The Park is Monroe's name for a reception center in Focus 27 where, in his account, people who have died can rest and decide what to do next. He told Art Bell he was escorted there in the 1960s, calling it a way station where people cool off from the trauma of dying. In a Monroe Institute video he said it looked like a park created by human minds before recorded history and has nothing religious about it. Participants describe parklike surroundings, though Skip Atwater cautions that the physical picture is a convenience and the reality may be more a process than a place. Why did Robert Monroe create Lifeline? Monroe gave two linked reasons. He had been escorted to the Park in the 1960s and, after researching it, wanted others to become familiar with the route from Focus 23 to Focus 27. And his wife Nancy was ill, so he wanted to be sure that if she died he could find her and be with her. A.J. Honeycutt, her son, believes the first Lifeline was in June 1991, during her long illness, and says Bob wanted a new plateau for Gateway voyagers and an environment where people could consider that they have access to other energy systems and beings outside the physical life system. Do I have to see dead people or do retrievals to take Lifeline?
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No. Nancy McMoneagle says some participants end up seeing people who have passed on, but you do not have to do that in Lifeline, and the Institute's description says participants may connect with guides and may reunite with loved ones, not that they will. She describes the program as being for people interested in being of service, where participants learn to enter different states so they can help people who are stuck. A.J. Honeycutt adds that the environments were designed without dogma or judgment, so each person makes their own space there, and presences you meet can turn out to be aspects of yourself. What do I need before taking Lifeline, and can I try it at home? You need to complete Gateway Voyage first, in its residential, virtual or online form, then apply and be approved. Lifeline is also one of the programs that qualify graduates for Exploration 27. To sample the territory at home, the Gateway Experience album Voyager is, in its publisher's words, based on the Monroe Institute's Lifeline program. It covers service to others and Focus 23 through 27, including guided work with people who have died. The residential week adds trainers and a group. Anyone with a history of seizures, auditory disorders or adverse mental health conditions should consult a physician first.
Ultimate Journey: Monroe's last book, published in 1994, reports on the early Lifeline sessions: attendees came from varied backgrounds, all were graduates of earlier programs, and nearly all said they could visit the reception center, the Park. It also lists the Focus levels, placing the belief system territories at 24 through 26 and the Park at 27. References: Hemi-Sync® Journal 1990-4 (Fall) https://archive.org/details/hemi-sync-journal-1990-4-fall; Hemi-Sync® Journal 1994-4 (Fall) https://archive.org/details/hemi-sync-journal-1994-4-fall; Lifeline: the Monroe Institute's program page https://www.monroeinstitute.org/products/lifeline; Gateway Experience: publisher’s program guide (Voyager) https://hemi-sync.com/gateway-experience/; 2002 Professional Seminar: The Application of Hemi-Sync in a Medical Setting (Skip Atwater) https://archive.org/details/2002-skip-atwater-audio; Hemi-Sync Journal 2002-4 (Fall) https://archive.org/details/hemi-sync-journal-2002-4-fall