Holosync: Tuning The Subtle Body

A friend has recently been reporting to me, with great enthusiasm, her experiences with Holosync: a technology that uses sound/vibration to entrain the brain-waves in ways supportive of deep meditation. Holosync was developed by Bill Harris, who - in this post on his "Blog That Ate Mind Chatter" - introduces the system, and does a nice job exploring some of the slippery issues related to the question, will Holosync make you enlightened? ("This, of course, is a trick question ...")

How does Holosync work? According to Mr. Harris:

"Holosync (as well as traditional meditation, for that matter) creates connections in the brain that gradually allows you to see more and more how everything really does go together, to see how everything is really one big “thing-event”, and how separate things and events (especially the separate “me”) are illusory.

... the mind, in chopping the universe up into separate bits, creates an illusion. As the mind calms down, this illusion loses power. Holosync quiets the mind, at least over time, and as this happens you become calmer, you feel more connected to everything, and the emotions and behaviors characteristic of separation diminish."

What do I think of technologies like this? On the one hand, I feel that whatever can offer support along our spiritual path, is a good thing. On the other hand, I can't quite see Holosync as being a replacement for some of the more traditional components of practice, for instance the guidance of a Teacher, and support of a sangha. Being by nature a curious person, however, I have just ordered my free introductory Holosync CD (which you can also, via the link on the blog) - and will provide an update, once I have a bit of direct experience.