Yoga Meditation - Meditations and Yoga Psychic Powers.

YOGA PSYCHIC POWERS

I developed an interest in Yoga from young age and for many years have been practicing its postures, philosophy and meditation techniques. Yoga has had a great influence on my development and work as a Spiritualist Medium. In recent years I have become more deeply involved and I feel that other mediums and psychics can benefit from what yoga, Tantra and meditation has taught me.

In this section I will share with you some of what I have learned about Yoga Meditation, Yoga Powers, Yoga Kriya and discuss Hinduism's take on the next world and reincarnation and how this squares with Spiritualism. I will introduce you to some of the Yogis and Yoginis that have inspired me and share with you some of the things I have learnt from them about the safe use of psychic and mediumistic powers.

YOGA SIDDHIS POWERS

The Yoga teachings tell us that to take up yoga in order to develop Yoga Powers (Siddhis) for their own sake is a mistake. The goal of yoga is union of the individual atma (soul) with Paramatma, the universal soul. You could say it is a merging with God. Yoga Psychic Powers developed for their own sake can detract the yogi from this goal and for some people can become a dangerous ego trip. (as we sadly sometimes see within Spiritualism and Psychic Circles too!!!)

Other teachers say that each siddhi should be developed because it will allow one to understand the power of the Godhead. The Yoga Sutras recognize that yoga is just one of several methods for the development of these powers. In the first sutra in book IV it says: “Perfections proceed from birth or from drugs or from spells or from self-castigation or from concentration” (Woods 1914/1972).

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali speak of a number of Yoga Supernatural Powers - called siddhis. Some of these sidhis include:

• Psychic knowledge of the past and future.
• Understanding the sounds of animals.
• Remembering the experiences of one's previous incarnations.
• Telepathic insight into the thoughts of another mind.
• Making oneself invisible.
• Gaining an intuitive understanding of psychological, spiritual and physical phenomena.
• Attaining physical strength comparable to that of an elephant.
• Having the ability to live without eating or drinking.
• Extrasensory perception of sound, touch, sight, taste and smell.
• Entering consciously into the body of another person.
• Levitation of the body.
• Psychic Healing of the body and mind.
• The ability to become as minute as an atom or to expand oneself into a space and become as large as any entity.
• The yoga power of fulfilling all wishes and desires.
• The power to change destiny.
• The ability to overcome attachment to idiosyncrasies, prejudices, anger, and narrow-mindedness toward others.

Yoga Powers may develop spontaneously in people who practice with dedication. Clearly they are not the goal of yoga but psychics and mediums may be able to benefit from the teachings in order to purify their gift and understand their place in the bigger spiritual picture.

A PILGRIMAGE TO INDIA
Craig tells of his recent trip to India and his take on the various gurus, sacred places and teachings of India.

Amma - The Hugging Saint
We get a hug from Amma
Rishikesh
The Yoga Capital of the world
Sivananda Saraswati
Visit to the Ashram
Mataji Vanamali
We meet Mataji Vanamali
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The Abandoned Ashram
Did Jesus Live in India?
We visit the Shiva Caves
Sri Aurobindo
Walking in the Himalayas and on to Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Samadhi Holy Site in Delhi
Varanasi
Sacred Banares and the Hindu views about death.
Ananda Mayee Ma
Female saint's temple.
The Buddha's Enlightenment
Visit to the Deer Park
:Paramahansa Yogananda
A visit to some of the places he lived and learned.
Ramakrishna
Ramakrishna - Vivekananda and Hare Krishna.

ALSO SEE OUR GURU & YOGA FORUM

DID YOU KNOW? MEDIUMS & YOGA The famous American medium Arthur Ford, who broke Houdini's Code, claimed that sometime before 1932 when he visited India, he had already learned methods of astral projection from the Hindu guru Paramahansa Yogananda and was constantly in touch with him. Arthur Ford stated he was called David by the Hindus, which he said meant "Door to Heaven."