Higher Balance Institute

[elirien]

http://www.higherbalance.com/meditation_home.html

Their Logo looks kinda "odd" now doesn't it? ;)

[rebel ins]

https://www.higherbalance.com/imgs/order_button.jpg

you mean this? seen it too many times, nothing extraordinary

[elirien]

No I meant the 3 layered pyramid with these Egyptian wings.

[rebel ins]

yea, the symbol with the standard occult elements, the usual new age stuff, misguided meditation and all

[elirien]

Yup. Just wanted to point that out.

[alisone]

:)

Hello all this is my first post on this site, and i just wanted to "clear" some things up on HB logo. this symbol is not an "occult" symbol unless you consider HB a cult switch i do not and i could go in to the details at later point.

The Symbol is one of "ascension" spiritual awakening, the Meditator sitting in a half lotus at the bottom of the Symbol represents the spiritual seeker, the wings represent the struggle for freedom, the symbol of ascension in to "higher consciousness". the pyramid is seen as a the over all evolution of the spiritual being. the the crest or tip being the merging with the devine. What ever you percive that to be.

To call this group an Occult is ignorant as is your understating of the symbol you twist to fit in to your own box. :). just an observation i dont mean to up set anyone.

As far as it being silly new "new age" all i can say is that it is the opposite. and misguided?.... haha. this goes to show you have no idea about it...no idea. ;-)

as i know about the symbol and its meaning i just want to put it straight. any other question about HB please go ahead and ask away.

Aháron.

All is one.

[drael]

Not particularly. I detect nothing "ego-oriented" or any strong sollipsism (the new materialism?) in the immediate presentation of ideas. The symbol itself seems benign to me. The pyramid is a very important symbol, showing unity into duality. There is also a circle, protection, wholeness and feathers? (wisdom, air?)

[elirien]

:)

The Symbol is one of "ascension" spiritual awakening, the Meditator sitting in a half lotus at the bottom of the Symbol represents the spiritual seeker, the wings represent the struggle for freedom, the symbol of ascension in to "higher consciousness". the pyramid is seen as a the over all evolution of the spiritual being. the the crest or tip being the merging with the devine. What ever you percive that to be.

To call this group an Occult is ignorant as is your understating of the symbol you twist to fit in to your own box. :)

Don't get me wrong but isn't that what you already did right now or did you design the logo?

[neutron flux]

Oregon police say man abused teen in cult-like operation

7/20/2006, 12:01 p.m. PT
The Associated Press

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A 39-year-old man who had a robe with the words "Master Eric" and claimed that a psychic ability called "remote viewing" helped him locate runaways has been accused of sexually abusing a teenager, police said.

Police said the victim was 17 when a follower of Eric J. Pepin recruited him in 2004, and then Pepin had him perform sex acts.

Pepin and an employee, Jamison Priebe, 21, who lives at the same address as Pepin in Aloha, surrendered on charges of using a child in a sexual display and sexual abuse. A grand jury issued indictments last week.

"The charges are false, and we are confident Mr. Pepin will be exonerated," said his attorney, Sam Kauffman.

Under Oregon law, using a child in a sexual display carries a minimum penalty of nearly six years in prison.

Beaverton police Detective Mike Smith said Pepin operated the Higher Balance Institute in Beaverton. Smith said the ornate robe emblazoned "Master Eric" turned up during a search.

Pepin's Web site says he has located more than 100 missing persons and runaways, along with U.S. Navy submarines, through a psychic ability he calls "remote viewing." The site offers meditation systems for $79 to $149 help customers develop their "sixth sense" and apply it "inward to awaken a dimensional universe within the mind."

In an affidavit filed with a request for a search warrant, Smith said the victim, now 20, told police that Internet customers are men and women usually older than 35. But, he told police, Pepin told him he should recruit "good-looking men" between 18 and 24 to work for him.

Smith wrote that the victim "was taught by Pepin to believe that the sexual contact was only a spiritual necessity." But after a while, the affidavit says, the boy decided he was being used by Pepin, who bought him meals and paid him $200 after sex.

The man contacted Beaverton police in January.

Institute leader acquitted of sex charges

HOLLY DANKS - HILLSBORO -- A Washington County Circuit judge called the leader of a metaphysical Internet sales company manipulative and controlling and his testimony unbelievable, even as he acquitted him Wednesday of charges that he had sex with an underage boy.

Judge Steven L. Price, after a five-day trial without a jury, found Eric James Pepin, 40, not guilty of two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, four counts of third-degree sexual abuse and one count of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct.

Also acquitted of third-degree sexual abuse and using a child in a pornographic display was Jamison Dwight Priebe, 21, who has worked for Pepin's Higher Balance Institute since he was 18.

"Everybody has stood by me who knows me," Pepin said Wednesday after hugging supporters. "They had faith in me, prayed for me. I told them I wouldn't let them down. I did nothing of what was alleged. I've been nothing but honorable and impeccable."

However, Price said it was "probable that the conduct alleged in all counts occurred," but he wasn't convinced beyond a reasonable doubt. "There's a lack of strong corroboration," such as a date-stamp on a videotape of the sexual encounter, the judge said.

The accuser testified Pepin had him take off his shirt the first day they met at Pepin's Beaverton home in April 2004.

"He was going to try and fix my energy and he needed me to trust him," the accuser said. Pepin touched the teen's "chakra points" on his heart, head and lower abdomen.

"Eric asked me to tell him everything I had done in my life that I was ashamed about," the teen added.

The accuser said Pepin asked him how old he was the first day they met and that he told him the truth.

"He said students had to be 18 because he didn't like parents fussing around," the accuser said.

But within days the two were having sex, including a three-way encounter with Priebe, the youth testified. Pepin called it "crossing the abyss," the accuser said, "surrendering yourself to your teacher, your master."

Pepin testified he is gay and has had sexual relationships with most of his 11 employees, but not before they were 18. Pepin said he gave his accuser a job, even though the teen was a poor worker, and continued to be intimate with him and give him money after he was fired, to help him out.

Stephen A. Houze, Pepin's private defense attorney, called the accuser a liar more than 100 times in his closing argument and noted that Pepin was "the perfect patsy" because society wants to believe the worst of a gay man. Houze said the accuser brought the charges because he wanted to shake down Pepin.

Pepin's Higher Balance Institute, now on Northwest Saltzman Road in Cedar Mill, reached an annual high of $2 million in Internet sales of meditation CDs, tapes and books before his arrest in July.

Pepin touts himself as a psychic and "remote viewer" who has found lost submarines and missing people, and says he created the "psychic pill" Magneurol6-S that enhances brain function, heals nerve damage, heightens paranormal experiences and relieves stress for $79 a bottle.

Andrew Erwin, deputy district attorney, called Higher Balance nothing more than a sex cult run by a "snake oil" salesman who preys on the troubled.

The accuser had nothing to gain by going to police and turned down $250,000 from Pepin to drop the sex charges, Erwin said.

"I'm disappointed," Erwin said of the verdicts. "The judge wants proof beyond all doubt and that's too high a standard."



There is a thread over at SOTT that is exposing this Eric (even though they are commenting on these articles) and now he's trying to sue SOTT for 4.5 million over the forum comments!

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/150512-Eric-Pepin-Higher-Balance-Institute-Sue-SOTT-for-4-47-Million-Over-SOTT-Forum-Comments-

[elirien]

:eek:

omg neutron flux. I felt that something was "funny" with them but i couldn't even imagine that it was that "funny".

I thank you for displaying these people for what they really are. I deeply thank you. We don't need any more O.T.O.-like dudes.

Higher Balance My Ass!

edit: and btw these links are trying to pass some script on your browser. Deny it.

[alisone]

Just so it is clear Eric J Pepin Was found Not Guilty on All Accounts. there are 2 sides to each story... what you here here is one side, a side that is uninformed uneducated.

I shall not get in to the Details here as this happed long ago and is rested in my mind. If you want to learn the truth it is out there.

And no i did not design the HBI logo.:)

[elirien]

Just so it is clear Eric J Pepin Was found Not Guilty on All Accounts. there are 2 sides to each story... what you here here is one side, a side that is uninformed uneducated.

I shall not get in to the Details here as this happed long ago and is rested in my mind. If you want to learn the truth it is out there.



I wont look at his court file (I mean there are far more better things to do imho) and couldn't find anything on the net except that he sues people and websites who write about this. Now for my morals that sounds still weird combined with ascension and meditation.

This guy is the first person I encountered who combined these elements and no I'm not a gay-hater. But having sex with most of his employees and some students sounds more in the way our Islamic cults work with their harems and etc. This sounds definitely not spiritual at all.

My last thoughts on the subject:
1. The logo is still weird.
2. A "Master" who has sex with his pupils is weird.
3. Ascension, Third-Eye, Meditation and Homosexual assault charges
associated with millions of dollars is a weird combination.

I won't further bother myself about this since it is a waste of time which I can't be productive in.

It is sad to see such weird associations with spiritual people. Just sad.
btw. this is a blog entry I found in google about him which comments
on the SOTT website:

http://becomingfree.blogspot.com/2008/03/free-speech-on-web-threatened.html

[drael]

But having sex with most of his employees and some students sounds more in the way our Islamic cults work with their harems and etc

Sounds good to me. Sex is good isnt it?

[lateral_v]

But having sex with most of his employees and some students sounds more in the way our Islamic cults work with their harems and etc. This sounds definitely not spiritual at all.

2. A "Master" who has sex with his pupils is weird.


This is done in tantra as well, except in most cases the partner becomes the guru/teacher/master I've read about this a bit, and I don't see any problem with it, infact I'd say it's a beautiful form of spiritual teaching.
Once again nothing is bad in itself, it is the meaning people give it, and what they use it for...

[neutron flux]

infact I'd say it's a beautiful form of spiritual teaching.


How would having sex with Eric Pepin be a "spiritual teaching"?

The implications of this court case are important to all - if Eric wins then it could be the end of free speech on the internet, and if that happens you can all blame this "spiritual master":


http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8311/smallericpepinhi9.jpg

:mad:

[lateral_v]

How would having sex with Eric Pepin be a "spiritual teaching"?

The implications of this court case are important to all - if Eric wins then it could be the end of free speech on the internet, and if that happens you can all blame this "spiritual master":


http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8311/smallericpepinhi9.jpg

:mad:


Goodness your not asking me to judge this man by the looks of it hey? :confused:
Besides I was referring to tantra spesifically as it is infact a form of spiritual teaching, some what of the topic I suppose.....

[neutron flux]

Goodness your not asking me to judge this man by the looks of it hey?

Of course not, I posted the picture in reference to my comments of him threatening free speech on the internet, so if that did happen people would know who he is and what he looks like.

[lateral_v]

Of course not, I posted the picture in reference to my comments of him threatening free speech on the internet, so if that did happen people would know who he is and what he looks like.

oki doki

point taken ;)

[alisone]

Hey. the case above regarding Eric James Pepin went on a while ago.
he was cleared of all charges made against him. it seems the guy was out for money.

It is difficult to explain the supernatural as fact. but not fact its self. HBI are true in what they believe. Just its all nonsense. Anyone with critical thinking will know its all fantasy. seek the truth. massive extraordinary claims have to have ever extraordinary evidence!. Think about it. but yes all the amazing experiences ive had – it must be true? – Question the tool you are using to filter the world. Seeing is believing, but look hard enough and you will see anything.

It is a dangerous thing to get in to. unless you want empty promise, and lies leave it be

Book – “How To Think About Weird Things”.

Check it out for your self.
Dare to question. question everything…

-Anonymous

[elirien]

This is done in tantra as well, except in most cases the partner becomes the guru/teacher/master I've read about this a bit, and I don't see any problem with it, infact I'd say it's a beautiful form of spiritual teaching.
Once again nothing is bad in itself, it is the meaning people give it, and what they use it for...

Very true.