"Sarah wasn't expecting to experience paralysis at 7 am on a weekday during a meditation at her home. But in August, while listening to "The Gateway Tapes"-a set of guided meditations intended to help people reach new planes of consciousness -she says her limbs froze."
"She recalls a subsequent three-week period of disorienting instability that veered from feelings of intense spiritual connection to fears that she may never again relate with others. Looking back, she is relieved she was not left "in a kind of a spiritual psychosis," but she sees the events as part of an ultimately positive "awakening" process."
"Developed by radio broadcasting executive Robert Monroe, the Gateway Process claims to be "a voyage of self-discovery" that can help people go "farther, deeper and faster into different dimensions of consciousness." Monroe founded the Monroe Institute in 1971 in Faber, Virginia. Dubbed an American "Hogwarts" by one consciousness content creator, the facility claims to help coax people out of their bodies via in-person and virtual retreats, and even"
The Monroe Institute offers the Gateway Process, a set of guided meditations and retreats intended to help people access different planes of consciousness. The program was developed by radio executive Robert Monroe and has operated since 1971 from Faber, Virginia. Participants report a range of effects from calming the mind and transformative life changes to intense out-of-body experiences, paralysis during sessions, and weeks of disorienting instability. The program has attracted attention from the US military and surged in popularity since the pandemic, with virtual and in-person retreats increasingly selling out.
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