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Monroe Institute's 'The Gateway Program' Brochure — the Original CIA-Filed Document

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It refers to this Monroe Institute training brochure, filed in CIA archives, describing a consciousness-exploration program using binaural audio ('Frequency Following Response') to synchronize brainwave hemispheres and reach altered states the Institute called Focus 10, 12 and 15.

Robert Monroe, a New York broadcasting executive, founded the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences in 1971 after his own reported out-of-body experiences, described in his book Journeys Out of the Body.

Public-Interest Summary

The complete original recruitment brochure for the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences' 'Gateway Program,' founded by broadcasting executive Robert Monroe after his own out-of-body experiences described in the 1971 book Journeys Out of the Body. The brochure explains the program's core technology — binaural 'Frequency Following Response' audio patterns designed to synchronize brainwave activity between the brain's hemispheres — and walks through its progressive stages, Focus 10 ('body asleep, mind awake'), Focus 12 ('high energy'), and Focus 15, describing reported experiences of contact with a 'larger self' or external guide, and even claimed ability to leave the physical body. It lists the program's full Board of Advisors, including researchers Elmer and Alyce Green and psychologist Charles T. Tart, and closes with 'The Gateway Affirmation' recited by participants. This is the actual document filed in CIA archives that underlies decades of viral internet interest in the so-called 'CIA Gateway Process.'

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Charles T. Tart Elmer Green Robert Monroe Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences Afton, Virginia

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Provenance

https://archive.org/download/cia-readingroom-document-cia-rdp96-00788r001700210040-8/cia-rdp96-00788r001700210040-8.pdf

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