TRANSCENDING NEGATIVITY that person make such accusations? In This Issue What had I done to deserve such by Laurie A. Monroe an attack? My journey became N more intense and my emotions less egativity enters the lives of controlled as I searched within. It each of us at one point or became obvious that I was playing another. Negativism seems to be out the “victim” role. I knew that part and parcel of the Earth- the personal meaning of the situa¬ Back To The Future school learning process. Among tion had to be processed in order With LIFELINE .. .2 the many lessons, perhaps the to move beyond it. most important one is learning Then, while driving in my car I how to use negativity itself to confirm that we are listened to one of Caroline Myss’s truly connected with that which is much greater tapes from Advanced Energy than our physical perceptions. We are inseparable Anatomy. She talked about betrayal from the whole. This synergistic, cooperative and offered the following advice: Quarterly Tape . . ,2 state of being is influenced by human will and “You might experience betrayal in divine grace. the following of Guidance, and it These reflections were inspired by a recent sit¬ may sometimes be that an act of uation in which a former employee made numer¬ betrayal is the exact act that gets ous degrading verbal and written comments about you on your way. When you feel The Monroe Institute and me. That individual put that life has betrayed you, or some¬ Surfing For those comments in a letter to many who have one has, it is in your best interest Solutions ... 5 been TMI supporters for years. On first reading it, to step back and get as impersonal 1 was overcome with shock. How could this per¬ about that situation as possible and son, who we had trusted and considered as a put that very painful experience friend, make such angry statements? How could Continued on page 3 Hemi-Lync ... 6 OPENING TO SELF and healing at the North Carolina THROUGH MUSIC Center for Advancement of Teaching and has received the School of Musics outstanding teaching award. These by Gregory Carroll, PhD qualifications made him the logical choice to conduct an intensive work¬ Gregory Carroll, PhD, has shop as part of UNCG’s Division of An Open Letter To been on the faculty of the University Continual Learning Summer Shorts The TMI Family. . . 8 of North Carolina at Greensboro program. O School of Music since 1981. He is a founding member of The Monroe n July 25, 2001, I presented a Institute's Professional Division and one-day workshop with the l_J a member of our Board of Advisors. underlying premise that in discov- Dr. Carroll gives yearly presentations on music, health, Continued on page 4 TMIFOCUS BACK TO THE thing. How about EXPLORATION time. There’s no contractor to FUTURE WITH 271 That sounds exciting. However, argue with, and construction is a couple of friends suggested that 1 immediate. What a glorious gift LIFELINE should experience LIFELINE. So I TMI has given to me through this did. program called LIFELINE. sfri by Jacquelyn J. Phillips Arriving at the warmly familiar I and welcoming Nancy Penn n the course Center, 1 checked in. There was of her eighty- the usual sense of excitement, an three years in anticipatory joy in being there Earth-school, again; knowing I would meet peo¬ QUARTERLY TAPE Jacquelyn ple who spoke the same language— Phillips has pur¬ fellow travelers, so to speak. That sued a variety of there was fun ahead for us is a NETWORK OF LIQHT professions and given at TMI. I dropped my lug¬ Immune System interests. Commercial art was her first gage in the room assigned to me. career. She was a riveter for Douglas Was it mere chance that I got the Our immune and nervous Aircraft and later a draftsman for the only single available, or does age systems are in constant com¬ Women's Army Auxiliary Corps dur¬ have special privileges? It is diffi¬ ing World War II. After the war, cult for me to believe that I am munication. Research has Jackie married and raised a family, actually eighty-three years old, demonstrated that they use then worked as a real estate broker because at heart I feel thirty-eight. the same cellular receptors. and agent. In recent years, she has Our introductory meeting in For this tape series, it is attended the GATEWAY VOYAGE David Francis Hall connected us in simpler to consider them and GUIDELINES and participated a way that was just short of magi¬ in the Dolphin Energy Club. She is cal. We were a “group” immediate¬ separately. Although they can certified at the highest level as a ly. Then, back in my CHEC unit form connections as tight as Healing Touch Practitioner. Jackie is for the first tape, I set my intent to nerve synapses, the immune the founding director of the Center for be of service to some poor soul. system’s specialized white Healing Intervention (CHI), which Perhaps someone was wandering blood cells are usually cours¬ opened in 1997. It around, lost and lonely. I would be was the first—and is their rescuer. ing through the bloodstream still the only—center Did I get an awakening! I and lymphatic vessels. for integrative medi¬ found this skinny little freckled¬ Bobbing in currents that cine on Virginias faced eight-year-old child, who throb to life’s rhythm, their Eastern Shore. Jackie looked so pitifully helpless. She was delicate, petal-like edges is truly young at a part of me that I’d lost without heart. At even being aware of it. I took her unfurl to “taste” the bio¬ LIFELINE, she hand; she melded into me, yet kept chemical juices flowing in reached back into the her own identity. I felt so complete, response to every mood and past and reclaimed so just right. We went to the Park emotion. They constantly an aspect of herself in Focus 27 and built our house ask, “Does this taste of self or who joined her in together, one that I have dreamed nonself?” Immune System will creating a gift for of for a lifetime. It has a roof that Now. rolls back on a starry night at the teach you to understand and LIFELINE, why flick of a switch, smooth and easy. I nurture this vigilant guardian would I want to look up and live with the stars. of your health and vitality. take that program? The house is mostly glass and looks You will use deep, receptive I have been a hos¬ out into the woods on three sides. relaxation as a “switch” pice volunteer for On the fourth side is THE Ocean, twenty years; I Pacific of course. Now this house of to turn on your inner know as much as my own design is there to visit or network of light. I want to know to live in whenever I want. I can about that sort of change whatever I wish at any 2 Fall 2001 TMIFOCUS TRANSCENDING NEGATIVITY answers or striving to increase your spiritual understand¬ Continued from page 1 ing in life, always remember to call upon the higher power deep within your innermost heart. This may be within a spiritual context and say ‘What am 1 supposed described in many ways. I refer to it as calling on my to get out of this?’ Then just keep going, don’t look angels. When you find yourself dealing with people back. Whatever you do, don’t anchor your spirit in this operating on a lower level of consciousness, send them experience.” love and light or ask those powers in the inner realms to Rationally, I knew that what assist you in transmitting that ener¬ she said was true, yet it was diffi¬ How do we move out gy. However you conceive of this cult to immediately move through process, I assure you that it is real. and beyond my swirling emotions. If you trust, it will work for you. The words “...just keep going” and of the victim role Perhaps the most important les¬ “...don’t anchor your spirit in this son I have gleaned from this experience” kept ringing in my and beyond ego to episode is to maintain my own mind. How do we move out of the enthusiasm for life and for the victim role and beyond ego to sur¬ work we do at TMI. The loyalty render to our true spiritual path? surrender to our true and commitment of the employees How do we stay aligned with our within our organization has been spiritual vision? evident through their actions. spiritual path? Once I began to get a perspec¬ Also, many of you out there have tive on the ego-driven motivations written to express your support and behind the betrayal, I was able to open my awareness to love. Your dedication and loyalty are pillars of strength, much more expansive possibilities. I understood person¬ and I appreciate each one of you. Let us continue to be ally and in greater depth, the many ways that the shad¬ one with spirit and aligned with our purpose and vision ow within all of us can express itself. I also grasped the of raising the consciousness on our planet to a more importance of being objective and listening to guidance. productive and loving state of being. In times of person¬ The results have been transformative for me. I am con¬ al, national, or global crisis, it is challenging to stay verting the negative energy into a positive direction and centered and focus positive intention. The following using it to renew my trust in the process. By letting go of prayer shared by a personal friend who is also a Unity ego desires, my learning can occur through the wisdom minister may help. “Loving Spirit, bless (insert name) in of the higher frequencies of spirit, rather than through whatever it is that You know he/she may be needing fear and doubt. In transcending fear, I am able to inte¬ this day! Fill (insert name)'s life full of your peace, pros¬ grate and transmute the experience. Acting from a place perity, wholeness, and power, as he/she continues to of love, forgiveness*, clarity, and compassion also allows have a conscious relationship with You. Thank You, those around me to align with the forces that will bring Spirit. And so it is. Amen.” us into harmony. When seeming negativity manifests in our lives, it is always an opportunity to look within. Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, every action is co-creative *An August 31 article by Marilyn Elias in and each thought is a co-creative mechanism. By detach¬ USA Today suggests, “Learning to forgive can bene¬ ing from the personal aspects of an incident, we become fit the forgiven” Evidence from a program devel¬ able to adopt a spiritual perspective. Doing this may take oped by Stanford University psychologist Carl all of the available support and help of your closest Thoresen indicates that “... giving up the right to friends, as well as profound trust in your own guidance. be aggravated and angry, and the desire to strike Guidance will not tell you “why” and it will not tell back” has profound health benefits for the person you the outcome. It will only show you the appropriate doing the forgiving. By relaxing rigid rules for oth¬ path. It is up to you to take it. Truly surrendering to ers’ personal behavior, looking at painful incidents where I am in the moment was a major part of this for from the other person’s viewpoint, and moving me. I realized that negativity blocks progress. Individuals from blame to acceptance and then forward into who are not aligned with integrity and truth and do not the future, those who forgive see “stress, anger, and feel accountable for their actions will pursue their psychosomatic symptoms—headaches, stomach desires without regard for others. With this knowledge upsets, etc.—go way down.” in mind, I turned to my guides and asked for their pro¬ tection, healing, and assistance. If you are looking for 3 Fall 2001 TMIFOCUS OPENING TO SELF ment as an object. Nineteenth- across. “Beautifully planned. THROUGH MUSIC century music uses sound to evoke Opening to Pain, Anger, and Grief Continued from page 1 vivid imagery and activate our was exquisite. Dr. Carroll’s stories capacity to visualize—to create an and the music were beautifully ering our Self—the core of our internal three-dimensional world intertwined.” “Dr. Carroll has an being-ness that is covered over by through our “mind’s eye.” infinite passion for all that music our life experiences—we can come Great teachers tell us that how exemplifies and encompasses in to know and fully embrace Who we respond to events is even more human reality and communicates it We Are and, thereby, be of greater important than what happens. Pain well.” And “This was one of the assistance to others. Music is only simply IS, and both psychological most ‘morally encouraging’ pro¬ one tool for achieving health and and emotional pain can trigger per¬ grams I have attended. What a wholeness. These two words arise sonal transformation. During crisis, delight to embrace the good from common linguistic roots, and some compositions enable us to air (often coming from the bad).” we use musical metaphors to out pain, anger, and grief, while describe the states they denote: others help us find release and give “Are we making a sound decision?” us strength and courage to continue. or “Let’s work toward harmony in The world we live in demands the family.” Music can assist with our attention. It continually drags the healthy catharsis and process¬ us back to an external focus, and ing of our feelings. Opening to we tend to lose ourselves in the yourself means, simply, the uncon¬ shuffle. While we are actively CAPTAIN OF MY ditional acceptance of who you are engaged in the outside world, we at this moment. Your experiences put feelings and emotions “on SHIP, MASTER OF will be unique—just as you are. You hold” because we cannot pause to MY SOUL need not study music to understand “metabolize” them. Many musical H it; it is a self-teaching language. pieces—METAMUSIC especial¬ Most compositions express ly—strengthen our inner focus and ave you contrasting emotional states. “set the stage” for the meditative ever looked Duality and polarity are aspects of process of inner exploration. back, awestruck Earth Life reality, but not of spiritu¬ Music, at its most powerful, at the infinite al reality. Quantum physicists inspires us to “give over” to the number of ran¬ remind us that it is better to speak Universe, a faith, or a Higher dom choices and in terms of “relationship” rather Power. When that happens, we events that led than “cause and effect.” Con¬ begin to see and live life differently, you to where you are—and more sciously or not, composers create and the Present consumes our importantly, who you are?” In his “whole” works that integrate awareness. Surrendering to Life autobiography, TMI Research polarities. opens the way for growth and per¬ Director F. Holmes “Skip” Atwater Baroque and Classical music sonal transformation. The vitality does both. From childhood out-of- can energize us and support clarity of spiritual development on the body explorations, to his days as an of thought. Baroque compositions planet at this time is based on the army lieutenant whose initiative stimulate the mind and brain on idea that an individual’s life is a led to the creation of the STAR- many levels and in many areas. microcosm of evolution for all. GATE remote-viewing intelligence Baroque’s regular beat can even Personal transformation becomes a program, to consciousness explo¬ alter the rate of the human heart¬ benchmark for everyone’s con¬ ration sessions with Robert beat. Classical pieces avoid sciousness development. This con¬ Monroe, Captain of My Ship, extremes of emotional intensity cept, which is a very recent thing, Master of My Soul is a fascinating and clarify our thinking. It is urges us to “live through our look at the way spiritual guidance almost as if their structural organi¬ hearts” in whatever we may do. works in our lives. Watch for a zation influences the brain to review in the winter 2002 respond in a particular fashion. Postscript TMI FOCUS. We have become alienated from “nature” in the expression The following laudatory com¬ “human nature.” And we have ments from participants indicate come to treat our natural environ¬ that Dr. Carroll got his points 4 Fall 2001 TMIFOCUS SURFING FOR dogs that panic when left alone. It passed, she had fewer and fewer was a disaster. Brandy reacted by days when she got panicky, and I SOLUTIONS becoming even more agitated. no longer had to leash her to keep One stormy evening, in her off of the couch. The quaking by Carol Hanson despair, I went out on my large nearly disappeared. She also started front porch and found that she sleeping through the night, wouldn’t follow me out and didn’t although her bed of choice is still cause a rumpus about my being mine. there. Thus, for this past summer There were two interesting side and fall, I made a practice of sleep¬ effects. Sometimes Brandy seems to ing on the porch during rainstorms. “ask” for the Surf CD. She comes It was actually an enjoyable experi¬ and stands on her bed in front of ence, and I often took my little the CD player and waits. If I still boom box and listened to tapes don’t get it, she comes over and before going to sleep. I thought I nudges me with her head. It doesn’t had a workable solution. We happen all the time, and I can’t wouldn’t have thunderstorms in swear to her meaning, but when I the winter, and I could sleep out turn on Surf she never complains. again the next spring. The second side effect occurred Carol Hanson attended the Instead, Brandy became agitat¬ recently while I was listening to GATEWAY VOYAGE in the sum- ed almost every evening. The Energy Walk with earphones and mer of 2000. She is a special educa¬ behavior would continue for four to Brandy walked up to the couch. I tion teacher and a writer and lives in six hours as she tried to climb up was really into the tape. Although rural Missouri on thirty acres with her on me and then pawed at me. She aware she was there and would three dogs and three cats. never settled down. At first I made probably try to climb up, I decided T sure we went walking every day to to stay focused and do nothing. he following experience does¬ tire her out. Eventually I had to She stood still until the tape was n’t qualify as scientific wait and walk her just before bed¬ finished, then quietly walked to her research, but it is the true story of time to insure that she would settle bed and lay down. I can’t explain how Hemi-Sync made a real differ¬ down to sleep. Even then, she sel¬ why, but I was impressed nonethe¬ ence in quality of life for my dog dom slept through the night and less. and me. Brandy was fourteen last awakened me by climbing on my Brandy and I have been com¬ November. She is a mixed breed, bed panting at two or three in the panions for over twelve years. I am part German shepherd and part morning. comfortable with her dying when golden Labrador retriever, and she Finally, even walks were use¬ she is ready, but I hate the thought has always been nervous during less. Every night my dog stood and of taking her to be put down. She thunderstorms. I used to be able to quaked, yawning and panting or still enjoys life, loves our long quiet her by sitting up with her on attempting to climb on me. There walks, and is not sick or in pain. the couch. Last spring things began seemed to be no other choice but The effects of Hemi-Sync Surf have to change. Nothing I did seemed to to put her down, and I didn’t like allowed both of us greater peace of comfort her. She pawed, panted, it. In a final attempt to put off mind and comfort. Thanks Bob, and quaked no matter what. I what seemed inevitable, I decided thanks Laurie, thanks to all of you. assumed that the change was due to try my Hemi-Sync Surf CD. I to her growing progressively more did not expect much. Earphones [Carol wrote on September 28 to deaf and getting on in years. The were obviously out, and it would say, “Brandy died in mid-July at four¬ veterinarian suggested a half dose lose a lot from being played on a teen years, eight months. She was a of Dramamine® to calm her and small stereo player. In addition, wonderful companion, but it was time make her drowsy. This worked for a since Brandy is nearly deaf, I for her to go and I know she is while, although it took an hour to doubted it would get through to here in spirit.”] have an effect. I placed it in food, her at all. I was wrong. It had an but she often refused to eat when amazing and wonderful effect. She she was upset. Finally, it didn’t calmed down and in about five to quiet her either. Then the veteri¬ ten minutes was resting or sleeping narian suggested a medicine for on her bed near me. As the weeks 5 Fall 2001 TMI FOCUS f HEMI-LYNC THE MONROE INSTITUTE ^ PROGRAM SCHEDULE Making Global Connections Programs marked RMR will be held at Roberts Mountain Retreat. All others will be held at The Nancy Penn Center. Hemi-Lync is a print media network ning streak September 7-9 in Contact Trina Murphy at (434) 361'1252 bulletin board connecting you with Biddeford, Maine, at “The or [email protected] to register for programs listed below. Contact people, events, and publications Developing Child: In The Shirley Bliley at (434) 36D9132 or around the world that Beginning [email protected] to register for the March 9'13, 2002, Professional Seminar. have something to share The interna¬ about Hemi-Sync. Ids tional confer¬ 2001-2002 your forum and we ence on pedi¬ BEYOND EXPLORATION 27 encourage you to use atrics was pre¬ (For EXPLORATION 27 Graduates) it. Submit your Hemi- sented by the October 6-10 (RMR) Lync item to the TMI College of May 4-8 (RMR) FOCUS by Health EXPLORATION 27 writing, calling, or Professions, (For LIFELINE Graduates) by e-mail. University of November 10-16 (RMR) New England. Brian spoke on April 13-19 (RMR) Appearances “Therapeutic Touch and Energetic QATEWAY QRADUATE RETREAT F. Holmes “Skip” Atwater, TMI Healing in Pediatrics” and conduct¬ October 12-14 (RMR) research director, recently returned ed two hands-on therapeutic touch QATEWAY VOYAQE from appearances in North and energetic healing workshops October 13-19 Carolina, Australia, and Colorado. with small groups of participants. October 27-Novembcr 2 Skip is booked through March 2002 “Cosmic Journeys: Inner November 3-9 January 19-25, 2002 for speaking engagements at loca¬ Guidance with Rosalind February 2-8 tions across the United States and McKnight” was held at the Kindred March 2-8 in Canada. He will be making pre¬ Spirits Community Resource April 13-19 sentations on The Monroe Institute Center on August 24. Participants April 20-26 May 4-10 and promoting his autobiography, explored a variety of ways to access Captain of My Ship, Master of My inner guidance and use it to be QUIDELINES Soul. The softcover book and “fully alive and joyful.” On (A Graduate Program) October 27(Novembcr 2 (RMR) accompanying CD-ROM are September 26, Rosalind inaugurat¬ December 8-14 $21.95 from Hampton Roads ed a four-part series at Kindred January 26-February 1,2002 Publishing Company, (800) 766- Spirits on “Developing Your ESP.” March 16-22 (RMR) April 20-26 (RMR) 8009, or the TMI Bookstore, (434) She was a member of Robert HEARTLINE 361-1252. Monroe’s original Explorer team (A Graduate Program) On August 12, TMI and has taught college-level para¬ October 20-26 (RMR) Professional Member Brian Dailey, psychology courses. April 27-May 3, 2002 (RMR) MD, spoke before an audience of A select group of participants LIFELINE 130 women attending the Horizon listened attentively to a lecture on (A Graduate Program) of Hope Breast Cancer Seminar in “Mind Development with Hemi- November 3-9 (RMR) December 1-7 (RMR) Rochester, New York. They were Sync” delivered by Ray Wald- February 9-15, 2002 there to become better informed koetter, EdD, at the 2001 Summer- April 6-12 (RMR) about breast cancer and comple¬ fest Open House held June 16 in May 18-24 (RMR) mentary treatments for the disease. Olde Towne, Greenwood, Indiana. MO Brian felt that Power Point slides Dr. Waldkoetter is a member of (A Graduate Program) provided by Skip Atwater helped to the TMI Board of Advisors and November 10-16 March 23-29, 2002 generate tremendous enthusiasm for a founding member of our Hemi-Sync. His second Horizon of Professional Division. PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR Hope presentation on August 22 in March 9-13, 2002 Albion, New York, got an equally Books positive reception. The following titles are avail¬ _f Dr. Dailey continued his win¬ able from Interstate Industries, Inc. 6 Fall 2001 TMI FOCUS r Robert A. Monroe’s trilogy:_ Lyncing People JOURNEYS OUT OF THE BODY FAR JOURNEYS Here are names and phone numbers of readers willing to be contacts for ULTIMATE JOURNEY regional get-togethers of Hemi-Sync users. We'll continue to add to the list as we hear from you. Please inform us promptly of changes in Healing Myself, by Gari Carter location and phonelfax numbers. Call (804) 361-9132 or e-mail Cosmic Journeys, by Rosalind A. McKnight [email protected] with changes or to be removed from the list. Mind Trek, by Joseph McMoneagle Remote Viewing Secrets, by Joseph McMoneagle AUSTRALIA SCOTLAND PALMER, AK The Ultimate Time Machine, by Joseph McMoneagle ADELAIDE, S.A. NEW QALLOWAY Ross Penrine Using the Whole Brain, edited by Ronald Russell Clive Elms Jill and Ronald Russell (907) 746-6443 Dara Gorecki Tel/Fax (44) (1644) PASO ROBLES, CA (61) (08) 8268-5852 420357 Leland Beck New Books Claire Ezrac (805) 237-8949 (61) (08) 8346-7936 U.S. A. PHILLIPS, ME Volume 4 of Bruce Moen’s Exploring the Afterlife Series ARLINQTON, VA (after May 15) describes the author’s audacious odyssey to the origin of SYDNEY Mark Gemmell CJ.fi? Stella Stevens Ashle Trucano (703) 522-8663 (207) 639-2501 consciousness. In Voyage to Curiosity’s Father, Moen “trans- (41) (2) 9953-1155 BETHESDA, MD PORTLAND, ME lates difficult metaphysical concepts into easily understood Helene N. Guttman Joe Harrington BELQIUM Tel/Fax (301) 656-8980 (207) 773-0291 metaphors” and gives his interpretation of the ultimate THIMISTER BUTTE, MT PORTLAND, OR nature of consciousness. $13.95 in softcover from Patrick Bartholome Leo McCarthy Bill Oakes (32) (87) 44-70-70 (406) 494-3567 (503) 628-3150 Hampton Roads Publishing Company, (800) 766-8009, or BOSTON, MA RENTON, WA the TMI Bookstore, (434) 361-1252. CANADA Steve Ullman Peggy O’Hare HALIFAX, NS (978) 579-0945 (425) 641-4535 Robert O. Sornson, EdD, director of special education Tom Tasse CHARLOTTE, NC Rob Sandstrom for Northville Public Schools, Northville, Michigan, and a (902) 443-2692 Rebecca Nagy (425) 255-1035 ORILLIA, ONT (704) 588-4623 ROSWELL, QA TMI professional member, has edited Preventing Early Kim Stratten COLUMBUS, OHIO Chase Carey Learning Failure. The book describes programs and practi¬ (705) 329-3031 Tom King (770) 587-0350 TORONTO, ONT (614) 421-7117 SAN MATEO, CA cal approaches to develop every child’s capacity for learn¬ BUiir Swanson DAVIDSON, NC Chow Chow Imamoto ing in the early years, thus setting the stage for success in (416) 694-2908 Norma Atherton (415) 341-1955 (r) VANCOUVER, BC (704) 892-7000 (415) 344-1822 (w) life and ensuring that no child will be left behind. The Carol Biemat DOWLINQ, MN SHASTA LAKE CITY, $23.95 hardcover is available from the Association for (604) 261-2840 Robert Jonas CA (616) 758-3797 Edy Harrington Supervision and Curriculum Development at (800) 933- CYPRUS ENQLEWOOD, CO (530) 275-4946 John Knowles & Linda Daniel K. Meyer SILVER CITY, NM 2723. Leblanc Kimberly Miller Marion Light Ray (357) (6) 621272 (303) 740-8053 (505) 388-5782 FINESVILLE, NJ STONE MOUNTAIN, Magazines DENMARK Pete Ennes QA The winter 2001 issue of Bosque y Play a—an upscale COPENHAQEN (908) 995-9493 Gretchen Jaccino Jan Caroc GRAND RAPIDS, MI (404) 716-5857 Argentinean publication providing information on leisure (45) (33) 255313 Larry Rosencrans SURFSIDE BEACH, activities, hotels, restaurants, and real estate—featured a STOVRINQ (888) 320-1517 SC Kim Notholm-Larsen HAMDEN, CT (until May 15) full-page article by OUTREACH Trainer Nora E. Rosen (45) 98385751 Lou Stout CJ. & Stella Stevens that billed Hemi-Sync as “the technique that reveals the (203) 288-1677 (843) 215-1097 ENQLAND HENDERSONVILLE, TEMPE, AZ unlimited potential of the human mind.” CAMBRIDQE NC Marcie A. Katler Sue Pitman Joe Gallenberger (602) 968-3021 Tel (223) 843164 (704) 693-4721 TOLEDO, OH Mentions Fax (223) 515091 INDIANAPOLIS, IN Eileen Tucker In his 1999 book Extraterrestrial Contact: The Evidence Shawn Casey (313) 856-5251 IRELAND (317) 852-7727 TULSA, OK and Implications, Steven M. Greer, MD, refers to Hemi- OMEATH, CO. LOS GATOS, CA Bruce W. Freeman Sync as an example of “technology-assisted conscious¬ LOUTH Jerry Durand (918) 742-0743 Jim & Lana Phillips Sharon FIurtley-Durand WALLINGFORD, CT ness.” Binaural-beat frequency patterns are described as a (353) (42) 75522 (408) 356-3765 Mike Cei way to “achieve deep states of relaxation, expansion, and MT. JULIET, TN (203) 265-9851 JAPAN Art and Jan Flint eventually other powers and abilities.” For more informa¬ TOKYO (423) 988-0104 tion on Dr. Greer’s work as director of the Disclosure Kanji Nakai NEW YORK, NY Tel (03) 5471-2502 Al Swadichuto Project, please visit http://www. disclosureproject.org Fax (03) 5471-2972 (212) 228-3298 If you live within reach of any of these folks and would like to find other nearby /people to “explore” with, get in touch. The OUTREACH Trainers and facili¬ tators listed on the Expanded Workshop insert also welcome your calls. Special thanks to all of you who are willing to be connecting links in the extended TMI J Continued on page 8 7 Fall 2001 TMI FOCUS AN OPEN LETTER TO THE TMI FAMILY HEMI-LYNC Continued from page 7 Television September 11, 2001 Hidden History: Psychic Espionage aired on the History from Laurie A. Monroe Channel at 8 P.M. EST on A September 27. The program s I write this, it has been seven days since the tragic terrorist attack on focused on remote viewing and fea- tured interviews with Hal Puthoff, America. Many of us are still in a state of shock or disbelief; many of us Skip Atwater, Joe McMoneagle, are still searching for our friends and loved ones who are missing. The overall and Paul Smith. energy is chaotic and frantic on the outside, but somehow, there is a sense of centeredness and organization on the inside. Visits There have been comments about the messages within the event itself. Twelve students from the Rhine The words connected with the attack—American, United, World Trade Research Center’s Institute of Center, and Pentagon (a pentagon has five sides and angles and five means Parapsychology in Durham, North change or transition)—are symbolic. Symbols have meanings, but perceptions Carolina, were guests of The of those symbols can differ. Perhaps the most important words are “center” Monroe Institute on August 27. and “united.” Now it is time for us to remain in our center, in our hearts, and, With Colleen Rae, coordinator of as Americans, stand united with each other and those around the globe who special programs, they toured the choose to stand with us. Bob Monroe Research Lab and The world is changing and our part is still unfolding. It is critical to go chatted with Skip Atwater and Joe through the process and acknowledge our feelings without anchoring our spir- McMoneagle. Laurie Monroe led its in negative emotions. If we call on our nonphysical friends, our guides, our the group in a special tape exercise higher selves, and the divine that is within us all to assist us through this in the Nancy Penn Center. We time, we will be able to forgive. Once we are in a state of forgiveness, our hope many of them will return sight will be clearer and our intentions will be more effective. It may take to attend a GATEWAY some time for many of us to attain forgiveness, but know in your hearts that VOYAGE. it is possible. Please have patience with yourselves. I hope those of you who are experienced in retrievals will continue to do whatever you can to assist those souls who gave their lives in this disaster. Many of you are already doing this, and our combined efforts have created ATTENTION vortexes over the disaster sites that are opening the way to Focus 27. The helpers and guides appreciate your work and ask that you continue to offer As you know, we do not sell assistance and support. our mailing list. It has come to At this time, I would ask that all of you simply remain centered in your our attention that Bob and hearts and connect with all your loved ones. It must start with each one of Susan McCulloch, who are no longer accredited TMI us and ripple out to our families, friends, coworkers, communities, states, Trainers, are using our mailing countries, and the world. If we each do our part in this crisis, we can cocreate list without our permission. We a future of unity and compassion. Send your healing energy to our leaders apologize for any inconve¬ and to those responsible for this terrible act, so that they too may become nience this has caused you. centered in their hearts and make decisions in the best interest of the future of humanity. It is time. It is time for us to use the tools we have been given through our Editor: Shirley Bliley work at the Institute. It is time for us to direct our energies in a constructive Layout and Design: Grafton Blankinship way to manifest a peaceful global community. 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