Hemi-Sync® Journal 2002-4 (Fall)

--- PAGE 1 (OCR) --- Vol. XX Fall2002. No. 4 A Research and Educational Publication of The Monroe Institute HEMI-SYNC: A HEALING OF THE self IN THIS ISSUE HEMI-SYNC: A HEALING OF THE self Gary Chaikin, MD, has included Hemi-Syne in therapy sessions for years. Dr. Chaikin is accustomed to entering the Hemi-Syne Focus states with his patients. During therapy sessions, he and his clients frequently share experiences that defy logical explanation, His determined quest to understand the meaning of such occurrences set Dr. Chaikin on a path that led inexorably to profound self-healing. ANALYZING RESULTS FROM THE REMOTE VIEWING PRACTICUM ... ‘Twenty-four double-blind, independently judged, v remote-viewing trials were conducted and analyzed during the first REMOTE VIEWING PRACTICUM. Stephen Graf, PhD, discusses the results of that analysis and its implications for remote-viewing training. by Gary Chaikin, MD Dr. Gary D. Chaikin is a 1982 graduate of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He completed a psychiatric residency in the United States Air Force at Wilford Hall Medical Center; Texas, in 1986. Dr. Chaikin is cur- rently employed at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, as director of psychiatric education. He is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and supervises numerous psychotherapists, He attended the GATEWAY VOYAGE in October 1999 and joined the Professional Division at that time. Dr. Chaikin has a special interest in the applications of an integral psy- chology and is assisting clients to handle difficulties in their lives and evolve their awareness through a biopsychosocial model. Recently be has begun to incorporate altered states of consciousness into that model. Dr. Chaikin can be contacted by e-mail af lighteningrod@starband.net Many times in therapy I’ve said, “You need an ego to get on the bus; and then it will be your ego that will keep you from getting off the bus.” What I’m alluding to is our identification of self with mind or ego, while forgetting larger Self or Spirit. Ken Wilber, in his Spectrum of Consciousness model (Wilber 1996; Chaikin 2001) speaks of an evolution of awareness from body to mind to soul to spirit. In this article I will be examin- ing the evolution of the therapist’s ego toward a deeper con- nection with the transpersonal soul. This process will be referred to as a “healing of the self.” The self, for the majority of people, has been narrowly defined as an identification with their personas (Wilber 1979): the collected, socially agreed-upon, mental images of their experiences. Soul or Self is a trans-egoic bridge linking Psyche to Spirit, called essence by Stephen Wolinsky (1994). Healing, then, is the discovery of, and journey through, the Gateless Gate, to Unity Consciousness or Spirit. The primary boundary between self and not-self must be transcended and included by the process of “moving the ego out of the driver's seat” and telling it to “go to the back of the bus,” because “egos are very good at balancing checkbooks but are lousy at know- ing who you really are.” Healing, then, is finding the connec- tion or relationship to all, or “going through a door of discov- ery” and finding that I art Thou. In my article “Enhanced Intuitive Psychotherapy” © 2002 The Monroe Institute 62 Roberts Mountain Road, Faber, VA 22938 434/361-1252 --- PAGE 2 (OCR) --- HEMI-SYNC® JOURNAL (Chaikin 2001), the therapeutic process of utilizing Hemi- Sync in work with clients was elucidated. A movement of awareness from moral to ethical initially occurred. A signifi- cant fear at this juncture is the loss of one’s morality, of becoming immoral in net effect. This does not transpire because the process is again one of transcending and includ- ing. Once an ethical platform had been achieved, participants wanted to move to the next step, connecting with Spirit. Yet, here again, fear is encountered as ego loses even more control. The self questions the rationality of trans-egoic logic. But rea- son is not forfeited; instead it is integrated, given its place— one could say synchronized. Through this work I began to notice my-self growing exponentially. This was important for three reasons. First, as a psychiatrist, I knew that statistically we had the highest sui- cide rate of any profession. It ‘was my opinion that the reason for this was that many of us had entered the field of mental health looking for answers to our own emotional questions. Upon becoming professionals, though, we were cut off from our quest, putting aside our own needs in service of our clients. Here at last was an opportunity to restore the process of healing. Second, through my training it became apparent that when working with clients I could “only take them as far as I had been myself.” The limiting factor in treatment most of the time was not the client’s limitations but my own lack of personal growth. Third, the spiritual path was my disposition and is ultimately everyone's way. If healing is a transcending and including connection between mind and spirit, how does Hemi-Sync lead to a heal- ing of the self? The answer lies in the concept of the develop- ment of a practice. If “experience is the truth, the same thing believed is a lie” (Erhard 1973), then to know Absolute Truth ‘we must connect with our own Essence. A “practice” has been described as being like a recipe for baking a chocolate cake (Wilber 1996). No one can adequately tell you what a choco- late cake tastes like, but if you mix together eggs, flour, butter, chocolate, etc., and pour the mixture into a pan, bake it, and then eat a slice, you will know what a chocolate cake tastes like. This is what a practice does. It is an experiential method to connect with soul or the deeper layers of who we are. In “Enhanced Intuitive Psychotherapy,” I illustrated how the use Through the use of hemispheric synchronization, the care provider is transformed from ego psychologist to spiritual counselor, a techno-shaman. of Hemi-Sync and its shifts in consciousness (Focus states) “provides a much-needed connection to spiritual essence” (Chaikin 2001). Because therapist and client are experiencing the same states of consciousness, it is possible to enhance the psy- chotherapeutic process, and each session provides the oppor- tunity to take steps along the spiritual path for both partici- pants. What started as a development in therapy becomes a practice. Through the use of hemispheric synchronization, the care provider is transformed from ego psychologist to spiritu- al counselor, a techno-shaman. Hemi-Sync is a gateway to a place of no boundaries, beyond time and space. You can dis- cover that you are not a thing (nothing), and move past the threshold of human limitations, finding freedom in being “more than your physical body.” The same skills and tech- niques that the care provider uses with clients can then be employed in his or her self- healing. Healing, though, is different from being cured (Carse 1986). To be healed is to become whole, while to be cured is to become functional. It has been said that all is energy; therefore, all is one. Spirituality is an inquiry into one’s energetic nature. I’ve fre- quently told a depressed client, “To have energy, you have to use energy.” Most of our clients, not to mention the providers themselves, are run- ning on empty. We barely have enough personal power to do the basic processes involved in living in ordinary reality (Sanchez 1995). Consequently, a sig- nificant part of beginning a practice is the tracking of the self and the reclaiming of the energy to be used in the process of transcendence (Eagle Feather 1998), becoming whole, con- nected, without boundaries. There are many ways to remove energetic obstacles and reclaim our energy or pieces of our self. Preference probably depends on our experiences and level of awareness. Jungians examine the shadow, while Toltecs recapitulate and use tech- niques like not-doing to build their impeccability. My predilection is for a quantum psychology approach (Wolinsky 1994) in which identity and the observer are realized to be of the same energy as Essence (Void) and therefore intracon- vertible or reabsorbable. Quantum psychology is a form of psychotherapy devel- oped by Stephen Wolinsky, PhD, in which, if everything is --- PAGE 3 (OCR) --- Fall/Winter 2003 made of the same energy, it follows that the client’s subjective reality reflects an underlying unity with the universe. A quan- tum approach to consciousness provides an experiential path- way (practice) by which one can begin to perceive and relate to a universe in which the “facts” of observer-created realities and the inherent interconnectedness of all things are recog- nized and experienced (Wolinsky 1993). This is accom- plished with progressive exercises, which assist the individual to see how our experience is observer-constructed and can be deconstructed through the same observer processes. Identity, self, is seen as a set of deep trance phenomena that can be assimilated, thus allowing discovery of what is behind them. Boundaries between foreground and background disappear and all is experienced as Self, Void, or Essence. However, what matters most is not the method or content but the state of consciousness commensurate with the practice. As has been well documented, mystical sensibility parallels Hemi- Sync’s Focus states (Atwater 1999). Spiritual acumen accom- panies this kind of state-dependent learning. As previously noted, the work commences with a practice to oust identity/persona/ego from the driver's seat. I initially employed Locale I, Focus 10 and Focus 12 (GATEWAY EXPERIENCE, Wave I, Release and Recharge, or METAMU- SIC), while recapitulating or doing quantum psychology exer- cises (Wolinsky 1993, 1994). More recently, my work while reabsorbing identity has extended into explorations in Locale II, Focus 21 and 27 (GATEWAY EXPERIENCE, Wave VII, Free-Flow 21, and LIFELINE). As this transformation pro- ceeds, a connection through Soul to the Higher Self begins to become more evident. Many names have been given to this unfolding: the Toltecs speak of connecting with intent or burn- ing with the fire from within, the kabbalists of cleansing the vessel, and The Monroe Institute of exploring other energy systems. Energy body training (Bruce 1999), contact with guides, and education about chakras is of particular assistance at this juncture. Practices utilizing the GATEWAY EXPERI- ENCE, Wave VIL, and the OPENING THE HEART series have been of significant benefit. The final level for this section of the path of finding out who you are—of becoming whole— engages issues surrounding prior lives, soul retrievals, and Dolphin Energy. So far my exploration has involved the GOING HOME series and the residential LIFELINE pro- gram. It must be made clear though that the steps are often not orderly, and of themselves are not always sufficient for progress to occur. Growth is punctuated with peak experiences and even regression at times. Yet, through practice, the spiritual Self is continually experienced. Nothing is wasted; all leads to a method that allows the therapist to help him- or herself while helping others; is this not why most of us chose our professions in the first place? To illustrate this healing journey of discovery, the experi- ences of client and provider will be highlighted. The key ques- tion that kept coming to mind in the therapeutic process, often unbidden, was “and what am I supposed to do with sis?!” The first encounter I would like to share involves a client we have seen before, G.V. (Chaikin 2001); now a fifty-two-year-old female, with insulin-dependent diabetes and a history of stroke that caused a mild decrease in concentration and vision. She was originally seen for depression due to job stress. She had made exceptional progress by working with the