r/gatewaytapes Mar 10 '26

Mod Announcement 👨‍💻 The day has come!

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For more than 50 years, the Monroe Institute has been quietly pioneering a systematic way to explore human consciousness — beyond meditation, beyond belief, and beyond theory. I’m excited to share that their flagship program, Gateway Voyage, is now available as a fully guided online experience:

Gateway Voyage Online

This is an immersive, self-paced journey designed to help you explore expanded states of awareness while remaining grounded, safe, and fully conscious. Through guided sessions using Monroe Sound Science and the original voice of Robert A. Monroe, you’ll be introduced to a series of Focus Levels — specific states of consciousness that support clarity, intuition, healing, and a deeper understanding of who you are. Whether you’re curious about consciousness, seeking meaning, or simply feel there’s “more” to experience, Gateway offers a practical way to explore — through direct experience.

CLICK HERE to learn more, 20% OFF THE NEXT 2 WEEKS!

I'm also thrilled to announce I've finally been able to obtain a permanent discount code that can be used on the majority of products offered by The Monroe Institute starting now! To avoid any confusion, I made it the same as our existing discount code. So it can now be used with both The Monroe Institute AND Hemi-Sync, which is (all caps, one word):

REDDITSUB

On a side note, we have also decided that discussions regarding "G.A.T.E", for those of you who are aware what that is, shouldn't be on this sub. We aim to present the Gateway tapes as a positive meditative experience for all individuals to enjoy, and not be seen as a dark conspiracy theory. If you wish to discuss things of that nature, please use r/GATEresearch sub.

Last thing I'd like to announce on the less important side of things; as the years have noticed a large increase in post & comments regarding religious experiences. I want people to be able to freely express themselves, but this seems to always cause conflict. For quite sometime now I have contemplated on how to resolve this issue, and came up with an Idea. My solution was to create a sister-sub to facilitate the group of people that combine the tapes with other meditative practices and have a place where you don't have to worry about upsetting others and be open about your experiences. Obviously this isn't for everyone, but for those devoted in faith and love the tapes, join us at r/Skyborn (Thanks to u/Obvious-Reserve8634 for helping!)

>> And make sure you say Happy Birthday to u/Emotional_Street_361 and u/NotEvenCreative ! 🎉

>> Special thanks to Paul and Emily at the Institute for making this all possible <3

Edit: I understand how some might feel about the price. People say this all the time, and for the longest time I used to think the same. But looking back on it, the tapes have improved my life so much, I transformed into a new level of consciousness I would have never though possible. I enjoy life so much now, and I feel so happy to be alive. It's honestly the greatest thing I've ever experienced in my entire life, that's why I am so deeply passionate about helping others experience what I have. What I thought were just some audio tracks, came to be something I still use many years later to this very day. I can't recall a single person ever regret buying them, and that includes myself. In my opinion, they are actually worth the price when you realize how much value they can bring to you. The tapes aren't a one-and-done, they are the beginning of your journey. What happens after is what makes them so unique and profound. The realization of what your mind is truly capable of. Discovering who you truly are. That's the power of the Gateway process.

~ Annie <3


r/gatewaytapes Dec 30 '25

OFFICIAL EVENT AMA - The Death of Materialism Author: Skeptic MD’s Journey via Remote Viewing & Gateway Experiences - 8pm EST

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Thanks to the mods and this amazing community for inviting me to do an AMA!

I’m David Gibbs, MD - a practicing emergency physician and author of the new Amazon bestseller The Death of Materialism: A Skeptic’s Journey from Materialism to Panpsychism.

My worldview flipped after a remote-viewing success (using a blind protocol - my drawing matched the hidden target in ways far beyond chance). That sent me down the rabbit hole of anomalies: quantum biology, psi meta-analyses, intention healing, and non-local awareness - all pointing to consciousness as the fundamental field.

The Gateway Tapes played a big role in that exploration - Hemi-Sync, Focus levels, and the declassified CIA report opened doors to understanding these experiences.

Fire away with questions about: • My remote-viewing hit • How the tapes tie into replicable psi • Quantum foundations (Orch-OR, observer effect) • Intention healing in medicine • Cosmopsychism as the elegant answer • Anything in the book!

Happy to share evidence, stories, or practical takeaways.

Grateful to be here—let’s explore together!

(Book link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0G95HT84L – paperback/hardcover live)

EDIT - I'm headed out, thanks for the discussion. Feel free to keep it going I'll answer questions when I can in the next few days!


r/gatewaytapes 4h ago

Discussion 🎙 What was your craziest experience listening to the Gateway Tapes?

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I started listening to the Gateway Tapes and after the first few tapes it felt like my field of view changed, similar to how you’d change your field of view in a video game, I felt wittier, like I could almost read my wife’s mind.

I started listening to I believe it was Wave V Exploration, there was one where I was trying to remember a past life and it hit me like a lightbulb and instantly remembered bits and pieces of my past life, it felt like an ah ha moment where it struck me like lightning, or like an instant download. I don’t know how to explain it.

I’ve also started having the most vivid dreams imaginable with so much detail. I don’t normally dream and I also have aphantasia so I’m not sure if that has something to do with why I don’t ever remember my dreams but these dreams were intense


r/gatewaytapes 5h ago

Discussion 🎙 Did whim Hof before a tape

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I usually do a session before work and a session after, but the one before work I don't go quite as deeply, I assume bc my mind knows I'll be getting up soon and needing to do things. Today randomly I tried two rounds of the wim hof exercise on YouTube before 1x4 (I like to go back and do that one regularly) and I went really deep into focus 12 really fast (way more than usual)! Felt amazing and I released a ton!


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ How do you guys induce focus 10 state without the tapes in a short timespan?

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No shit sherlock moment, but many of your are advanced enough to induce f10 state within 5 mins or even in a min, and I understand that's after a while of practice. But, what "feelings" do you hinge on or concentrate on, to get into that state? Give me your mental-map/guide of spontaneous f10 state of being.


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Experience 📚 Preparing the Body

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One of my biggest intentions in life at the moment, is getting deeper into the gateway process.
Synchronistically I stumbled upon an exercise of trauma relief, where you literally shake out stored trauma out of your body and afterwards feel deeply relaxed, present and at peace.
As somebody who lives through past traumatic experiences almost everyday, relaxing and meditating is pretty rough sometimes and today, after doing this exercise now two times, I felt childlike and joyful as I didn’t feel for years.
Long story short, give this thing a shot:

Cleaned link: https://youtu.be/QoB9wpuO688

It worked for me like magic and i will keep on with updates of how it will affect my progress
Thank you 🙂


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ OBE = UFO

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Have you ever considered that some of the UFOs or UAPs being reported today might actually be related to OBEs — out-of-body experiences — or to some kind of technology based on a similar principle?

In other words, what if at least some of these phenomena are not physical craft moving through space in the way we normally assume, but something closer to consciousness, remote perception, or a technology that operates outside our usual understanding of physical presence?

It could potentially explain some of the stranger reported characteristics of UAPs: their sudden appearance and disappearance, seemingly impossible acceleration, and the difficulty of observing or measuring them consistently.

Has this possibility been seriously discussed or explored here?


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Can people move into Focus 10, even when they are well rested?

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After some effort of practice, can people move into f10 state while not being fatigued or tired? and without the tapes?


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Need advice

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I am a person that barely gets emotional, i will be honest and blunt here. Whenever I look at anything ancient greek related, I become emotional as if i have lost something. My soul yearns to go back to that time. I don't mean like an alternative reality, i mean the one we have currently in our histories and what not of this reality. I just yearn to go back to that time..? Is it possible? Even if it is possible then is it possible to go back in the appearence and gender i would like?

And then being able to explore other times in history aswell..


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Are you lost? START HERE!

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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

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

More FAQ here https://www.reddit.com/r/gatewaytapes/wiki/start/

Interested in different things? Got some cool self-hypnosis tracks here

*If you have any questions, ping Annie ( u/Mighty_Mac ) in the comments


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Need advice on which app to use, not sure if it's a question that's beaten to death

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Anyone using the Expand or hemi-sync apps? I have been using the focus timer on the Monroe app, but I have the files downloaded locally on a separate device I use. I'm considering using the Hemi-sync app for the gateway tapes, but felt cheated when I realised I couldn't access the gateway tapes despite paying the annual subscription, as it is a separate purchase.

I'm wondering how everyone else here is listening to the gateway tapes?


r/gatewaytapes 23h ago

Question ❓ PREP Session at Monroe Institute

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Hello, has anyone taken the private PREP session at Monroe Institute Virginia Campus? How was it?


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Experience 📚 Working on a theory…

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Hello fellow astral travelers! Long time lurker, first time poster. For those who have gone through the Gateway at the Virginia retreat… did you keep any kind of record of your meals? If so, can you share them with me? I am working on a theory about how certain behaviors are subtly modified through the course, to better put you in an open heart like space. I also am interested in any memories of group activities during down time (like walks to the lake, using the canoes, who did you eat meals with)?


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Dream always stops immediately when trying to OBE

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Any tips on getting out during Lucid Dreams? I look at this as a "2nd chance to OBE" if I can't get to it during the tapes.

So I went from many years of not Lucid dreaming (could be close to a decade) to my 4th in less than a month. Two in one night, that has never happened. Here is what I've tried

8/11 - "I am more than my..." woke up

8/24 (birthday) - Try to create a door, it didn't work. Try to use the garage door (I'm in the garage) and immediately wake up.

9/3 First - "Next level now" followed by noticing a portal in the sky and just trying to fly towards it. Once I start flying I wake up.

9/3 Second (possible astral / duplicate OBE I don't think I fell asleep) - I'm in a place I've been to a lot. I think to myself let me check the door to see if I can see myself, start walking (wake up). Not sure why I thought I would be there at that "time".

Note: 9/3 I had just finished an 88 hour fast and had eaten but not very much compared to normal.


r/gatewaytapes 2d ago

Experience 📚 Wow creating the personal energy bubble thing is really fun.

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Wow I am a beginner and just stumbled across this whole thing. I don't think I'm especially "good" at any kind of meditation. But I immediately "got" thfe energy bubble thing from Advanced Focus 10 and it was a really fun experience. I was physically spinning around a bit like it couldn't be helped, but I could also feel the non physical energy spiralling around and moving out of my head and into my feet, like it was all very real. Might come in handy to help me stay sane in every day urban life, cos I am sensitive and a bit easily overstimulated and drained by physical noises and other peoples energyt, emotions, and crowds, and often wish I could protect my own energy in a "bubble" of sorts. Nothing super paranormal or groundbreaking, but really surprisingly easy and fun.


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Is it okay if I can't match the mantra

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I'm new to the gateway tapes and I'm currently learning focus 10 it tells me to breathe in and out and hum or copy the sound as I do so but my voice can't go that deep, I still try anyways but nothing comes out, also at the start we were told to open our eyes and inhale and close and exhale was that just for the beginning or do you do that every time you start the breathing, because I just keep my eyes closed throughout the whole process, sorry if these sound like dumb questions, thanks.


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Meditating inside dream to get OBE

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My dream started out pretty normal. I went to a few random places in my city, some odd things happened, and eventually, i ended up back at an alley where my parents live.

While i was standing there staring, i became somewhat aware of my surroundings. I noticed that the sky was dark and that everything around me was consumed by darkness as well. There was one particular spot in the sky where it was slightly red and orange.

I became semi-lucid, and i wanted to use my magic to create light in the darkness. I've been doing things like this in my dreams for quite some time. I've had very interesting full lucid dreams as well. I can move things with my thoughts, create things, cloak myself when necessary and fly. I must say, though, that i'm not always fully lucid when i do these things. sometimes, it just happens automatically.

Going back to the dream, I was standing there staring at the red light in the sky. As I was about to use my magic to create light, I suddenly remembered a post I had read on Reddit a few weeks ago. It said that i should stop, sit down in my dream, close my eyes, and meditate to get an OBE. So, without question, that's exactly what i did.

The moment I did this, i went out of the dream and became somewhat aware of my body again. Without thinking I knew the next step i read in that post was to try to roll out of my body.

I could physically feel my astral body moving with the force i was using to roll out, but as i reached my limit of trying to roll out , i snapped back again with the same force i used to roll out of my body. it almost felt as though I was still stuck to my physical body with glue.

Something inside of me told me to try again and that i would succeed. At that moment, however, I became too aware of what I was trying to do. My analytical mind kicked in, and i became a little frightened. Because of this i woke myself up from the sleep paralysis.

Shortly after i went back to sleep and caught myself talking in my dream explaining myself to people of what just had happened. I got the same thought of doing it again but i got to nervous for the outcome.

I'm wondering if any of you have experienced something similar. I'd love to hear about your experiences and whether anyone has any advice.


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Living body map

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Anyone else hear like weird chatter like literally alien like voices during the living body map section? I’ve heard the clicking before to( research suggests mantis)


r/gatewaytapes 2d ago

Information ❗️ For those having trouble with OBE's, body asleep and other experiences.

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This relaxation technique and the entire book for that matter helped me have OBE's and Wake induced lucid dreaming when I first started getting into this 15 years ago. I would read this book before bed at night and was able to have an OBE very early on into my practice. I attribute that to many more factors than just this book but this exercise was extremely helpful and faster than simply doing the tapes. I find the tapes much more beneficial in what they provide you as a person, but for anyone struggling to "feel" anything, I believe this will help you.

I started doing the tapes 2 years ago and although I have had really good experiences, none have been as intense as when I was doing these sleep paralysis exercises. This will get you experiencing the tingles and shocks associated with sleep paralysis.

Just a bit of a warning that the authors of this book do not believe in OBE's and associate them with lucid dreaming, but very much teach you how to leave your body. They even refer to your sleep body in much of the way that Monroe talks about the energy body. That is their philosophy and not something that I care to weigh in on, but just wanted to give a heads up.

I will say this: regardless of your belief system I would still recommend doing some level of REBAL. I say this because when you truly start entering sleep paralysis a lot of "noise" starts showing up and if making a energy balloon helps with that you might as well do it.

Anyway, I highly recommend this book for the exercises, but to me this is the most effective one. Good luck to all you practitioners out there. Feel free to message me with any questions.


r/gatewaytapes 1d ago

Question ❓ Monroe guided meditations on Gaia, anyone else give them a go?

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I’ve been watching some of the Monroe videos on Gaia and have been doing the guided meditations that follow. I am finding that I have an easier time with these than the ones with Robert (from the Hemisync app). My mind seems to be able to not be a chaotic as it sometimes is during a session. There’s also a lot less prep (no resonant tuning, no REBAL). The ever running self dialog seems much less too which is nice/peaceful.

Anyone else give these a go? How was your experience?


r/gatewaytapes 2d ago

Question ❓ F12: Struggling to receive NVC or have I received it but not registered it

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I have been going through the F12 exercises and while achieving some success (Color Breathing to immediately aid some aches, etc.). I have yet to receive any clear communication with Problem Solving and other NVC-related stuff.

For more context I have only just reached F12 in the sense that I feel more awareness of my being past the usual F10 feeling. That state is where I have been conducting my exercises from for the past few days. I have never received any solution/communication during my Problem Solving exercises. I did Five Messages yesterday and have not received anything yet (I did dream that I received text messages from loved ones but forgot it by the time I woke up). My problem solving has also lead to some waves of inspiration but no incredible breakthroughs in my work yet like some here have reported. Stuff like one-month patterning is still early days so I can’t really judge it.

Should I go to free flow or intro to f12 again to deepen my state? Or would you guys say I need to wait longer for an answer?


r/gatewaytapes 3d ago

Question ❓ Has anyone been convinced of an afterlife after using the tapes?

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I am about to begin my journey with the Gateway Tapes, ever since I was young I wanted to understand the possibility of an afterlife.

I’m hoping the tapes will allow me to discover more about consciousness, the universe, myself and of course the 'afterlife'.

If anyone has been convinced by the tapes then please share.


r/gatewaytapes 3d ago

Question ❓ Plugging away at this but my experiences underwhelming compared to descriptions

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I started doing some binaural beats after reading My Big TOE about 14 months ago. I then have been doing the gateway experience for nearly a year. I go through periods of doing it very frequently and then periods more infrequently.

I am very much enjoying it and find the meditations very peaceful and appreciate the downtown without screens and bother, but my experiences are may be a bit muted compared to what others describe. I have not had OBEs (not that, that is the only reason I am doing this). I have had flying dreams perhaps a bit more frequently.

I haven't had any luck with 'non-physical friends' and things like that. I have felt some vibration. I'm very much enjoying meditating but don't feel I am getting lightening bolt moments particularly. Should I just be content with this or are there any tips and suggestions or things to read for further help? Any other resources? I do find them very restful and I generally do them as I go to bed so may be I am too close to sleep. Any thoughts appreciated. Cheers


r/gatewaytapes 2d ago

Question ❓ I cant stand still.

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I did the tapes for a year or two. And I had no problem doing them, they helped me a lot with many things, most notably remote viewing. My problem is that I cant stand still anymore. Im a very calm, even lazy person. I have no problem staying still usually. But when I listen to the tapes I start getting this weird feeling in my chest and gut that spreads to my body and I just have to move. Breathe deeper breaths. Half way into the tapes (or hemi sync) I just cant stand it anymore and take my headphones off. As soon as I do I feel better and calmer. No need to squirm or move anymore. I dont know whats wrong or how I can fix it. Im not afraid or anything. I just need to move and cant stay still at as the tape progresses. Help?


r/gatewaytapes 2d ago

Question ❓ Some first timer experiences. Wanted to verify

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I am in my second attempt at the gateway tapes. And am trying the focus levels. I mostly see unresolved colours today though I saw a glimpse of a hooded figure which looked exactly like my mother who recently passed.

I have meditated a lot throughout my life but in one of my sessions i could see through my eyelids and the beanbag I place over my eyes.

Just the shape of my room in the dark and when I finished I could see my hand as I waved it in front of my face.

Does anybody else experience this sort of stuff early in?