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3D blackness (three-dimensional blackness; 3-D blackness) · Accounts & ideas A description of darkness experienced as having depth or space during inward exploration. The archived overview discusses this in its phasing material, including forum-derived descriptions. It is an experiential phrase, not an official test proving that someone has reached a particular Focus level. Usage: Phasing commentary in the archived overview Editorial definition: /terminology#three-d-blackness References: TMI Web Resources 2012 - An Overview of Focus Levels https://archive.org/details/tmi-web-2012-focus-levels Affirmation (Gateway affirmation; more than my physical body) · Practice A statement of purpose or orientation used in Monroe-related practice. The 2000 journal identifies the idea of being more than one’s physical body as a basic affirmation shared across the practices it compares. An affirmation expresses a participant’s starting intention; it is not evidence that the statement has been demonstrated. Usage: Journal discussion of practice Editorial definition: /terminology#affirmation References: Hemi-Sync® Journal 2000-2 (Spring) https://archive.org/details/hemi-sync-journal-2000-2-spring Analytical overlay (AOL; analysis overlay) · Research & perception Interpretation or guessing added to an impression before it is reported, in remote-viewing discussions.

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Mike Turner’s Explorer commentary contrasts observing and reporting with analyzing what an experience must mean. This is his comparison with remote-viewing language, not a verbatim term attributed to the original Explorer speaker. Usage: Mike Turner’s retrospective session commentary Editorial definition: /terminology#analytical-overlay References: Explorers Project Reporter: Mike Turner https://archive.org/details/explorer-reporter-mike-turner Belief System Territories (BST; belief territories) · Accounts & ideas Afterlife environments said to be shaped by shared beliefs, in Bruce Moen’s descriptions of Focus 24–26. Moen contrasts shared communities here with isolation in Focus 23. The term names a feature of his reported map, rather than a judgment about a reader’s beliefs. Usage: Bruce Moen, quoted in the archived overview Editorial definition: /terminology#belief-system-territories References: TMI Web Resources 2012 - An Overview of Focus Levels https://archive.org/details/tmi-web-2012-focus-levels Binaural beats (binaural beat stimulation; BBS) · Programs & audio A perceived beat associated with presenting slightly different tones separately to the two ears. The Gateway report uses a difference-frequency explanation for this audio technique. A 1990 journal abstract reports a study of binaural stimulation and alpha biofeedback. The audio phenomenon and claims about its broader effects should be evaluated separately.