--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> The effect of imprinting, and decades of having been > told what is possible and what is not, is a tough > nut to crack. One of the reasons that I still like > Carlos Castaneda is that he is one of the only writers > in spiritual tradition I have ever encountered who > captured how powerfully witnessing or performing > actual siddhis affects one. It rocks your world. > Your whole *body* goes into shock, and your mind > starts working overtime to try to *dismiss* what you > just saw or experienced. You try to find any way > you can imagine to make the experience GO AWAY. > > Why? Because holding to the beliefs that were taught > to you is *safe*, comforting. Suddenly finding your- > self in "new territory," where the *only* thing you > can trust is your own experience, is decidedly *not* > safe. It's scary. snip>
Hi, I just want to add that this is not everyone's experience. My world was certainly not rocked by the results I experienced during the sidhis. I recall the Carlos Casteneda books, and he didn't have a long habit of spiritual practice in his life. Or perhaps it is just what we consider possible or normal, or not. In any case, I just took the sidhis expriences as the next thing to come along, and I am sure there are many others that felt/feel the same way.
