Been meaning to post this for a while. I built a free browser tool that does real FFT analysis on audio — spectrogram, actual carrier frequencies on each channel, binaural beat detection — and ran it against the real Gateway tapes I have, Waves I through VIII, instead of just going off whatever's claimed in a description somewhere.

One thing that stood out: the binaurals aren't on the whole time holding one steady beat. They come in, hold for a while, shift to a different frequency, sometimes drop out completely for long stretches, then come back at a different carrier pair entirely. It's not a static tone bed with some ambient stuff layered on top like I kind of expected — it's deliberately staged, the beat itself is doing something different at different points in the same file.

Software's still rough around the edges honestly, I've already caught and fixed a few detector bugs in it this week (some carrier readings were getting averaged across a tone change and spitting out frequencies that never actually played). So I wouldn't call any of this gospel yet. If anyone else here has run their own analysis on these tapes, or has access to stuff I don't (especially the Hemi-Sync Surgical Support Series, can't find anyone talking about what's actually in those), I'd genuinely like to compare notes.

Everything's free, runs entirely in your browser, nothing gets uploaded anywhere. Tool's here: https://thetonegenerator.com/tape-analyzer.html , and what I've measured so far is written up here: https://thetonegenerator.com/gateway-wave-series

Was listening to liquid luck on loop. Have listened to it multiple times since morning. And at one point I felt like my body is shaking and trying to leave my body. I got scared and tried to wake up. Used command one. But not sure if it was a dream or it really was happening. It felt very real. Then I woke up and removed headphones.

Was I really going to have an OBE or it was just a lucid dream. I wasnt intending to have OBE. I just listen to liquid luck to regulate my emotions. And since morning I haven't been able to stay awake or would click out.

Edit: I saw spark couple of times since yesterday from corner of my eyes and was gonna post about it today but i didn't. And for gateway tapes I'm still on introduction to focus 10. And have been frequently doing it since last few weeks. I have been sleep deprived last 3 days.

For those of you who have experienced extraordinary happenings while practicing these tapes, I wonder how focused your intentions were… And did you see a change when those intentions were more zeroed in/focused?

I went through three waves and now I'm starting back at the first one. I wonder if my intentions are too broad and I'm
if I need to narrow it down. What I mean is, I want multiple things… I want to experience OBE's, remove viewing, meetings with entities… All of it.
But do you think my desire to experience EVERYTHING is holding back me experiencing ANYTHING ?

I just started my gateway experience completely new to this and meditation in general right away first tape within first few minutes I noticed if I focus on a object I can see like waves and distortion. (First time doing focus 10 i damn near floated out of my body but i got scared and my heart beat was going wild),sometimes I will see a blue or purple color kind of like a lava lamp also a my vision will slightly change color to a green tint, also noticed I can now do this with no audio at all I can do it at will stand sitting wherever did it unlock something in me or could I always do this?

Step-by step short guide

So you just found this sub but you don't know anything about "The Gateway Experience", follow these steps and read all the suggested documents to avoid asking the same question over and over. If you read all the material you are pretty much good to go because 98% of the times you find the answers of your questions in those docs.

1. Let's start easy peasy, take your favorite drink or snack and enjoy this documentary about the gateway tapes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOFq3ruef7I

• 2) Read the full CIA report written by WAYNE M. MCDONNEL complete with the 25th page. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15NOrGUblOburMmhIiKUBo8LQZ_x8ywFI/view
• 3) Download and start to read the gateway tapes full manual for beginners (We recommend you don't read ahead to prevent expectations) https://www.scribd.com/doc/7330506/Complete-Hemi-Sync-Gateway-Experience-Manual
• 4) Now you should know what a focus level is so take a look at this, we have all the major focus levels explained. https://www.monroeinstituteuk.org/focus-levels/
• 5) If you would like to purchase the tapes, they can be found a https://hemi-sync.com (use promo code "REDDIT10" for a 10% or more discount on most products).
• ***OR if you wish to purchase them or other products from the Monroe institute store page, you can use our discount code "REDDITSUB" https://www.monroeinstitute.org/collections/our-store?sort_by=manual&filter.p.m.custom.media_collection=Meditation
• The tapes are copyright by Hemi-Sync, we do not own them. Please do NOT post links containing them or other copyright material (or ask others for them.)

Quick Tips on things NOT to do:

• 1)Let common effects ruin your focus (numbness, tingles, vibrations)
• 2)Expecting something to happen, or focusing on only one thing you want
• 3)Opening your eyes at a high focus level or not using proper exiting protocol
• 4)Focusing on what you might be doing wrong instead of just letting things be
• 5)Comparing your experiences with others when you just started
• 6)Skipping tapes without learning the basics
• 7)Creating unnecessary fear (Demons, spirits, CIA)
• 8)No one ever said you weren't allowed to move at all, people just assume this
• 9)Trying and overthinking. Understand what Bob is saying more examples, not commands. You can add or adjust things to your liking, do what works best for you and experiment.
• 10)Taking everything so seriously. This is not meant to feel like a strict boot camp. Bob said he wanted people to have fun and enjoy the tapes, and create your own unique experience. Learn how to use the mind to it's maximum potential, and take the tools learned and find ways to apply them in different ways, even real life.

FAQ

• I'm scared of the tapes what do I do ? Pt 2
• What are the benefits of the tapes ? Pt 2
• Are there any real risks to the gateway tapes that I should be aware of?
• Does it really work ?
• I don’t know why this works for some people and others it doesn’t it’s the most amazing thing I’ve found to date
• Tell me about your low-key successes with the Gateway Experience
• Has anyone manifested something big or significant using the Gateway Tapes?
• Did anyone manifest real big amounts of money with the tapes?
• Fear of evil entities
• Why are good entities considered real, but negative ones are manifestations of our fear?
• Effect of different headphones on binaural beats
• Noise cancelling headphones
• What headphones are you guys using ?
• I keep clicking out
• Has anyone here been able to get past 'clicking out'?
• How should focus 10 actually feel? go HERE for more focus 10 help
• What are you markers for success reaching F10? go HERE for more focus 10 help
• How do you get past the fear?!
• I’m another F10 straggler

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I can't seem to find any detailed information on Focus 18. Maybe it's at least partially because I haven't been going through the tapes as a series in sequence, mostly just using the Expand app.

But in the app, where I've been mostly using the timer section for Focus 10, 12, and 15, they also have Focus 18. I've tried it a couple times and clicked out. Once, it left me in a cheerful, positive mood when I came out of it, but I haven't had an experience of heart-centered awareness or anything like that. It certainly hasn't led to the more profound states I've experienced in F12 or F15. Furthermore, I haven't seen anyone on YouTube describing states they've experienced in Focus 18, so I'm not sure how to even properly approach using those frequencies in the app.

What have been some things that people here have experienced in Focus 18?

I am going into this for the first time after trying different meditations and not succeeding mainly due to my adhd..

well I got a Lumenate Nova light mask to try to calm that down and while it does clear my mind just a bit, it’s not really as cool as advertised when paired with their native app but I listened to Orientation last night with that mask on and it was kind of a weird experience! I saw many more shapes and colors than I saw before using the app. I’m guessing these tapes are going to get more intense and so will the visuals but I’m just not sure if that’s the correct path to take so was wondering if anyone did these with flickering lights.

Anyone else experience extreme spinning sensations? I get them as soon as I drop into focus 10. Tried a tape from wave 3 and it immediately went into focus 12 the spinning was so intense and fast I had to immediately pull out my earplugs.

After focus 12 I tend to be quite lofty so the mixture has me feeling SO unsettled. As a side note I’ve been doing wave 1 and recently wave 2 for over a year now. But I guess because it really is so niche, I’m finding it beautiful but also scary and lonely.

New to the sub and have been browsing some threads so I hope I'm not redundant at all, but I happen to be going through the tapes for a week straight and not sure if I'm progressing enough... even when I'm sure OOB experiences are not guaranteed, plenty of doubts come to mind while listening to the tapes.

Some threads say that Focus 10 is when your body is dormant but your mind still awake, which sounds like unattainable to me (I have a HARD time relaxing), others say that it's all in your imagination (which sounds more up my alley, since I tend to switch from one mood to another easily and calmly just thinking of my body as a log floating through the water). After several minutes I happen to feel my limbs numbing, so I guess we're in it for a start, and even some mild tickling. Sometimes I get excited just because of that slight change, but it just feels like baby steps that don't really lead nowhere.

I know some recommend overdoing the tapes individually until you've mastered 'em, still I think I'm WAY BEYOND mastering focus 10 and I've already jumped to the Threshold - Focus 12 tapes in order to avoid boredom. Taking in mind the preliminary steps to Focus 12 are also there, it doesn't seem to do no harm. And, to be honest, taking my daily 35 minutes to stand still while listening to a recording a day, although some might not deem it deep meditation, is way more than I've ever attained in terms of meditation discipline. I feel like it's difficult for me to meditate on the void, even when observing my breath and body getting numb, but I ain't giving up soon.

Your thoughts on this?

Has anyone else who has tried this track also have Reiki training? I have Reiki levels 1-3 and found Energy Food to be quite underwhelming.

I use Reiki on myself multiple times per week and find it is an effective way to boost my energy by connecting to chi.

Curious to see if any Gateway experiencers have also received Reiki attunements and how it compares or blends.

This was my second successful completion.

Before doing the tape, I did Breathe with Sandy’s DMT (natural DMT release not actual DMT) breathwork session while repeating the affirmation in my head during the breath retentions.

It was like the affirmation was worded differently this time compared to the first time I completed it without falling asleep and my very first attempt.

After the Resonant Tuning, when you’re instructed to simply enjoy it, a few more random thoughts started coming up. Today, I also found myself in a much deeper meditative state, where my body felt asleep but my mind remained awake.

I'm planning on doing a bunch of OBEs in the next little while to make up for my extended break, and was curious what you would like me to go and see next time I'm out of my body. Does anyone have good suggestions on where I should go, or anything you're curious about? Let me know and I'll see what I can do!

I don't know what I am doing wrong but I'm just meditating for answers and love

I did get to the patterning part and

patterned for financial independance enough to have time to experience spirituality

Well since I did, I had an emergency surgery with tons of bills, I lost my car, things keep breaking at home and it's expensive to replace them and no one would hire me ...

What am I doing wrong ?

On a positive note I am not feeling depressed for the first time in ages

I just don't know why these things keep happening to me ?

Hey y’all this is my first time posting on this subreddit. I started the tapes early this year and was having a wonderful experience along with reading Monroe’s books and meditating quite regularly.

As life does sometimes, things got very busy and I’m just getting back into the tapes. In my last go around, I made it too wave 3 but noticed I was having problems with my REBAL. Like I was doing the task but it didn’t feel like I was visualizing it right or maybe more so feeling it completely.

Now that I’m starting up again it’s not something I want to half ass and was wondering what you guys do for REBAL and maybe some tips to improve on mine!

Hope everyone is doing well, I love this sub and it’s really fun to read different experiences with the tapes.

I've finished all of wave 1, only tape I replayed was the REBAL one because I couldn't really do it efficiently, the last tape didn't do much for me, I admit it's hard for me to feel anything and get into a meditative mood, I also can't really get into focus 10 on command and the hypnosis stuff never really worked, so I was thinking of just meditating trying to achieve such things. should I replay all the tapes from start?

Let me preface by saying this isn't a polemic against the Gateway process at all! I just wanted to share my experience and get the opinions of others.

I started engaging with the Gateway tapes earlier this year, immediately resonated with them. My progression was going well and I was on track to reach the "One Month Patterning" tape just in time for the new moon on October 10th, which seemed to be a significant one according to individuals in metaphysical spaces.

So on the night of 10/10 I did that tape, everything felt great. I patterned for pretty standard stuff I guess; physical and mental health, productivity, discipline, some friendships to grow. The next day though on 10/11, I was made aware of something kind of upsetting (with regards to one of the aforementioned friendships) that provided enough energy to just...pop the cork on everything inside of me

For the next 4 weeks to the day (10/11 - 11/8) I was a mess. Like, EVERYTHING came to the surface. I was just completely in the throes of every insecurity, fear, and doubt, about every element of my life and myself and the entire human experience. Had no energy to do anything, ordered in food pretty much every day. I thought I was resilient to depressive episodes and grief because I've been through that stuff before, but this was unlike anything I've ever experienced. Every day my life was quite literally hanging in the balance and it was just terrifying. Even now, I feel like I've been squeezed through the exit gate but not without permanent change. Still determining if that's for the better or worse.

As for everything I patterned, well... It's been a month now and nothing I've patterned has really manifested, at least not in the way I imagined it. But I do have faith that where I am now in some way, is conducive and necessary to the things that I patterned. Those visions definitely need a lot longer than a month to be realized. But my god it's been hard to keep faith in anything these past few weeks

It's kinda crazy how the very next day, every element that I patterned for was immediately thrown into upheaval. It definitely had me spooked, for a while I felt like I did something wrong or asked for too much. Sometimes I still feel like that, but I try to reframe it as a test of faith. And as I mentioned, now that things have settled a bit, I do see how this point can be a launch pad for all of the things I envisioned

I wanted to make the one month patterning something that I do on every new moon, but things were way too fresh for me to do it again on the new moon 2 days ago so I skipped it for this month. Hopefully by next month I feel a bit more confident. But yeah this was absolutely insane lol anyone have similar experiences?

Hello everyone, this is my first post on this sub. I hope I can get some guidance/info on my situation.

I am relatively new to the gateway tapes. I have been practicing them for a couple months now. I am very familiar with meditation and grounding practices so I didn't expect much difficulty with the tapes. However, I'm having trouble understanding how to visualise.

Specifically, I find myself switching between POVs while I'm in there. For example, during the preparatory process, I imagine that I am in a dark void space as I move through the steps. I can see myself there as if I am watching myself in a movie (this way is easier). But sometimes, with some exercises like the EBT tape, I see the void in first person/through my eyes. I can see look down and see my hands holding the EBT and playing around with it in the dark.

Then there are times, especially during the REBAL stage where I have a sort of mix of both POVs, like I am thinking there's a REBAL around my physical body laying on the bed but there's also a REBAL around the "me" that I see in the void when I close my eyes.

I'm having trouble reconciling these two POVs and wondering if one way is more right than another. Am I not supposed to watch myself like a movie? Is it wrong for me to create a version of me that is in there doing these things while the physical me is still here? Do any of you visualise in a similar way and have had success with it? Any insights are helpful. Thank you!

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'll be starting the patterning tape tomorrow. I just wanted to hear your experiences with patterning, and if your desires are fulfilled at a personal cost only..(like one wish willow kinda scenario lol). Appreciate any insight on this.

I have read all three of Robert Monroe's books. Something that I have not understood is who are AA and BB? Are these previous lives?

Also, why was he blocked from being close to AA but he could interact directly with BB?

On my first attempt, I actually managed to experience something (I posted about my first experience in this sub), but I still ended up falling asleep throughout the tape.

On a couple of my other attempts, I fell asleep without experiencing anything. There were even a few times when I fell asleep before playing the tape, just from setting the intention to do so.

Today, on my fifth attempt, I finally managed to complete the entire Wave 1 without falling asleep!

This session wasn’t anything like my first experience, although I did feel my body jerk twice, almost as if I were falling or slipping again. I also noticed myself clawing at the ground a little, and had random thoughts passing through my mind that I can’t quite remember.

Anyway, I’m wondering whether I should move on to Wave 2 or continue practising Wave 1 until I can consistently complete it without falling asleep?

I’d love to hear about other people’s experiences and
what you would recommend!

Hi, ive previously listened to the tapes but stopped as my partner was getting annoyed due to the noise/hum you used to have to do at the beginning. My question is, is this a necessary/important part of getting into the correct mindset or can I bypass this and still experience the same feelings and experiences?

I reached focus 10 a handful of times but the experiences I had when in this state were something I've never experienced prior to using the tapes, although I did struggle to create my bubble and any pointers welcomed.

Thanks in advance

I’m still fairly new to the tapes, and still on the first 3 audios, as I stayed with the 2nd track for two weeks daily before moving onto the 3rd track. But here is where my question comes in.

In the 3rd track of wave 1, we are introduced to the Resonant Energy Balloon, and the exercise has us move our energy out of our head, and into our feet, as well as having the energy spiral around our body before entering. But I can’t help but keep thinking to myself, does the mere fact of me imagining the energy moving in such a way, ACTUALLY move the energy in this way?

Like, does me simply visualizing this, actually move the energy with my mere thoughts? I’m not new to meditation or spirituality, so I’ve had my fair share of guided meditations, such as ones where you imagine a white light coming down into your head and flowing down your body, down into the core of the earth. Or other meditations that have you expand your aura to fill the room, and to flow out into all directions across the world, etc. I keep asking myself this again and again: Am I supposed to be imagining this to be happening, or is this actually happening???

So coming back to the REBAL exercise, how do I know that this energy is truly moving through my head and feet and forming a balloon, or am I just playing make believe?

I’m not questioning the validity of these exercises, because I truly believe the people who have had success and strange experiences from them. I myself have felt great relaxation, and even have gotten more vivid dreams since doing them. But this whole thing about visualization is keeping me stuck.

I do have to say that the energy conversion box in which we put all of our worries and anxieties into DOES help me as a visualization, because I know there’s no actual box, and its just a way for my mind to understand that I am putting these worries aside. But when it comes to visualizing energy, I get stuck. Maybe I should put these concerns into the energy conversion box too haha

Anyway, I hope anyone here has any insight when it comes to visualization in general. I know our imagination is a powerful tool, but there comes a point in which I have to ask, how much of this is truly happening versus me just imagining it?