THE MONROE INSTITUTE

Gateway to the
Human Mind

Going Out of Body and Other

Expanded States

Gateway to the
Human Mind:
Going Out of Body and
Other Expanded States.

Copyright 2015 The Monroe Institute

All rights reserved. No reproduction, copying, or transmission of this
publication may be made without written permission from the copyright
holder.
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Foreword

We are masters of ourselves, but not at the conscious

level.
- Robert Monroe
Bob Monroe hated computers.
He didnt understand them, didnt trust them. He saw computers as a
necessary evil at best. He was an engineer at heart, if not by trade, who took
great delight in acquiring old audio tech at auctions and sales, figuring it
would someday come in handy. We still have remnants of that stockpile. He
also had one of the earliest electronic superscript synthesizers, which he
used to create music accompaniment for Hemi-Sync exercises.
But computers were not his friend. You have to remember, this was back in
the late 1980s. The World Wide Web was just gearing up. On one occasion,
after listening to an Institute staer extoll the benefits of the Internet, Bob
directed him to,Print me a copy of everything on the Web and Ill take a look
at it.
Were Bob here today, I think he would be thrilled to witness the publication
of TMIs first e-book, Gateway to the Human Mind: Going Out of Body and
Other Expanded States. His hearts desire was to provide his discovery, the
unique and powerful Monroe tools and technologies, to people in every
corner of the globe for the purpose of expanding the uses

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and understanding of human consciousness. His final admonition

If you are intrigued by the notion of discovering your unlimited

was to Get it out there!

self, you will enjoy this e-book.

And so we are.

With a warm welcome,

This e-book is designed to introduce you to Monroe technologies

and the power of brainwave entrainment on consciousness,
behavior, thought, and emotion. Robert Monroe and Nancy Penn
Monroe, the Institutes founders, established The Monroe Institute
(TMI) to further the exploration of consciousness, expanded
awareness, and discovery of self through technology, education,
research, and development.

Nancy H. McMoneagle
President, Executive Director

TMI provides experiential educational programs facilitating the

personal exploration of consciousness. During the last 40+ years,
tens of thousands of people have attended the Institutes
residential and Outreach programs, and millions have benefited
from our educational materials.
The Monroe Institute is a nonprofit organization devoted to the
premise that focused consciousness contains definitive solutions
to the questions of human experience.

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Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

You Are More Than Your

Physical Body.

Chapter 1

Introduction
What is consciousness, beyond the dictionary
definition?

You are more than your physical body.

Consider for a moment, that You, the essence of You,

Ultimately, of course, we can only know consciousness

are more than your physical body. Now imagine there

from our own experience. Robert Monroe offered what

existed a method for expanding your consciousness

is perhaps the broadest definition:

far beyond the confines of your physical body. Where

We are expressions of energy. Consciousness is

focused energy. Energy focused is exponential.
Consciousness is a form of [focused] energy at
work.
That pragmatic view of consciousness is precisely the
basis on which The Monroe Institute was established.
For Monroe, the What is it? question evolved into
How can I use it? and ultimately, How can I teach
others to use it? Therein lies the intention and
purpose of TMI.

would this take you? What revelations would you

have? What if there lay the answers to Who you are,
Where you are, and perhaps, Why you are?
What we know about human consciousness today is
only a fraction of what perhaps human consciousness
could be. Robert Monroe, a trailblazer in the field of
consciousness exploration, gifted the world with the
creation of a specialized technology to help humans
explore the borders, or edges, of consciousness as we
know it.

Monroes commitment to educating those interested in

the benefits of expanded awareness led him to develop
Hemi-Sync. Hemispheric-Synchronization, or HemiSync, is a powerful audio guidance technology that
leads you from the physical waking state into deep
relaxation, states of expanded awareness, and
ultimately, into unexplored dimensions of
consciousness.

Chapter 2

THE BEGINNING

The greatest illusion is

that mankind has
limitations.

Chapter 2

The Beginning
Robert Monroe was a successful and distinguished
business executive, dedicated family man, and noted
pioneer in the investigation of human consciousness.
He invented Hemi-Sync and founded The Monroe
Institute, a worldwide organization dedicated to
expanding the uses and understanding of human
consciousness. TMI is still to this day the foremost
educational campus on the exploration of
consciousness.
In the 1950s, Monroe became interested in the

body. These spontaneous experiences altered the

course of Monroe's life forever.

possible connection between nonverbal audio

Monroe began to experiment and research what he

patterns and brainwave rhythms. He often used

was experiencing. He chronicled his early out-of-body

himself as a test subject for this research. In 1958, he

explorations and published them in his book,

began having "out-of-body experiences," or states of

Journeys Out of the Body. Monroes report of his

consciousness separate and apart from the physical

experiences drew the attention of a wide range of

professionals from scientists to doctors and engineers.

Monroe and a team of researchers began to develop a
technology to induce and control these
consciousness-expanding experiences. This research
led to the creation of an easy-to-use audio guidance
technology known as hemispheric synchronization or
Hemi-Sync.

reality. In 1994, he published Ultimate Journey, a book

that explores the essential truths about the meaning
and purpose of life and also examines what lies
beyond the limits of our physical world. Monroe died in
1995, at the age of 79. His legacy continues today and
has touched the lives of literally millions of people all
around the world.

Throughout the next 20 years, Monroe continued to

explore, research, and teach others about expanded
states of human consciousness and experiential ways
to enhance human potential. He created a series of
programs that allow participants to personally explore
realms beyond physical time and space, built an
institute for teaching and research, and created a
portfolio of audio exercises designed to focus
attention, reduce stress, improve meditation, enhance
sleep, and manage pain, among other applications.
In 1985, he published Far Journeys, an expansion
upon his personal explorations of the nonphysical
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Chapter 3

BRAINWAVES
AND STATES OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
We may consider the
physical body as a tuning
mechanism through
which the human mind
can operate in physical
consciousness.

Chapter 3

Brainwaves & States of Consciousness

Did you know that the human brain is the most

The right hemisphere of the brain is considered more

sophisticated living structure known in the world?

visual and intuitive, processing information in a

The brain, as you aware, is the literal nerve center of

simultaneous way. Right-brain thinking is typically

the body, controlling all of its highly complex

functioning. The extent of the brains capabilities are
not yet fully known. The human brain is a mystery
whose solution is a focus of the worlds top
neuroscientistS. Each hemisphere handleS
information dierently.
The brain is divided into right and left hemispheres.
The left hemisphere is viewed as more verbal and
analytical, processing information sequentially. Leftbrain activity is typically associated with rational and
logical thought.

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associated with emotion and creativity. Both

hemispheres are complementary and function
optimally when they work together.
While traditionally it was thought that the right and left
brain hemispheres performed unique functions,
scientists now believe that much brain activity is not
necessarily hemispheric-specific. Nevertheless, the
right-brain/left-brain model serves as a convenient
metaphor.
Scientists can measure electrical activity generated by
the brain in the form of nerve impulses, or brainwaves.
Brainwave frequency is measured in Hertz, or cycles
per second, andis divided into bands delineating slow,
moderate, and fast waves.
BRAINWAVE ENTRAINMENT
Monroe technologies, known to produce profound
eects in listeners' experiences, comprise of audio
stimulation techniques based on two fundamental,

naturally occurring auditory phenomena: frequency

following response (FFR) and binaural beat stimulation.
By using FFR and binaural beat specific frequencies,
then stacking, blending, and sequencing them
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throughout the duration of an exercise, targeted states

of awareness can quickly and easily be achieved.
Monroe technologies, while powerful, are noninvasive.
You can choose whether or not to allow the signals to
influence you.
Best of all, brainwave entrainment occurs. Over time,
the brain learns to reproduce the signals without the
use of Hemi-Sync or Spatial Angle Modulation
(SAM) recordings. Monroe described Hemi-Sync as
tantamount to training wheels on a bicycle.

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Chapter 4

TECHNOLOGY TO
EXPAND YOUR
CONSCIOUSNESS
Reality is that which is
perceived.

Chapter 4

Technology to Expand Your Consciousness

HEMI-SYNC

SPATIAL ANGLE MODULATION

Hemi-Sync uses complex, multilayered audio signals,

Spatial Angle Modulation (SAM) is an audio

which act together to create a resonance, a frequency

technology designed to evoke beneficial states of

following response, in the brain that is reflected in

consciousness through the application of carefully

unique brainwave forms characteristic of specific

designed sound patterns. Many listeners report

states of consciousness. The result is a focused,

achieving deep states of relaxation, heightened clarity,

whole-brain state known as hemispheric

and expanded awareness that seem to be beyond the

synchronization, or Hemi-Sync, in which the left and

physical world experience.

right hemispheres are working together in a state of

coherence.

Through adjustment of the phase relationships

associated with sounds presented to the left and right

Hemi-Sync signals are used to help guide the listener

ears, listeners perceive a sound source moving

into targeted states of consciousness, from deep

through space. Listeners also hear a modulation or

relaxation and super alert and aware states to

change in tone as the sound source makes an arc.

exceptional human experiences (EHEs).

The frequency of this modulation supports specific

states of consciousness in a variety of combinations.

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Chapter 5

FOCUS LEVELS

We are expressions of
energy. Consciousness is
focused energy. Energy
focused is exponential.

Chapter 5

Focus Levels
Where exactly is consciousness found? Is it in the
body? Or out-of-body?

PHASING
The term phasing comes to us from physics. Phasing

Over the course of Monroes experimentation, he

conceptualizes consciousness as a waveform that

discovered a quick-switch mechanism, an ability to

can be either aligned or nonaligned with physical

move quickly from one location of consciousness to

reality. For example, when we are 100% phased into

another. In doing so, he believed that going out-of-

the physical we are considered perfectly aligned with

body was not an accurate description of his

normal physical waking reality. Monroe referred to this

experience. He felt that consciousness was never

as C-1 consciousness or primary phasing. As

really in the body to begin with. Instead, all

consciousness moves further from the physical, (and

experiences deemed altered states, meditation,

the senses) consciousness is said to phase into other

OBEs, and astral projection, among others, are

levels. Monroe technologies use binaural beats to

simply states of consciousness focused in particular

influence brainwave patterns in the listener, facilitating

ways and at varying degrees from the physical.

the experience of various levels of consciousness.

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Monroe developed a series of signposts, which he

Focus 3 - Increased Mental Coherency and

called Focus Levels, to describe certain distinctive

Balance

levels of awareness through which our consciousness

shifts when expanding beyond the physical body. It is
important to realize these Focus Levels are merely
signposts identifying the state of consciousness one is
in.

Focus 1 - Full, Physical Waking Consciousness

Also known as C-1,orthe level of awareness in which
most of us experience our normal, waking livesthe
everyday ordinary reality of the physical world in which
we live. This is the level of consciousness one learns
to move beyond during the Gateway Voyage and other
TMI programs.

This level is ones first exposure to the concept and

technology of Hemi-Sync, where the participant
reaches a states of relaxation and increased
awareness.

Focus 10 - Mind Awake/Body Asleep

This is the level at which the physical body is asleep
but the mind is awake and alert. Consciousness is fully
retained without dependence upon signals from the
physical body. Conceptual tools are developed that
the participant may use to reduce anxiety and tension,
for healing, for remote sensing, and for establishing
resonance with other individuals. In Focus 10, much
like the dream state, we learn to think in images rather
than in words.

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Focus 12 - Expanded Awareness

Focus 23 - New Goners

This is a state where conscious awareness is

The locale containing human inhabitants who are no

expanded beyond the limits of the physical body.

longer physically alive and have become stuck for

Focus 12 has many dierent facets, including

one reason or another. Often they are confused about

exploring nonphysical realities, decision making,

or unaware, of their deaths. Many attempt to maintain

problem solving, and enhanced creative expression.

contact with the physical world around familiar people

or places.

Focus 15 - No Time
The state of No Time is a level of consciousness that

Focus 24, 25, 26 - Belief System Territories

opens avenues of the mind oering vast opportunities

These areas contain afterlife expressions of spiritual

for self-exploration beyond the constraints of time and

traditions in human history. Inhabitants of a specific

place.

territory are with others who share their beliefs.

Freewill choices here are restricted to only those
compatible with the prevailing belief systems.

Focus 21 - Other Energy Systems

This level oers the opportunity to explore other
realities and energy systems beyond what we call
time-space-physical-matter.
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further aspects of Self, expanded memory, and

Focus 27 - The Park

An afterlife area created by noncorporeal humans.

integration of the multidimensional Self.

Included are centers of activity providing for the needs

of human beings in their continuing development in the
afterlife, such as education, life review, healing and
regeneration, planning, and many others.

Focus 49
This state, described by Monroe as an Infinite Sea of
Bonded I-There Clusters, provides access to higher
order guidance, The Cluster Council.

Focus 34, 35 - The Gathering

As described by Monroe in his book, Far Journeys,
The Gathering is a state that allows communication
with intelligences gathered to observe happenings on
Earth. In addition, this state facilitates the gathering of
aspects of the total I-There.

Focus 42
A state of consciousness facilitating awareness of the
larger I-There Cluster, and recognition/reclaiming of
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Chapter 6

AREAS OF
EXPLORATION

The only way you can

accept and know this
extended reality is to
experience it yourself.

Chapter 6

Areas of Exploration
The Monroe Institute was created to teach individuals

journey. TMI has programs to support your personal

to explore altered states of consciousness, tap into

awakening.

their highest potential, and, ultimately, expand

themselves as human beings living happier, more
fulfilled lives.
There are many opportunities to explore the power of
brainwave entrainment on your mind-bodyconsciousness, on your behavior, thoughts, and
emotions. TMI oers 5-day, 6-night, as well as
weekend-long, residential training programs designed
to help you use the uniquely eective tools and
technologies for exploring expanded states of
awareness. Each program is facilitated in a safe,
eective, caring environment. Highly skilled
professional trainers introduce you to TMIs distinctive
consciousness tools and help guide you in your
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Areas of Exploration

The Gateway of Consciousness

consciousness. Discover how to keep your mind

THE GATEWAY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Developed by Monroe himself, the Gateway

Voyage

is the Institutes flagship program for the exploration

of human consciousness. Monroe described the

awake while your body is asleep, enter a state of No

Time, and explore the out-of-body state and other
energy systems.

experience of the Gateway Voyage as, a means of

Kai Sui Fung, the 91-year-old head of a Zen Buddhist

freedom that perhaps you've never before

Temple in Vancouver, BC, and a Gateway Voyage

experienced in your life.

alumnus, believed that Gateway students could reach

For more than 40 years, thousands of people who

participated in the Gateway Voyage program have
experienced exceptional states of awareness and lifeenhancing benefits. This year TMI released the
Gateway Experience online version of this powerful
program. The GE online programs are transformative.
They can accelerate your ability to go further, deeper,
and faster into unique dimensions of your

meditation states that took him years of sittings, in

only a week.
Testimonials from Our Participants:
Is there a way to categorize a true experience that
rattles ones heart and provides a gateway to Who
You Are? Gateway Voyage was one of the wildest,
most enriching experiences in my life! ~ Amelia U.

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Gateway Voyage was so transforming and personal

for me. I experienced things that I never came close to
experiencing before. Messages came to me easily and
clearly. The expansion of my consciousness showed
such a dierent and bigger perception of life, death,
and reality. ~ Ilene H.

The Gateway Voyage gave me a new outlook on my

spirituality and a new outlook on life in general. I left it
feeling completely fulfilled but at the same time
wanting more. It turned out to be the ride of my life. ~
Adam T.

The highlight of my Gateway Voyage experience at

The Monroe Institute is to really appreciate, on a very
deep level, that indeed I am much more than my
physical body. ~ Alice S.

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Areas of Exploration

Connecting to Higher Intelligences

CONNECTING TO HIGHER INTELLIGENCES

Testimonials from Our Participants:

Expanding your consciousness beyond the physical

I gained a deeper understanding of my vastness as a

body activates the potential to connect with other

conscious being, and withreliable ways to access my

entities or forms of energy. Monroe referred to one of

inner wisdomas well asa deep and lasting peace

these forms as your Inner Self Helper or ISH. ISH

about life and life beyond the physical. ~ Macca P.

is a higher intelligence, an expanded version of you,

perhaps your Higher Self, whose purpose it is to
provide guidance, perspective, knowledge, and

Guidelines was profound, quiet, andlife-changing.

wisdom. In practicing with and using these tools to

My new career path became crystal clear during the

achieve states of profound awareness, you begin to

program. ~ MicheleS.

allow this higher wisdom communication to come

through your thinking and expression. In TMIs
Guidelines program, you discover how to go within,

Since taking Guidelines my life has become elegantly

deepen your intuitive channels, and access your inner

uncomplicated. I learned skills to accurately and

guidance.

consistently access my inner guidance system, and

make better life choices even years later. ~ Laura D.
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Areas of Exploration

Near-Death Experience
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
Perhaps one of the most fascinating aspects of this
modern form of consciousness expansion takes place
in the non-physical realm of Near Death Experience

took away a lot of the unknowns to the point where I

almostalmost, but not quitelook forward to
passing on to that inevitable nonphysical phase of
existence. ~ Mike B.

(NDE). In the NDE Intensive program, under the

guidance of an NDE expert trainer, you explore these
realms in a way that is safe and transformative. This
program focuses on the out-of-body state and
aspects of NDEs such as exploring the tunnel of light,
meeting guides, reuniting with loved ones who have
transitioned, and experiencing a life review.
Testimonials from Our Participants
Even though I know dying, my dying, is inevitable,
and I know that and have known that for quite some
time it still scares me as an unknown. This experience

Due to my experiences in this course, I am clearer

about the nature of reality, and who I am contacting
on the other side when I pray, meditate, and seek
spiritual guidance. I feel surer of my sources/guides
and more at peace with my existence on this physical
plane. I found the guided adventures deeply satisfying
and reassuring. I feel more sure of myself and my
ability to guide my life path, having a better assurance
of what I am about here and how things will be later,
after I leave this earth plane. Great course, profound
experiences, life-changing. Thank You! ~ David M.
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There is a lot of information on the process of dying

(through readings and classes). This program,
however, focuses on experiences after we die. I
recommend this to anyone who has any interest in
death and the afterlife, as well as those who may have
fear of death. This Intensive shows us the profound
beauty, joy, peace, and awakening death brings. I can
even say it gives us a second chance at life. I am very
grateful to have participated in the NDE Intensive as it
greatly adds to my already unfolding spiritual
awakening. Thank you for making this available! ~
Lisa B.

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Areas of Exploration

Lucid Dreaming
LUCID DREAMING

Testimonials from Our Participants

One powerful aspect of working with Monroe

Lucid Dreaming is one of the best programs I've

technologies, is the ability to experience

taken at TMI! I was challenged to redefine my

consciousness as a continuum. In the Lucid Dreaming

distinctions between waking and sleep, between life

program, you can further explore the continuum of the

and death. For the first time, I experienced, rather

waking dream world. Specific sound frequencies

than understood, consciousness as a continuum. ~

coupled with powerful mindfulness meditation

Leslie

techniques allow you to experience lucid dreaming

without losing consciousness. While in the portal of
dream consciousness, you may choose to interact

"We learned to become aware that we are actually in

with your dream state, induce dream content, and

and co-creating our dreams. My favorite experiences

work with dream helpers.

were inner healing, relaxation, OBE work, connecting

with higher consciousness levels in the universe, and
meeting and connecting with death. It was a week full
of exciting revelations and new experiences beyond
this physical body of mine. ~ Virginia C.
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Areas of Exploration

Advanced Journeys into the Afterlife State

ADVANCED JOURNEYS INTO THE AFTERLIFE

structured area. There are centers of activity providing

STATE

for the needs of human beings in their continuing

The more you expand your consciousness, the more

you will come to realize that consciousness continues
beyond death. Advanced practitioners may continue
to deepen their explorations by reaching specific
states of awareness associated with the afterlife state.
In TMIs Lifeline program, you have the unique
opportunity to visit these realms, make contact with
people who have transitioned, perform rescues and
retrievals for souls unable to move on, and return at
will. Monroe described The Park, an afterlife area
created by humans, often resembling physical earth
environments. Many people inhabiting Focus 27
provide assistance to new arrivals in their adjustment
to living in the afterlife. It is a highly organized and

development in the afterlife, such as education, life

review, healing and regeneration, planning, and many
others.
Testimonials from Our Participants
The second Lifeline was a totally dierent but equally
powerful and eective learning expansion. I
experienced a tremendous amount of contact and
retrieval activity the program was a total success
for me. In the past, contacts had usually been
spontaneous communications related to relatives and
friends. Now others were making contact. It felt
fulfilling to have opened to this transmitting
partnership. ~ Micki H.

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Lifeline was a special experience. It was, oddly

enough, grounding for me helping lost souls find the
light. I had no idea I could be of service in that way.
Great Stu! ~ Ken G.

The TMI Lifeline program was/is invaluable to me as it

provided the tools and processes to assist others and
still does. I would repeat this program several times
over in order to perfect the skill and help as many lost
souls as possible. ~ Larry R.

Lifeline not only gave me tools to help others, but

through the process of helping others, provided me
with valuable insight about myself. This caused me to
become less judgmental and more open to life's
possibilities. ~ Karen R.

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Areas of Exploration

Deep Space Exploration

DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION

Testimonials from Our Participants:

Participants ready for advanced explorations of

Starlines is an energetic and fascinating 5-day, 6-day

consciousness can experience multi-dimensional

journey into meditative exploration of the deep space

journeys through deep space.TMIs Exploration 27

of our universe and how it connects with the inner

and Starlines programs explore consciousness

space of our total selves. It invites us to open

beyond the Earth Life System. During these galactic,

ourselves to the mind bending perspective of the

and intergalactic, journeys there are opportunities for

vastness of outer space and the miracles that dwell

you to discover relationships with other life forms,

there This is important work, indeed. Im in deep

experience what Bob Monroe referred to as I-There

gratitude to Bob Monroe, the creator of Hemi-Sync,

Consciousness, and reclaim, remember, and

Franceen King for listening to her guidance in the

integrate parts of yourself. These programs in

creation of this exemplary and life-changing program,

particular draw in participants who want to deepen

and to The Monroe Institute, for creating safe space

their understanding of their role and place in our vast

for all of us to continue our journey toward self-

universe.

actualization and wholeness. ~ Elena G.

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My experience was almost indescribable. It was

expansive, peaceful, loving, enlightening, and much,
much more. I lost the notion of me and felt one with
the galaxy. My spiritual awakening during Starlines l
increased exponentially as I experienced firsthand the
cosmic consciousness, identifying with our galaxy and
beyond. ~ Andrea B.

The techniques I learned in X27 made me realize that

we are free to separate our consciousness from the
physical body at will and traverse the universe. What

dove into our galaxy cluster, touring superclusters of

FREEDOM! Exploration 27 really delivers an

galaxies and finally venturing through the galactic

extraordinary experience.It remains one of my very

core/star gate to what scientists now believe was the

favorite workshops to this day. ~ Carol J.

source of our Universe: The Great Attractor. Both our

awareness of Focus levels and our I-There expanded.
Through the Starlines process, we came to a profound

During Starlines, we learned to travel the wave into

understanding of the aphorism As above, so below.

true Kosmic Consciousness, and what a ride it was!

Starlines delivers as a path to liberation and a portal

Our group moved in a parallel process from the Earth

opening into true Kosmic Consciousness. ~ Gary C.

to the solar system to traveling the Milky Way. We

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Areas of Exploration

Manifestation and Psychokinesis

MANIFESTATION AND PSYCHOKINESIS
In TMIs

MC2

program, participants explore the high-

focused energy and empowering beliefs necessary to

achieve psychokinesis (PK). Guided by an expert PK
trainer, you explore connecting clearly to your deepest
intuitive self, to perceive potential realities, select a
desired outcome, and finally, bring it into your physical
experience. Perhaps one of the most profound
aspects of this program is the opportunity for you to
witness and experience firsthand the power of your
mind and intention. This is demonstrated by exploring
a range of activities such as bending metal spoons,
illuminating light bulbs, accelerating the growth of

ability to use the focus of your mind and energy to

influence physical matter.
Testimonials from Our Participants:
When I say that part of my MC2 experience involved
tapping into psychic power to perform healing, control
dice throwing, bend spoons, light up a light bulb, and
germinate seeds spontaneously in the palm of my
hand, you may have various reactions: astonishment,
disbelief, awe, curiosity, doubt, or judgment. My final
attitude was a combination of awe, joy, and profound
gladness and gratitude for the opportunity to share
this awakening, living dream. ~ Dawn T.

seeds, and throwing exactly the number you desire on

a dice. The more that you work with these tools and
technologies, the greater the potential to hone your

I sincerely believe, no matter who you are, no matter

where you come from, that participation in this course
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will translate into positive direction in your life, and I

encourage you to consider attending. ~ R.T.

Through raising our heart energy and eliminating

personal blocks that prevented being in a connected,
loving space, we learned the amazing truth of our
personal capabilities. ~ T.K.

I have co-trained MC2 for the last 14 years. I have

seen countless examples of amazing manifesting and
healing that go beyond logic and shift into the realm of
the magical. ~ Patty Ray A.

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Areas of Exploration

Perceiving the Unseen

PERCEIVING THE UNSEEN
One intriguing area of consciousness exploration is
the field of remote viewing. Remote viewing is the
ability to perceive and describe information about a
person, place, or object from a distance. TMIs
Remote Viewing program was developed by Skip
Atwater and Joseph McMoneagle. Joe is an
internationally renowned remote viewing master,

judged remote viewing trials to exercise your newly

acquired skills.
Testimonials from Our Participants:
It is fascinating how I can get on the background of
my eyes the indications of an object independent of
its location in the universe and in time that I have
chosen through my mind. ~ Ren

author, and trainer. In this program you learn to

expand your consciousness, focus your mind to
receive information, and ultimately, remote sense the
unseen. This program weaves together state-of-theart Hemi-Sync technology along with scientifically
tested perceptual tools and techniques. You learn all

At week's end, I believe not one of us left The

Monroe Institute doubting that human beings have the
ability to go to targets without leaving their bodies
and to return with accurate information. ~ Katie

roles associated with remote viewing and then

participate in a series of double-blind, independently
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Areas of Exploration

Emotional Healing
EMOTIONAL HEALING
Monroe audio guidance technology has a powerful
influence over your capacity for emotional healing. In

my heart healing. Heartline changed my life. The tools

gained will guide me into extraordinary future
adventures in this life, and beyond. ~ Leslie R.

TMIs Heartline program, participants dive deep into

Self, transforming limiting beliefs around feelings of
worthiness, trust, and acceptance. In this Heart
Consciousness exploration, you are taught to open to
greater self-love and acceptance and experience
gratitude on a cellular level.

One of the exercises in the Heartline program

showed me what unconditional love felt like for the
first time in my life, along with giving me permission to
forgive myself for not being perfect. ~ M.J.M.

Testimonials from Our Participants:

I want to live! Thats what I felt after a week at The
Monroe Institute attending the Heartline program.
Before Heartline, I had been emotionally crushed over
the death of my husband The week was full of joy

The Heartline program did it for me. It was one of

those rare programs that changed the direction of my
life. I am extremely grateful for the experience. ~
Mike G.

and laughter. I clearly needed the laughter and joy for

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Areas of Exploration

SHIFT YOUR ENERGETIC FREQUENCY

SHIFT YOUR ENERGETIC FREQUENCY

Testimonials from Our Participants:

A shift in your energetic frequency can have an instant

This workshop was my introduction to

and dramatic impact on every aspect of your life. At

Monroeswork. Patty helped create a climate of

TMIs Energy Body program, discover how to activate

warmth and openness that served our group. It was

and increase your energy to create vibrancy and

fun, surprising, loving, and incorporated so much

vitality in all aspects of your life. This program

wisdom and knowledge. I loved it! ~ Priscilla

integrates Hemi-Sync technology with energyenhancing exercises and guided out-of-body

meditation techniques. Learn energetic tools and

My whole view of life has changed from all that I have

learned from TMI. Thank you. ~ Ann L.

techniques to create more success, joy, and personal

Patty is an excellent course leader. She combines

power. Activate and focus your energy. Remove

experience, wisdom, and professionalism with

imbalances and blocks. Release stuck emotional

genuine love and caring for participants. She is

energy. Shift into empowered states for manifesting

awesome. ~ Betty S.

desires.

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Areas of Exploration

Out-of-Body Experiences
proper guidance to access our unlimited personal

OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES
In TMIs OBE Intensive, world-renowned author and

potential. After an out-of-body experience, many

OBE expert William Buhlman leads you through six

people report an inner awakening of their spiritual

days of powerful explorations of out-of-body states

identity, a transformation of their self-concept. They

ofawareness; you learn techniques to consciously

see themselves as more than matter, more aware and

experience and control OBEs, gain awareness of

alive. They express a profound inner wisdom based

nonphysical realities, awaken to your spiritual identity,

on personal spiritual experience. Many report being

and recognize your ability to find answers for yourself.

connected to something greater than themselves,

Extensive training is providedin OBE preparation,

connected to the very source of life itself. They report

mindset, creating your personal sacred space, and

a powerful feeling of breaking through a dense barrier

spiritual exploration within thought responsive

of ignorance, fear, and limitation.

realities.

Perhaps the most important benefit received from

Buhlman explains, The benefits of out-of-body

out-of-body experiences is the recognition of our

experiences are a reality that each of us can

personal ability to discover the answers for ourselves.

experience. All we need is an open mind and the

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This journey of consciousness from the physical to

the spiritual is a reality we cannot escapeour only
real decision is when we are going to begin.
Testimonials from Our Participants:
Buhlmans OBE workshop is simply a life changing
experience! ~ Brian P.
My entire concept of reality is completely altered. I
now feel completely prepared for all journeys of
consciousness in my life. ~ Sharon B.
The OBE workshop is truly an intensive experience;
Bill even wakes us up in the middle of the night to
continue our training. ~ Bob M.

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Areas of Exploration

Heal Unresolved Issues

This program includes an individual session in the TMI

HEAL UNRESOLVED ISSUES

Are you fulfilling your greatest potential? In TMIs

lab using the L.I.F.E. Quantum Biofeedback System,

Timeline program, special exercises powered by the

an extremely unique experience during which you are

Hemi-Sync technology guide you step by step toward

guided to a past lifetime/consciousness aspect where

discovering your lifes higher purpose.

you have the opportunity to heal an unresolved

Timeline leads you first to revisit the early years of

conflict from that time line.

Testimonials from Our Participants:

your life, uncovering and releasing old beliefs or

recurring emotions that have limited or obstructed

Powerful! Timeline goes right through the heart. It

your progress. Next, you are guided into a deep

was profoundly changing. ~ Lorna B.

exploration of past livesother aspects of your

consciousnesstoward a new understanding of the

A really wonderful, fantastic, awesome program. It

origins of your current life situation. Ultimately, you are

gave me insight into current problems and the ability

led to move forward in local time, meeting your higher

to clear these issues through time. ~ Rose D.

self, perceiving future events, receiving clarity about

your purpose, and gaining a new life overview.

This workshop provided me with tools to help me

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change some of my old behavior habits, no matter

where or when I created those patterns. ~ Dick W.

Timeline was a great gift for me, full of self-discovery

and brilliant tools for enhancing personal power. ~
Barbara B.

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Areas of Exploration

Create Your Destiny

CREATE YOUR DESTINY

Testimonials from Our Participants:

In the Event Horizon program you are led to breach

I often have diculty meditating, with my mind

the barriers of your perceived limitations, to transcend

running o in dierent directions. The series of

your self-imposed restrictions, and to illuminate your

exercises that Marinda, Bob, and Natalie took us

path to freedom. Learn a means of creating your

through took me to a point where I could return with

destiny rather than accepting or surviving your fate.

ease to my center. The whole experience was, to put

Each of us carries a story of whom we believe we are

it mildly, awesome. I have never felt more present in

and what reality is. These stories can create the

myself, and the feeling lasted well beyond the

illusion of limitation that attempts to satisfy us with

program. ~ Susan S.

much less than the actualization of our magnificent

positive potential. In TMIs Event Horizon program,
using the SAM audio technology, you will realize and

Ive done more than 20 Monroe program, and Event

experience that your reality is initiated from within.

Horizon was my favorite program of all time. ~ Bob

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Chapter 7

THE POWERFUL
INFLUENCE OF
MONROE
TECHNOLOGIES ON
YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS
Experience is definitely
the greatest of teachers.

Chapter 7

The Powerful Influence of Monroe Technolgies on

Your Consciousness
Monroes work inspired an entire industry of mind/

Tens of thousands of participants have reported the

brain products. After 50 years of research, Hemi-Sync

life-enhancing benefits of using this technology, such

remains unparalleled in its ability to assist us in

as:

accessing our greatest potential.

With the development of SAM and constant advances
in SAMs eectiveness as a mind-bodyconsciousness enhancing tool, the benefits of Monroe
technologies are undeniable. Together with advanced
consciousness exploration tools, techniques, and
world-class trainers, TMI creates a safe space to
expand beyond the confines of time and space,

Gaining a profound inner wisdom

Deepening understanding of oneself

Discovering hidden aspects of oneself

Releasing fears and self-limiting beliefs

Experiencing freedom like never before

Developing the desire to live dierently

Connecting to something greater than self

Gaining a deeper appreciation for life

Expanding ones intuitive abilities

beyond the limits of your physical body.

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Greater capacity for love, peace, and trust

Feeling more joy, freedom, and balance

Enhanced manifestation skills

Coming into greater wholeness and balance

Finding artistic expression and insight

My whole view of life has changed from all that I have

learned from TMI. Thank you. ~ Ann L.

This was one of the most powerful processes Ive

learned for growth in my personal life, as it has truly
allowed me to release the fear of death. ~ Janice O.E.

Life changing, would recommend to anyone

interested in growth. ~ Jef C.

This was one of the most beautiful weeks of my life.

Unexpected revelations kept coming all week long,
and like a Hollywood movie, culminated in the most
beautiful ending imaginable. Now, without a doubt, I
know how much more I am. ~ Adam Y.
Every time I come here my life changes in a
meaningful way. ~ Cara M.

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Chapter 8

WHERE TO GO
FROM HERE

Go find out for yourself!

Chapter 8

Where To Go From Here

AUDIO EXPLORATION AT HOME

OUTREACH AND EXCURSION WORKSHOPS

Over the years, Monroe audio technologies have been

Outreach Workshops are o-campus one- or two-day

continually refined and are available in a wide range of

programs facilitated by certified TMI Outreach

applications, such as increasing focused attention,

trainers. Excursion Workshops oer a two-day

reducing stress, meditation, enhancing sleep,

experience of expanded states of awareness.

managing pain, attaining extraordinary states of

Specifically designed exercises with the Hemi-Sync

consciousness, and many others. Hemi-Sync CDs are

audio guidance technology form the core of the

available for purchase through TMIs online store or in

workshop, together with explanation, discussion, and

audio-download formats at hemi-sync.com. SAM CDs

supportive group interaction. These programs can

and downloads are available through TMIs online

bring about profound relaxation, deep contemplation,

store.

increased intuition, and communication with your Total

Self and related energies. TMI also oers Advanced
Outreach Excursion Workshops in the areas of
personal development, healing development, and
inner development.

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ONLINE PROGRAMS
Currently TMI oers the Gateway Experience elearning program, an online interactive course
exploring the Gateway of Consciousness. This
program allows you to experience the power of the
Hemi-Sync audio guidance technology and the tools
and techniques taught in the Gateway Voyage
program, all from the comfort of your own home.
Gateway Experience consists of six progressive online
modules called Waves. Every Wave is designed to take
you into deeper, more profound states of awareness.
RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS
Each Gateway Experience Wave module includes:

Monroe was alone when he began having

Six weeks of online lessons (including intro and

wrap-up sessions)

An online discussion support forum

Weekly teleconference calls with a highly

experienced and skilled trainer

spontaneous OBEs. He feared for his sanity, for his

health, and sometimes for his life. Decades of
experience taught him two important facts: (1) fear is
the greatest barrier to awakening; and (2) that through
them he learned transforming, life-enhancing lessons.
He realized that what was learnable was teachable.
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This epiphany led to the creation of the uniquely

powerful Gateway Voyage program, the original portal
to multidimensional travel.

Conclusion
Thank you for reading Gateway to the Human Mind:
The Secrets to Going Out of Body and Other
Expanded States. If your heart and your curiosity are

Today, TMI oers 5-day, 6-night, as well as weekendlong, residential training programs at their campus in
Faber, Virginia, and other locations across the globe.
These programs are designed to teach participants to

pulling you to know more, experience more, be more

aware, The Monroe Institute is ready to assist. For
further information on TMI and our programs, please
visit us on the web at www.monroeinstitute.org.

acquire and use tools and technologies to explore

expanded states of awareness. TMI oers both basic
and advanced courses in a wide range of focuses from
deep relaxation and out-of-body experiences to
remote viewing, afterlife exploration, and many more
extraordinary states. A complete list of programs and a
current schedule can be found here.

The Monroe Institute is a nonprofit 501(c)(3)

educational and research organization dedicated to
the exploration of human consciousness and is
internationally known for its work with audio sound
patterns that can have dramatic eects on states of
consciousness.

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Hemi-Sync and Gateway Experience are registered

trademarks of Interstate Industries Inc., dba Monroe
Products.

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