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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
US ARMY OPERATIONAL. GROUP
US ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND
20755
9 June
1983
SUBJECT:
Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process
TO :
Commander
US Army Operational Group
Fort Meade ,
MD
20755
1.
You tasked me to provide an assessment of the Gateway Experience
in terms of
its mechanics and ultimate practicality.
As
I
set out to fulfill that tasking it
soon became clear that in order to assess the validity and practicality of the
process
I needed to do enough supporting research and analysis to fully understand
how and why the process works
.
Frankly ,
sir ,
that proved to be an extremely
involved and difficult business.
Initially/
based on conversations with
a
physician who took the Gateway training with me,
I had recourse to the biomedical
models developed by Itzhak Bentov to obtain information concerning the physical
aspects of the process.
Then
j
found it necessary to delve into various sources
for information concerning quantum mechanics in order to be able to describe the
nature and functioning of human consciousness.
I
had to be able to construct a
scientifically valid and reasonably lucid model of how consciousness functions
under the influence of the brain hemisphere synchronization technique employed by
Gateway.
Once this was done,
the next step involved recourse to theoretical
physics
in order to explain the character of the time-space dimension and the means
by which expanded human consciousness transcends
it in achieving Gateway's
objectives.
Finallyy
I again found it necessary to use physics to bring the whole
phenomenon of out-of-body states into the language of physical science to remove
the stigma of
its occult connotations,
and put
it in a frame of reference suited to
objective assessment.
2.
I began the narrative by briefly profiling the fundamental biomedical factors
affecting such related techniques as hypnosis,
biofeedback and transcendental
meditation so that their objectives and mode of functioning could be compared in
the reader's mind with the Gateway experience as the model of
its underlying
mechanics was developed.
Additionally,
that introductory material
is useful
in
supporting the conclusions of the paper .
I indicate that at times these related
techniques may provide useful entry points to accelerate movement into the Gateway
Experience
.
3.
Niels Bohr,
the renowned physicist once responded to his son's complaints about
the obtuse nature of certain concepts in physics by saying:
"You are not thinking,
you are merely being logical."
The physics
of altered human consciousness deals
with some conceptualizations that are not easily grasped or visualized exclusively
in the context of ordinary
"left brain"
linear thinking.
So,
to borrow Dr.
Bohr
s
mode of expression,
parts of this paper will require not only logic but
a touch of
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right brain intuitive insight to achieve a complete comfortable grasp of the
concepts involved.
Nevertheless,
once that
is done,
I am confident that their
construction and application will stand up to the test of rational critique.
4.
Paradoxically,
having gone to such great lengths to avoid trying to render
judgements based on an occult or dogmatic frame of reference in the end
I found it
necessary to return,
at least briefly,
to the question of the impact of the Gateway
Experience on common belief systems.
I did so because although it was essential to
avoid attempting to render an assessment in the context of such systems,
I
felt
that it was necessary after having completed the analysis to point out that the
resulting conclusions do not do any violence to the fundamental mainstream of
either eastern or western belief systems.
Unless that point
is clearly
established,
the danger exists that some people will reject the whole concept of
the Gateway Experience
in the mistaken belief that it contradicts and
is therefore
alien to all that they hold to be right and true.
5.
This study
is certainly not designed to be the last word on the subject but
I
hope that the validity of
its basic structure and of the fundamental concepts upon
which it
is based will make
it a useful guide for other USAINSCOM personnel who are
required to take the Gateway training or work with Gateway materials.
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WAYNl/ M . MCDONNELL
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The Gateway Experience:
Brain Hemisphere Synchronization in perspective.
1.
introduction.
In order to describe the Monroe Institute technique for
achieving altered states of consciousness (the
"Gateway Experience")
involving brain
hemisphere synchronization or "Hemi-Sync",
the most effective way to begin is to
briefly profile the basic mechanics which underlay operation of related methods
such as hypnosis,
transcendental meditation,
and biofeedback.
It is easiest to
effectively describe what Gateway
is
by beginning with
a short description of those
associated techniques that share some common aspects with the Gateway Experience
but which are nevertheless different.
In this way we can develop
a frame
of
reference at the outset which will provide useful concepts to explain and
understand Gateway by comparison,
as we proceed.
2.
Hypnosis.
According to the theories
of psychologist Ronald Stone and the
biomedical engineering models
of Itshak Bentov,
hypnosis
is basically
a technique
which permits acquisition of direct access to the sensory motor cortex and pleasure
centers,
and lower cerebral (emotional) portions (and associated pleasure centers)
of
the right side of the human brain following successful disengagement
of the
stimulus screening function of the left hemisphere
of the brain.
The left
hemisphere of the brain is the
self-cognitive ,
verbal and linear reasoning
component of the mind.
It fulfills the function
of
screening incoming stimuli by
categorizing,
assessing and assigning meaning prior to allowing passage to the
right hemisphere of the mind.
The right hemisphere, which functions
as
the
noncritical,
holistic,
nonverbal and pattern-oriented component
of
the braxn
appears to accept what the left hemisphere passes to it without question.
Consequently,
if the left hemisphere can be distracted either through boredom or
through reduction to a soporific,
semi-sleep state,
external stimuli to include
hypnotic suggestions are allowed to pass unchallenged into the right hemisphere
where they are accepted and acted upon directly.
The result may involve an
emotional reaction originating in the
lower cerebral region,
sensory/motor
responses requiring involvement of the cortex,
and so on.
Both the sensory and the
motor cortices of the right cerebral portion of
the brain contain
a sequence of
points known as the
"homunculus" which corresponds to points
in the body (see
Exhibit
1,
next page).
Stimulation of the corresponding area on the cortex causes
intermediate response in the associated portion of the body.
Consequently,
induction of the suggestion that the
left leg
is
numb,
if
it reaches the right
hemisphere unchallenged and is referred to the appropriate area of the sensory
cortex,
will result in an electrical reaction being generated that will induce the
feeling of numbness.
Similarly,
the suggestion that the person
is experiencing
a
general feeling of happiness and well being would be referred to the appropriate
pleasure centers located in the lower cerebral portion or in the cortex
of the
right hemisphere,
thereby inducing
the suggested feeling of euphoria.
Finally,
suggestions such as one that informs the hypnotic subject that he enjoys enhanced
concentration or powers of memory would be responded to in the right hemisphere by
accessing unused information storage capacity normally held in reserve as a result
of
left hemisphere selection and control processes.
This aspect will become
significant in the context of the Gateway process when attention is given to
examining the way that hypnosis may be used to accelerate progress in the early
stages
of
the Gateway Experience.
3.
Transcendental Meditation.
On the other hand,
transcendental meditation works
in a distinctly different fashion.
In this technique,
intense and protracted
single minded concentration on the process of drawing energy up
the spinal cord
ultimately results in what appears to be creation
of acoustical standing waves
in
the cerebral ventricles which are then conducted to the gray matter in the cerebral
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cortex on the right side of the brain.
As
a result,
according to Bentov,
these
waves
"will stimulate and eventually
'polarize'
the cortex in such a way that it
will tend to conduct
a signal along the homunculus,
starting from the toes an
on
up."
The Bentov bio-medical model,
as described in
a book by Lee Sannella,
M.D.
,
entitled:
Kundal ini-Psychos is
or Transcendence ,
states that the standing
acoustical waves are the result of
the altered rhythm of heart sounds which are
occasioned by prolonged practice
of meditation,
and which set up sympathetic
vibrations
in the walls
of the fluid filled cavities which comprise the third and
lateral ventricles of the brain.
In addition,
according to Bentov:
"The states
of
bliss described by those
whose Kundalini symptoms have completed the full loop
along the hemispheres may be explained as
a self-stimulation of the pleasure
centers in the brain caused by the circulation of
a
'current'
along the sensory
cortex."
Bentov also notes,
"that most of the described symptoms start on the
left side of the body means that
it
is mostly
a development occurring in the
right
hemisphere."
Although normally
a period of meditation involving intense
concentration and practice for five years or
some is required to
"bring up the
Kundalini," Bentov states that exposure to mechanical or acoustical vibrations m
the range
of 4-7 Hertz (cycles per second)
for protracted periods may achieve the
same effect.
Bentov cites as an example "repeated riding in
a car whose suspension
and seat combination produce that range of vibrations,
or being exposed for long
periods
of time to these frequencies caused,
for instance,
by an air conditioning
duct."
He also notes that:
"The cumulative effect of
these vibrations may be able
to trigger
a spontaneous physio-Kundalini sequence
in susceptable people who have
a
particularly sensitive nervous system.
4.
Biofeedback.
The third consciousness altering methodology which will
be
briefly described is biofeedback.
Biofeedback is somewhat unique in that it
actually employs the self-cognitive powers
of the left hemisphere to gain access to
such areas of the right brain as the
lower cerebral,
motor and sensory cortices and
assorted pain or pleasure centers.
Instead of
suppressing the left hemisphere
as
is done in hypnosis,
or largely bypassing and ignoring
it as
is done
in
transcendental meditation,
biofeedback teaches the left hemisphere first to
visualize the desired result and then to recognize the feelings associated with the
experience of successful right hemisphere access to the
specific lower cerebral,
cortex, pain or pleasure or other areas
in the manner needed to produce the desired
result.
Special self-monitoring devices such as the digital thermometer are used
to inform the left brain when it succeeds
in keying the right hemisphere into
accessing the appropriate area.
Once this
is done,
the
left brain can then
repeatedly instruct the right brain to reestablish the pathways involved
so as to
produce the same external,
objective measures
of
success.
In this way,
the
pathways are strengthened and emphasized to such an extent that left brain
consciousness
is enabled to access appropriate areas in the right brain using
a
conscious,
demand mode.
For example,
if
the subject wishes to increase the
circulation in the left leg in order to speed up healing he may concentrate with
his left brain on achieving that result while carefully monitoring
a digital
thermometer connected to the
left
leg.
When the concentrated effort begins to
achieve
success,
the digital thermometer will register an increase in the
temperature of the left leg.
At that point,
the subject can mentally
(left brain)
associate the sensations experienced with the result achieved and can begin to
emphasize,
by memory recall,
the same process to cause
its strengthening by
affirmation and repetition.
In this way, pain can be blocked,
healing can be
enhanced, malignant tumors can apparently be suppressed and ultimately destroyed,
the body's pleasure centers can be stimulated,
and a variety of specific
physiological results may be achieved.
In addition,
biofeedback may be used to
greatly accelerate achievement of deep meditative states particularly for beginners
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who have no experience in meditative techiques and whose progress in that
methodology is enhanced through effective visualization and external,
objective
affirmation.
Display
of the subject's brainwave pattern on a cathode ray tube has
proven to be
a laboratory-validated means
by which subjects may quickly learn to
place themselves in profoundly relaxed states characterized by the sort of quietude
and singularity of mental focus associated with advanced meditation.
5 .
Gateway and Hemi-Sync.
Now that we have briefly profiled the basic mechanics
of the principal techniques for altering or expanding consciousness which share
some of the objectives and/or methods employed in the Gateway Experience,
we may
proceed to focus on what that technique actually involves.
Fundamentally,
the
Gateway Experience is
a training system designed to bring enhanced strength,
focus
and coherence to the amplitude and frequency of brainwave output between the left
and right hemispheres
so
as to alter consciousness, moving it outside the physical
sphere
so as to ultimately escape even the restrictions
of time and space.
The
participant then gains access
to the various levels
of intuitive knowledge which
the universe offers.
What differentiates
the Gateway Experience from forms of
meditation is its use of the Hemi-Sync technique which is defined in a monograph by
Monroe Institute trainer Melissa Jager
as,
"a state
of consciousness defined when
the EEG patterns of both hemispheres are simultaneously equal in amplitude and
frequency."
Although Hemi-Sync
seems to be rather rare and of only short duration
in ordinary human consciousness, Melissa Jager states
that:
"Audio techniques
developed by Bob Monroe can induce and sustain Hemi-Sync with the Institute's basic
Focus
3 tapes,..."
She also notes that:
"Studies conducted by Elmer and Alyce
Greene at the Menninger Foundation have shown that
a subject with
20 years of
training in Zen meditation could consistently establish Hemi-Sync
at will,
sustaining
it for over
15 minutes."
Dr.
Stuart Twemlow,
a psychiatrist and a
research associate
of the Monroe Institute,
reports that:
"In our studies
of the
effect
of the Monroe tape system on brainwaves,
we have found that the tapes
encourage the focusing of brain energy (it can be measured as with a lightbulb,
in
watts)
into
a narrower and narrower
'frequency band’.
This focusing of energy is
not unlike the yoga concept of one pointedness, which we may translate in western
terms as a single-mindedness."
Dr.
Twemlow goes on to observe that as the
individual gets into the tapes beyond Focus
3 ,
"...there
is
a gradual increase in
brainwave
size which is
a measure
of brain energy or power.
6.
Lamp vs Laser:
Melissa Jager uses
a metaphor to help clarify the process^
involved in the use of Hemi-Sync
in the Gateway Experience.
She points out that
the human mind in its natural state may be likened to an ordinary lamp which
expends energy in the form of both heat and light but in
a chaotic,
incoherent way
which diffuses its energy over a wide area
of rather limited depth.
On the other
hand,
the human mind under the discipline
of Hemi-Sync acts after the fashion of
a
laser beam which produces
a disciplined stream of
light.
The stream of energy is
projected with total coherence of both frequency and amplitude such that the
surface area of
a laser beam contains billions
of times the concentrated energy
found in a similar surface area on the
sun.
Gateway assumes that once the
frequency and amplitude of the human brain are rendered coherent,
it is possible to
begin accelerating both so that the human mind is soon resonating at ever higher
vibrational
levels.
The mind can then bring itself into sycronization with more
sophisticated and rarified energy levels in the universe.
The mind, when operating
at these increasingly rarified levels is assumed to be capable of processing the
information thus received through the same fundamental matrix by which it makes
sense
of ordinary physical sensory input to achieve meaning in a cognitive
context.
Such meaning
is usually perceived visually
in the form of symbols but may
also be perceived as astonishing flashes
of holistic intuition or even in the form
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of scenarios involving both visual and aural perception.
The mechanics by which
the mind exercises the consciousness function will be addressed in more detail
later in this paper.
7.
Frequency Following Response.
To achieve synchronization of brain hemispheres,
the Hemi-Sync technique takes advantage
of
a phenomenon known as the Frequency
Following Response ( FFR) which means that
if
a subject hears
a sound produced at a
frequency which emulates one of those associated with the operation of the human
brain,
the brain will try to mimmick the same frequency pattern by adjusting its
brainwave output.
Therefore,
if the subject is in
a fully awake state but hears
sound frequencies which approximates brainwave output at the Theta level,
the
subject’s brain will endeavor to alter its brainwave pattern from the normal Beta
to the Theta level.
Since the Theta level
is associated with sleep,
the subject
concerned may progress from
a fully awake to a sleep state (provided that he does
not consciously resist)
as the brain strives to entrain its wave frequency output
with the one which the person hears.
Since these brainwave frequencies are outside
the spectrum of
sounds which can be heard in pure form by the human ear,
: Hemi-Sync
must produce them based on another phenomenon known as the brain's capacity for
deducing "beat"
frequencies.
If the human brain is exposed to one frequency in the
left ear which is
10 Hertz below another audible frequency played in the right ear,
rather than hearing either of
the two audible frequencies,
the brain chooses to
"hear"
the difference between them,
the
"beat"
frequency.
Thus,
availing itself
of
the FFR phenomenon,
and using the technique of
"beat"
frequencies,
the Gateway
system uses Hemi-Sync and other audio techniques employing the FFR phenomenon to
introduce
a variety of frequencies which are played at
a virtually subliminal,
marginally audible level.
The objective is
to relax the left hemisphere of the
brain,
place the physical body in a virtual sleep state,
and bring the left and
right hemispheres into coherence under conditions designed to promote the
production of ever higher amplitude and frequency of brainwave output.
Audible and
perhaps subliminal suggestions by Bob Monroe accompany the various brainwave
frequencies,
which are sometimes rolled in together with other sounds such as sea
surf to mask the sound frequencies where desireable.
In this way, Gateway
endeavors to provide the subject with the tools by which he may alter his
consciousness based on his own volition over time through the repetitive use
of the
tapes
so
as to access,
via intuitive means,
new categories
of information not
available to ordinary consciousness.
8.
Role of Resonance.
However,
brain coherence through entrainment to
"beat"
frequencies introduced via stereo headphones
is only part of the reason why the
Gateway system works.
It is also designed to achieve the physical quietude
characteristic of deep transcendental meditative states which brings about
a
complete alteration of the fundamental resonance pattern associated with the sound
frequencies produced by the human body.
Yoga,
zen or transcendental meditation,
if
practiced long enough, will produce a change in the sound frequency with which the
human heart resonates throughout the entire body.
According to Bentov,
this change
in resonance results from elimination of what the medical profession calls
"the
bifurcation echo"
so that the sound of the heartbeat can move synchronously up and
down the circulatory system in harmonious resonance approximately seven times
a
second.
Bentov describes the roll played by the bifurcation echo as follows:
"When the left ventricle
of the heart ejects blood,
the aorta,
being elastic,
balloons out just beyond the valve and causes
a pressure pulse to travel down along
the aorta.
When the pressure pulse reaches the bifurcation in the
lower abdomen
(which is where the aorta forks in two to go into the
legs),
part of the pressure
pulse rebounds and starts traveling up
the aorta.
If
in the meantime the heart
ejects more blood,
and a new pressure pulse is traveling down,
these two pressure
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points will eventually collide somewhere along the aorta and produce an
interference pattern."
By placing the body in a sleeplike state,
the Gateway tapes
achieve
the same goal as meditation in that it places the body in such a profoundly
relaxed state that the bifurcation echo slowly fades away as the heart lessens the
force and frequency with which it pushes blood into the aorta.
The result is
a
regular,
rhythmic sinewave pattern of sound which echoes throughout the body and
rises up into the head in sustained resonance.
The amplitude
of
this sinewave
pattern, when measured with a sensitive,
seismograph type instrument is about three
times the average of the sound volume produced by the heart when it
is operating
normally.
9.
Brain Stimulation.
Bentov's biomedical model shows that this resonance
is
of
considerable importance
since
it is directly transmitted to and impacts upon the
brain.
The resulting vibration is received and transmitted into the brain itself
via the fluid filled third and left ventricles located above the brain
stem.
An
electromagnetic pulse
is then generated which stimulates the brain to raise
amplitude and frequency of brainwave output,
just as Dr. Twemlow observed in his
research on the effects of
the Hemi-Sync tapes.
Also,
the brain is contained in a
tight membrane called the dura which
is,
in turn,
cushioned by a thin layer
of
fluid located between it and the
skull.
As the coherent resonance produced by the
human heart in a state of profound relaxation reaches the fluid layer surrounding
the brain,
it sets up
a rhythmic pattern in which the brain moves up and down
approximately 0.005 to 0.010 millimeters in
a continuous pattern.
The
self reinforcing character
of resonant behavior accounts for the body's ability to
sustain this movement despite the minimal
level of energy involved,
in this way,
the entire body,
based on its own micromotion,
functions
as
a tuned vibrational
system which transfers energy in a range of between 6.8 and 7.5 Hertz into the
earth's ionospheric cavity,
which itself resonates
at about 7-7.5 Hertz.
Of this
process,
Bentov states:
"This
is occurring at
a very long wavelength of
about 40,000
Km,
or
just about
the perimeter of the planet.
In other words,
the signal from the movement of
our bodies will travel around the world in about one seventh of
a second
through the electrostatic field in which we are imbedded.
Such
a long
wavelength knows no obstacles,
and its strength does not attenuate much over
large distances.
Naturally
it will go through just about anything:
metal,
concrete,
water,
and the fields making up our bodies.
It is the ideal medium
for conveying a telepathic
signal."
Consequently,
the Gateway process is designed to rather rapidly induce
a state of
profound calm within the nervous system and to significantly lower blood pressure
to cause the circulatory system,
skeleton and all other physical organ systems to
begin vibrating coherently at approximately 7-7.5 cycles per second.
The resulting
resonance sets up
a regular,
repetitive sound wave which propagates in consonance
with the elecrostatic field of the earth.
10.
Energy Entrainment.
As the body is turned into a coherent oscillator
vibrating in harmony with the surrounding electrostatic medium,
the specific
exercises included in the Gateway tapes enjoin the participant to build up the
energy field surrounding his body, presumably by using energy from the earth's
field which the body is now entraining because
of
its ability to resonate with
it.
This puts the body's energy field into homogeneity with its surrounding environment
and promotes movement of the seat of consciousness
into the surrounding environment
partly in response to the fact
that the two electromagnetic medians are now a
single energy continuum.
Thus,
the
same process which moves
the brain into focused
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coherence at steadily higher levels of frequency and amplitude
so as to entrain
analgous frequencies
in the universe for data collection also promotes enhancement
of bodily energy levels to a point adequate to permit the subject to experience an
out-of-body movement when he
is ready to do so(more will be
said about this topic
later).
In addition,
by resonating with the earth’s electromagnetic sphere the
human body creates
a surprisingly powerful carrier wave to assist the mind in
communication activity with other human minds similarly tuned.
11.
Consciousness and Energy.
Before our explanation can proceed any further,
it
is essential to define the mechanism by which the human mind exercises the function
known as consciousness,
and to describe the way in which that consciousness
operates to deduce meaning from the stimuli which it receives.
To do this,
we will
first consider the fundamental character
of
the material world in which we have our
physical existence in order to accurately perceive the raw stuff with which our
consciousness must work.
The first point which needs to be made is that the two
terms, matter and energy tend to be misleading
if taken to indicate two distinctly
different states of existence in the physical world that we know it.
Indeed,
if
the term matter is taken to mean solid substance
as opposed to energy which is
understood to mean
a force of
some
sort,
then the use
of
the former is entirely
misleading.
Science now knows that both the electrons^ which spin in the energy
field located around the nucleus of
the atom and the nucleus itself
are made up
of
nothing more than oscillating energy grids.
Solid matter,
in the strict
construction of the term,
simply does not exist.
Rather,
atomic structure
is
composed of oscillating energy grids surrounded by other oscillating energy grids
which orbit at extraordinarily high speeds.
In his book,
Stalking the Wild
Pendulum,
Itzhak Bentov gives the following figures.
The energy grid which
composes the nucleus of the atom vibrates at approximately
10 22 Hertz(which means
10 followed by
zeros).
At 70 degrees Farenheit an atom oscillates at the rate
of
10 15 Hertz.
An entire molecule,
composed of
a number of atoms bound together
in
a single energy field vibrates
in the range
of
10^ Hertz.
A live human cell
vibrates at approximately
10 2 Hertz.
The point to
be made
is that the entire
human being,
brain,
consciousness and all
is,
like the universe which surrounds
him,
nothing more or
less than an extraordinarily complex system of energy fields.
The so called states of matter are actually variances in the state of energy,
and
human consciousness
is a function of
the interaction of energy in two opposite
states(motion vs
rest)
in a manner described in the following paragraph.
12.
Holograms.
Energy creates,
stores and retrieves meaning
in the universe
by
projecting or expanding at certain frequencies in a three dimensional mode that
creates
a living pattern called
a hologram.
The concept of the hologram can be
most easily understood by using an example cited by Bentov in which he asks the
reader to visualize
a bowl full
of water into which three pebbles are dropped.
As
the ripples created by the simultaneous entry of
the three pebbles radiate outward
towards the rim of the bowl,
Bentov further asks the reader to visualize that the
surface of the water is suddenly flash frozen so that the ripple pattern is
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The ice is removed leaving the three pebbles
still laying
at
the bottom of the bowl.
Then the ice is exposed to a powerful,
coherent source
of
light,
such as a laser.
The result will be
a three dimensional model or
representation of the position of the three pebbles suspended in midair.
Holograms
are capable of encoding
so much detail that,
for example,
it
is possible to take
a
holographic projection of a glass
of swamp water and view it under magnification to
see small organisms not visible to the naked eye when the glass of water itself
is
examined.
The whole concept of holography,
despite
its scientific implications,
has only been known to the physicist since
the underlying mathmatical principles
were worked out by Dennis Gabor in 1947(he later won a Nobel Prize for his work).
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Laboratory demonstration of Gabor's work only occurred years later following
invention of the
laser.
As biologist Lyall Watson explains:
"The purest kind of
light available to us
is that produced by
a laser, which
sends out a beam in which all the waves are of one frequency,
like those made
by an ideal pebble in
a perfect pond.
When two laser beams touch,
they produce
an interference pattern of
light and dark ripples that can be recorded on
a
photographic plate.
And
if one of the beams,
instead of coming directly from
the laser,
is reflected first off an object such as a human face,
the resulting
pattern will be very complex indeed,
but it can still be recorded.
The record
will be
a hologram of
the face."
13.
The Part Encodes the Whole.
Of further importance is the fact that even if we
dropped our frozen hologram of the ripple pattern on the floor and broke
it into a
number of pieces each individual piece would recreate the entire holographic image
all by itself.
The smaller the piece,
the fuzzier and more distorted would be the
resulting holographic projection but the fact remains that a whole projection would
nonetheless be made.
The key to creating any hologram is that energy in motion
must interact with energy in a state of rest (nonmotion).
In the foregoing example,
the pebbles represent energy
in motion while the water (before its agitation by the
pebbles) represents energy at a state of rest.
To activate or,
in effect,
to
"perceive" the meaning of
a holograph,
energy (in this case,
a coherent light source
such as
a laser beam) must be passed through the interference pattern generated by
interaction between the moving energy and the energy at rest.
In the simple
example given by Bentov,
this requirement was fulfilled by holding the frozen
interference pattern
in front of the coherent light to project the three
dimensional holographic image(its "meaning")
into space.
As Marilyn Ferguson,
editor of the Brain/Mind Bulletin tells us:
"Another feature of
a hologram is its efficiency.
Billions of
bits of
information can be stored in
a tiny space.
The pattern of the holographic
[photograph] .. .is stored everywhere on the plate."
14.
The Consciousness Matrix.
The universe is composed of interacting energy
fields^
some at rest and some in motion.
It
is,
in and of itself,
one gigantic
hologram of unbelievable complexity.
According to the theories of Karl Pribram,
a
neuroscientist at Stanford University and David Bohm,
a physicist at the University
of London,
the human mind
is also a hologram which attunes itself to the universal
hologram by the medium of energy exchange thereby deducing meaning and achieving
the state which we call consciousness.
With respect to states of expanded or
altered consciousness such as Gateway uses,
the process operates
in the following
way.
As energy passes through various aspects of the universal hologram and is
perceived by the electrostatic fields which comprise the human mind,
the
holographic images being conveyed are projected upon those electrostatic fields of
the mind and are perceived or understood to the extent that the electrostatic field
is operating at a frequency and amplitude that can harmonize with and therefore
"read" the energy carrier wave pattern passing through
it.
Changes
in the
frequency and amplitude of the electrostatic field which comprises the human mind
determines the configuration and hence the character of the holographic energy
matrix which the mind projects to intercept meaning directly from the holographic
transmissions of the universe.
Then,
to make sense of what the holographic image
is
"saying" to
it,
the mind proceeds to compare the image just received with
itself.
Specifically,
it does this by comparing the image received with that part
of its own hologram which constitutes memory .
By registering differences in
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geometric form and in energy frequency,
the consciousness perceives (see Exhibit
2,
next page)
.
As psychologist Keith Floyd puts
it:
"Contrary to what everyone knows
is
so,
it may not be the brain that produces
consciousness—but rather,
consciousness that creates the appearance of the
brain ..."
Brain in phase:
The consciousness process is most easily envisaged if we
picture the holographic input with a three dimensional grid system superimposed
over
it such that all of the energy patterns contained within can be described in
terms of three dimensional geometry using mathmatics to reduce the data to two
dimensional form.
Bentov states that scientists suspect that the human mind
operates on a simple binary "go/no go"
system as do all digital computers.
Therefore,
once it superimposes a three dimensional matrix over holographic
information
it wishes to interpret and reduces that information mathmatically to
two dimensional form,
it can completely process
it using its fundamental binary
system just as any computer made by the hand of man can process volumes of data and
make various comparisons between the data and information stored in its digital
memory.
Our minds operate
in the same way, perceiving by comparison only.
Bentov
states the proposition this way:
"Our whole reality is constructed by constantly
making such comparisons
whenever we perceive something,
we always perceive
differences only.”
In states of expanded consciousness,
the right hemisphere of
the human brain in its holistic,
nonlinear and nonverbal mode of functioning acts
as the primary matrix or receptor for this holographic input while,
by operating in
phase or coherence with the right brain,
the left hemisphere provides the secondary
matrix through its binary,
computer-like method of functioning to screen further
the data by comparison and reduce it to
a discreet,
two dimensional form.
16.
Evaluation.
To the extent that Gateway succeeds in bringing about a
refinement in energy matrix of the mind,
it succeeds in expanding or altering human
consciousness so that it can perceive without recourse to the intercession of the
physical senses such that ever more of the universal hologram(not,
of course,
accessible by sense perception)
can ultimately be perceived and understood.
Marilyn Ferguson has written that the theories of Pribram and Bohm "appear to
account for all transcendental experience, paranormal events and even "normal"
perceptual oddities...,"
She goes on to say of Pribram:
"Currently he is proposing
a startling,
all-encompassing model that is
generating considerable excitement among those intrigued by the mysteries of
human consciousness.
His "holographic model" marries brain research to
theoretical physics;
it accounts for normal perception and simultaneously
takes the paranormal and transcendental experiences out of the supernatural by
explaining them as
a part of nature.
Like certain strange discoveries of quantum physics,
the radical reorientation
of this theory suddenly makes sense of paradoxical sayings of mystics
throughout the ages."
17.
Self Cognition.
To comf>lete our outline of the process by which the mind^
achieves and exercises consciousness, we must also describe the mechanism which
accounts for the aspect of human thought that differentiates it from the
consciousness of plants or animals,
i.e.
self cognition.
Humans not only know,
but
they know that they know.
They are able to monitor the process of their own
thinking and maintain an awareness of
it.
Moreover,
they can conduct a comparitive
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The Functions of Brain Hemispheres
in Consciousness
CONSCIOUSNESS ENERGY GRID
Left Hemisphere
Consciousness Grid
Acts
like the Mind's
computer software to
reduce input from right
hemisphere
to verbal
symbols and concepts.
Right Hemisphere
Consciousness Grid
Reduces three dimension,
holographic image to
tw<
dimensional
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-t-heir thought processes against various
assessment,
evaluating the functioning
consciousness can do this because
"objective"
standards they have adopted.
Human ^
s
hologram/ project them out,
ana
binalY ""
pulse to yield verbal cognition about the self
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18.
Time-Space Dimensiojj .
Up to this
fun begins.
Gateway
has beeiTrelatively si^e and e«y to
*
ts
of
the universal hologram which
involves more than just perception-lime-spacers We know it.
To explain how and
can be accessed in the dimension
of
t
*
cend the limitations
of time- space
why human consciousness can be
do this we must first appreciate what
Is the next task which must be addressed.
To do b
that they constitute
time and space are in order to "f^^^L^^urement of energy or force in
cTn be transcended.
Physicists def
cl^ae
However,
in ordet for
motion.
In other words,
it is a measurement^of chang^ ^
^ confi
s
of
energy to be
in motion it must fir ® b
confinement gives
it the capacity for
some sort of vibratory Pattern so
which is distinguishable from other
being contained at
a speci
ic
confined is force without limit/
wi
locations ( space )
.
Energy »“ich rs not
oannot move because there
dimension,
without the
°
therefore outside
of the dimension of time,
ic; nothing beyond infinity,
and is therer
specific energy form is
is "so Seyond space because that conc^ptxjP1
locations.
But
if energy
.
,
.
.
.
a specific location,
and is abse
"here"
to differentiate
Is
in the state of infinity,
there
are
ieans energy uniformly extended
from "there",
no sense
of area.
Ene gy
location.
It is conscious force,
without
limit.
It has no beginning,
no e» -
t form/
a state
of infinite
the fundamental,
primal power of
.
completely at rest and,
therefore,
cannot
Sing.
Energy in infinity is said wbe <£££»
It retains its inherent
generate holograms
so long as
i
^ can receive and passively perceive ho
g
capacity for consciousness
i
various dimensions which make up
generated by energy in motion o
^ consciousness operating in bh
created universe but it cannot be perc
infinity
is termed by physicists
active universe.
Energy in this
of ^ct
Between the Absolute
as energy in its absolute state,'or
isi
our physical existence are
and the "material" universe in which we
consciousne ss
in altered states of
various intervening dimensionso
consciousness may continue toexpan
being may gain access.
Th
®°!f
until it reaches the dimension of the
Stop/becnuse the Absolute generates „o
holograms of or about itself.
•
. Vuo ahsolute is conscious energy in
19.
intervening dimensions
.
Since t
^ gvery dimension to include the
infinity(i.e. witnour boundaries),
x
Jhvsical existence but we cannot percei
time-space dimension in which we have
P
±
gradients
or dimensions
IT
It overlays everything as do
”y to and from their home
through which the energies of
td™*
To enter these intervening dimensions,
in thi state
of infinitylthe Absolute).
To^ente
that the frequency
of
human consciousness must
^ that consciousness! i.e. ^e brainwave outpu^l^
can SeSrftrrthe point where the resulting. frequency Pattern,
^
P
an oscilloscope, would
‘perception of non-time-space dimensions
of altered consciousness sets the stage
f
P
^ planck
. s Dl stance.
because of the operation of a principle
P Y
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This is an aspect of quantum mechanics which applies to the fact that any
oscillating
f requency( such as
a brainwave)
reaches two points of complete rest
which constitute the boundaries of each individual osc illation ( i. e. movement up or
down).
Without these points
of
rest,
an oscillating wave pattern would be
impossible since the points of rest are required to permit the energy to change
direction and thus continue vibrating between rigid limits.
But
it
is also true
that when,
for an infinitesimally brief
instant,
that energy
. reaches one of
its two
points
of rest it "clicks out"
of time-space and joins infinity (see Exhibit
3,
next
page).
That critical step out of time-space occurs when the speed of the
oscillation drops below
10 -33 centimeters per second(Planck' s Distance).
To use
the words of Bentov:
"...quantum mechanics tell us that when distances go below
Planck's Distance,
which is
10"33
CM,
we enter,
in effect,
a new world."
To
return to our case in point,
the human consciousness wave pattern reaches
such high
frequency that the pattern of
"clickouts" comes
so close together
. that there
is
virtual continuity in
it.
Then,
a portion of that consciousness
is actually
postulated to establish and maintain its information collection function in those
dimensions located between time-space and the Absolute.
Thus,
as the almost
continuous "clickout" pattern establishes itself in continuous phase at speeds
below Planck's Distance but before reaching the state of total
rest,
human
consciousness passes through the looking glass of timer-space after the fashion of
Alice beginning her journey into wonderland.
The Gateway experience, with its
associated Hemi-Sync technique,
is apparently designed,
if used systematically and
patiently,
to enable human consciousness to establish
a coherent pattern of
perception in those dimensions where speeds below Planck's distance apply.
This
holds true irrespective of whether the individual
is exercising his consciousness
while in his physical body or whether he
is doing so after having separated that
consciousness from the physical body(i.e.
the so called out-of-body state mentioned
earlier)
.
20.
Subatomic Particles.
The behavior of
subatomic particles provides an
interesting example of the phenomenon of
"clicking out" discussed in the preceding
paragraphs.
In an article prepared for Science Digest magazine,
Dr.
John Gliedman
mentions the way in which subatomic particles communicate with each other once
their energy fields become entrained as
a result
of colliding with each other.
The
communication concerned is,
of course, postulated to
be occurring during the "click
out phase"
in the oscillation of the energy fields comprising the subatomic
particles concerned.
It is this cause which accounts for the cross-communication
at what in terms
of time-space velocities,
would seem to involve speeds in excess
of light.
In reality Einstein's Theory of Relativity
is not being invalidated but,
rather,
the communication concerned
is taking place outside the dimension of
time-space to which the Theory of Relativity
is strictly confined.
Specifically,
Dr.
Gleidman tells
us:
"Quantum theory postulates
a kind of
long range Siamese
twin effect whenever two subatomic particles collide and then go their different
ways.
Even when the particles
are halfway across the universe from each other,
it
says,
they instantaneously respond to each other's actions.
And in so doing,
they
violate relativity's ban on faster than light velocities."
Indeed,
regarding
attempts to quantify what is known about the behavior of energy in dimensions
apparently outside of time-space,
Bentov speaks about,
"...courageous physicists
who are working on hypothetical particles,
called
'tachyons,
which can move at
speeds higher than light.
The speed of tachyons starts
just above the
speed of
light and ranges all the way to infinite velocities."
21.
Dimensions In-between.
Now that we have postulated the legitimacy of
the
assertion that the energy forms which compose consciousness can move beyond the
time-space dimension,
we need to turn our attention to the energy forms which
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inhabit those dimensions between time-space and the Absolute.
In so doing,
we may
better perceive the form that "reality"
assumes when we encounter it m those
intermediate dimensions.
In this context,
Bentov tells us that:
"The causal relationship between events breaks down; movements become jerky
rather than smooth.
Time and space may become "grainy"
or "chunky."
Perhaps
a piece of space can be traversed by
a particle of matter in any direction
without necessarily being synchronized with a piece
of time.
In short,
a pair
of events will occur in either time or
space,
the pair not being connected
causally but by a random fluctuation."
What Bentov means
is that inside the dimension of time-space where both concepts
apply in a generally uniform way there is
a proportional relationship between
them.
A certain space can be covered by energy moving in either particle or wave
form in
a certain time assuming a specific velocity virtually anywhere in the
time-space universe.
The relationship
is neat and predictable.
However,
in t
e
intermediate dimensions beyond time-space the limitations imposed on energy to put
it into a state of oscillating motion are not uniform as they are
in our physical
universe.
A myriad of various distortions and incongruities are thus likely to be
encountered such that our nice neat assumptions concerning the relationship between
time and space as we know it in this dimension do not apply.
But even more
important,
access
is opened to both the past and the future when the dimension of
current time-space
is
left behind.
22.
Special Status,
Out-of-Body Experience.
Although human consciousness
can,
with enough practice,
move beyond the dimension of time-space and interface with
other energy systems
in other dimensions,
the entire process is appreciably
enhanced if that consciousness can be detached in large measure from the physical
body before
such interface
is attempted.
Once an individual becomes proficient in
the technique
of out-of-body movement and then reaches the point where he
is a
e
to break out of time-space while out of
his body,
he gains
the advantage of
"clicking out" part of his enhanced consciousness while starting from a base
located much closer to the dimensions with which he wishes to communicate.
In
other words,
since he
is starting from a point much "higher up",
to use an analogy
from the time-space context,
that part of his consciousness involved in "clicking
out" will have that much more time to interact in dimensions beyond time-space
because less time
is required to traverse the intervening layers.
Moreover,
once
the individual
is able to project his consciousness beyond time-space,
that
consciousness would logically tend to entrain its frequency output with the new
energy environment to which it
is exposed, therein greatly enhancing the extent to
which the individual's altered consciousness may
be further modified to achieve
a
much heightened point of focus and a much refined oscillating pattern.
As
a
result,
a self-reinforcing process should ensue whereby the farther consciousness
in the out-of-body state can be projected beyond the time-space dimension,
the more
its level of energy output would be enhanced,
thus promoting the potential for
still further travel.
The tentative conclusion to be drawn
is that the out-of-body
state may be regarded as an extremely effective way
of accelerating the process of
enhancing consciousness and of interfacing with dimensions beyond time-space.
If
the practitioner
of the Gateway technique has
a choice of concentrating on
achieving and exploiting the out-of-body experience as opposed to concentrating his
full efforts on expanding his consciousness exclusively from a physical base,
the
former would appear to promise much faster and more impressive successes than does
the latter
.
23 .
Absolute in Perspective.
It may be helpful at this point to pause and recap
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the major aspects
of our intellectual journey from time-space to the realm of the
Absolute.
We have spoken at some length concerning the incredibly complex hologram
which is created by the intersection of energy patterns generated by the totality
of all dimensions of the universe,
time-space included.
We have noted that our
minds constitute energy fields which interact with various aspects of this hologram
to deduce information which is ultimately processed through the left hemisphere
of
our brains to reduce it to a form that we employ for the process we call thinking.
We have implied that this hologram is the finite embodiment in active,
energy form
of the infinite consciousness of the Absolute.
It
is the title we assigned to that
vast pool
of energy in a state
of perfect rest over which the physical universe
is
layered,
and from whence it comes.
Incidentally,
to describe this,
Bentov uses the
analogy of
a very deep
sea,
comparing the still depths of the
sea to the dimension
of
the Absolute while assigning the storm-tossed waves above to represent the
physical universe with which we are familiar.
The slightly agitated currents of
the sea to be found in between the turbulent surface and the totally still depths
represent energy in the process
of either going into rest(i.e.
approaching
infinity)
or coming out of
rest.
24.
From Big Bang to Torus,
working from the widely accepted "Big Bang"
theory
Bentov presents
a conceptual model to depict the process
of time-space evolution
the relative position of the universal hologram.
That hologram is often called
a
"Torus"
because
it is thought to have the overall shape
of an immense,
self-contained spiral.
Basing his thesis on recent studies concerning the
distribution of quasars ( quasi-stellar objects),
and operating on the premise that
in the universe smaller processes tend to be mirror images of
larger ones(i.e.
the
pattern of electrons around the nucleus
of an atom mirrors the way planets orbit
their suns,
and so on)
Bentov postulates the following scenario.
Taking his cue
from the observed capability of quasars to eject enormously concentrated beams
of
matter from their interiors in a controlled,
non-concentric version of
the
"Big-bang" he envisages a similar process occurring in the generation of the
universe(see Exhibit
4,
next page).
Noting that those galaxies located to the
north of our own galaxy are moving away faster than those located to the south,
and
that those to the east and west are demonstrably more distant,
Bentov regards this
as substantive evidence that the
jet of matter which expanded into our universe has
turned back upon itself,
eventually forming an ovoid or egg shape.
He sees
"matter"
in our universe entering the ovoid pattern following ejection from
a
nucleus composed of extremely compressed energy through a
"white hole."
At the end
of its trip to the far end of the ovoid,
he sees
it departing via
a "black hole
.
In such a model,
time
is observed to be
a measure
of
the change which occurs
as
energy evolves into new, more complex forms as
it progresses along the distance
from the white hole side of
the
nucleus,
around the shell of
this
"cosmic egg"
until it enters the black hole.
In other words,
as energy—expelled from infinity
and confined within limits by the conscious
of
the Absolute
achieves form and
motion following ejection from the white hole at the top of the egg, time begins as
a measure of the cadence of this evolutionary movement as
"reality"
goes around the
shell of the egg on its journey to the black hole at the far end.
25.
Our Place in Time.
The observed distribution of galaxies suggests that our
particular universe is located near the top of the egg at the point where matter
begins to fall back on itself,
thus explaining the reason why the galaxies to the
north are seen to be moving away more rapidly as they are caught up in the downturn
of the
stream of matter towards the far end of the cosmic egg (see Exhibit
5,
next
page)
.
Layered over this cosmic egg is the Absolute which sustains the radiating
nucleus from which the original
jet of matter issued forth.
As the stream of
matter moves around the ovoid towards its destination at the black hole where it
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