Do Unique Powers Hinder Spiritual Growth? - Part II ...Contd

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The hall mark of the occult powers which we are considering is that they are within the mind's frame work. Mental powers are directed in a particular way by the possessors of such powers who have developed strong will power. It is against this that one must be wary.

The natural flow of powers of the great saints, seers and jnanis is of an altogether different category. Why? They have no individual volition, having surrendered it to the Supreme. Their mind is anchored in the spiritual heart. Their minds are dead in the sense that they have no more 'sankalpas'. They are desire-free. The question of their using the mind to perform siddhis does not arise. But yet they work many miracles.

Narasimha Swami has given a graphic account of how Ramana's body levitated from Virupaksha Cave to Tiruvottiyur where Ganapati Muni was performing penance. Ramana blessed him by touch and returned. Ramana had not consciously wished it. But still it happened because he is a pure channel for the divine powers.

The explanation for the 'miracles' of Krishna, Jesus and other jnanis is the same. The power of jnanis is the fullness of the power of the Self which works through them and they sport such powers spontaneously and without effort. It is the power of such worshipful ones which is a true wonder for it is unsought and unlimited. It is the true siddhi.