The Gateway Experience Wave I (Premium /w FAQ & tapes)
A summary document on all the exercises with FAQ and commentary, recommended reads, and tapes
Table of Content
Comments from Bob Monroe regarding the Gateway Experience
What can you expect from the Gateway Experience? As much or as little as you put into it. The exercises provide you with a set of tools—how you use them and what you do with them is your responsibility.
Some discover themselves for the first time, and thus live more completely, more constructively. Others reach levels of awareness so profound that only one such experience is enough for a lifetime. Still others become seekers after truth and add on‐going adventure to their daily activity.
There is only one basis—that you seriously consider the Gateway Affirmation at the least a possibility: that you are more than your physical body, that you can and do exist in energy systems that are not limited to time‐space, that you can and do communicate with intelligence beyond your physical consciousness—call it what you will.
The Gateway Affirmation
I am more than my physical body. Because I am more than physical matter, I deeply desire to Expand, to Experience; to Know, to Understand; to Control, to Use such greater energies and energy systems as may be beneficial and constructive to me and to those near and close to me. Also, I deeply desire the help and cooperation, the assistance, the understanding of those individuals whose wisdom, development, and experience are equal or greater than my own.
What Is Hemi‐Sync®?
Hemi‐Sync® is a patented, scientifically and clinically proven audio‐guidance technology refined with 50 years of research. Researchers learned that specific sound patterns could lead the brain to various states of consciousness ranging from deep relaxation or sleep to expanded awareness and other extraordinary states.
The audio-guidance process works through the generation of complex, multilayered audio signals, which act together to create a resonance that is reflected in unique brain‐wave forms characteristic of specific states of consciousness. The result is a focused, whole‐brain state known as hemispheric synchronization, or Hemi‐Sync®, where the left and right hemispheres are working together in a state of coherence. Different Hemi‐Sync® signals are used to facilitate deep relaxation, focused attention, or other desired states. As an analogy, lasers produce focused, coherent light. Hemi‐Sync® produces a focused, coherent mind, which is an optimal condition for improving human performance.
Music, verbal guidance, or subtle sound effects are combined with Hemi‐Sync® signals to strengthen their effectiveness. These recordings contain no subliminal messages. You are always in control.
Cautions and Warnings: Please Read
The Gateway Experience is a system of training in self‐exploration and personal development. It is not a form of psychotherapy, philosophy, religion, or medical diagnosis/treatment. It is a means to acquire knowledge—the application and results thereof are solely the responsibility of the trainee.
While many of our products contribute to wellness, they are not intended to replace medical diagnosis and treatment. DO NOT listen to Hemi‐Sync® while driving or operating heavy equipment, or with other devices that may influence brain‐wave activity. If you have a tendency towards seizures, auditory disorders, or adverse mental condition(s), DO NOT listen to Hemi‐Sync® without first consulting your physician. In the unlikely event that you experience any unusual physical or mental discomfort, immediately discontinue use.
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The Gateway Experience®
Recommendations for Use
The Gateway Experience is an in‐home training program for developing, exploring and applying expanded states of awareness. Exercises in this series use specially blended Hemi‐Sync® frequencies combined with verbal guidance and subtle sound effects (or music) to guide you into focused, whole‐ brain states of consciousness.
You will be gently led from your physical waking state into deep relaxation then to those thresholds of consciousness where you may experience profound states of expanded awareness. While in such states, one has a broader range of perceptions available with which to solve problems, develop creativity or obtain guidance. You may use this expansion and integration of personal awareness to know and better understand your total self so you might enjoy a more fulfilling life.
Each album (Wave) in the Gateway Experience is progressive in nature, building directly on the tools and techniques from the previous album. Therefore, the albums must be used sequentially. Following are recommendations for listening to these exercises:
Locate a distraction‐free environment where you can darken the room and remain undisturbed for the 30‐ to 45‐minute exercises.
Listen using stereo headphones on a personal or home stereo system.
Adjust the volume to a level where you can barely hear the words. Otherwise, the verbal guidance may startle you following a period of silence.Allow at least one hour after eating and avoid alcohol, drugs, or excessive caffeine, which may limit the effectiveness of the Hemi‐Sync® exercises.
Get comfortable. Use the bathroom before each exercise even if it seems unnecessary. Loosen any tight clothing and remove shoes, glasses, or contacts. Listen while lying down or seated with your head supported, whichever is more comfortable for you.
If you itch during an exercise, scratch. You will be able to move gently back into your pattern of relaxation.There can be a metabolic drop as you enter an exercise, producing a perception of heat, motion, or pressure. Have a loose blanket handy, ready to pull up or throw off as needed.
Keep a journal to document the details of your experiences, such as date/time, body position, medication or unusual diet, mood/attitude, energy level, moon phase, or any other unusual circumstance.
Wave I Exercises
Discovery #1 — Orientation
Energy Conversion Box becomes your mental container to hold concerns, distractions, or interferences for the duration of the exercise. See it, feel it, hear it, think it, or simply imagine it. Your container may be simple or ornate, high‐tech or antique, a wooden chest, a sphere of light, a vacuum cleaner or a nuclear particle collector.
Imagine concrete symbols to place in the box, such as a wallet for financial worries, a photo or doll representing someone who is on your mind. You can place limiting words like “can’t,” “shouldn’t,” or “must” in your container; brick walls to symbolize your defenses; a desk or computer to symbolize work. Experiment. It’s a tool for your use. Allow it to change and return to it whenever you wish during an exercise to place inside any new distraction.
Affirmation focuses your intention and attention. You may use the words as spoken in the exercise, modify them to maximize personal relevance and significance, or substitute your own version. Experiment. Make it yours.
Resonant Tuning accelerates the gathering of your vibrational energy while reducing internal dialogue. It helps vitalize and charge your entire system and loosens blockages in natural energy channels. Notice any physical manifestations as you vocalize aloud. The sounds on the exercise are only a guide. Set your own rhythm and pace, move up and down the scale, experiment with different vowel sounds.
Breathe only slightly deeper than you normally would and, as you inhale, imagine pulling sparkling, vibrant energy into all parts of your body. Allow it to move gently around in your head as you hold your breath. Try releasing tired, stale energy through the soles of your feet with each exhalation.
The opening and closing of your eyes may at first feel awkward, but try doing it anyway. It’s a valuable first step in your learning that you are able to control autonomic processes and habitual behavior.
You can return at any time to full waking consciousness by simply breathing normally, opening your eyes, or moving the fingers of your right hand.
Focus™ 3 is the first signpost along your journey, a Hemi‐Sync® state where your brain and mind are more coherent, synchronized and balanced.
Return to Full Waking Consciousness (C‐1) at the end of this and every exercise is facilitated by a strong audio signal. Despite the temptation to take off your headphones early, listen to this signal until it is withdrawn. The more completely you come “back” from each exercise, the further you can go into the next
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