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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:
Trip Report,
18-28 September 1980
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1.
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From 20 to 28 September
1980,
the undersigned attended a training
seminar at
the. Monroe Institute
of Applied Sciences
(MIAS),
P.0,
Box 946,
Faber,
VA
22938.
The seminar was conducted
at the MIAS International Training
and Conference Center
(ITCCX
The ITCC is located on
a plateau
in the foothills
of Virginia's scenic Blue Ridge.
The site was selected by MIAS because it met
the basic requirement
of
a tranquil pastoral
environment conducive to physical
and mental relaxation,
a major factor in the successful process of an intense
learning or cogitative experience.
2.
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MIAS offers training in relaxation and concentration methodology.
The
goal of this training is to teach individuals self-control of their own physical
and mental activity.
It was thought that such an ability of self-control might
be of benefit to the INSC0M Grill Flame Project
(IGFP).
The purpose of this
trip was to assess the applicability of the MIAS training to IGFP.
3.
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During the eight day training seminar,
fifty separate relaxation/
concentration exercises were conducted.
Each of these exercises lasted from
50-60
minutes,
and were followed
by lengthy discussion periods.
The exercises
were progressive
in that
in the beginning
they were quite simple,
and as
the
program continued the exercises became more difficult,
requiring more and more
physical relaxation and mental concentration.
The training exercises consist
of well established techniques of progressive relaxation, breathing exercises
and guided imagery.
The majority of training exercises are done lying in a
soundproof booth while listening,
via stereo headphones,
to surf sounds
combined with a beat frequency oscillation of tones at four hertz.
The' theory
is that the sounds will provide a frequency following response pattern conducive
to intense concentration and hemispheric syncronization.
Once
the desired state
of relaxation/concentration has been experienced several times under these
conditions,
it can be regained without the aid of the training environment,
much like the well-known biofeedback training effect.
In fact,
as the training
seminar progressed,
several exercises were conducted without the conducive
training environment,
simply sitting in the conference room at the ITCC.
4.
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Of particular interest
to IGFP are those exercises on a level
of concentration which MIAS calls Focus
10.
It is at this level that Remote
Viewing is enhanced.
Additionally,
MIAS personnel believe that when an
out-of-body state occurs from Focus
10,
the out-of-body experience will occur
in real world space/time and not be surrealistic in nature.
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Also of interest to IGFP
is the use
of what MIAS calls a Time
Wheel in the level called Focus
15.
Through the use of the Time Wheel one can
focus his attention either to the future or to the past while Remote Viewing.
6.
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As
a result of this trip it is recommended that experienced Remote
Viewing personhel from IGFP be scheduled for attendance at MIAS training seminars.
Such training will provide them with another aspect from which they can increase
their operational value
to IGFP.
7.
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Robert
A.
Monroe, Executive Director,
MIAS,
has a SECRET security
clearance.
He has signed
a consultant security agreement
and has agreed to
keep confidential his contact with
IGFP personnel.
As Executive Director of
MIAS, Monroe has agreed to MIAS working with US Army Intelligence.
No other
personnel at MIAS are aware of this agreement,
All contact with MIAS has been
on a "shallow cover" basis.
Monroe has not been "readu in"
on
IGFP and remains
unaware of the extent of the program.
FREDERICK
H.
ATWATER
1LT,
MI
Training/Concepts Officer
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