Maybe some Siddhis are involuntary. Maybe fruits of the past karma or subconscious sources. From: cardemaister <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 2:30 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Ramana Maharshi gives Shaktipat to Ganapathi Muni at a distance
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Yifu" <yifuxero@...> wrote: > > from energyenhancement.org: > > "2. About a year after his first meeting with Sri Bhagavan, Ganapathi Muni > experienced a remarkable outflow of his [Ramana Maharshi] Grace. While he was > sitting in meditation in the temple of Ganapati at Tiruvottiyur he felt > distracted and longed intensely for the presence and guidance of the > Bhagavan. At that moment Sri Ramana entered the temple. > > Ganapathi prostrated himself before him and, as he was about to rise, he felt > the Maharshi's hand upon his head and a terrifically vital force coursing > through his body from the touch; so that he also received Grace by touch from > the Master. Speaking about this incident in later years, not Ganapathi Muni, > but the Enlightened sage HIMSELF Sri Ramana Maharshi said: > > "One day, some years ago, I was lying down and awake when I distinctly felt > my body rise higher and higher. I could see the physical objects below > growing smaller and smaller until they disappeared and all around me was a > limitless expanse of dazzling light. After some time I felt the body slowly > descend and the physical objects below began to appear. > > I was so fully aware of this incident that I finally concluded that it must > be by such means that Sages using the powers of Siddhis travel over vast > distances in a short time and Appear and Disappear in such a mysterious > manner. While the body thus descended to the ground it occurred to me that I > was at Tiruvottiyur though I had never seen the place before. > > I found myself on a highroad and walked along it. At some distance from the > roadside was a temple of Ganapati and I entered it and gave Uppadesa, > Shaktipat to Ganapathi. I suppose that this is the experience of all the > ancient saints and Rishis from time immemorial" > Seems a bit like "Beam me up, Scotty(sp?)" -type of siddhi?? :D
