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    It is becoming increasingly fashionable today for seekers to dabble with the occult in the pursuit of esoteric powers and experience. However the ancient spiritual traditions discourage this – why should the seekers of truth preoccupy themselves with powers over the material plane? These practices are distractions from the real goal of trancsendent truth and they can become a source of ego (which the seeker is desires to transcend). Remember Goethe's Faust who became enslaved by these powers and Shakespeare's Macbeth whose downfall was precipitated by the three witches; both characters lost the battle with their lower self.


    The deliberate pursuit of psychic powers is not favoured by sages and advanced sincere seekers. They discourage such practices deeming them an obstacle to realising oneness of being. Powers are in the realm of phenomena which are obscuring factors in self-realisation; on the whole dangerous ground to tread for those still on the way to stop the discursive activities of the mind in order to attain a one-pointed flow of awareness. In the course of spiritual practice powers may manifest spontaneously as a result of practice of concentration in previous lives. Great is the allurement of psychic powers such as knowledge of future events, understanding the language of birds or animals,spirit mediumship, clairvoyance, astsal travel, telekinesis, reading of tarot, making oneself invisible or tiny as an atom (anima), and its opposite (mahima) and many more! And great is the discernment of those who have the strength to withstand them. No doubt the acquisition and perseverance resulting in concentration which could be used on the royal road instead of by-lanes.


    Acquired powers are to some extent due to a cultivation of generally available techniques and to some extent to development of an aptitude for spontaneous power that was inherent but not powerful enough to manifest without training. It is enough to say that they are not approved of by true masters. In order to seek them, a man's mind must be directed towards them, not towards spiritual liberation. Therefore they cannot lead him to Liberation. Preoccupation with them is far more likely to distract him from it; and it can do this just as effectively as preoccupation with physical wealth and power. At best they exist within the phenomenal world which we should be striving to transcend; at worst they degenerate into sorcery and magnify his ego by giving him power over others and winning their submission and adulation.


    Last edited by regnauld; 06-07-2009 at 03:20 PM.

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    pero magbuot ka sir reg.. ganahan japon ko magka-powers diay?
    ganahan pud ko mga ekals..

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    indulging in them is like stopping by to pick at the flowers by the sidewalk.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluedes View Post
    pero magbuot ka sir reg.. ganahan japon ko magka-powers diay?
    ganahan pud ko mga ekals..


    hi sto matimatiko, diva ka pala? but its ok, yes why not noh, go ra jud beauty ko for powers, di ko lang type yung tipong pa display ba na wiccan daw sila at nag practice ng mahika, hmmp if i know, frenzy effect lang to sa dami ng telenovela na mga powers powers dyan, nakapanood lang ng lastikman eh yung entire life na sa mahika na? hello, ligo lang kulang dyan,,nakakatawa,

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    occult "powers" is just one of man's leisurely delusions to believe he can achieve godly powers. Kana raba dayon ang uban diha pa ingon2x dayon "i am not a god" but they relish the thought gi worship sila sa mga ihas.

    murag babae ba na gi ingnan ug "gwapa ka" nya reaction dayon "saba ka diha oi! pagsure! Makaulaw man ka. di man ko gwapa". pero deep down inside nilapad na ang atay!

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    Quote Originally Posted by tokidoki View Post
    occult "powers" is just one of man's leisurely delusions to believe he can achieve godly powers. Kana raba dayon ang uban diha pa ingon2x dayon "i am not a god" but they relish the thought gi worship sila sa mga ihas.

    murag babae ba na gi ingnan ug "gwapa ka" nya reaction dayon "saba ka diha oi! pagsure! Makaulaw man ka. di man ko gwapa". pero deep down inside nilapad na ang atay!

    ha,ha,ha, my punto ka dyan, oo nga noh kahit alam natin na ino-uto lang tayo pa cloud 9 effect ka-agad, haaay..yah mga lalake talaga ang lakas nga powers sa pambobola, na kami naman girls na alam naman namin na char lang ay heaven na kaagad,,,hmmp, its so unfair

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lovely Charm View Post
    hi sto matimatiko, diva ka pala? but its ok, yes why not noh, go ra jud beauty ko for powers, di ko lang type yung tipong pa display ba na wiccan daw sila at nag practice ng mahika, hmmp if i know, frenzy effect lang to sa dami ng telenovela na mga powers powers dyan, nakapanood lang ng lastikman eh yung entire life na sa mahika na? hello, ligo lang kulang dyan,,nakakatawa,

    eksqueeze me.. straight po ako dear..

    i'm just implying that people who go after occult powers are cowards inside..
    an honest to goodness person is the bravest person in the world.

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    hey guys, did you watch Rated K tonight? naay telepathy, spoon and fork bending, coin dance. just by using the power of the mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hellblazer 2.1 View Post
    hey guys, did you watch Rated K tonight? naay telepathy, spoon and fork bending, coin dance. just by using the power of the mind.
    murag gibalik naman tingale na nila..

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    Quote Originally Posted by bluedes View Post
    murag gibalik naman tingale na nila..
    ah ok. it's a good marketing strategy though. the paranormal almost always fascinates the most of us.

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