Wave VII, Voyager, runs from the bridge to the afterlife levels The publisher says Wave VII (Gate 7) is based on the Institute's Lifeline program and focuses on being of service to self and others, with journeys to Focus 21 and Focus 23 through 27, which relate to afterlife states, and an aim of guiding people to a reception center. Exercises: Explore Total Self, Intro to Focus 23, Intro to Focus 25, Intro to Focus 27, Retrieval and Messages From Beyond. In a 2019 interview on its release, Honeycutt called Lifeline a graduate workshop for Gateway Voyage alumni. What Monroe said you meet first beyond it In a radio interview, asked about other worlds and other beings, Monroe said the first thing you encounter in the non-physical states of being is the belief system territories, where a person is attracted automatically after exit because the setting is familiar, and where the various religions each have a belief system. Beyond the bridge, the descriptions shift from states of awareness toward places and their inhabitants. The 1983 Army report called it the future
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Lt. Col. Wayne McDonnell's 1983 Army assessment titles its section Focus 21: The Future, calling it the last and most advanced Gateway state, like Focus 15 but aimed at the future rather than the past, and probably attainable only after long meditation or sustained work with the tapes. Gateway participants who have read the report note that their programs described Focus 21 as a bridge between worlds, not as the future. Robert Monroe: “Now, from Focus 15, from Focus 15, you're going to move through the colors to the white of Focus 21. The white of Focus 21, which is a bridge to the energy systems. A bridge that can allow you to experience other realities. Move now to a pattern of blue in Focus 15. Beyond the blue. Beyond the blue of 15 to an expanded 15.” (Focus Levels - Seven Resonant Colors Described by Miranon — Focus Levels- Seven Resonant Colors Described by Miranon.pdf) “Focus 21, which your caller referred to, we call a bridge to other energy systems, to other non-physical realms where people can perhaps visit or gather information or get in touch with larger parts of themselves, or perhaps some people consider them things outside themselves.” (Art Bell, Dr. Robert Monroe & Skip Atwater - Out of Body Experience - Black Screen - Interview Only, 2025-07-15)
Scott Taylor: “Focus 21 is the bridge state, that meeting place between the physical and non-physical worlds. And here it's all about communication. It's about now being in a place where communication can happen between physical and non-physical bodies. … We're talking about loved ones, people who have been physical or never have been physical.” (The Relationship Between NDEs and OBEs. Scott Taylor at Monroe Institute) “And Focus 21 is the bridge state. … It's the last vibratory state before you leave this physical universe. And so what happens is that those people who are non-physical, they'll lower their vibratory rate. We raise ours up to the bridge state, and it's here that we can connect. So, we can connect with dead relatives, entities that have never been human.” (How the Gateway Voyage Can Transform You) Eben Alexander: “And because I remember kind of asking on the way in, I just wanted some clue about the path I was on. Implication being that it's right path, wrong path, irrelevant, or something, but I just wanted some clue. And floating off of the white marble bridge at Focus 21 into the mist, and I kind of came down into this cafe dug in the side of the gorge.” (Eben Alexander MD Q&A at TMI Professional Seminar 2012.mp4)