns of thinking prior to death.
F23 is a place where you can go fishing for these lost entities. "Fishing for the lost." This is an
interesting thing to explore. The reason is that the soul stretches and contracts. These lost parts are not
lost, but they are hidden from your waking consciousness. The metaphor of fishing is good because it
makes a line for the concept to form an attachment and bring it into awareness. When you recover
something from these areas, take them to F27 to be healed and fully recovered.
F23 New Goners, still attached to the
physical but see the other side.
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Focus Level 24
Color yellow, Geometry: Horizontal. This level transverses the middle of the previous two levels. It can
reach directly into other spheres where your mind is more coherent, synchronized, and balanced. Bob
called this level an "inner reality state."
It is also a part of the belief territory. People here are not isolated but live in groups. All inhabitants of a
specific territory are in contact with all others sharing their beliefs. People from all eras and places who
have accepted and subscribed to various premises and concepts are among the residents. Contact with
anyone who holds opposing beliefs is rare. In this case, free will choices are limited to those that
conform to the dominant beliefs. Some appear to be heaven, while others appear to be hell. Each one is
rigidly structured around the beliefs and expectations of the inhabitants. The majority of the areas are
mundane, with little challenge or disruption from normal human activity. It is very easy to slip into this
focus level and believe you live here.
When I pass through this level, I see yellow lilies being gently
swept through a large glass of water. For the traveler, this is a
place to experience from the outside, looking in. It is best to think
of it as a museum exhibit. Remember all the while that you are the
observer, not the exhibit. An insight to discover here is that even
when an entity escapes the confines of the systems in F24, they
are still in F24 just outside of the shelled universe because they
are limited in their creative thought. The yellow flowers in a glass
of water, for example. If you think like a plant and manage to get
out of the glass, then what? You realize you are not a plant. When
you are stuck in F24, you have to realize you are not a human.
You are a spirit. Do you see that it might be best to learn these
things while you are conscious? Then you can just avoid this level. Think of it as avoiding rush hour in
the city. You could go there and get stuck for a while, but if you have a choice, why go there?
There are a few things to understand moving past F28. I'm introducing you to this next transition
because I'll have to explain a few things about conscious energy after F28. As a gift I'll also introduce
you to the emitter and advanced focus levels.
As we approach F28, we will be leaving the Earth-based energy systems.
What this means is that most of what is written after F28 is going to be
new and should be viewed as my own interpretation of the focus levels.
At F28, the physical universe is no longer being accessed. Therefore,
what is experienced in these focus levels is a symbolic representation
used to record something experienced in these higher levels. To access
this level, you have to pass through a physical barrier and then through
an emitter. The emitter is used to project the physical universe into
existence. See Bob Monroe, "Ultimate Journey," Chapter 15.
Bob wrote of a barrier in his book “Journeys out of the Body” p.65.
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“On one non-physical excursion, I was speeding through nothing back to the physical with
everything apparently well under control. Without warning, I rammed into a solid wall of