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RESEARCH NOTES
by Stuart W. Twemlow, M.D.
CLINICAL
I’ll describe three situations where we have applied the Monroe tapes with unusually striking
results. The types of patients with whom the tapes have been tried, generally speaking, have
been chronic—that
is, have had their problem for long periods of time.
One such case was a middle-aged lady who had severe pain resulting from problems in the
healing
of an
old
fracture.
In combining the tapes with a structured hospital
milieu, we
determined that as she began to relax the parts of her body which had not relaxed, were those
pains connected with psychological problems for which the pain was serving the function of
“secondary gains.” That is, the pain appeared to help her cope with some of the psychological
stresses in her everyday
life and
in a sense was kept going because
it served this adaptive
function.
As we were able to deal with this, she began to feel in control of her life and her need to keep
the pain decreased. After discharge from the hospital, this patient has continued to be almost
unrecognizable physcially. She looks a great deal younger than she did before, she has her pain
under control and does not need any physical support for it. Most strikingly, other parts of her
life from which she had been very withdrawn, have now become a source of gratification to her
.
The next case concerns a middle-aged man with a very long history of psychosomatic
problems affecting practically every organ in his body. A psychological investigation found
many of these symptoms related to some severe surgical trauma which occurred when he was a
young child. In this case, we combined the tape exercises, especially the Focus 10 exercise with
the sorts of stimuli in his environment that would make him very anxious, that is, the stimuli that
reminded him of the surgical trauma as a child. Over a period of weeks we exposed him both to
the Focus 10 deeply relaxed state and to the stimuli that would make him very anxious and
upset. Gradually, he became desensitized to the stimuli and was able to feel a lot more in control
of his
life.
Terminal Patient Achieves Pain Control
A
dying man
utilized
the
tape system,
particularly focusing on
the out
of the body
experience . He also had severe pain which had been impossible to control with massive doses of
narcotic. Over a period
of weeks, he also achieved control. Since he died, we’ve had a
communication from his wife. She stated that he played the tapes until he died and the last week
of his life, was completely pain free and at peace.
Our feeling was that both the experience with achieving control of the part of his body that
was painful and preparing himself for death of his physical body made him less frightened and
panicy. The control and preparation made him, therefore, more able to make peace with the
family—so important in dying people. In fact, as we have noticed with a number of people who
are dying, he was able to give support to those around him who will suffer the loss. Coming to
terms with the loss of his own physical body enabled him to integrate the remaining time he had
in this dimension.
Stress Reduction “Startling”
Use of the tapes in a clinical setting has pointed out that their effect on reduction of stress
and tense muscles
is startling. As a matter of fact,
it appears that not only muscles under
voluntary control but also those under involuntary control (smooth muscles, such as the
muscles of the bladder) may be relaxed with the Focus 10 exercise.
Patients who are chronic feel very much out of control of the various symptoms they have.
As with a number of the newer therapeutic techniques, giving them a sense of control has a
“snowball” effect on the control of other symptoms and aspects of their interpersonal relation-
ships. As they begin to achieve in other areas resulting from this “snowball” effect, each small
success has a reinforcing effect.
It seems that Focus 10
is the basic state which is essential to master before being able to
proceed. Some of our patients have learned to induce the Focus 10 state to relax their bodies
while they are actively engaged in work, and certainly to relax their bodies in between some
highly stressful day-to-day working situations. Some patients are now able to program their
sleep, so that they awake at certain times. A number of them with insomnia have found
themselves sleeping very restfully.
Need for Sleep Reduced
One patient had noticed that a very few minutes of sleep in Focus 10 seemed equivalent to
him, in terms of restfulness, to many hours of sleep with his normal sleeping pattern. Some-
times problems can be created by this. For example, one patient noted that he has had periods
of very high energy in which he finds he is creative, but which represents a change in his ordinary
level of functioning to which other people take some time to adjust. He has noticed, for example,
that he needs fewer hours of sleep at night and thus is ready to start the day s work a great deal
earlier than most other people.
,
A number of patients who have regularly practiced with the tapes have found that they ve
become much more reflective, less physically active, and more satisfied with quieter sorts of
hobbies and day-to-day activities. Becoming more inwardly turned is a characteristic of people
who learn to
utilize sources of gratification within their own heads rather than having to
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®Monroe Institute 1978.
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MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Robert A. Monroe
Chairman, Board of Advisors
Tracy D. Connors
Executive Director
Christopher M. Lenz
Director of Training Programs
Nancy Lea Honeycutt
National Co ordinator
Karen Malik
Western Representative
Randi Strickland
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BOARD OF ADVISORS
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Rev. Gabe L. Campbell
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Fowler Jones, Ed.D.
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Mary Jane Ledyard, Ph.D.
E. Stanton Maxey, M.D.
Joseph Chilton Pearce, Ph.D.
Bill Schul, Ph.D.
Charles T. Tart, Ph.D.
Stuart Twemlow, M.D.
BULLETIN B*Mki»fifed For Ref
In recent weeks we have been fortunate to have
the
following
visitors
to
the
Institute’s
lab and
offices
.
.
. Richard Franklin
.
.
. film producer, to
discuss feature picture based on Journeys Out of
the Body
.
.
. Dr. John andTony Lilly ... for in-
person up date on Institute activities
.
.
. George
Scott ...
of the Carr Foundation
in London, a
special visit to observe Institute systems
.
.
. Elda
Hartley and film crew ... to shoot documentary
on Gateway Program
.
.
. Reverend Bill Brown
and his wife, Mardi
.
.
. famous for etheric surgery,
to discuss affiliation with the Institute and the New
Community Church ... “A psychic called Eliza-
beth” (Elizabeth Nachman)
of Miami ...
to
develop use of the FFR system at the Association
for Spiritual Development and Research in Miami.
Dr. Win Wenger
.
.
. founder of Psychegenics, for
update on educational potentials
.
.
. Dr. Ray
Waldkoetter
and Randi
Strickland
(MIAS
Field Representative), for discussion on FFR
re-
search and educational
affiliation
.
.
. Dr.
Bill
Schul, to talk about writing new books related to
MIAS functions
.
.
. Dr. Arthur Gladman ... to
plan exciting new West Coast programs
.
.
. Dr.
Mary Jane Ledyard ...
for
participation
in
special lab research
.
.
. Openings for Trainers
.
.
. We are
still accepting applications from our
graduates who would like to promote and operate
One-Day
Excursion
sessions
as
independent
agents of the Institute. The One-Day sessions are
being established for operation on a local basis
across the country.
If you are interested, send a
resume
to
Christopher
M.
Lenz,
Director
of
Training.
Continuing Program. We are completing the
Continuing Program. Those now enrolled will need
to finish their “homework” by December, 1978.
.
.
.
Workbook Available. If you took the Three-Day
or Weekend session in 1977 and did not receive a
Workbook in the mail,
let us know. We will mail
one to you, gratis. If you took an earlier session, we
will send
it to you for a charge of two dollars to
cover handling and postage
.
.
. Reinforcement
Tapes.
Those
who
attended
a
session
after
September,
1977, have the
latest reinforcement
tape. If you attended earlier and would like a copy,
please send $7.50 to the Institute. Replacement
Tape.
If you would like to replace your reinforce-
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feel are
representative of our mail
will be answered
in a
“Questions and Answers” column.
.
.
. Explorers’
Club. Any past participant in the California area
who would like to meet once a month with others
for a reinforcement day,
for establishing mutual
projects, and
for exchanging
ideas,
contact:
In
northern California: Karen Malik, 625 Fifth Ave.,
San Francisco, 94118, (415) 668-2677; in southern
California:
Jean
Mount, 3004
Lees
Ave.,
Long
Beach,
90808,
(213)
425-2041.
Notice:
In no way whatsoever are we
asso-
ciated with the group that advertises an OBE from
one tape
- even though they have the temerity to
use Robert Monroe’s name in their advertisement.
Professionals Eager for
Tape Contract
.
.
.
The
Institute has received strong
re-
sponse from
psychiatrists, psychologists
and professional counselors who wish to
use
the
Tapes
in
their
practice.
The
Institute is now licensing the patented Fre-
quency Following Respj
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Explorer’s Notebook
We are beginning this regular feature at the request from many of our Institute
Members. It will consist of excerpts taken directlyfrom recorded reports made by the
Institute explorer team during actual sessions. We would appreciate any comments
you may have.
Robert Monroe
Explorer PN-52
- Focus 12
- Response from third party to personal relationships:
Monitor
We experienced a wave of incredible sadness earlier in the day, for which there was
no apparent reason. Ask
if there was a cause we don’t understand.
Response:
You spoke of an incredible sadness. Do you not understand? Even yet? The old
is
passing away. Illusions are being destroyed. The world within must be changed
in
order to make way for the new. Each time you are faced with a disillusionment you
register surprise but mostly sadness. How long will
it take for you to understand? You
should know by now that your illusions belong to your own thought-form reality. You
argue in defense that people are the source of your greatest pain and disillusionment.
Man, the egotist, from time immemorial, has seen others as he conceived them to
be, born
out
of
his own need and therefore
to meet
his need. Many times
this
arrangement serves both parties equally but
it
is a false structure due to the law of
change, an active force altering condition, circumstances and mental patterns every
minute of every day. All of life is motion. Therefore, learn to expect disillusionment. Be
ready for change. Nothing is sad.
It
is only your concept and how the change affects
you that causes difficulty in your acceptance of
it.
Dependence upon another mortal being, no matter how large or small his role may
be in your life, is again, building a false structure, irrespective of the interaction and the
seeming balance. Due to race ignorance, man has somehow convinced himself that
love
is synonymous with the need in such a relationship, giving justification for his
dependency upon the person object circumstance involved. Man must go back and
realize that he was born alone (as a soul emerging into this life ... no one can do
it for
him, and the same is true at death). This
is man’s true state; the uniqueness of being
himself. He is truly the master of his own destiny. His only valid dependency
is that of
his need to commune with his Creator.
Monitor:
If this
is valid, how can we be and act in the earth environment?
Response:
You are asking then, what is expected of you as mankind, in relation to your fellow-
man? Set your brother free. Any kind of dependence upon another is a shackle to his
growth pattern and also your own. This in no way denies your ever present and
necessary interaction with all persons, places, things and circumstances, but in the
breaking up of the old concepts, you must accept the laws of the greater reality where
strength does not come from clinging to someone or something external but your
strength
is of the light from your own Source.
This is the only answer to detachment. Setting your brother free is truly a gift of love
on the highest level. Expect nothing from anyone. In the past your own thoughts and
needs have prompted him. The joy expressed by his new freedom will create another
type of relationship, far more satisfying, due to its having evolved to a higher octave.
Bear with your pain as the breaking up of the old takes place, recognizing it for what
it is. Do you recall the invisible holocaust? As in the macrocosm, so in the microcosm.
As in the outer, so in the inner. If man’s physical or material world changes are taking
place, does
it not follow that earth shaking changes must take place within the
individual as well? The same is true in reverse, as you learn to deal with your changing
concepts and mental out-picturing of thought. It lies within man’s potential to literally
change his world both without and within if he only understood and utilized the creative
power of his thinking.
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