Powers

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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