It is hard to deny the results that I seen in the last two years of my life. When people read my posts here, now, they would not believe who I used to be.
Twenty-five years ago I rejected my parent's religion as a teen boy. I immersed myself into the world of science and achievement. I graduated from University with a degree in Engineering. I became nuclear trained officer in US Navy. After my time was up, I left for corporate America. I lived a very structural, scientific, left brained existence.
When I found Higher Balance in December of 2004, I had never meditated in my life. I had no preconceived ideas about spirituality. I had never heard of Esalen, The Monroe Institue, Ken Wilber, Edgar Cayce, the Gaia hypothesis, the Akashic records, Gnostic Christianity, the Essenses, Madame Blavatsky, Theosophy or Yogi Ramacharaka.
Of course I invest my time, energy and money into Eric Pepin and the Higher Balance Institute but I am always on the lookout for something better. I check to see the way that other schools of though mesh (or don't mesh). I think that if HB did not exist, I would be student of The Monroe Institute. But sadly Robert Monroe is no longer with us. The TMI teachings are full of technique but there is very little understand or teaching of the mechanisms, the reasons, the why.
Eric's material is mix of knowledge and practice. I now know that is a interleaving of understanding and experiences that leads to further understanding and experiences. We have to use that knowledge and understanding to constantly stretch our beliefs in what is possible. That's why my posts here sometime include some speculations. I am pushing, trying to further my own understanding of the Universe.
A flower will open when every thing is perfect. The sun is shining, the moisture level is correct, the soil is correct, the time is correct... You cannot force a flower to open. It would be ruined.
I do not know what enlightenment is nor do I spend time thinking about it. I do know the Universe, Eric Pepin, Matthew R. and Matt S. have invested time and energy into my psychic and spiritual development. I would not be honoring my teacher, my school, my experiences or myself if I did not fully commit to going as far as I can in this lifetime. And when I am ready someday, becoming a teacher to pass along what I have learned to those who follow.
Peace my friends,
Coyote
