MONROE INSTITUTE `FOCUS LEVELS'
The scripts mentioned here are based on a document that appeared on USENET, from someone who appears to have measured the frequencies used on some of the Monroe Institute tapes (the information is included at the end of this file). Although the frequencies were measured, the relative amplitudes of the tones were not, so the results will not be completely identical to those from the Monroe Institute tapes. Also I believe that the Monroe Institute uses a guiding voice that leads the subject through the experience, along with other supporting materials.
Despite that, these tone-sets (or Focus levels) may be useful for experimenters to base their own tone-sets on. This information also gives us a much better idea of what frequencies the Monroe Institute is working with, and what they are using them for.
USE AND EXPERIMENT WITH ALL OF THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK !!
The scripts are as follows (these are executable under UNIX - Windows
users will have to read them using a text editor, or see the original
documents below):
t-wave-1 Tones from a series of tapes apparently called "Wave 1"
t-wave-2 Tones from a series of tapes apparently called "Wave 2"
t-focus-1 The set of `Focus Levels' as measured in the document
t-focus-2 The set of `Focus Levels' measured in a document from
another anonymous source, almost identical to the first
set, with a few additional tones in some of the focus
levels.
t-seqall An experimental 2-hour sequence that goes through the
focus levels 10,12,15,21,22,23,24,25,26,27 in order,
giving 10 minutes on each.
A quick note to those new to binaurals - to really explore the effect of these tones, you need to relax into the sounds, sink into them. Don't play them too loud - they can be played just above the level of the background noise (20dB above according to the document). The stereo effect must be present for them to work - mono output is useless ! If using headphones, you can mix in some pink noise to give background noise by editing the scripts (see the comments).
Another source of information on the effects of the Focus Levels is one of the books by Ken Eagle Feather. He participated in several of the Monroe Institute programs, and at one stage was a test subject in their labs. He describes several different Focus Levels that he experienced in his book "Tracking Freedom", pages 170-176. Below is a summary of the focus levels that he mentions, and their effects. This may be useful as a starting-point to understanding the effects of the frequencies selected by the Monroe Institute.
Focus 10 - brain awake, body asleep
Focus 12 - expanded awareness, in the mood to head out and explore
Focus 15 - no time, 3 hours seems like 2 minutes
Focus 21 - alternate energy systems, bridge into worlds with non-human
entities
Focus 22 - place where people with `loose, chaotic thoughts' go after
death
Focus 24 - belief system territories, place where dogmatically
inclined people go when dead
Focus 27 - the park, a way-station, a place of high creativity, a
stepping stone to areas beyond.
For more information, see the Monroe Institute web-site:
http://www.monroeinstitute.org/programs/hemi-sync.html
There are also more notes on my web-site and the sourceforge home
page, and some additional notes are included in the TGZ and ZIP files:
http://www.uazu.net/sbagen/
http://sbagen.sf.net/
Happy experimenting -
Jim
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Here are the original measurements:
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Wave I - Discovery
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Tape 1 - Orientation (Focus 3)
Hemisync, Energy Conversion Box, Gateway Affirmation, Resonant Tuning
l/r 300/304 plus 100 Hz and 500 Hz carriers without recognizeable Delta
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Tape 2 - Intro Focus 10
Focus 10, Ten Point Relaxation
100[4.0], 300[4.0], 500[4.0]
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Tape 3 - Advanced Focus 10
Recall
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Tape 4 - Release and Recharge (Focus 10)
Process of Energy Conversion - Daily Exercise!
l/r 100/104, 414/410, 504/500
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Tape 5 - Exploration Sleep (Focus 10)
Remembering who and what you are, Rolling out, Floating upwards
l/r 100/104, 300/304, 496/500
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Tape 6 - Focus 10 Free Flow for your own purpose
l/r 100/104, 300/304, 500/504
C1: 308/322, 500/515
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Wave II - Threshold
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Tape 1 - Intro Focus 12
l/r 51/51.75, 98.75/101; Delta-Frq: 0.75 + 2.25 Hz
Tape 2 - Problem Solving (Focus 12)
l/r 99.5/101, 202.7/204.2
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Focus Levels/Frequencies
F3 59[1.2]-110[1.3], 288[3.7]
F10 100[1.5], 200[4.0], 250[4.0], 300[4.0]
F12 100[1.5], 200[4.0], 250[4.0], 300[4.0], 400[10.0],
500[10.1], 600[4.8]
F15 100[1.5], 200[4.0], 250[4.0], 300[4.0], 500[7.05],
630[7.1], 750[7.0]
F21 200[4.0], 250[4.0], 300[4.0], 600[16.2], 750[15.9],
900[16.2]
F22 Same as F21
F23 400[3.9], 503[4.0], 600[4.0], 750[3.9], 900[4.0]
F24 50[0.75], 400[3.9], 503[4.0], 600[4.0], 750[4.0],
900[4.0]
F25 503[4.0], 600[4.0], 750[4.0], 900[4.0]
F26 400[3.9], 503[4.2], 600[4.0], 750[4.0], 900[4.0]
F27 Same as F26
Example: The notation 503[4.2] should be understood to represent a beat frequency of 4.2 Hz between two carriers equally separated from 503 Hz (i.e., 500.9 and 505.1 Hz).
Amplitudes are generally maintained about 20 dB above background 1/f (pink) noise and/or surf.
The Monroe Institute equipment used to generate the tones is/was completely analog so precise control of frequency and phase was not possible.
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And here's another set:
F03 50[1.2] 100[1.3] 288[3.6]
F10 100[1.5] 200[4.0] 250[4.0] 300[4.0]
F12 50[0.25] 100[1.5] 200[4.0] 250[4.0] 300[4.0] 400[10.0] 500[10.1]
600[4.8]
F15 100[1.5] 200[4.0] 250[4.0] 300[4.0] 500[7.05] 630[7.0] 750[7.0]
F21 200[4.0] 250[4.0] 300[4.0] 600[16.2] 750[16.2] 900[16.2]
F22 200[4.0] 250[4.0] 300[4.0] 600[16.2] 750[16.2] 900[16.2] (same
as F21)
F23 400[3.9] 503[4.0] 600[4.0] 750[3.9] 900[4.0]
F24 50[0.75] 200[1.5] 400[3.9] 503[4.0] 600[4.0] 750[4.0] 900[4.0]
F26 400[3.9] 503[4.2] 600[4.0] 750[4.0] 900[4.0]
F27 50[0.80] 400[4.0] 503[4.2] 600[4.0] 750[4.0] 900[4.0]
Sometimes F21 is as follows:
F21 200[4.0] 250[5.4] 300[5.4] 600[16.2] 750[16.2] 900[16.2]
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Taken from SBaGen documentation