… Robert Monroe, author of "Journeys Out of the Body" , founded the Institute over 30 years ago to support further research into and the exploration of human consciousness, endeavoring to make the experience more accessable to individuals through the use of Hemi-Sync, a patented and clinically proven method of using sound-engineered binaural beats to facilitate accessing different levels of consciousness including, but not limited to, the out-of-body state and a deeper state of meditation. The mi …