The Monroe Institute
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The Monroe Institute (TMI) is a nonprofit education and research organization devoted to the exploration of human consciousness. Over the last 3 decades, many people have attended TMI’s residential programs, and/or used their trademark Hemi-Sync audio technology for various purposes, including meditation and lucid dreaming. TMI’s methodology does not contain bias towards any particular belief system, religion, or political or social stance.
TMI was founded by Robert Monroe after he started having what he called "out of body experiences." It is comprised of several buildings on land owned by the Monroe famliy in Virginia, USA. One of its activities includes teaching various techniques, based on Hemi-Sync, in order to expand consciousness and explore areas of consciousness not normally available in the waking state.
A weekly newspaper reporter who visited the Monroe Institute said, "...with a few exceptions, the only "normal" people with whom I could fully identify were the trainers, who seemed remarkably well-grounded for people whose day-to-day experiences include astral projection and disembodied spirits."
After the first few days, the reporter wrote, "There is something significant being developed at the Institute. Whether it's just a brilliant guided meditation (complete with trance-inducing stereoscopic sound) or a doorway to a world of spirit entities, I cannot say."
