We call it this because this series of techniques do lead to a gateway, a gateway into different modes of perception. From our observation, the individuals who become involved in this Program find it both deeply disturbing and deeply satisfying. From time to time, one response outweighs the other. Some participants run into what we call the "fear barrier" particularly if they try to advance too fast. One way or another this manifests as a fear about the potential loss of the self as they know it. For this reason the Program develops along carefully controlled steps, each with astrong and positive base. This permits a self-protective mechanism to work. Hundreds of times we have observed that when an individual begins to stimulate himself more than his level of adjustment will allow, he blanks out the experience. He feels either that he went to sleep or that he "clicked out"for a period of time. Perhaps the next time, or the fifth time he repeats that exercise, he will remember the experience and then edge his level of adjustment, his homeostatic network. into a larger awareness. But we also see that as individuals advance through these stages, they develop a deep sense of self-worth. Much as a child proclaims his new worth when he shouts, "Now, I am seven!" so they feel that vital sense of growth and of enjoyment from new levels of ability, creativity, and selfcontrol. Best of all, their interior sense of direction strengthens. For most, all of this takes re-adjustment, dedication, time, and occasionally, courage. Yet, as this inner process begins, as they learn to cooperate with it and encourage it, they often experience a sense of lightness, deftness, even a great playfulness.