Hi,
I've been following the discussion on Higher Balance institute for a while, so I thought I should give my 2 cents now...
I have a copy of Higher Balance institute meditation CDs and also Eric Pepin's talks on the subject.
For those who are long time meditators and have some indepth knowledge of principles of Yoga and Tantra, what Eric is saying and teaching is neither new nor original... its thousands of years old as discovered by the Yogis and tantriks of India - and there is so much more from where it all came from...... If anything, HB's meditation is a diluted version of some of the tantrik meditations... HB's meditation focuses only on 2 or 3 C'akras (energy centres) and that too without the mantras... and without giving in depth knowledge of the C'akras to the meditators so they can focus on those aspects of those C'akras.
This is not to say that there may not be some benefits for the beginners by doing HB's meditations, but those who are interested in advanced/more complete knowledge of this topic should really study Yoga and tantra in depth.
With practice over a certain period of time, the 'supernatural powers' naturally develop in anyone who performs these meditations diligently.... nothing 'unnatural' can really exist in nature... its just that these are uncommon, so we think it's 'unnatural'.... although the indiscriminate use of these 'powers' almost always leads to the downfall of the meditator. There are numerous accounts of many holy men, Yogis having displayed such feats..... many of these things have been experienced as well as documented by those who have attempted to meet such people. Even in these days, it is possible to meet such people in certain parts of India, Tibet and other parts of the world. Books like ' An autobiography of a Yogi' have many such accounts..
Interesting thing is that much of this knowledge and methodology of relatively purer techniques are readily available to anyone to learn - most of the time for free... from a genuine Yogi/Sadhaka/Guru. Of course how much one progresses on these paths depends upon one's sincerity and diligence.
AeB
