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Gateway practices
Gateway →
- What is the Gateway Experience?
- What is the difference between the Gateway Experience, Gateway Voyage and Gateway Voyage Online?
- How many Waves are there, and do I have to take them in order?
- Is the Gateway Experience mainly about out-of-body experiences?
- Is the Gateway Experience safe?
- What do people actually experience?
- Is the CIA Gateway Process document the same as the Gateway Experience?
- Does the Gateway Experience have scientific support?
Patterning →
Color breathing →
- What is color breathing in the Gateway Experience?
- How do I do color breathing?
- What does the 1983 Army report say about color breathing?
- Which colors should I use, and what does each one do?
- Is color breathing the same as color therapy or looking at colored light?
- Does color breathing really heal the body?
- Do I need to be in Focus 12 to do color breathing?
Resonant tuning →
The Resonant Energy Balloon →
- What is the Resonant Energy Balloon (REBAL) in the Gateway Experience?
- How do I build the REBAL step by step?
- What is the REBAL for, and does it really protect me?
- When do I use the REBAL during a Gateway session?
- Can I use the REBAL outside Gateway sessions?
- Do I need to see the balloon clearly for it to work?
- Where did the REBAL come from?
The Energy Conversion Box →
- What is the Energy Conversion Box in the Gateway Experience?
- How do I do the Energy Conversion Box step by step?
- What should I put in the Energy Conversion Box?
- Do I lose my worries for good when I put them in the box?
- Why is the Energy Conversion Box the first step in Gateway?
- What if I cannot visualize a box?
The Gateway affirmation →
- What is the Gateway Affirmation?
- What are the words of the Gateway Affirmation?
- Do I have to say the affirmation out loud?
- Why does every Gateway session start with an affirmation?
- Do I have to believe I am more than my physical body to use Gateway?
- Who is the Gateway Affirmation asking for help?
- Where did the Gateway Affirmation come from?
Clicking out: a gap in recall →
Problem solving in expanded awareness →
The Energy Bar Tool →
- What is the Energy Bar Tool?
- How do I make and use the Energy Bar Tool?
- What does the 1983 Army report say about the Energy Bar Tool?
- Is the Energy Bar Tool the same as remote viewing?
- Does the Energy Bar Tool heal the body?
- Why do I fall asleep during the Energy Bar Tool exercise?
- Can I use the Energy Bar Tool without the recording?
The Living Body Map →
- What is the Living Body Map?
- How do you do the Living Body Map exercise?
- What did the 1983 Army report say about the Living Body Map?
- What do I need to do before the Living Body Map?
- Is it normal to fall asleep during the Living Body Map?
- What do people report from the Living Body Map?
- Can the Living Body Map heal illness?
Starting the Gateway tapes →
- Which Gateway tape should I start with?
- What do I need before I start listening?
- How often should I listen, and when do I move to the next album?
- What if I fall asleep or nothing seems to happen?
- How should I keep a journal for these sessions?
- Do I need to take Gateway Voyage first, or can I start at home?
The Gateway waves →
- What are the Gateway Experience waves?
- In what order should I use the Gateway albums?
- Which wave teaches patterning, remote viewing and the out-of-body feel?
- Are there seven Gateway waves or eight?
- Do I need to attend the Gateway Voyage to use the albums?
- What is the difference between Discovery and Threshold?
Monroe's out-of-body techniques →
- How did Robert Monroe leave his body?
- What are the roll-out and lift-out techniques?
- What is the best time of night to try?
- Does the Gateway Experience teach you to leave your body?
- How long does it take to have a first out-of-body experience?
- Why do I wake up the moment I feel it starting?
- What should I do if I get scared partway through?
Release and Recharge →
Manifestation and patterning →
The Gateway Experience and meditation →
Common concerns about the Gateway tapes →
- Is the Gateway Experience dangerous?
- Can you get stuck out of your body?
- What if I get scared during a session?
- Who should not use the Gateway tapes without advice?
- Why do I keep falling asleep, and is that a problem?
- Will everyone have the same experience?
- What should I do if a session leaves me feeling strange?
Recording and remembering your experiences →
- Why can't I remember what happened during the Gateway tapes?
- Should I keep a Gateway journal?
- How did Monroe's lab record what Explorers experienced?
- What is the best way to remember a session?
- Can I recover what happened when I clicked out?
- Should I write down my experience before reading about other people's?
Free Flow exercises →
Big ideas
The CIA Gateway document →
- What is the CIA Gateway document?
- Why was the Army looking at Gateway in 1983?
- What does the Gateway report actually say?
- Does the report prove that Gateway works or that reality is a hologram?
- Why did the CIA Gateway document go viral?
- Does the report tell you how to leave your body or time travel?
- Where can I read the original?
Explorer sessions →
- What were the Monroe Institute Explorer sessions?
- Who were the Explorers, and can anyone become one?
- Where can I listen to the Explorer tapes?
- Who was the monitor in an Explorer session?
- Were drugs used in Explorer sessions?
- Did Monroe believe the Explorers were really contacting other beings?
- How are Explorer sessions different from the Gateway Experience tapes?
Out-of-body experiences →
- What is an out-of-body experience?
- How did Robert Monroe's first out-of-body experience happen?
- Is an out-of-body experience the same as astral projection?
- Do I need an out-of-body experience to get anything from Gateway?
- Is it dangerous, and can you get stuck outside your body?
- Has science shown that out-of-body experiences are real?
Phasing →
- What is phasing in the Monroe Institute's terms?
- Is phasing the same as an out-of-body experience?
- Is phasing real physics or just a metaphor?
- How does phasing relate to the Focus levels?
- What is the discriminator circuit?
- Did phasing replace the idea of a second body?
- Are daydreaming and sleep really forms of phasing?
The holographic model →
- What does the Gateway report mean by hologram?
- Does the report say we live in a simulation or that reality is fake?
- How does the hologram connect to Hemi-Sync and Gateway?
- Who were Bentov, Pribram and Bohm?
- Is the holographic universe scientifically proven?
- How does the hologram explain time travel, patterning and out-of-body perception?
ROTE and nonverbal understanding →
Nonverbal communication in Explorer accounts →
The monitor's role in an Explorer session →
- What does the monitor do in an Explorer session?
- Was Monroe always the monitor?
- What happened if an Explorer got into trouble in the booth?
- How did the monitor bring an Explorer back?
- Did the monitor's questions shape what Explorers said?
- Do I need a monitor to explore consciousness myself?
- Is an Explorer monitor the same as a remote viewing monitor?
Miranon →
The vibrations →
The second body →
Locale I, II and III →
Loosh →
I-There and the Total Self →
The M Band →
The Absolute and the cosmic egg →
Does it work? Research and skepticism →
The Earth Life System →
INSPECs: the intelligent species →
OBEs, astral projection and lucid dreams →
- What is the difference between astral projection and an out-of-body experience?
- Is a lucid dream the same as an out-of-body experience?
- Why did Robert Monroe stop calling it astral projection?
- Can you go out of body from a lucid dream?
- How can I tell if it was an out-of-body experience or just a dream?
- Does the Gateway Experience teach astral projection or lucid dreaming?
Past lives in Monroe's accounts →
Fear and the out-of-body experience →
Guides and helpers →
Near-death experiences and Monroe's work →
- Is an out-of-body experience the same as a near-death experience?
- What did Robert Monroe say about the tunnel and the light?
- Can Hemi-Sync recreate a near-death experience?
- What is a shared death experience?
- Did people connected to the Monroe Institute have near-death experiences?
- Do near-death experiences prove there is life after death?
The missing page 25 →
Remote viewing
Stargate & remote viewing →
- What was Project Stargate?
- How is the Monroe Institute connected to Stargate?
- What happened in the 1984 Mars remote viewing session?
- Did the government conclude that remote viewing works?
- How is remote viewing different from the Gateway Experience or an out-of-body experience?
- Can I learn remote viewing at the Monroe Institute?
Coordinate Remote Viewing →
- What is Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV)?
- Is controlled remote viewing the same as coordinate remote viewing?
- Who created CRV, and what was Ingo Swann's role?
- What are the six stages of CRV?
- Why does CRV use coordinates, and does the viewer know where the target is?
- Did the Monroe Institute and Hemi-Sync play a part in the Army's CRV training?
Extended Remote Viewing →
Why blinding matters in remote viewing →
- What does double-blind mean in remote viewing?
- What is frontloading, and why do remote viewers avoid it?
- Why can't the monitor know the target?
- Does a sealed envelope make a remote-viewing session double-blind?
- How did the Monroe Institute run double-blind remote-viewing trials?
- Were the government's remote-viewing sessions really double-blind?
Analytical overlay: impression or interpretation? →
- What is analytical overlay (AOL) in remote viewing?
- How do remote viewers recognize when they are doing it?
- What do remote viewers do when analytical overlay shows up?
- Is analytical overlay the same as imagination?
- Do expert viewers still struggle with analytical overlay?
- How can I practice telling an impression from an interpretation?
Feedback and evaluating a remote-viewing report →
- What is feedback in remote viewing?
- Why do remote viewers need feedback?
- How were remote-viewing sessions scored or judged?
- How accurate is remote viewing?
- What did the CIA's 1995 evaluation of remote viewing conclude?
- Can remote viewing work without feedback?
- How can I fairly check my own remote-viewing results?
SRI and the origins of remote viewing →
Gondola Wish to Star Gate: the program names →
The 1984 Mars session →
The Army and Hemi-Sync →
States of awareness
Focus 3: the first shift →
Focus 10 →
Focus 12 →
Focus 15: the experience of no time →
Focus 21 →
Focus 22: outside ordinary waking awareness →
Focus 23 and retrieval accounts →
The Belief System Territories →
- What are the Belief System Territories in the Monroe Institute's Focus levels?
- Are the Belief System Territories heaven and hell?
- Do the territories apply only to religious beliefs?
- How does anyone get out of a Belief System Territory?
- Why do people call them BS territories?
- Which Gateway or Lifeline exercises cover Focus 24 to 26?
- Do I have to believe in the Belief System Territories for this model to be useful?
Focus 27: reception, learning and assistance →
- What is the Park in the Monroe Institute's Focus 27?
- What does Focus 27 feel like, and who do people meet there?
- Which Gateway exercises and programs take you to Focus 27?
- Did Robert Monroe meet his wife in the Park?
- Is Focus 27 heaven?
- Is there any proof that Focus 27 exists?
- What is the difference between Focus 23, Focus 24 to 26 and Focus 27?
The Gathering: Focus 34–35 →
- What is the Gathering in the Monroe system?
- Is the Gathering Focus 34 or Focus 35?
- Why are the beings at the Gathering said to be there?
- Can I get to the Gathering with the Gateway tapes?
- What do people report finding at the Gathering?
- Is the Gathering the same as the UFO fleet in YouTube videos?
- Is it safe to try to contact nonhuman beings at Focus 35?
The Interstate: Monroe's map of Focus levels →
Sound & programs
Hemi-Sync: audio and attention →
Binaural beats →
Spatial Angle Modulation →
Metamusic: music with Hemi-Sync →
Guidelines: beyond Gateway →
Lifeline and helping others →
Human Plus and function commands →
Gateway Voyage →
- What actually happens during the Gateway Voyage?
- What is a CHEC unit?
- Will I have an out-of-body experience at the Gateway Voyage?
- How is the Gateway Voyage different from doing the Gateway Experience tapes at home?
- What if nothing happens, or the week brings up strong emotions?
- Do I need the Gateway Voyage before other Monroe Institute programs?
- Is Gateway Voyage Online the same as the residential program?
Exploration 27 →
Starlines →
Brain waves: alpha, theta and delta →
Going Home →
People & places
Robert Monroe →
The Monroe Institute →
- What is the Monroe Institute?
- Where is the Monroe Institute, and what is the campus like?
- When was the Monroe Institute founded, and who ran it after Bob Monroe died?
- What programs does the Monroe Institute offer?
- What research does the Monroe Institute do?
- Do I have to believe anything to attend a Monroe Institute program?
- Is the Monroe Institute connected to the Army or the CIA?
Joe McMoneagle →
Skip Atwater →
- Who is Skip Atwater?
- What was Skip Atwater's role in Stargate?
- How did Skip Atwater connect the Army with the Monroe Institute?
- What did Skip Atwater do at the Monroe Institute?
- Did Skip Atwater think remote viewing could be taught?
- Was the Gateway Experience created for the Army's remote viewing program?
Tom Campbell and the Monroe lab →
- Who is Tom Campbell, and how did he come to work with Robert Monroe?
- What did Tom Campbell and Dennis Mennerich do in Monroe's lab?
- Did Tom Campbell help invent Hemi-Sync?
- Why did Tom Campbell leave the Monroe lab?
- How is Tom Campbell's My Big TOE connected to Robert Monroe's work?
- Were the early lab experiments scientific?
Bruce Moen and afterlife exploration →
William Buhlman →
Nancy "Scooter" McMoneagle →
Laurie Monroe →
Charles Tart →
- Who is Charles Tart and what is his connection to Robert Monroe?
- What did Charles Tart's lab studies of Monroe show?
- Did Tart prove that Monroe left his body?
- Who was Miss Z in Charles Tart's research?
- Did Charles Tart coin the term "out-of-body experience"?
- How did Charles Tart help publish Journeys Out of the Body?
- What did Charles Tart think of Monroe and Hemi-Sync later on?
Whistlefield, Roberts Mountain and the New Land →
Books & records
Journeys Out of the Body (1971) →
- What is Journeys Out of the Body about?
- Why did Bob Monroe write Journeys Out of the Body?
- How does Journeys Out of the Body describe Locale I, II and III?
- Is Journeys Out of the Body a true story?
- Should I read Journeys Out of the Body before doing the Gateway tapes?
- Which Monroe book should I read first?
- Does Journeys Out of the Body teach you how to have an out-of-body experience?
Far Journeys (1985) →
Ultimate Journey (1994) →
- What is Ultimate Journey about?
- How does Ultimate Journey describe the I-There?
- What is the Park in Ultimate Journey?
- Did Nancy Monroe's death inspire Ultimate Journey and Lifeline?
- What is a retrieval?
- Why does Monroe say we keep reincarnating?
- Should I read Ultimate Journey before Lifeline or Gateway Wave VII?