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r i g i d , h e a d fi r s t m a n n e r ( s u c h t h a t h e fi n d s h i m s e l f s t a n d i n g a t a t t e n t i o n a t t h e
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foot of his physical body) and sliding out through either end of his body.
3 2 . Role of REM Sleep. It is interesting to note that Bob Monroe informed the
Gateway class that finished 7May 1983 that an ex-trainer of his operating in
Ciiarlottesville, Virginia found that he could guarantee out—of—body movements by
bringing participants down into arapid eye movement(REM) state of sleep and then
use the Hemi-Sync tape technique, This may well be afunction 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, T h e e f f e c t o f
this is to put the body in astate 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, H o w e v e r, u s e o f t h e H e m i - S y n c t a p e s a t t h i s p o i n t
may be less afactor in actually achieving the out-of-body state than it is a
matter of focusing the brain enough so that aresidual 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 arole 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. A d m i t t e d l y, s o m e p e o p l e c a n b e t r a i n e d t o r e m e m b e r t h e i r R E M s t a t e
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 a n y
specific left hemisphere conscious involvement in the process during REM sleep, I n
any event, the three apparent conditions required for voluntarily inducing an
out-of-body state in most individuals seems to be: (1) achievement of astate of
profound quiet in the body such that the bifurcation echo fades and resonance at
approximately 7Hertz is established, (2) synchronization of the two brain
hemisphere wave patterns, and (3) subsequent stimulation of the right hemisphere
of the mind to attain astate of heightened alertness(which, of course, interferes
w i t h b r a i n h e m i s p h e r e s y n c h r o n i z a t i o n b u t n o t u n t i l a s u f fi c i e n t l e v e l o f e n h a n c e d
f r e q u e n c y r a n g e h a s fi r s t b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d t o h e l p a c h i e v e t h e o u t - o f - b o d y s t a t e ) .
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associated with the out-of-body state seems to attract the most attention from the
standpoint of developing practical applications for the Gatewray technique.
U n f o r t u n a t e l y, a l t h o u g h t h e o u t - o f - b o d y s t a t e c a n a p p a r e n t l y b e a c h i e v e d b y m a n y
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 amajor
c o n c e r n . To d a t e , a c c o r d i n g t o o n e o f t h e t r a i n e r s a t M o n r o e I n s t i t u t e , n u m e r o u s
experiments have been conducted involving persons moving from one coast to the
other in the out-of-body state to read aseries of ten computer generated numbers
i n a u n i v e r s i t y l a b o r a t o r y. A l t h o u g h m o s t h a v e a q u i r e d e n o u g h o f t h e d i g i t s t o
make clear that their consciousness was present none have ever succeeded in getting
all ten correct. This seems to be afunction of the fact that physical reality in
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t h e p r e s e n t i s n o t t h e o n l y h o l o g r a p h i c i n fl u e n c e w h i c h t h e i n d i v i d u a l m a y
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
p a t t e r n s , a n d e n e r g y p a t t e r n s a r e r e a l i t y, i t m a y a l s o b e p o s s i b l e t h a t i n d i v i d u a l s
encounter thought forms while in an out-of-body state which mingle with physical
reality and are not easily differentiated. F i n a l l y, a s M e l i s s a J a g e r w r i t e s , t h e r e
is another potential problem area in the sense that holograms can be viewed
p s e u d o s c o p i c a l l y, t h a t i s t o s a y i n s i d e o u t o r b a c k w a r d s j u s t a s w e l l a s t h e y c a n
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
m a y p e r c e i v e t h e h o l o g r a p h i c e n e r g y p a t t e r n s g i v e n o ff b y p e o p l e o r t h i n g s
interacting in time-space reality in asomewhat distorted form.
3 4 . B e l i e fI nS y s t 1
em9 6C7o,n s i dAe rl aet xi oanns d
. ra David-Neel and Llama Yo n g d e n
w r o t e a b o o k e n t i t l e d S e c r e t O r a l Te a c h i n g s i n T i b e t a n B u d d h i s t S e c t s , f r o m w h i c h
the following quote is taken:
"The tangible world is movement, say the Masters, not acollection 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.
T h i s m o v e m e n t i s a c o n t i n u e d a n d i n fi n i t e l y r a p i d s u c c e s s i o n o f fl a s h e s o f
e n e r g y ( i n Ti b e t a n " t s a l " o r " s h o u g " ) . A l l o b j e c t s p e r c e p t i b l e t o o u r s e n s e s ,
all phenomena of whatever kind and whatever aspect they may assume, are
constituted by arapid succession of instantaneous events."
The classic description of the universal hologram is to be found in aHindu sutra
which says:
"In the heaven of Indra there is said to be anetwork of pearls so arranged
t h a t i f y o u l o o k a t o n e y o u s e e a l l t h e o t h e r s r e fl e c t e d i n i t . "
Ihave 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
b e i n g . T h e A b s o l u t e a t r e s t i n i n fi n i t y i s a c o n c e p t s t r a i g h t o u t o f H e b r e w
m y s t i c a l p h i l o s o p h y. E v e n t h e C h r i s t i a n c o n c e p t o f t h e Tr i n i t y s h i n e s t h r o u g h t h e
d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e A b s o l u t e a s p r e s e n t e d i n t h i s p a p e r. T h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f e n e r g y ’
t o t a l l y a t r e s t , i n i n fi n i t y fi t s t h e C h r i s t i a n m e t a p h y s i c a l c o n c e p t o f t h e F a t h e r
w h i l e t h e i n fi n i t e s e l f - c o n s c i o u s n e s s r e s i d e n t i n t h a t e n e r g y p r o v i d i n g t h e m o t i v e
force of will to bring aportion 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 ahologram of
itself and then perceive it. That hologram is amirror image of the Absolute in
i n fi n i t y , s t i l l e x i s t s o u t s i d e t i m e a n d s p a c e , b u t i s o n e s t e p r e m o v e d f r o m t h e
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
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Absolute as the model around which the evolution of time-space revolves to
u l t i m a t e l y a t t a i n a r e fl e c t i o n o f a n d u n i o n w i t h H i m . That thought model, which
p e r f e c t l y r e fl e c t s t h e e s s e n c e o r " s p i r i t " o f t h e A b s o l u t e fi t s t h e C h r i s t i a n
metaphysical description of the Holy Spirit, F i n a l l y, o u r d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e
universal hologram, the To r u s 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 a n t i q u i t y, whether of eastern or western derivation. Whether its the
stylized labyrinth once popular in the Helenic world, the spiralized version of the
Hebrew Tree of Life or its Hindu counterpart, or the Chinese Spiral Through The
F o u r f o l d P o w e r s , t h e u l t i m a t e m e a n i n g i s t h e s a m e . M y s t i c s t h e w ' c r l d o v e r, i t
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.
3 5 . L e f t B r a i n L i m i t a t i o n s . Tw e n t i e t h C e n t u r y p h y s i c s w o u l d s e e m t o b e r e v i s i t i n g
insights belonging to mankind as far back as written records can take us.' The only
difference is that Twentieth Century physics is using aleft brain, linear,
quantitative style of reasoning to approach the same knowledge which the mystics of
old apparently acquired in aholistic, intuitional, right brain style. As atool
in the hands of our left brain culture. Gateway would seem to be apromising 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
l a b o r s t o d i s c o v e r a u n i fi e d fi e l d t h e o r y i n p h y s i c s . F o r p e r s o n s i n o u r
profession whose concerns revolve around strategic issues, tactical questions and
matters of managerial form and system, access to anew world of intuirive
p e r c e p t i o n a n d s e l f r e fl e c t i o n w o u l d s e e m t o o f f e r , i n t h e l o n g t e r m , t h e m e a n s b y
w h i c h t o k n o w i n a t r u l y o b j e c t i v e w a y. T h i s i s s o b e c a u s e t h e s e l f - i m p o s e d
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