YOGA SIDDHI

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SIDDHI'S IN YOGA

Siddhi is a Sanskri word that literally means "accomplishment", "attainment", or "success". It is also used as a term for spiritual power (or psychic ability). Siddhi Powers are sometimes gained by focusing on various chakras causing an activation of that specific energy center. Siddhi powers are sometimes experienced as a result. . In an ancient tradition of Enlightenment such as that which has been preserved by the enlightened monks (the siddha purushas), of Satyaloka Monastery, siddhi powers as well as enlightenment were often passed down from master to seeker through diksha (spiritual initiation). The diksha can be likened to a seed. It may take effect at once or could stay latent for years. Perhaps it will never take root. There are many variables. Diksha is part of an triad employed in ancient shamanistic cultures to help thrust the seeker into a permanent state of enlightenment. This triad is diksha, sadhana (spiritual practice such as yoga & meditation), and maha sutras. Following is a listing of siddhis that may occur in the Journey to Enlightenment or in working with the various chakras.
1)Anima- reducing one's body even to the size of an atom
2)Mahima-expanding one's body to an infinitely large size
3 )Garima-becoming infinitely heavy
4) Laghima- becoming almost weightless
5) Prapti- having unrestricted access to all places

6 )Prakamya- realizing whatever one desires

7 )Istva- possessing absolute lordship

8 )Vastva- the power to subjugate all.
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Nine main Siddhis
1-Parkaya Pravesha: Parkaya Pravesh means one’s soul entering into another sentient being . Through this knowledge even a dead body can be brought to life.

2- Haadi Vidya: This Vidya or knowledge has been mentioned in several ancient texts. On acquiring this Vidya, a person feels neither hunger nor thirst, and can remain without eating food or drinking water for several days at a stretch.

3- Kaadi Vidya: Just as one does not feel hungry or thirsty in Haadi Vidya, similarly in Kaadi Vidya a person is not affected by change of seasons, i.e. by summer, winter, rain, etc. After accomplishing this Vidya, a person shall not feel cold even if he sits in the snow-laden mountains, and shall not feel hot even if he sits in the fire.

4-Vayu Gaman Siddhi: Through this Siddhi a person can become capable of flying in the skies and traveling from one place to another in just a few seconds.

5-Madalasa Vidya: On accomplishing this Vidya, a person becomes capable of increasing or decreasing the size of his body according to his wish. Lord Hanuman had miniaturized his body through this Vidya while entering the city of Lanka

6-Kanakdhara Siddhi: One can acquire immense and unlimited wealth of knowledge and understanding through this Siddhi.

7-Prakya Sadhana: Through this Sadhana a Yogi can direct his disciple to take birth from the womb of a woman who is childless or cannot bear children.

8-Surya Vigyan: This solar science is one of the most significant sciences of ancient India This science has been known only to the Indian Yogis; using it, one substance can be transformed into another through the medium of sun rays.
9-Mrit Sanjivani: this science allow people to bring back the dead to life
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Ten Secondary Siddhis

Lord Krishna describes the Ten Secondary Siddhis as:
anurmi-mattvam: Being undisturbed by hunger, thirst, and other bodily disturbances
dura-sravana: Hearing things far away
dura-darśanam: Seeing things far away
manah-javah: Moving the body wherever thought goes (teleportation)
kama-rupam: Assuming any form desired
para-kaya praveśanam: Entering the bodies of others
sva-chanda mrtyuh: Dying when one desires
devanam saha krida anudarsanam: Witnessing and participating in the pastimes of the Apsaras
yatha sankalpa samsiddhi: Perfect accomplishment of one's determination
ajna apratihata gatih: Orders or Commands being unimpeded

"Loka samastha sukhino bhavanthu"

SWAMI RAMA :A GREAT INDIAN YOGI

Swami Rama (1925–1996) was born Brij Kiśore Dhasmana or Brij Kiśore Kumar, to a northern Indian Brahmin family in a small village called Toli in the Garhwal Himalayas. He became the lineage holder of the Sankya Yoga tradition of the Himalayan Masters. From an early age he was raised in the Himalayas by his master Bengali Baba and, under the guidance of his master, traveled from temple to temple and studied with a variety of Himalayan saints and sages, including his grandmaster, who was living in a remote region of Tibet. From 1949 to 1952 he held the prestigious position of Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham (also Karveer Peeth or Karweer Peeth) in South India. After returning to his master in 1952 and practicing further for many years in the Himalayan caves, Swami Rama was encouraged by his teacher to go to the West, where he spent a considerable portion of his life teaching, specifically in the United States and Europe
He is especially notable as one of the first yogis to allow himself to be studied by Western scientists. In the 1960s he allowed himself to be examined by scientists at the Menninger Clinic who studied his ability to voluntarily control bodily processes (such as heartbeat, blood pressure, body temperature, etc.) that are normally considered to be non-voluntary

RESEARCH REPORTS

In laboratory conditions, under the observation of research scientists,
Swami Rama demonstrated many ways in which one's internal states could be regulated voluntarily. These research demonstrations have been one of the major cornerstones of the mind-body movement of the past few decades.
The example below is an EKG of Swami Rama recorded while he was
sitting motionless, and caused his heart to stop pumping blood at will. This was done by voluntarily speeding up his heart rate to over 300 beats per minute, causing atrial flutter. This demonstration and others were
performed at the Menninger Foundation, in Topeka, Kansas in 1970. The research was recorded for the public, in part, in the book Beyond
Biofeedback, by Elmer and Alyce Green

Other demonstrations have included psychokinesis (moving objects
through mental will power), recording and remembering accurately
conversations in the room while registering being in deep sleep (delta)
according to EEG, as well as growing and ungrowing cancers on his arms
and in his buttocks.

The above photograph is the 14 inch knitting needle instrument that Swami Rama successfully caused to spin with his mind from a distance of five feet. This was done in the presence of the research scientists at the Menninger Foundation.

The below photograph is the mask and plexiglassplate that was placed over Swami Rama's face by the research scientists during the experiments so that breath could not accidentally affect the needles. His body was also entirely covered with a cloth so as to further
insure no accidental involvement of body motion with the needles

The photograph below is of Swami Rama showing a glow of light from the
area of his heart chakra. This untouched photograph was taken with a
Polaroid camera in response to a challenge from one physician who was
skeptical about the ability to cause a visible light to be radiated at will.

These demonstrations were not done merely to impress anybody with the
unique powers of one person, but rather to demonstrate to the scientific
and medical communities that the human has tremendous ability to selfregulate with training.

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