Key Takeaways
1. The Out-of-Body Experience is a Natural State of Consciousness.
If there is a first and obvious point to be made, I can report that I am still alive physically after twenty-five years of exploring personally the out-of-body experience.
Monroe's survival. Robert Monroe's decades of personal exploration confirm the safety and viability of out-of-body experiences (OBEs). Despite initial fears of insanity or physical harm, medical evaluations consistently affirmed his sanity and physical well-being.
Defining the OBE. An OBE is a state where consciousness operates outside the physical body, perceiving and acting as if physically present, but with enhanced abilities. This includes moving through matter, traveling vast distances instantly, and entering other reality systems.
- 25% of the population reports at least one spontaneous OBE.
- Historically known as "astral projection," Monroe popularized the term "out-of-body experience" for its non-occult connotation.
From fear to exploration. Monroe's journey began with involuntary OBEs in 1958, initially causing panic and a search for scientific or religious explanations. This led him to discard conventional diagnoses and dedicate himself to understanding the phenomenon, moving beyond the need for "proof" to pure exploration.
2. Hemi-Sync Technology Facilitates Consciousness Expansion.
Hemi-Sync (short for hemispheric synchronization) uses patterns of sound to help create simultaneously an identical wave form in both brain hemispheres.
The Hemi-Sync breakthrough. Monroe's research led to the discovery of Frequency-Following Response (FFR), a method using sound patterns to guide brainwave activity. This allowed subjects to maintain specific states of consciousness, such as Focus 10, where the mind is awake but the body is asleep.
How Hemi-Sync works. By sending different sound pulses to each ear, Hemi-Sync prompts both brain hemispheres to work in unison, creating a "third signal" that corresponds to desired states of awareness. This process enhances perception beyond the five physical senses, leading to experiences like seeing light patterns and hearing internal sounds.
- Applications include:
- Stress reduction
- Pain control (e.g., "Emergency Treatment" for surgery)
- Enhanced learning and mental-motor skills
- Facilitating meditative states and OBEs
The Gateway Program. This structured training program, built on Hemi-Sync, helps individuals overcome the "Fear Barrier" of the unknown. Participants learn to access Focus 10 and Focus 12 (where physical data input is shut off), leading to profound self-exploration and the realization of being "more than physical body."
3. Non-Verbal Communication is the Universal Language of Intelligence.
NVC takes a quantum jump beyond a talking moving color picture. It is direct instant experience and/or immediate knowing transmitted from one intelligent energy system and received by another.
Beyond human language. Monroe discovered that words and language are strictly human constructs, while other intelligent species communicate through Non-Verbal Communication (NVC). This realization was a milestone in his understanding of inter-species interaction.
The nature of NVC. NVC is a direct, instantaneous transmission of total experiential information, including emotions, sensations, and knowledge. It allows for immediate knowing and the reliving of events, far surpassing the limitations of verbal or even visual communication.
- Examples:
- Transmitting the feeling of a sore toe directly to another's sensory system.
- Conveying complex information like a flat tire and arrival time simultaneously.
A new frontier. Humans, with their reliance on electromagnetic signals and verbal communication, are largely unaware of NVC's potential. Mastering NVC is essential for communicating with intelligent species across all levels of reality, a skill that remains largely undeveloped in human consciousness.
4. Intelligent Non-Physical Entities Guide Human Evolution.
We are created and we create, just as you. If God and creator are identical, then you are God to that which you create.
Unseen assistance. Monroe gradually realized that his OBE journeys were guided by "INSPECS" (Intelligent Species), who were external to his "greater self." These entities provided assistance, navigation, and profound insights, often through simulations and direct communication.
The nature of INSPECS. INSPECS are not "God" but creators who were themselves created, existing before human time-space. They are involved in "fine-tuning" the human learning experience, often appearing as radiant, humanoid forms.
- Their role:
- Assisting in OBE navigation.
- Providing "Defooling Treatment" through realistic simulations to resolve emotional blocks.
- Offering knowledge beyond human comprehension.
A shared lineage. INSPECS revealed that humans are also creators, stemming from the same source as themselves. They observe and participate in human evolution, intervening when blockages occur, and learning from humanity's unique experiences.
5. Human Life is an Addictive "Compressed Learning System" Generating "Loosh."
Someone, Somewhere (or both, in millions, or uncountable) requires, likes, needs, values, collects, drinks, eats, or uses as a drug (sic) a substance ident Loosh.
The "Loosh" revelation. Monroe encountered a radical reinterpretation of human purpose through the "Loosh" rote. This concept posits that emotional energy, particularly from humans, is a valuable substance collected by other entities.
Earth as a "Garden." The Earth is metaphorically described as a "Garden" designed to cultivate "Loosh" through the carbon-oxygen cycle and, crucially, through conflict. The "Rule of the Prime Catalyst" states that conflict among life units consistently produces Loosh, with higher purity from human emotional intensity.
- Loosh is generated by:
- Survival drives (food, shelter, reproduction).
- Emotional experiences (love, hate, joy, pain, guilt).
- Large-scale human activities (wars, religions, industries).
The addictive cycle. Human physical life is presented as an "addictive compressed learning system." Individuals become "repeaters" due to the powerful distortions of the survival drive and the diffusion of prime energy, leading to compulsive recycling through physical existences to complete unresolved emotional patterns.
6. Detoxification and Load Reduction are Key to Spiritual Progress.
The epoxy that locks the whole heavy load onto the unit and makes the orbit decay inevitable: The heavy preponderance of such emotions are directly related or attached to time-space physical matter earth events, things, and relationships; as such, they are not applicable to nor can they exist in any reality other than their point of origin.
The "crib sheet" for humanity. To escape the addictive cycle of human existence, a "Detoxification/Load Reduction/Purging" process is necessary. This involves consciously managing and redirecting emotional energy rather than suppressing it.
Practical strategies for release:
- Reality Is That Which Is Perceived: Recognize that time-space is a reality only because you perceive it as such.
- Ego Diet Regimen: Cut off emotional power feeds to the ego by questioning motivations for achievement and external validation.
- Divest Survival Sex Ties: Understand that sexual attraction is a physical survival drive, not synonymous with Prime Energy (Super Love), and release emotional attachments beyond procreation.
- Release Value Judgments: Recognize that good/evil, right/wrong are illusions within time-space, and detach from emotional bonding to physical acts or outcomes.
- Laughter Is a Purging Process: Use spontaneous humor to relax the ego and gain perspective.
- Pain-Pleasure Is a Learning Curve: Control the amplitude of these time-space signals, aiming for a "near-perfect straight line" to reduce their binding power.
Building escape velocity. By consciously applying these principles, individuals can lighten their emotional load and begin to generate Prime Energy (Super Love) from within. This energy provides the "lift-off" needed to achieve "escape velocity" from the Earth-Human Energy Environ.
7. A Future Earth of "H-plus" Humans is a Probable Outcome.
It will offer human consciousness a rare potential to emerge rapidly into a unified intelligent energy system that will range far beyond your time-space illusion, creating, constructing, teaching as only a human-trained graduate energy is able to do.
A glimpse of the future. Monroe was escorted to a future Earth, beyond the year 3000, inhabited by "H-plus" (humans-plus) beings. This vision presented a world transformed, where humanity had achieved ecological balance and a higher state of consciousness.
The H-plus world. This future Earth lacked traditional human artifacts like cities, roads, and industries, having been restored to its original ecological balance. H-plus humans demonstrated advanced energy management, such as creating food from dirt and using "Reballs" for environmental control and body protection.
- Key characteristics:
- No physical cities, roads, or vehicles.
- Ecological balance restored globally.
- Advanced energy management (e.g., "Reball" for body protection, food creation).
- Humans are "one-timers," experiencing one physical life cycle before graduating.
Conscious evolution. H-plus humans are "one-timers" who consciously choose their experiences and understand their role in generating "loosh/love." They are preparing to "graduate" from the Earth system, having mastered the compressed learning process and transcended time-space illusions.
8. A Cosmic "Gathering" Anticipates a Major Energetic Shift for Earth.
This big show which is about to occur is actually a very rare event— the conflux of several different and intense energy fields arriving at the same point in your time-space.
The "big show." Monroe witnessed a "gathering" of countless non-physical entities and physical spacecraft from across the physical universe, all focused on Earth. This assembly was observing a rare cosmic event: the convergence of intense energy fields in Earth's time-space.
Crisis and opportunity. This event, occurring approximately once every eighty-seven million Earth years, represents a profound "crisis" for humanity. It presents both extreme danger and a unique opportunity for rapid evolution into a unified intelligent energy system.
- Potential outcomes:
- Humanity rapidly evolves into "H-plus" graduates, transcending time-space.
- Humans retreat as the dominant species, eventually ceasing to exist as active consciousness.
The stakes of evolution. The "gathering" is observing the "possible birth of a new energy" from Earth. The outcome will determine whether this new energy survives and matures, or if it remains "stillborn," leading INSPECS to initiate new human learning systems on other planets.
9. Reality is Perceived, and Consciousness is Focused Energy.
Reality Is That Which Is Perceived.
Consciousness as energy. Monroe's experiences reinforce the idea that consciousness is a multi-layered, non-physical form of energy. It responds to and acts upon similar energy patterns, and its reality is directly tied to perception.
The power of focus. Human consciousness, though often widely diffused in time-space, can be adjusted to a much more concentrated point. This focused energy holds immense, often unfathomable, potentials for power and action.
- Key principles:
- Energy Does Not Exist Until Expressed: Thoughts and ideas gain reality only through expression or action.
- Energy Focused Is Exponential: Concentrating energy, like a laser, produces exponentially greater results.
Untapped potential. The human mind, by understanding and consciously directing its inherent energy, can transcend its current limitations. This implies that much of humanity's potential remains untapped, awaiting conscious recognition and application.
10. The Journey Home Involves Remembering and Releasing Illusions.
For those who would die, there is life. For those who would dream, there is reality. For those who would hope, there is knowledge. For those who would grow, there is eternity.
The ultimate destination. The overarching purpose of the human experience, as revealed through Monroe's journeys, is to "graduate" from the "Human Compressed Learning System" and return "Home." This "Home" is a state of complete belonging and understanding beyond time-space.
Shedding illusions. The path to "Home" involves a process of remembering one's true, multi-dimensional self and releasing the illusions of physical attachments, ego, and time-space reality. This transformation is permanent and leads to an "indescribably magnificent result."
- The journey is about:
- Adulthood: Willfully assuming responsibilities.
- Maturity: Releasing and discarding illusions.
- Wisdom: The lightest and most valuable payload, reflected in actions.
Becoming a creator. Graduates become first-order generators of Prime Energy (Super Love), radiating it without need for subject or object. This profound understanding echoes the French proverb "Pas de Lieu Rhone que Nous" (no place like home), signifying the ultimate return to one's true energetic source.
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Review Summary
Far Journeys receives mixed reactions. Enthusiastic readers find profound connections to mystical traditions, citing themes like loosh (energy harvesting), reincarnation, and encounters with higher beings. Many praise Monroe's explorations of consciousness and non-physical reality as mind-expanding. Critics find it reads like poor science fiction, with overly technical jargon, inconsistent narratives, and less practical value than his first book. Common complaints include difficult-to-follow transcripts, excessive abbreviations, and fantastical dialogues that strain credulity. Most agree it's less accessible than "Journeys Out of the Body" but appeals to those seeking metaphysical understanding.
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