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19 July 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT:
Advanced Individual Training for CENTER LANE Personnel (U)
1. (S/CL-3/NOFORN)
The first phase of advanced training for
CENTER LANE personnel began in March 1982, with in-house applica-
tion of the Discovery Series, produced by the Monroe Institute of
Applied Sciences ( MIAS), Route 1, Box 175, Faber, VA 22938. The
Discovery Series training involved the use of specially designed,
commercially available audio tapes which produced enhanced levels
of mental concentration (see Incl 1) .
2. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) The second phase of training was initiated in
July 1982, with the Gateway Program, also from MIAS. The Gateway
Program (see Incl 2) involved sending project personnel for
resident training at MIAS.
Project personnel were scheduled for
attendance along with members of the public. This phase of
advanced training further developed the ability of project
personnel to achieve enhanced levels of mental concentration,
improved their target acquisition, and increased target resolution
during operational missions.
3.
(S/CL-3/NOFORN)
The next phase of advanced training for
CENTER LANE personnel will also involve the educational facilities
of MIAS.
It is proposed that Robert A. Monroe, Founder and
Executive Director of MIAS, be paid as a consultant to train
CENTER LANE personnel in the use of the patented Hemisync process
developed by Monroe. The purpose of this training is to enhance
the identified ability of selected CENTER LANE source personnel to
both acquire and describe information of intelligence interest
unavailable by any other collection method. Training will be
specifically tailored and designed to meet the requirements of
this office and extend beyond the confines of the public program
currently offered at MIAS. Training is expected to last ten weeks
and will include:
a .
Instruction in the use and application of nonintrusive bio-
monitoring equipment employed by the consultant.
b.
Instruction in and the development of Hemisync tapes,
custom made for project sources.
c.
£
Instruction in monitoring techniques used during the
Hemisync process.
CENTER
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SUBJECT:
Advanced Individual Training for CENTER LANE Personnel (U)
d.
Instruction in the use of environmentally controlled areas
during the Hemisync process .
e .
Instruction in the application and interpretation of
information reported through the use of the Hemisync process .
The consultant, Robert A. Monroe, will provide the following in
support of this training:
a. Custom made Hemisync tapes, developed during training, for
exclusive use of CENTER LANE personnel. These tapes will be
designed to enhance the demonstrated perceptual abilities of
source personnel and will become the property of this office.
b. Training facilities to include all equipment and supplies
required.
c.
Food and lodging for the project personnel who will be
trained.
4. (C/NOFORN)
Funding for this next phase of advanced training
will be from ICF in the amount of $24, 400. This amount represents
the total cost of the training for two project personnel excluding
transportation which will be by government automobile. Funds for
this training are not otherwise available. Use of ICF precludes
the unauthorized disclosure of information classified SECRET/CL-4/
NOFORN under the CENTER LANE Special Access Program.
Funds are
available.
5. (U)
This action is not in contravention with AR 381-10.
6. (U)
Robert A. Monroe was granted a SECRET security clearance
on 11 September 1980, by HQ, USA INSCOM.
His DA Form 873 is
maintained by this office. He has executed a Consultant Security
Agreement and has been a consultant to this office since 1978.
3 Incl
Predices H. Attivati
FREDERICK H. ATWATER
1.
as
Act'g CENTER LANE Project Manager
2.
as
3.
Consultant Personal
Services Agreement
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Nellysford, Virginia 22958-0130
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Phone: 804-361-1500
RE/THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM
A series of training exercises on six stereo cassette tapes with detailed
Guidance Manual contained in a special DISCOVERY book-album.
This is not merely a set of lectures. Instead, it is a carefully designed
sequential program of actual methods and techniques that can be practiced and
achieved in the home environment.
PURPOSE
The DISCOVERY Program provides the serious explorer of human mind potentials
with a variety of tools that can be used in his quest. When learned and applied,
these give the individual new awareness, knowledge, and understanding of his own
self.
They help one to perceive and control levels of his own consciousness
here-to-fore unavailable and/or unknown to him. They may open other realities
and energy systems where new information and experiences may be obtained. They
can enhance measurably his creative processes and abilities.
DISCUSSION
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The DISCOVERY training series is the product of a twenty-year research
effort by the staff of the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences. Many of the
techniques employed were originated by Robert Monroe, Founder and Executive
Director of the Institute. Mr. Monroe is the author of the book JOURNEYS OUT OF
THE BODY, now a famous classic in the field and published in six languages
world-wide.
The DISCOVERY training system employs a unique and exclusive means to syn-
chronize the hemispheric activity of the human brain. This is achieved by a pat-
tern of sound waves which encourage a Frequency-Following Response (FFR) in brain
electrical activity.
Such sound patterns are varied in frequency to obtain
desired states of consciousness.
The process is then applied binaurally
(different and independent signals in each ear) wherein the FFR signal becomes
a
"beat frequency",* which aids in the brain wave synchronization of the .
hemispheres in both frequency and amplitude.
Very little is known as to the occurrence of such synchronized states in
typical human consciousness. A study at the Menninger Fundation indicated the
ability of an experienced Zen Master to induce it at will, which may suggest it
is more prevalent than considered originally. Over the past six years, the
Monroe Institute has developed and tested specific "hemi-sync" applications with
several thousand participants through its Gateway Program. As a result, it is
the leader in this newly-emerging field of consciousness research.
The DISCOVERY Program utilizes fully this experience. It is in essence a
modification of the basic Gateway techniques for in-home training, where the
factor of repetition-until-result can be maximized. Rarely an "instant" success,
it is rarely a "failure" when repeated consistently.
SPECIFICS
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DISCOVERY ($95.00 including postage)
Voiced by Robert Monroe
(To be used with stereo cassette player and headphones)
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THE GATEWAY VOYAGE PROGRAM
PURPOSE:
Gateway is dedicated to the development and exploration of human
consciousness.
It is a system of exercises designed to aid the individual
in the improvement of his own consciousness, so that he may know and understand
better his higher self, that he may learn and experience profound areas of
expanded awareness, achieve and willfully control his physical body and the
out-of-body state, communicate with and visit other energy structures and realities,
HISTORY: Originally the M-500 Research Project, the present Gateway Program
is the result of over 3,000 test exercises involving 1,932 participants, conducted
by the Institute over the past ten years. Assisting in the development of the
Program have been researchers in many disciplines from various parts of the
country. Reports from participants are available In other Institute Bulletins.
Many indicate significant, constructive changes in life attitudes and overview.
TECHNOLOGY :
The basics of the gateway training process are the Frequency
Following Response (FFR) and Hemispheric Synchronization (Hemi-Sync), created in
the electrical patterns of the brain by the induction of specific sound pulses
both singly and binaurally into the human auditory system. Robert Monroe was
granted a generic patent for this method and technique in 1975, and assigned it to
the Institute. By blending and sequencing such sound pulses, it is possible to .
aid the individual to develop states of consciousness not ordinarily available to
him. Evidence of this is shown in bilateral EEG studies which indicate the
generation of high-amplitude narrow-frequency wave forms sweeping throughout the
cortex in direct consequence of such audio signals,
PRACTICAL APPLICATION:
The typical Gateway session consists of a series of
conducted pre-recorded exercises utilizing FFR, Hemi-Sync, and vocal guidance to
achieve progressive states of consciousness. These are heard through stereo
headphones while in a relaxed position, under the supervision of Institute trainers
and technicians. Reinforcement of feedback learning of such states is enhanced by
lectures, discussions, and single interviews using standard accelerated learning
techniques. Goals are achievement of Focus 3 (Basic Hemi-Sync), Focus 10 (Mind
awake, body asleep), Focus 12 (Expanded awareness), Focus 15 (No-time), and
Focus 21 (Other energy systems) .
PARTICIPATION :
The VOYAGE is open to individuals who are intellectually curious
or possess latent talents and abilities, subject to acceptance by the Program
Director.
The only prerequisite is completion of the Gateway Home Study
DISCOVERY Program which will be mailed to you upon receipt of your $200.
(non-refundable) deposit. The Voyage is conducted for seven days, from Saturday
night to Saturday noon a week later, at the Institute Center in Virginia.
Room,
meals and one year's Sustaining Membership are included in the tuition fee of $850.
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M.I.A.S. BULLETIN
A COMMUNICATION FROM THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
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THE HEMI-SYNC PROCESS
Perhaps the most significant mind-brain research in recent years
has been in the hemisphereic specialization. The consensus of several
hundred pages and studies generally supports the postulates of dominant
lefi: brain functions (lineal, verbal, analytic) and those of the right
brain (visual, spacial, synthesis) . All concede the fact that our edu-
cational system and the fundamental values of our culture nurture heav-
ily such left brain dominance.
Synchronous or simultaneous brain wave patterns in both hemispheres
(HEMI-SYNC) apparently occurs infrequently in typical human consciousness,
and then for a few seconds at the most. Usually, activity shifts from
left to right hemisphere as the dominant area almost in a flickering move-
ment according to the mental task at the moment.
By definition, hemispheric synchronization or coherence is a state
of consciousness indicated by EEG forms in both hemispheres which are
simultaneously equal in amplitude and frequency. Due to the rare occur-
ence and short duration of such consciousness, there has been little
supportive instrumental measurement until recently. The best early study
was conducted by Elmer and Alyce Green at the Menninger Clinic, where a
subject with twenty years in Zen meditative training was tested extensive-
ly. Results showed that the subject could establish at will a hemi-sync
state, consistently and over fifteen minutes in length.
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Through the use of audio stimulae to evoke an electrical frequency-
following response in the brain (FFR), as developed by the Institute,
and with the application of such signals in a beat-frequency mode (diff-
erential signals in each ear), research by the Institute has determined
workable methods and techniques that induce hemisphereic synchronization
or coherence in the human brain. This has been verified and replicated
consistently both at the Institute and other facilities.
Thus for the first time, consciousness as represented and/or created.
by the HEMI-SYNC state can be instigated, identified, and measured.
The full scope of HEMI-SYNC consciousness is yet to be determined.
Very little is known of its characteristics, value or utility other than
the preliminary work performed by the Institute. There is a growing be-
lief that meditation, moments of crisis, certain mental disciplines, in-
tense concentration, peak experiences, all represent varieties of such
consciousness. Conversely, hypnosis, drug-induced states, illness, an-
aesthesia, and like conditions do not, Subsequent research may substandate
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such belief, now that investigative tools are available.
The Institute has reached the following conclusions in relation
to the propagation and delineation of HEMI-SYNC consciousness, based
upon both anecdotal and bio-monitoring consensus from 4,823 experiments
among 1, 280 volunteer participants over a five year period.
(1) The characteristics of such consciousness may be varied
directly in accordance with the signal or signals introduced.
(2) The re-introduction of such signal patterns evoke a repli-
cation of the original characteristics.
(3) Specific states of HEMI-SYNC consciousness can be learned
and re-established without the original stimulus much as the bio-
feedback process.
(4) HEMI-SYNC audio stimulus is not all-pervasive.
It can be
rejected easily either subjectively or objectively.
(5) No significant or lasting contra indicative effects have
been reported among the participants in the experimental series.
(6) Based upon the application of specific single and multiple
audio patterns, the following characteristics of HEMI-SYNC consciousness
have been noted
(A) Deep mental and physical relaxation.
(B) Sense of euphoria, extending beyond stimulus.
(C) Single-pointed focus of attention.
(D) Increased utilization of memory patterns, at all levels.
(E) Higher suggestibility, but with greater acceptance or
rejection.
(F) Holistic problem solving and decision-making.
(G)
Changes in overview, less restrictive, significantly broader
in scope.
(H) Major increase in creativity, ideas, with attendant appli-
cation.
(I) Measurable changes in muscular co-ordination.
(J) Permanent memory addition, by rote and self-synthesized
experience.
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The Institute is continuing to operate experimental programs in
the evaluation of effects produced by other audio patterns yet to be
investigated. Formal papers of such effort will be presented to appro-
priate groups at a future date.
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