Re: Does anyone here know anything about magical powers?
omjaroo wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just thought I'd mention that the earth (in fact the whole universe) is
> absolutely perfect right now. Always has been and always will be. When
> one can "realize" this then one can easily understand what a pointless
> waste of time and an utter distraction, dabbling in siddhis (or any
> phenomenal power) is.
>
> One can express "power" beyond most people's comprehension by
> practicing (even poorly) the most fundamental of yogic disciplines:
> yama/niyama :-) I am afraid that until one has perfected yama/niyama
> playing with siddhis will bring only unpleasant lessons :-(
>
> Jared
there is one story about my yoga teacher that I heard.
It was monssoon season and he was walking with his Guru.
It started to rain and there was no shelter from the heavy downpour.
My teacher held up his hand and kept the rain from falling on his Guru
where upon his Guru gave him a few sharp cracks with his walking stick
along with an admonition, "Don't be an idiot; It is monssoon season; be
practical; next time bring an umbrella!"
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