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.
Usage: Gateway explanation and archived research abstract Editorial definition: /terminology#binaural-beats References: (TMI-ARMY Files) 1983 - Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process https://archive.org/details/1983-analysis-and-assessment-of-gateway-process; Hemi-Sync® Journal 1990-2 (Spring) https://archive.org/details/hemi-sync-journal-1990-2-spring Biofeedback (alpha biofeedback) · Research & perception Using measurements of bodily activity as feedback while learning to influence that activity. The 1990 research abstract describes visual feedback about alpha brainwave activity and compares it with audio stimulation. Biofeedback supplies a measured signal; a participant’s report of a Focus level is a different kind of evidence. Usage: Archived experimental abstract Editorial definition: /terminology#biofeedback References: Hemi-Sync® Journal 1990-2 (Spring) https://archive.org/details/hemi-sync-journal-1990-2-spring; (TMI-ARMY Files) 1983 - Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process https://archive.org/details/1983-analysis-and-assessment-of-gateway-process Clicking out (click out; click-out; memory gap) · Practice In exercise reports, a period the participant cannot consciously remember afterward.