How to Use Siddhis & Supernatural Powers
Siddhi is a term in Sanskrit that means accomplishment, attainment, or perfection. In common usage, it refers to a variety of spiritually based, psychic capabilities, or powers, that can manifest themselves in adherents of Buddhism and Hinduism. In the scripture of these religions, it implies that these capabilities are only attainable by Buddhists or Hindus, but by anyone who has achieved the requisite degree of spiritual cultivation. Some reported siddhis are the ability to walk on water, the ability to fly, and the ability to becomes invisible. Adherents say these are not "supernatural" abilities that defy the laws of nature, but rather come from an expanded psychological awareness of nature itself.
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Attaining Siddhis Through Spiritual Cultivation
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Perfect yourself in the precepts. You must strive to live your life in an completely ethical fashion in accordance with sila, or moral conduct. The literature states that conditioning your spirit is not the only way to attain the ability to use siddhis. It does, however, state that spiritual cultivation is the desirable way to achieve these psychic abilities.
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Bring your thoughts to a state of quiescence, known in religious terms as samadhi. This state could be described as achieving zen.
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Practice the trances, jhanas, with due diligence. These are meditations through strong, rightly guided concentration. It is described as entering a state similar to becoming enraptured in a book or a movie, where your whole world is what you are concentrating on without any concern for the world outside of the object of your thought.
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Turn your concentration towards attaining pranja, the insight that all phenomenal existence is empty. The very foundation of Buddhism is that to exist is to suffer by being enslaved to desire. Enlightenment, the ultimate goal of spiritual cultivation in the Buddhist tradition, is achieved when this insight is grasped in its entirety
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Visit lonely places to help cultivate your spirit.
Use of Herbs
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Seek out an experienced spiritual leader.
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Check the laws for your area concerning which herbs with hallucinogenic properties are illegal.
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Consume certain herbs, that are not illegal in your area, which tradition holds trigger siddhis. Do this under the supervision of the experienced spiritual leader you sought out.
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Tips & Warnings
The literature holds that siddhis flow from spiritual cultivation and are enhanced by deepening spirituality. It is emphatic that siddhis are not the means to deepen spiritual cultivation, merely a by-product of deepening your awareness through traditional methods.
Your ability to use siddhis will come naturally with the progressive cultivation of your spirit, as stated by the sutras passed down from the Buddha.
Be aware of the laws in your area concerning any substances that could be used to evoke siddhis before trying this method.
Tradition holds that trying to evoke siddhas through the consumption of herbs without the presence and auspices of an experienced spiritual guide is not advisable. According to the literature, unguided the siddhis can be uncontrollable and cause great psychological damage to the individual that consumed the herbs.
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