consciousness is focus level ten, described by Robert Monroe, Bob, as "mind awake, body asleep." Focus ten is the explorer's first experience of associating internal imagery with a change in brain frequency induced with the use of Monroe Sound Science. This is the core skill learned in Gateway, which is to be able to change the brain's frequency or mental state while maintaining an awakened mind so you can remember the experience. This skill opens the "gateway" to exploring a subjective and typically ineffable experience. The focus levels allow for a common language to express this meditative experience between explorers. These are the four pillars upon which Bob Monroe designed his courses: technology, language, methodology, and community. In each of these pillars the focus levels play an important role. • Monroe Sound Science technology uses “frequency following” to guide the brain. The technology trains the brain by listening to a sound frequency and correlating it with an internal image and a focus level. • The language used to express the experience uses a focus level as a point of reference for a type of experience associated with a specific frequency. In this way, an explorer can say, "I went to
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focus ten," and another explorer can instantly know the general conditions of that mental state. • The methodology Bob developed over time is demonstrated in the many courses the Monroe Institute provides to hone in on specific skills needed to achieve the mental state of higher focus levels. The practical value of the methodology is that it can be taught in a course, and the meaning of the content is left to the explorer. Explorers are empowered and guided to have a personal experience. • Support staff, physical and virtual campuses, and explorers make up the community. This community aspect of the experience is critical to learning the skill required for a gateway experience. Often, the explorer will find it difficult to recall anything from their meditation. When a trainer or another explorer shares their experience, it can aid the explorer's recall of the meditation's events. The explorer then establishes a waking link to their memory and associates it with a focus level. Explorers are encouraged to write about their adventures, which aids memory retention. At focus levels fifteen through twenty-one, the explorer is introduced to the resonant colors described
by Miranon. Bob, in one meditation, mentions the blue of focus fifteen and proceeds to move through the seven resonant colors, ending at the white of focus twenty-one. The purpose of this document is to assemble the information presented by Miranon and reveal a deeper understanding of the focus levels. 5 Who is Miranon? Miranon is the consciousness that provides data about the focus levels and the seven resonant colors to Bob Monroe while he is monitoring Explorer sessions with Shay Ellsworth, also known as Leona. Each explorer was assigned a code that resembled their initials. Leona is known as "SHE" in the Explorer Tapes. SHE is sometimes referred to as "Explorer Six" because she is the sixth tape in the Monroe Archive's "Explorer" series. Miranon and Leona shared the same consciousness during the Lemurian period in Earth history. A being's psychic abilities were enhanced at that time. As Miranon describes in Session 4, dated 10/15/1975, this capability was abused, resulting in a schism or splintering of the being1 between Leona and Miranon. Miranon gives an example of Leona in a previous life demonstrating this talent. “When she lived with me in Lemuria, she developed very strong talents. She could think of