THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES (U)

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• Document Creation Date: November 4, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 1998
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• Publication Date: January 5, 1984
• Content Type: PAPER

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SUBJECT: The Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences (U)
ISSUE. (U) To provide the Secretary of the Army with information on Robert A.
Monroe, and INSCOM's association with the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences
(MIAS).
1. (U) Born on 30 Oct 1915, in Wabash, Indiana, Robert A. Monroe received a
BA degree from Ohio State University in 1937 and began a career as a radio
program writer, director, producer, and executive. Concurrent with his radio
broadcasting career, Mr. Monroe pursued his avocation, the practical. development
of accelerated learning through expanded forms of consciousness. This work led
to the founding of MIAS in the early 1970's. He is the author of the book
Journeys Out of the Body, published in 1971. Mr. Monroe has a DoD SECRET
security clearance based on a NAC completed on 18 January 1980.
2. (U) MIAS, near Charlottesville, Virginia, is a complete educational
facility where Mr. Monroe and his staff conduct educational seminars. These
seminars are based on the blending and sequencing of sound pulses coupled with
a system of "binaural beats" that apparently create a frequency-following
response (FFR) and an environment conducive to the synchronization of the left
and right hemispheres of the human brain. This process is known as hemispheric
synchronization or Hemi-Sync. The MIAS Hemi-Sync seminars teach individuals to
develop an awareness and control of inner resources and abilities.
3. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) USAINSCOM association with MIAS dates to 1978, when the
potentials of the Hemi-Sync process were considered for application within
INSCOM's initial psychoenergetic efforts. Current involvement is as follows:
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a. (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Project CENTER LANE.
(1) (S/CL-3/NOFORN) CENTER LANE Advanced Training with MIAS consists
of four progressive phases that lead to full use of the Hemi-Sync process
during CENTER LANE intelligence collection missions.
(2) (S/CL-3/NOFORN) Rapid Acquisition Personnel Training (RAPT) is an
application of the lIemi-Sync process designed to improve managerial and intra?-
personal relation's skills. The RAPT program is managed by CENTER LANE, and is
used to screen prospective source personnel and sensitize intelligence managers
and consumers to intelligence applications of psychoenergetics.
b. (U) INSCOM Center for Excellence (CENTEX) plans to use MIAS/Hemi-Sync
technology for accelerated learning of foreign language skills. In addition, the
technology appears to offer opportunities for habit control training.
4. (U) Articles which provide additional information on Mr. Monroe, MIAS, and
the Hemi-Sync process are attached.
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P.Q. Box 130 blellysEord, Virginia 22958-0130 Phone: [phone]
RE E.!ff q r C0VERY PROGRAM
A series of training exercises on six stereo cassette tapes with detailed
I;uidance Manual contained in it special DISCOVERY book-:album.
This is not merely a set of lectures. Instead, it is a carefully designed
sequential program of actual methods and techniques that can be practiced and
achieved in the home environment.
PURPOSE
The DISCOVERY Program provides the serious explorer of human mind potentials
vi_th a variety of tools that can be used in his quest. When learned and applied,
I.hese give the individual new awareness, knowledge, and understanding of his own
self. They help one to perceive and control levels of his own consciousness
here-to-fore unavailable and/or unknown to him. They may open other realities
and energy systems where new information and experiences may be obtained. They
can enhance measurably his creative processes and abilities.
DISCUSSION
The DISCOVERY training series is the product of a twenty-year research
effort by the staff of the Monroe Institute of Applied Sciences. '`Zany of the
techniques employed were originated by Robert Monroe, Founder anti Executive
Director of the Institute. Mr. Monroe is the author of the book JOURNEYS OUT OF
T {E BODY, now a famous classic in the field and published in six languages
world-wide.
The DISCOVI.ItY training system employs a unique and e,ccl.usive tfiearis to syn-
chronize the hemispheric activity of the human brain. This is achieved by a pit--
t.;rn of sound waves which encourage a Frequency-FolIowe. rig Response (FFP) in brain
electrical activity. Such sound patterns are varied in frequency to obtain
desired states of Consciousness. The process is then applied binaurally
(different and independent signals in each ear) wherein the FFR signal becomes
a "beat frequency",* which aids in the brain wave synchronization of the
hemispheres in both frequency and amplitude.
Very little is known as to the occurrence of such synchronized states in
typical human consciousness. A st.udy at the Henninger Fundation indicated the
ability of an experienced Zen Master to induce it at will, which may suggest it
is more prevalent than considered originally. Over the past six years, the
Monroe Institute has developed and tested specific "hemi.-sync" applications with
several thousand parti_._i.pants through its Gateway Program. As a result, it is
the leader in this newly-emerging field of consciousness research.
The DISCOVERY Program utilizes fully this experience. It is in essence a
modification of the basic Gateway techniques for in-home training, where the.
i'icto.r of repetition-until-result can be maximized. Rarely an "instant" success,
it, is rarely a "failure" when repeated consistently.
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;DISCOVERY ($95.00 including postage) Voiced by Robert Monroe
(To be used with stereo cassette player and headphones)
*"Auditory Beats in the Brain", "SCIENTIFIC MfERICAN", September, 1,973
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