Theta state (4-8 Hz) produces creativity, insight, dreams, deep meditation, and reduced consciousness.
Gamma state (32-100 Hz) produces heightened perception, learning, and problem–solving.
Beta state (13-32 Hz) produces awake, alert consciousness, thinking, and excitement.
Alpha state (8-13 Hz) produces a relaxed feeling both physically and mentally.
Delta state (.5 – 4 Hz) produces repair, deep dreamless sleep, cellular repair, loss of bodily awareness and can cause an out–of–body experience.
After publishing his results about soundwaves and OBEs, the CIA came calling. They asked Monroe to work in tandem and complement Project Stargate, a secret U.S. Army unit established in 1978 at Fort Meade, Maryland. Investigators at Project Stargate researched and conducted remote viewing, astral projection, and psychic abilities used for military applications and espionage.
Monroe spent over a decade working for the CIA to develop “The Gateway Process.” He applied theoretical physics to explain the characteristics of the time-space dimension. He theorized that expanded consciousness transcends time and space. Monroe also documented the biomedical effects of hypnosis, transcendental meditation, and biofeedback.