In the 1983 Army report on the Gateway Process, "the Absolute" is defined on page 11 as energy "completely at rest" in infinity: unlimited, unmoving, outside time and space, and therefore unable to be perceived directly. The report says intervening dimensions lie between it and our world, and that trained consciousness can move toward it. Pages 14 to 15 recap the idea with Itzhak Bentov's image of a still deep sea, and pages 24 to 25 compare it to the God of Jewish and Christian theology.
The definition on page 11
What the Absolute does, and does not do
The recap, the sea, and consciousness returning
The Absolute and religion
Where to read it
What the documents say, and what people claim
The definition on page 11
Paragraph 18, "Time-Space Dimension," defines time as a measure of energy in motion and space as the confinement of energy to a location. Energy that is not confined, the report says, "is infinity, cannot move because there is nothing beyond infinity, and is therefore outside of the dimension of time." Such energy "has no beginning, no end, no location."
Then the name: "Energy in this state of inactive infinity is termed by physicists as energy in its absolute state, or simply 'the Absolute.'" The author attributes the term to physicists but cites Bentov, an inventor and author, as his source. Physics textbooks do not use the term this way; it is Bentov's vocabulary carried into an Army memo.
What the Absolute does, and does not do
The report says the Absolute "can receive and passively perceive holograms generated by energy in motion" but "cannot be perceived by consciousness operating in the active universe," because it "generates no holograms of or about itself." Perception of it stops at its edge. Between it and the material world are "various intervening dimensions to which human consciousness in altered states of being may gain access."
Paragraph 19 says the Absolute "occupies every dimension" including ours, unperceived. To reach the dimensions in between, the mind must focus so coherently that its brainwave trace "would look virtually like a solid line." That sets up the "click out" argument on page 12; see What does "click out" mean?
The recap, the sea, and consciousness returning
Paragraph 23, pages 14 to 15, restates the Absolute as "that vast pool of energy in a state of perfect rest over which the physical universe is layered, and from whence it comes." It adds Bentov's analogy of a very deep sea: the still depths are the Absolute, the storm-tossed surface is the physical universe, and the slightly moving water between is energy going into or out of rest.
Paragraphs 26 and 27 on page 18 draw the personal conclusion. Human consciousness is "that differentiated aspect of the universal consciousness which resides within the Absolute." When reality ends, "its constituent energy simply returns to infinity in the Absolute," bringing its memories but losing "the power of will or choice." This is the report's view of what happens after death, offered as a deduction from its model.
The Absolute and religion
Paragraph 34, pages 24 to 25, argues that none of this conflicts with mainstream belief. It says "The Absolute at rest in infinity is a concept straight out of Hebrew mystical philosophy" and maps the Christian Trinity onto the model: energy at rest as the Father, its self-conscious will to create as the Son, and the resulting thought model as the Holy Spirit. The author's stated reason, in his cover memo, was to keep readers from rejecting Gateway as alien to their faith.
The report, pages 11, 14 to 15, 18 and 24 to 25: CIA-RDP96-00788R001700210016-5. Page 25 is only in the Monroe Institute's copy at archive.org, released in 2021, which the CIA says it never held and which has not been independently authenticated.
What the documents say, and what people claim
The documents: the Absolute is a name the report takes from Bentov for infinite energy at rest, the ground under a universe of moving energy. It is a metaphysical model, laid out in plain steps, and openly compared to religious ideas of God.
The claims: that the report contains a physics proof of God, or that the Army discovered the Absolute. The report says "termed," "theoretically" and "may gain access." It is a model borrowed from a 1977 popular book, described carefully by a reader who found it convincing.
Last updated November 4, 2026.
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The Gateway Process, answered: Page 25, Focus 10 to 21, the frequencies, click-out, who wrote the 1983 Army report and whether it works: short answers with page numbers and CIA record IDs.
What does "click out" mean in the Gateway Process?: In the 1983 Army report, "clicks out" is a physics idea on page 12. In the Monroe Institute's brochure it means blanking out in an exercise. Both, sourced.
What is on page 25 of the Gateway Process report?: Page 25 is missing from the CIA's copy of the 1983 Gateway report. What the page the Monroe Institute released in 2021 says, and why it stays unverified.