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Do Unique Powers Hinder Spiritual Growth? - Part I
Although
powers
appear
to
be
wonderful
to
those
who
do
not
possess
them,
yet
they
are
only
transient.
It
is
useless
to
aspire
for
the
transient.
All
these
wonders
are
contained
in
the
one
changeless
Self.
'Master, can I perform miracles as Sri Krishna and Jesus did before?' asked Humphreys, the first westerner to come to Maharshi. 'There are yogis with occult powers. What does the Maharshi think of them?' queries Evans Wentz, a research scholar from oxford. Is it not good to acquire occult powers? Is not invisibility evidence of advanced wisdom? Does Self-realisation imply occult powers?
Leadbeater describes his past births by clairvoyance. Is it useful to acquire such powers? Does the jnani have only peace, or does he have powers also? Can we not regenerate the world by power of austerities? These are some of the questions which are typical of our hankering, overt or secret, for acquiring more powers through spiritual practices.
One sometimes wonders whether we care as much for peace and happiness as we do for power, the exercise of which fills us with a sense of well-being. The display of super-natural powers is always a matter of wonder. It dazzles the mind and leads to the adoration of such powers.
However,
a
seeker
of
truth
should
not
give
in
to
the
undeniable
attraction
of
'siddhis'
but
must
ponder
over
their
real
utility.
One
has
to
ask
oneself
some
basic
questions.
Why
am
I
a
sadhaka?
What
am
I
seeking?
Is
it
Self-knowledge?
Will
siddhis
lead
to
a
conscious
linking
with
the
divine?
Is
the
siddhi-path
a
by-lane
or
a
royal
path?
Will
it
distract
one
from
the
search
for
truth
or
would
it
help
in
spiritual
practice?
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