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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. Consciousness in Perspective. 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
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accummulated 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. Gateway Method, 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-Sync Introduced. 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 threshhold 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.
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30, Advanced Techniques. 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
this 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 scalls 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, mathmatics, 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 accomodate 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.
Cc. Color Breathing. The next technique is called color breathing and is
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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 affectuality 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