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what will be the powers that i realized
one gets
a very tricky question
because it totally lies in the domain of
the maya isn't it
all powers that you say are powers are
actually maya
it is illusion
we have some powers right now also
without realization also
for example
the
power of language speaking no other
animal has this
and the power of intelligence intellect
very highly developed intellect
and
there are few more powers like walking
upright
and we have almost controlled the world
the physical world is totally in control
at least we think so
by
by the power of the intellect the
logical and rational thinking
there is the power of becoming aware
also
spiritual
insight
knowledge
and there is there are some more powers
which people do not recognize
that we already have
one power that i usually say is that we
have the power to take birth
take a physical form
it is something which is
we are hardwired to do now
this may this may not be case for all
the beings out there in the maya
in this universal mind
some are never embodied so this is a
major power
and yes the use of intellect and
language are also major powers and the
thing is because
we have them now we have
lost
any kind of
wonder for them there is no sense of
wonder for that
and when somebody
develops somebody progresses on the
spiritual path a little bit
and gets a little bit more abilities we
think oh that is a big big deal and that
the ones that we already have we don't
want to use them for some reason
or they are happening automatically
there is a suggestion here the new
seeker should do
a study of what abilities we already
have
that should be done first
instead of running after something some
new abilities
it is okay to go
go and
search for new abilities but
first make a list of your existing
abilities are you using them totally
fully
because
you don't have the other powers so well
they will come whenever they come or
they want everything is okay here
but whatever we have already
that that is most important right now
so what i did was i made a list and that
is in about 12 or 13 articles on my blog
all have this title the extraordinary
abilities of the mind you know when i
started on this one this question what
abilities can the mind have
and the answer is obvious it can have
unlimited amount of abilities
but whatever we have today right now
here
that that we need to use first
i have seen that if you saturate those
abilities the new abilities start
developing
that is you know natural progression of
the mind
so manish has a comment look at the
question it has two words realized and
get
now the meaning of power realized that
it was there all the time
so getting powers is actually illusory
power was always there the only thing
that changes is realization
that one has power
absolutely yes perfect answer and he
says but these powers are dangerous and
trap on the path of
moksha mukti freedom
that is also another aspect of powers
if you pursue a spiritual path
just to get the powers
then you become a slave of powers only
that is not really freedom isn't it
because you are attached to something
you want something
and not only
you want that
which we are enabled
to have
but also that
about which you have simply heard from
somewhere
that is kind of
big trap
yes
that is getting lost in the illusion or
the
ignorance again
so
my suggestion is always that we have
extraordinary abilities already
we don't realize this
so make a list of
your abilities just now i gave a few
examples
the ability to choose correctly for
example the ability to attend
pay attention to something for long long
times
the ability to relax our attention
these are you know some examples
the ability to uh
affect
the
universal mind using our intention using
our thoughts
the ability to think and to think
how are we using these abilities
what are we doing with them and the
biggest ability is you know we have a
body physical body
we are this we are in this amazing
virtual reality
very few
beings get
a chance to be
we don't know but the the unborn ones
they are jealous of what we have because
it is a big thing to come here
in their
point of view
i know it is kind of has become a habit
for
human beings and we are trapped here
like we are not progressing out of here
but um i mean we are progressing but we
are doing it slowly
but for those that are waiting for human
birth they are waiting to get the power
and enter into this virtual reality game
to do whatever
they think that we are extremely
powerful because we can do that
so what are we doing with the body what
are we doing with the world
these are big powers
you know and this relative reality
everything is relative we already have
very very big powers power to create
power to destroy
power to communicate with other beings
using this machine
of the body what are we doing with these
powers
so
just like manish said we already have so
many powers
now the mind is evolving so as it
evolves it it is shedding its
limitations the limitations that
are a consequence of attachment to the
body and to the world and these five
senses
the vishay it's a very beautiful word
wish means poison
so
whatever the senses take in is like
poison for a seeker
we are
poisoned by the senses we are actually
disabled by our own powers
here in this world this is kind of
unfortunate
so a seeker is the one a realized one is
the one who has
recognized his true nature isn't it that
is the definition of self-realization
that and that
uh jeeve that individual has realized
his or her true nature
that is the start of shedding of
limitations because as consciousness
as the atman you are infinite you are
all powerful already
you are the whole existence already now
what else do you want
now the ego wants some things for him
itself
the ego wants like long life young body
healthy body
and immortality
and
the ability to manifest anything the
ability to fulfill any desire
desire fulfillment is the goal of the
ego whatever desires that pop in in the
in the mind
it wants to fulfill them it owes them it
says it is my desire and i i wish to
fulfill it
so it looks into its own abilities first
if the desire cannot be fulfilled or it
takes a lot of trouble and hard work
then it looks for extraordinary
abilities
what powers are there there is no limit
to what can be done
in the illusion there is no limit
because
if i am limited to only these and this
and these abilities that means i am not
omnipotent then
omnipotence is the characteristic of the
self actually
i am already omnipotent i don't know it
because
right now i have chosen to play here
as a limited being so there is no limit
to the abilities of the mind
and that includes
the ability to manipulate the whole
world
the ability to generate universes
the ability to destroy the universes and
everything in between you see
everything is possible
right now only some things are possible
with to which we do not pay attention
we are capable we are very very capable
very very powerful things we are not
utilizing them because we are taking it
for granted it is the nature of the ego
that whatever it has
has no value and whatever somebody else
has
or it does not have
it wants that it wants to run for that
you can see this very well in children
you give them 10 toys they will play
with them for 10 minutes exactly
and they and they want something which
you are holding
which their mother or father are holding
now they want that give it to them they
want something else
and this is this is the nature of the
ego a child is nothing but manifestation
of pure ego very innocent ego
you will see the same thing in adults
you see
a big house and a big car
not enough
i want
something more which which my neighbor
has
you see
this much food is not enough i want to
eat all day
or one partner is not enough i want
everybody in my
town to be my partner
this is the hoarding
tendency of the ego so whatever powers
we have right now we are not using them
just like toys we have thrown them away
and we want something which you don't
have
that is the problem
and the ego
things that if i can do something which
nobody can do
that will be a survival advantage isn't
it
so it is hankering for even the tiniest
amount of advantage that it can get in
the society
and just like manish said it can be
a big hurdle
for your liberation because
and the goal of a seeker is exactly
opposite it does not want to to do all
these things
it wants
freedom from all these activities of the
ego the ego is the biggest hurdle for
the seeker
when the ego gets powers what does the
what do they do
misuse nothing else but misuse
i you must have seen you see some people
get this power they use them to kill
people
to get
like social power power over other
people
or they get entangled into
a sensory pleasures
which simply destroys their body and
mind completely that sets them back a
few
births
now they need to come back to this
more pure
purified state of the mind and it can
take you see three or four lifetimes to
get back
yes you can you can behave badly without
powers also but the consequences are
kind of tiny compared to what you can do
with the powers
they because the potential is big the
potential of destruction is also big and
if the ego is not in control well
that you know
that is a death sentence for that causal
body
it will do all that is guaranteed
so what we do here we utilize our powers
to purify the mind first
purification of the mind brings the
power automatically what is purification
destroying our limitations
how to destroy the limitations
everything starts with knowledge of what
you are like he said self-realization
it starts with realization once you see
what you are you will see the mind as an
object ego as an object a process
body has another use and through object
then you start getting control over them
or you stop worrying about them and the
mind progresses
because of the knowledge of the mind
some people may want to you know
accelerate the progress accelerate the
purification of the mind
and once the ego is subdued well all
these abilities they are acquired
but no use is made
or
the person or the individual does not
remain in the physical world to use them
there is no use of them in the physical
world actually
that is the realization if
if the powers appear without realization
like because of the local practices at
all or because of the
um
independent kind of
practices where
somebody who is out there in the
universal mind has more powers than you
and you worship that thing and that
that gives you
that serves you with these
extraordinary abilities that is the
dependent kind of
local practices
so uh if if people use that
it is almost guaranteed that they
devolve into
animal nature back into
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something lowly
they lose the human status also that is
almost guarantees guaranteed because ego
and power
ego plus power
equals to corruption
this is
like universal law you cannot escape
this law
when the powers are in service of ego
disaster
that is the
law
so
what we do is
we start
realizing what we already have and we
start purifying the mind purify it of
your lower nature
let go of the fear anger hate jealousy
lust whatever you see
the
attachment to stuff
wanting desiring all this should be
surrendered
and then you know new abilities they
appear
and
then there can be
some use in your own spiritual evolution
plus in
manipulating other minds like minds of
other seekers
if you become guru then you have this
you get this ability to affect
other minds with positivity
like you can transfer your own
consciousness
your own state of awareness
into the seeker
so you must have heard this you know
some gurus can do that or you can do a
surgery on their mind and cut off their
karmic substance a little bit
cut off their impressions a little bit
which cuts down their future births
or makes them easy
a group group eliminates
the past current little bit this you
know he has this kind of ability
anyhow the more powerful you are the
less powers you use this is again
another rule
so banish is saying i think the ability
to discern and to choose are the
greatest powers yes absolutely
the ability to know what is right what
is wrong what is good for my liberation
what is good for my progress
what is bad for ego
you see that you should know how to kill
the ego
and these things are
of more value in this
physical life
these things are more valuable
we are here to complete a mission
don't worry about other people they we
don't know why they are here
but the seeker is here for a specific
reason you see
sometimes i say well there is no purpose
there is no meaning yes that is true but
seeker has assigned a meaning assign a
purpose to the birth human birth which
nobody else has done they are simply
living
but seeker has a specific mission here
and we are born with
the abilities to fulfill that mission
otherwise
we wouldn't take the mission somebody
wants to climb the mount everest
they know that they are able to climb it
they come with all the gear you see
they have the abilities to withstand
that kind of cold and
harsh climate and lack of oxygen and
their bodies are strong enough to climb
and they
the fear is absent from their mind
they have the skill
and then they start climbing that is
their mission
we are already born with the required
abilities start using those abilities
you see don't get distracted that is
that is what we are here for
so yes the the abilities that we already
have the ability to gain knowledge the
ability to find truth the ability to
abide in
awareness in samadhi of any kind
and the discernment we have the ability
now
probably you were not born with it but
because of the grace of the gurus we
know how to purify the mind and
clear the karmic substance from there
so that
we
the entrapment the
we can defeat this
darkness of ignorance we have all these
abilities
so what we are doing we are going
forward with whatever we have and slowly
we know more
knowledge is the real power
you don't need anything
you're all powerful every you know in
every possible way but when you don't
know it then it's of no use
i was listening to somebody on youtube
and he said it is like
your bank account has a billion rupees
in it in it but you don't know that you
have that bank account and you're living
like a beggar on the street situation of
the ignorant person
is like this he is a billionaire does
not know it
so as soon as we shed the ignorance
we can withdraw from this account slowly
or on the path of knowledge you can say
i am everything why why do i need to
own a tiny bit you see i'm a
trillionaire already or even infinite
wealth is there i am the whole universe
i am everything already so i don't want
it any part now
and it is a play it is all virtual it is
not real it is a it is like my dream
it is
created in my dream if i'm awake in the
dream do i want to change anything no
it is it is you know
business as usual there's nothing wrong
with this dream or if any other dream
starts well it is also good i'll watch
that this is the perpetual thing that is
happening
in my own being
why do i want anything you see that is
wanting is bondage
letting go is freedom
when you let go you get everything when
you want you get only one tiny part
little tiny bit of dust
speck of dust
so these things we realize and then we
stop worrying about all these powers and
all this sometimes the ego will say oh i
wish i could do that and all you just
watched that also and yes you will do
that someday
that is also learning
now manish has a long comment which i'll
read here for the benefit of recordings
and people who are listening
he's saying everything in this universe
is infinite both mind and all its forms
layers and matter and all its forms
layers are both infinite always as i as
a human mind stretch from brahma to
brahma and as a body matter
to stretch from brahmatibram same is
true for the mind of a rabbit to
it two stretches between brahma to
brahma and every atom also is stretched
between brahm to brahma therefore every
single thing in existence is infinite
everything has one end in the aslib
brahm and then the other end in an
enlightened
you can also say that since everything
is stretched between
nothing exists
that is why this is called illusion maya
and there is then saying it is more near
childish to shoot with a
bow and arrow the real shooting happens
when you drop both the bow and arrow and
shoot without shooting and the sufi says
you have the floor
you have the ghee
you have the utensil and the fire is
burning
but you don't know how to make chapatis
so yes he has
nicely elaborated on this matter
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