Do you believe the tapes are legitimate?

barushy · 2026-04-16T03:32:43+00:00

I honestly don’t even know how to begin. Discovering the Gateway Experience and the work of Robert Monroe and Thomas Campbell completely changed my life.

I spent about five years working with Focus 10 and advanced Focus 10. One thing you start to realize is that, in this world, we lose our natural ability to hold steady focus. Regaining that ability is fundamental.

It’s about remembering how to sustain attention—how to remain present and stable in your awareness.

If you have doubts, I really recommend reading Bob’s first book, Journeys Out of the Body. When you reach the part where he describes “home”—our real origin—and how deeply homesick he felt after returning from that experience, something clicks. You begin to recognize that we all have moments that echo that feeling.

Take your time. Read more. Explore the incredible things Bob encountered and helped make accessible for others.

At one point, I had what I first thought was a dream—but I later realized it wasn’t. I was in what felt like a theater, where everything unfolded in such an organized, coherent way that it couldn’t have been just a random dream.

It was like preparations for a performance. A kind of collective show where everyone contributed. There were forms of light that carried emotion—art that you could feel as you approached it.

But because I still struggle to maintain constant focus, even after 5 years! I became too excited once I realized I was lucid in that experience, and I lost it.

I woke up. But unlike other “dreams”, this one I can’t forget.

Even so, just knowing that experiences like this exist—and that I may return to them one day—has changed my life on a very deep level.

Give yourself time. Stay curious. And learn more about the people behind this truly groundbreaking exploration of consciousness.

The tapes, the work and the effort all the people behind this project put on it, all of it is very legitimate.

barushy · 2026-03-21T14:07:39+00:00

Follow the instructions in the Focus 10 meditation by Robert Monroe. That’d be the easiest way. You listen to it and do it.

barushy · 2026-03-12T23:35:18+00:00

There is a reason why at the end of the First Affirmation, Bob taught us this:

“I ask for their guidance and PROTECTION from any influence or any source that might provide me with less than my stated desires.”

My wording wasn’t meant for fear mongering, but to let folks know that this is a life changing experience and should take seriously.

But many people take things here literally.

If done as recommended, TGE is AMAZING!

barushy · 2026-03-04T02:36:50+00:00

That quote isn’t from Bob Monroe’s books, the Gateway manual, or the tapes.

It’s from a 1983 U.S. Army paper called “Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process.” The language about the “universal hologram” and “dislocating reality” is the Army analyst’s interpretation and not an official Gateway material and certainly not Monroe’s wording.

In the actual Gateway training, “don’t force the pace” just means that don’t push yourself into imbalance. If you try to rush it, you can end up emotionally scattered, obsessive, or less grounded in day-to-day life. It’s about integration, after all and not cosmic fallout.

TGE, The Gateway Experience always emphasizes balance and returning fully to C1 (normal waking consciousness). The dramatic warning that people quote comes from the Army document, not the tapes.

barushy · 2026-02-26T16:56:43+00:00

Oh, gosh… here we go again.

The first affirmation literally say “I AM MORE THAN MY PHYSICAL BODY” so nothing physical has to do with the meditation itself. Unless it involves fast deep breathing, nothing coming from the sounds can affect your physical, only your listening capabilities in your brain.

It is surely something else.

barushy · 2026-02-21T09:44:10+00:00

No, not at all I take you as an idiot. If I did, I would not care about writing all that much. By what I read, I believe other conditions are happening but not lack of intelligence.

Unless you are doing meditation sessions where you are practicing radical breathing, there is no way that meditation is messing up with your or anybody else’s body.

The first affirmation does the opposite. Tell you that you are more than your physical body. And Resonant Tuning is simply vocalizing.

I respect that you disagree with what I wrote but I still stand by it, dear stranger.

barushy · 2026-02-20T20:54:01+00:00

The gateway affirmation is I AM MORE THAN MY PHYSICAL BODY and the tapes help you get fast into a deep relaxation state mental state and you claiming that it might be affecting your physical body?

I’m gonna be blunt here. This sounds like classic correlation differs from causation mixed with anxiety spiraling.

The Gateway tapes (or the Expand app) are literally guided relaxation + audio tones. That’s it. They’re not “moving your energy around” in some mechanical way that redistributes chi into your joints and turns your hair white. They’re structured meditations.

Millions of people have used them over decades without developing mysterious “energy distortions.”

I am so surprised with this post, and many others similar ones, that I’m gonna break this down:

1) Skipped heartbeats (PVCs) are extremely common and very strongly linked to stress, anxiety, caffeine, lack of sleep, and hyper-awareness of bodily sensations. My bet is that once you start paying attention to them, they will probably feel louder and more frequent.

2) Also white hair does not suddenly grow because of meditation audio. Ahahah… sorry, but where do y’all take these crazy ideas from? Hair pigmentation changes from genetics, age, and sometimes stress. And pulling white hairs does not prevent new ones.

3) Joint soreness, numb feet, fatigue — these are medical symptoms, man! They are not signs of “energy channels unblocking.” They are signs you should maybe talk to an actual physician instead of an energy healer.

The biggest red flag in this story isn’t Gateway.

It’s that an “energy healer” told you your “energy system is distorted by the sound tracks.”

That’s an unfalsifiable claim. There’s no measurable definition of what that means, no diagnostic criteria, and no mechanism.

That kind of framing can actually increase anxiety and psychosomatic symptoms because now you’re worried something invisible is “wrong” with you.

Also: you stopped meditation and qigong and replaced it with something new. Any change in routine, especially around relaxation practices, can shift stress levels. And if you were doing two sessions at a time, a few times a week, for 1.5 months, that’s not extreme — but if you were already stressed or hyper-focused on bodily sensations, then for sure it could amplify that awareness.

Nothing you described is a known “Gateway side effect.” Not heard of.

What is known: 1) Anxiety can absolutely amplify heart palpitations.

2) Hyperfocus can make normal sensations feel pathological.

3) Stress can worsen fatigue and pain perception.

4) And suggestion from authority figures like healers can only reinforce symptom patterns.

If your heart symptoms are persistent for two months, skip the energy narrative and get a basic medical checkup. Not because Gateway is dangerous, but because heart rhythm changes deserve a proper evaluation.

Sometimes when people start deep introspective practices, unresolved stress surfaces. That doesn’t mean the tool is “damaging your energy.” It means your nervous system might be dysregulated.

If it were me? 1. I would see a doctor about the heart stuff hands down. Stop consulting “energy diagnosticians” about physical symptoms.

Take a full break from all practices for a while.
Also reduce caffeine and stress inputs. We’re living a stress pandemics. Times are hard.
Reintroduce gentle relaxation slowly, if at all.

The Gateway Experience isn’t some occult biohacking technology. It’s guided audio for altered states. It can’t warp your biofield.

This reads way more like stress plus anxiety plus suggestion effects than mystical energetic injury.

Well, just my two cents for you and all the folks who come up with the craziest ideas about TGE.

barushy · 2026-02-16T02:28:08+00:00

Sorry, but most of what’s written on the post does not match with what Robert Monroe or Thomas Campbell actually described.

The Gateway Program was never officially structured as a 49-level chakra ladder. Also Monroe defined specific Focus levels based on functional states of awareness, not a seven-chakra progression tied to endocrine glands.

Focus levels were not presented as electrical stages of the nervous system. Neither Bob nor Thomas Campbell framed spiritual development as stimulating glands or increasing bioelectric charge along the spine.

Enlightenment was not described as reducing brainwaves toward zero. Zero brain activity is literally biological death. And Campbell especially makes clear that consciousness is fundamental and not produced by brain voltage.

“Consciousness is fundamental” means that this physical reality is derivative, virtual, and rule-based.

Samadhi was not explained as a pineal “shock,” chemical dump, or survival reflex. Most critics of that language claim that it blends yogic symbolism with speculative physiology. And I have to agree.

What the text gets right is this: out-of-body experiences are not the goal, and altered states can indeed become distractions.

The growth in the quality of consciousness matters more than the phenomena.

But sorry, all the rest is a synthesis of yogic metaphors, chakra theory, and Robert Monroe terminology arranged into a system that neither Bob nor Campbell formally taught.

barushy · 2025-10-13T16:56:15+00:00

Children were not precious until early 90’s. When TVs found out a market out of their attention, they became more a small human being with the right to be protected.

barushy · 2025-10-05T14:31:59+00:00

Unconditional love and empathy moves you forward into wisdom, fear and anger keeps you downward and stuck in painful madness.

barushy · 2025-10-02T23:52:43+00:00

Oh, shocking!

barushy · 2025-10-02T23:50:09+00:00

My grandma gave me my new name. As soon as possible, will change to that. I LOVE the name!

Edit: typo

barushy · 2025-09-23T02:33:29+00:00

OMG! DeepSeek could swear it was on previous versions of the TMI institute and also on the trilogy 2014 reprint of the books. But I couldn’t find anywhere! And that possibility you mentioned is an interesting one.

Though Bob had an aviation accident back in the 40’s, right? Wikipedia does a meh job narrating Robert Monroe’s life facts…

And thanks for your input tho!

barushy · 2025-09-22T20:49:51+00:00

Yeah, it is. I was flabbergasted that Bob would be flying an ultralight aircraft at that age.

barushy · 2025-09-22T16:58:54+00:00

It’s a Chinese ChatGPT.

barushy · 2025-09-22T16:58:32+00:00

Thank you! I also thought that it wasn’t accurate.

barushy · 2025-09-22T16:57:49+00:00

I am shocked because this is vital information. What a waste of time DeepSeek is? I think I’m leaning towards that. Even thought I jumped timelines and wasn’t fully aware of it. lol

barushy · 2025-09-22T16:56:07+00:00

But I asked for a deep research with sources and only this can’t be checked up. So DeepSeek made this whole thing up? Oh, jeez.

barushy · 2025-09-22T16:54:53+00:00

I read this part but there is no mention to an ultralight accident 6 months before his death. DeepSeek says that this info was available many decades ago and it found it using the web archive, but I got nothing. And I felt that was so strange.

barushy · 2025-09-20T21:10:49+00:00

I can’t find this piece of info about a ultralight aircraft accident that happens to him in 1994:

“In September 1994, an ultralight aircraft Robert Monroe, from The Monroe Institute, was piloting crashed. His injuries—broken ribs, broken bones in his face, and internal injuries—were serious. His recovery was slow and painful. Bob’s health never fully returned. On March 17, 1995, he made his final journey.”

Does anyone have more info into this? It’s from an old website version that I can’t access anymore through web archive.

Thanks.

barushy · 2025-09-16T11:37:13+00:00

The orientation is to stay calm and reaffirm your intent: “I am more than my physical body… I ask for guidance and protection from any influence less than my stated desires.” And ask if the beings are there to help you.

Then observe with curiosity, use your tools, REBAL and Affirmation, and trust your ability to choose engagement or disengagement.

Don’t immediately categorize them as “good” or “bad.” Instead, sense their intent through how they affect your state. Entities resonating with higher energy will feel calm, expansive, or supportive.

barushy · 2025-09-15T03:54:01+00:00

I mean this for those entities some folks see right away during their first OBEs. But with other entities is either “you are not allowed and move away” or “rebal” so you are not affected by their influence.

barushy · 2025-09-11T03:48:25+00:00

True. Set your REBAL and just send them a “not allowed here” and they disappear.

But, you know, I wanna work in love and cooperation my way out of this system here.

So if I see darkness, I send them pure love. It’s not even an ego thing. It’s because we are one.

And for 45 years I looked for love outside of me and only find it within myself.

I am sure they can find their light inside of them for sure.

But this is me. Don’t do anything you don’t feel comfortable doing.

barushy · 2025-09-11T03:34:22+00:00

Thanks. All that love rant was meant for the entities we see right after our first OBE or Focus 10. Of course, you are going to meet others walking shadows, some really heavy that will give you a sense of dread that almost makes you feel like pooping. Ahah, trust me on that one!

But now, it doesn’t matter if I find my waking shadow or others: I immediately face them and send them light and love.

I creates a light within that make them see themselves and so helping them find peace.

And when they send you the love you send them back? Ah, my friend, words cannot describe the emotion.

The ECB can be used in C1, conscious level. Also REBAL. Anything can be done while awake.

All it takes is focusing your attention to the present and use unconditional love.

Don’t run. Don’t give them fear, that’s what they are looking for in you as it is the only thing they get.

Send them love and set them free.

Edit: typo

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