The Absolute

In the CIA’s declassified document Analysis and Assessment of the Gateway Process (1983), "the Absolute" is a central concept that underpins the report’s exploration of consciousness, reality, and the Gateway Experience. Written by Lt. Col. Wayne M. McDonnell, the report uses "the Absolute" to describe an ultimate, infinite entity or state that serves as the origin and unifying force of existence - a concept blending physics, metaphysics, and mysticism.

Definition and Role

Core Description: "The Absolute" is portrayed as an infinite, eternal, and self-existent entity beyond time, space, and physical constraints. It’s the source of all reality, generating the universe through a dynamic interplay of energy. Page 4: “The Absolute is conscious of itself… It is that which constitutes a force prior to time and space as we normally conceive of it.”

Energy at Rest: Framed as "energy in infinity" or "energy at rest" - pure potential, contrasted with the "energy in motion" of the physical universe.

Holographic Unity: The foundation of a holographic reality, where every part contains the whole.

Characteristics

Timelessness: Exists outside spacetime, enabling consciousness to access past or future.

Self-Awareness: A conscious entity, with human consciousness as a fragment.

Infinite Energy: Oscillates at infinite frequency, slowing to form matter.

Non-Duality: Transcends opposites, a unified field.

How It Creates Reality

Vibrational Process: Modulates infinite energy into finite frequencies, forming the hologram we call reality (page 7).

Holographic Model: Every point reflects the totality, with consciousness able to “tune in.”

Cycle: Energy slows into matter; consciousness can return to infinity.

Connection to Gateway

Hemi-Sync aligns brainwaves with the Absolute, enabling OBEs or remote viewing.

CIA saw it as a potential intelligence tool, though speculative.

Parallels: Likened to God, Ein Sof, Brahman, or a quantum field - mysticism meets science.

Citations and Sources

“Analysis and Assessment of the Gateway Process,” CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210016-5, CIA FOIA.

Further Investigation

  Wikipedia: Holographic Principle - Physics context.

  Monroe Institute - Gateway origins.