TikTok Users Found CIA Remote Viewing ‘Gateway Experience,’ Made it Go Viral
Why is a younger generation of truth seekers suddenly obsessed with a long declassified military report? “The Gateway Experience” has gone from relative obscurity to a viral hit.
The social media platform TikTok has seen a viral hit from an unlikely source, a 1983 Army Intelligence report called “The Analysis and Assessment of Gateway Process” details the technique to reach higher consciousness by syncing the hemispheres of the brain. Declassified nearly 20 years ago by the CIA the report has suddenly gained interest from TikTokers, with more than a million views and counting. Many young TikTokers are not only sharing news of the Gateway Process but also their experiences trying to use it. So what’s the full story?
Often mistakenly reported as a CIA document, this decades-old report was actually written by an Army Intelligence officer. The Gateway Process, part of the Gateway Program, was run by Bob Monroe at the Monroe Institute, which many remote viewers went through as a part of their training. What was the objective of the Gateway Program and how was it related to remote viewing?
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