The Siddhi of Jnana

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Dear Gloria,

 

You wrote:

>>>And everyone is asked to snip as much as possible...<<<

 

If anything, I snip and get snipped... :-)

 

About my babbling :-)

I will be quite quiet, email wise, for about three months, starting 12

January 2002, just like I was quiet last October and November when I was on

tour. I will be seeing about 350 people individually and about a thousand

altogether in larger audiences.

 

You wrote:

>>> ... nothing against Wim personally, but from words written on an email

list who can be in any position to evaluate claims to special powers or

experiences one way or the other? <<<

 

If, indeed, you have nothing against me personally, then what about 'good

old trust'? What are you saying?

Not believing is easy, one can do that all the time as there seems to be no

risk in disbelief. Trust and faith though, are rather transformative, but...

they can be risky business. After all, who wants their boat rocked?

 

Are we dealing with some 'elementary' trust issue here? There have been

others who had difficulty trusting the elements. (Stormy waves in Galilean

waters!)

 

Do you think, Gloria, that I would find it worthwhile to set myself up as a

liar?

I do not claim supernatural magical powers, I have never done that...

I have gifts though...and those gifts have been with human-kind from day

one.

And from day two, those gift have been ill received by many an unkind human.

And on the third day of Chri...

my true 'love'...

is 'reality' and 'truth'

 

(ananda, sat, chit)

 

Ramana uses two types of references to siddhis, one type points to a very

specific and not necessarily consensual meaning of the word siddhi,

especially in the India of today. The second type points at 'full

emancipation' or Self-realization.

To get more clarity on this, I just spoke at length to a very good friend of

mine in India. When I mentioned the exhaustive lexicographic material about

the meaning of the word siddhi, (which I posted yesterday) she agreed and

said that the meaning of 'supernatural powers brought about by magic...' was

anecdotal and exemplary only of certain historical periods, but that it is

not part anymore of any serious, authentic and radical siddhi yoga teaching.

(If indeed, it ever was.)

 

I want to add, that I have never had, and can never have anything to do with

'supernatural powers brought about by magic...' as they are without any

doubt whatsoever in the realm of illusion and manipulation. And you know by

now, Gloria, how I see that.

 

Where Ramana talks about siddhi as "Self-realization which is permanent and

which is the only true accomplishment (siddhi)" he talks about the same

thing that I have spoken about all along, and I quote again from the

Sanskrit lexicon: Siddhi, a.o. "supreme felicity, bliss, beatitude, complete

sanctification, final emancipation, perfection."

All of which I include in the word 'glory' and the gifts that come with it.

 

Why would someone with the name Gloria take exception to the things I talk

about... granted, at length... but hey, this is what it is all about,

especially now, as it is Christmas...

 

GLORIA in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.

or in Greek:

Doxa en hupsistois Theoi kai epi ges eirene en anthropois eudokia.

GLORY to God in the highest and on earth and the blessing of peace to people

of good will and truth. (My translation)

 

This is from Luke 2:14, when the angels announce the birth of Christ to the

shepherds, Christ who is to be called "Immanuel", God with us and immanently

within us, the divine within and without.

 

Love to everyone, Wim

 

 

 

 

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