A repeating seven-stage interpretation of Focus 0 through 49 assembled by Daniel Erickson from Miranon/Explorer material, Monroe references, diagrams, exercises, and Erickson's commentary; it is not a standardized Monroe Institute meaning for every integer. Editorial definition: /terminology#miranon-seven-colors References: Focus Levels - Seven Resonant Colors Described by Miranon https://archive.org/details/miranon-focus-levels-erickson Monitor (interviewer) · Basics The person who stays in conversation with an Explorer during a session. The monitor asks questions and records what is reported. The participant’s account, the monitor’s question and a later editor’s explanation are different kinds of material. Editorial definition: /terminology#monitor References: Compiled Explorer Series Transcripts https://archive.org/details/compiled-explorer-series-transcripts-1-32 Monroe Sound Science (MSS) · Programs & audio A later name for Monroe audio methods, described here through a secondary source. A later umbrella label for Monroe audio technology and methods; the currently promoted direct citation is Erickson's secondary description and should not be treated as an independent mechanism finding. Editorial definition: /terminology#monroe-sound-science References: Focus Levels - Seven Resonant Colors Described by Miranon https://archive.org/details/miranon-focus-levels-erickson Nonverbal communication (NVC; non-verbal communication; direct knowing) · Accounts & ideas
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Communication experienced as direct understanding without translating it into spoken words, in Explorer accounts. An Explorer session explicitly names NVC while discussing knowing without language. This is the archive’s experiential use of the term, distinct from everyday gesture and body language. Usage: Explorer session dialogue Editorial definition: /terminology#nvc References: Explorer GLS Audio Files & Transcripts https://archive.org/details/gls-explorer-files Out-of-body experience (OBE; OOBE) · Basics An experience of awareness or perception seeming to occur outside the physical body. This describes the reported experience. The term by itself does not establish where consciousness is located or how the experience occurs. Editorial definition: /terminology#obe References: TMI Web Resources 2012: An Overview of Focus Levels https://archive.org/details/tmi-web-2012-focus-levels Patterning · Practice Using thought and feeling to imagine a desired condition or outcome. A Gateway technique that uses directed thought and feeling toward desired physical, emotional, or intellectual objectives. Editorial definition: /terminology#patterning References: (TMI-ARMY Files) 1983 - Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process https://archive.org/details/1983-analysis-and-assessment-of-gateway-process Personal Resources Exploration Program (PREP; Personal Resources Exploration; PREP session) · Programs & audio
An individually supported lab session using customized audio and verbal guidance from a facilitator. The 2011 journal’s editorial note describes a secluded listening space and computer-generated sound tailored to the participant. It identifies PREP as part of Guidelines and as available to Gateway graduates at that time. A participant’s accompanying account is separate from that program description. Usage: Individual lab session · journal editorial definition Editorial definition: /terminology#prep References: TMI Journal 2011-1&2 (Winter/Spring) https://archive.org/details/tmi-journal-2011-1-2-winter-spring Phasing · Basics Shifting the focus of awareness away from ordinary physical sensory experience. The archived overview describes phasing as a metaphor for changing the focus of consciousness. It helps explain why later Monroe material need not describe movement in a second body. Editorial definition: /terminology#phasing References: TMI Web Resources 2012: An Overview of Focus Levels https://archive.org/details/tmi-web-2012-focus-levels Positive Immunity (Positive Immunity program; AIDS Circle) · Programs & audio A historical Hemi-Sync-based support program for people living with HIV/AIDS, discussed in professional-seminar material.