Meredith Young-Sowers attended the introductory Gateway Program at The Monroe Institute and developed abilities as an empathic, able to sense and see a person's physical and emotional energies, to understand what lies behind their physical or emotional disease or disturbance, and help them. She also developed an ability to communicate with plants. Mark, who wishes to remain anonymous, developed healing abilities and helped people by making past-life connections clear to them. He also developed the ability to communicate regularly with spirit entities who provided insights and guidance on many subjects, including highly technical ones that Mark could not otherwise understand.