Psychic Abilities.

[Prabhaker]

Just now, Snick said:

Many mystics use fasting also. As a compliment to meditation. Do you think fasting is good? 

For beginners intermittent fasting is good, don't try longer duration fasting. 

[Dodo]

I do not believe that anyone can tell the future, even if they have been to the so called 'Akashic records' or whatever. The simple reason is that life is spontaneous. There is no free will, but life is also not pre-determined. It is a spontaneous happening, how do you predict where the pieces will fall after an explosion? You can't. This is life, one continuous explosion of spontaneous happening. Akashic records may hold a lot, but every iteration is completely new and fresh.

That being said, 

 

[Dodo]

51 minutes ago, Snick said:

Spot on! 

But Dodoster, there IS free will! Only no ONE had that free will.

But will exist in the world, and some will unfolds freely! 

I would agree that we have the quite necessary illusion of free will.

I read "The illusion of free will" back when I was calling myself an Atheist. I loved it. This video is a short version. 

Before I saw Sam Harris from the point of view of an Atheist. Now I see that he actually sounds more like a spiritual teacher than an atheist. It's amazing how I understand his words so much better now.

@Snick if we think about it - if there is free will that means you are not consciousness / the eternal witness. How can there be a witness that does . Witness witnesses, and we are witnessing the spontaneous happening of life. <3 Which is fu**ing amazing because it feels like we actually do have free will - this is a blessing. "The best movie ever"

Edited April 24, 2017 by Dodoster

[Prabhaker]

5 hours ago, Dodoster said:

how do you predict where the pieces will fall after an explosion?

@Snick

    We have associated the most trivial matters with astrology. Those matters have no value, and because of our connecting them with astrology, difficulties have arisen. 

   Mohammed had a disciple named Ali. Ali once asked Mohammed’s opinion about whether a man is independent and free to do what he wants, or whether he is bound by his destiny in everything he does. Ali asked, ”Can one do as one wants or not?” – and man has been asking this question for a long, long time. ”If a man is not able to do as he desires,” Ali said, ”then it is useless and foolish to preach to him not to steal, not to tell lies, not to be dishonest. Or is it destiny that one man should always be there to preach to others not to steal or not to do this or that, knowing full well that it is also destiny for a dishonest man to remain dishonest, for a thief to remain a thief, for a murderer to remain a murderer? All this appears absurd. If everything is predestined, all education is useless – all prophets, all saints and all teachers are useless.”

   People have asked such questions to Mahavira and to Buddha also. If what is going to happen is predestined, why should Mahavira or Buddha take so much trouble to explain what is right and what is wrong? So, Ali asked Mohammed what he thought about this controversial matter. If such a question was asked to Mahavira or Buddha, they would have given a very complicated and deep reply, but Mohammed gave a reply which Ali could understand. Many of Mohammed’s replies were direct and straightforward. Ordinarily, answers given by people who are uneducated or less educated, or who are simple villagers, are direct and frank.

      Mohammed did not give any metaphysical reply. He asked Ali to lift one leg and stand on it. Ali had asked a question about whether a man is free to do what he wants. Why should Ali stand on one leg? Mohammed said, ”First lift one leg.”
     Poor Ali lifted his left leg and stood there on one leg.
Mohammed then asked him, ”Now lift the right leg also.”
    Ali was puzzled and asked how it was possible. Then Mohammed said, ”If you had wanted to, you could have lifted the right leg first, but now you cannot.... A man is always free to lift the first leg – it can be whichever he wants – but no sooner has the first been lifted when the other becomes bound to the earth.”

   With regard to the nonessential part of life, we are always free to lift the first leg. But once that is done it becomes a bondage for the essential part. We take steps that are nonessential, become entangled, and then we are not able to do the essential. So Mohammed said to Ali that he had all the freedom to lift the right or the left leg first. But once he exercised that freedom and lifted one left leg, he was incapable of lifting the other leg. So freedom is there within certain limits, but beyond those limits there is bondage.

   There are three areas of life. In one area, that which is the essential core, everything is predetermined. In another area, that which is peripheral, everything is uncertain. Between these two conditions – the essential and the peripheral – there is ample room for changes through the exercise of choice.

Edited April 25, 2017 by Prabhaker

[Prabhaker]

2 minutes ago, My_Name_Is_Mud said:

what's your opinion of Rali?

I had a discussion with Rali on this forum , he admitted that he is teaching others as a profession. He is not fully enlightened as he sometimes claims.

[electroBeam]

@Prabhaker they are considered an obstacle to people who use it for bad kamma, but for the ones who use it to serve humanity, most mystics I've talked to don't then see it as a problem or obstacle. 

Science brings us great power, just like psychic abilities, and science can be benevolent(like using it in a hospital) or it can be devious(like the nuclear bomb). 

Psychic abilities have been used for thousands of years by the taoists to heal people; chinese medicine, pranic healing was something Christ used to help people overcome diseases. 

Its not the content of awareness that's the problem, its the attitude of the individual. If one is in the hands of Satan, removing psychic abilities from the individual isn't going to purify him.

[Phocus]

@Memeito I would tend to think not.  In general, most fantastical claims are rather easy to prove, and never are, for simple reasons.  As such, the James Randi Educational Fund was founded with its "One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi_Educational_Foundation

That being said, i wouldn't put too much energy into researching breatharianism, telepathy, "faith healing", mind reading, future telling, ect.. other than for entertainment purposes

[Prabhaker]

13 minutes ago, My_Name_Is_Mud said:

what's your opinion of Rali?

It was he, who admitted that he is doing all this for money.

2 minutes ago, My_Name_Is_Mud said:

And I know you don't eat meat, but what's your opinion on vaginatarians?

Once I was non-vegetarian, a vegetarian can be cruel and cunning , a non- vegetarian can be compassionate a loving person. I only stated that with vegetarianism it is easier to reach deeper levels of meditation. There are many enlightened persons who are non-vegetarian. 

[Prabhaker]

9 minutes ago, Phocus said:

the James Randi Educational Fund was founded with its "One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge

This is how a western mind thinks, how can a person who is still greedy for money can acquire psychic abilities ? Only a fake psychic will be attracted to such challenges.

Money appears to be so important to the people who don't know about real treasures. 

[Prabhaker]

16 minutes ago, electroBeam said:

Psychic abilities have been used for thousands of years by the taoists to heal people; chinese medicine, pranic healing was something Christ used to help people overcome diseases. 

Once it happened: Jesus was walking and a woman -- a very poor woman, afraid and apprehensive about whether Jesus would treat her or not, because he was always crowded by so many people -- the woman thought to herself, "Just touch Jesus' garment from behind." She did, and she was cured. Jesus looked back and the woman started thanking him. She fell at his feet and was very grateful.

 Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

The world was deep in trust; people were rooted in faith. Jesus' miracles happened because the people were very trusting.

If a person is healed that only means this was the time for his healing, he was bound to be healed in some way.

[Prabhaker]

53 minutes ago, My_Name_Is_Mud said:

what's your opinion of Rali?

 

[pluto]

10 hours ago, Memeito said:

  Are they real? Is everyone capable of developing them through training or do they appear only to certain individuals? Can meditation unlock such abilities? Does enlightenment bring with it powers such as clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, etc?

Why would you think they only appear to certain individuals lol we all come from the same source.

They are not anything special or magical its just simple quantum physics, although there are universal laws in play so it is highly unlikely for any of us to know how to play manipulate mass amounts of energy and those who do are enlightened enough/purest of heart(so to speak) to use them only for the highest good and or usually see no need to use or manipulate anything at all because they understand the divine order in play and are in a state of "Just Be" most of the time.

I've met people that can manipulate pulsating electrical energy for healing and pain relief, and other simpler energies like clairvoyance/clairsentience/clairaudience, Automatic Writing, Precognition(dream-readers), Remote Viewers, and Telepathy that we all use daily but aren't aware of and how to tune in properly but when it comes to the more powerful stuff like you see in movies, its extremely unlikely you will see this level of manipulation in our current reality especially 3rd density because we aren't at a level of complete balance and harmony to be allowed to play with such powerful energies thus why Universal Laws that prevent this are in play.

Although as we are evolving energetically, its only a matter of time when these so called "Physic abilities" become more present and normal so to speak but if we keep focusing on technological/materialistic one-sided/minded way, we will never be given access to these higher energetic realities where less universal laws apply.

You are only able to access that of which vibrates on the same energetic frequency as you are.

 

 

 

 

[Prabhaker]

21 minutes ago, Snick said:

There is not enough protein in vegetables. How do you cope with that? 

Vegetarian diet includes cereals and pulses , I am Lacto-vegetarian , I take milk products.

[Dodo]

4 hours ago, My_Name_Is_Mud said:

How can you tell how enlightened someone is?

And I know you don't eat meat, but what's your opinion on vaginatarians?

 

4 hours ago, Prabhaker said:

It was he, who admitted that he is doing all this for money.

Once I was non-vegetarian, a vegetarian can be cruel and cunning , a non- vegetarian can be compassionate a loving person. I only stated that with vegetarianism it is easier to reach deeper levels of meditation. There are many enlightened persons who are non-vegetarian. 

You misunderstood,  he was not asking about the vegetarian diet.

Vegetarian is vegetarian

Vaginatarian is something else

[Prabhaker]

1 minute ago, Dodoster said:

You misunderstood,  he was not asking about the vegetarian diet.

We have already discussed vegetarianism many times, this was in its continuation. 

[Dodo]

22 minutes ago, Prabhaker said:

We have already discussed vegetarianism many times, this was in its continuation. 

I know, but he was making fun of our informed diet choice. He needs to be checked and wrecked! 

He is a meateater - everyone knows that meat refers to dick!

Edited April 25, 2017 by Dodoster

[Guest Annetta]

Yes, but only when you let go of everything.  You can't have any attachment to anything - it works through hollowness.

Let go of money, love, the will to live, and a desire for anything and you'll be ready  Psychic ability is lost if you desire an outcome.

[Guest Annetta]

This is true.

[AstralProjection]

Are they real? Yes

Is everyone capable of developing them through training or do they appear only to certain individuals? No but training can help facitliate it in people that are already predisposed to being psychic.

Can meditation unlock such abilities? Yes only in some people.

Does enlightenment bring with it powers such as clairvoyance, precognition, psychokinesis, etc? In some yes.

Even I've had precognitive dreams. Dreams in which I dreamt something then it actually happened. But I wouldn't consider myself a natural.

[Paul EMD]

If I want to develop my "psychic abilities" in order to help people heal and grow, am I going the wrong way? Is it my ego looking to get more power?