22 Supernatural Powers and Abilities

 22 Supernatural Powers and Abilities 

 

We all want to be powerful, empowered, and, yes, have supernatural abilities. We’ve watched the transformers, bewitched, and the mystical tails of our lost powers. 

 

Supernatural abilities are often associated with the paranormal scope beyond the of natural laws of life. So, what are supernatural powers and abilities? How do I develop my supernatural spiritual abilities? What are the top supernatural spiritual gifts? 

 

Our natural state is mystical. We are born of the stars. Our eternal nature holds the wisdom of the akashic records and all creation. 

 

We have mind-blowing abilities built into our human-computer system, the body.

 

According to the National Institute of General Medicine Sciences, “If you uncoiled each strand of your DNA, and placed them end to end,  the resulting strand would be 67 billion miles long—the same as about 150,000 round trips to the Moon.

22 Supernatural Powers:

1. Telekinesis: The ability to move or manipulate objects with the mind, without any physical interaction.

2. Telepathy: Communication between minds without the use of spoken words or any other known human senses.

3. Teleportation: Instantaneous transportation from one location to another without traversing the space in between.

4. Shape-shifting: The ability to change one's physical form or appearance at will.

5. Superhuman strength: Strength beyond the limits of normal human capabilities.

6. Invisibility: The ability to render oneself unseen by others.

7. Prophetic Precognition: The ability to foresee or predict future events.

8. Clairaudient: Gaining information about an object, location, or event beyond normal human perception auditorily.

9. Healing powers: The ability to cure injuries or illnesses with a touch or through other means.

10. Time manipulation: Control over the past, present, or future, including time travel.

11. Flight: The power to defy gravity and fly through the air.

12. Immortality: Eternal life or the ability to live for an extended period without aging.

13. Energy manipulation: Control over various forms of energy, such as fire, electricity, or elemental forces.

14. Mind control: The ability to influence or control the thoughts and actions of others.

15. Resurrection: The power to bring the dead back to life.

16. Intuition: The ability to understand or know something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning.

17. Empath: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.

18. Psychic: Ability to read someone's energetic imprinting on their soul.

19. Channel: The ability to expand consciousness to allow the wisdom of the universe to stream through.

20. Clairsentience: a clear knowing through a feeling or emotion. 

21. Mediumship: The ability to communicate with spirits or entities from other realms.

22. Astral Projection: The belief that one can intentionally separate their consciousness from their physical body and travel in an astral form.

Traditional lineage calls supernatural and psychic powers Siddhis.

 

According to Wikipedia and other sources, Siddhis (Sanskrit: सिद्धि siddhi; fulfillment, accomplishment) are material, paranormal, supernatural, or otherwise magical powers, abilities, and attainments that are the products of yogic advancement through sādhanās such as meditation and yoga. 

 

What is the etymology of Siddhi:

It means "knowledge," "accomplishment," "attainment," or/and "success.”

 

How to turn on your supernatural and psychic powers:

The Visuddhimagga is one of the texts to give explicit details about how spiritual masters were thought to actually manifest supernormal abilities. It states that abilities such as flying through the air, walking through solid obstructions, diving into the ground, walking on water and so forth are achieved through changing one element, such as earth, into another element, such as air. The individual must master kasina meditation before this is possible.

8 Super Powers: 

According to different sources, below are the eight classical siddhis (Ashta Siddhi) or eight great perfections.

 

1. Aṇimā: the ability to reduce one's body to the size of an atom.

2. Mahimā: the ability to expand one's body to an infinitely large size.

3. Laghimā: the ability to become weightless or lighter than air.

4. Garimā: the ability to become heavy or dense.

5. Prāpti: the ability to realize whatever one desires.

6. Prākāmya: the ability to access any place in the world.

7. Īśiṭva: the ability to control all material elements or natural forces.

8. Vaśiṭva: the ability to force influence upon anyone.

In Shaivism, siddhis are defined as "Extraordinary powers of the soul, developed through consistent meditation and often uncomfortable and grueling tapas, or awakened naturally through spiritual maturity and yogic sādhanā."

 

In Vaishnavism, the term siddhi is used in the Sarva-darśana-saṃgraha of Madhvacharya (1238–1317), the founder of Dvaita (dualist) philosophy.

 

5 Super Powers: Five siddhis, according to Vaishnava doctrine

 

In the Bhagavata Purana, the five siddhis brought on by yoga and meditation are:

 

1. trikālajñatvam: knowing the past, present and future.

2. advandvam: tolerance of heat, cold and other dualities.

3. para citta ādi abhijñatā: knowing the minds of others, etc.

4. agni arka ambu viṣa ādīnām pratiṣṭambhaḥ: checking the influence of fire, sun, water, poison, etc.

5. aparājayah: remaining unconquered by others.

 

10 Super Powers: Ten secondary siddhis, according to Vaishnava doctrine

In the Bhagavata Purana, Krishna describes the ten secondary siddhis

 

1. anūrmimattvam: Being undisturbed by hunger, thirst, and other bodily appetites.

2. dūraśravaṇa: Hearing things far away.

3. dūradarśanam: Seeing things far away.

4. manojavah: Moving the body wherever thought goes (teleportation/astral projection).

5. kāmarūpam: Assuming any form desired.

6. parakāya praveśanam: Entering the bodies of others.

7. svachanda mṛtyuh: Dying when one desires.

8. devānām saha krīḍā anudarśanam: Witnessing and participating in the pastimes of the gods.

9. yathā saṅkalpa saṁsiddhiḥ: Perfect accomplishment of one's determination.

10. ājñāpratihatā gatiḥ: Orders or commands being unimpeded.

In the Samkhyakarika and Tattvasamasa, there are references to the attainment of eight siddhis by which "one becomes free of the pain of ignorance, one gains knowledge, and experiences bliss". 

 

1. Uuha: based on the samskaras (karmic imprints) of previous births, the attainment of knowledge about the twenty-four tattvas gained by examining the determinable and indeterminable, conscious and non-conscious constituents of creation.

2. Shabda: knowledge gained by associating with an enlightened person (Guru – upadesh).

3. Addhyyan: knowledge gained through study of the Vedas and other standard ancillary texts.

4. Suhritprapti: knowledge gained from a kind-hearted person, while engaged in the spread of knowledge.

5. Daan: knowledge gained regardless of one’s own needs while attending to the requirements of those engaged in the search of the highest truth.

6. Aadhyaatmik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain, disappointment, etc. that may arise due to lack of spiritual, metaphysical, mystic knowledge and experience.

7. Aadhibhautik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc. arising from possessing and being attached to various materialistic gains.

8. Aadhidaivik dukkh-haan: freedom from pain etc. caused by fate or due to reliance on fate.

 

It is believed that the attainment of these eight siddhis renders one free of the pain of ignorance and gives one knowledge and bliss.

 

Hindu deities associated with gaining siddhi:

Ganesha, Hanuman, various forms of Devi, Vishnu and various other deities are popularly seen as the keepers of siddhis, with the ability to grant them to the worshipper.

In Sikhism, siddhi means "insight". "Eight Siddhis" is a term used for insight of the eight qualities of Nirankar or a.k.a. Akal Purakh mentioned in the Mul Mantar in the Guru Granth Sahib. 

 

God has eight qualities: Ek Onkar, Satnam, Kartapurakh, Nirbhao, Nirvair, AkaalMurat, Ajooni and Svaibhang. The one who has insight into these qualities is called Sidh or Gurmukh.

 

1. Ek Onkar: There is one formless God

2. Satnam: God is True, His remembrance is true

3. Kartapurakh: God alone is creator

4. Nirbhao: God is fearless

5. Nirvair: God has no enmity with anyone

6. Akaal Murat: God is eternal, beyond time

7. Ajooni Svaibhang: God is beyond the cycle of birth and death, God is svayambhu, Self-Existent

8. Gurparasad: God is attained by the Grace of the True Guru

 

Sidh means the one who has mastered his self.

 

Brittanica: 

Four stages, called (in Sanskrit) dhyanas or (in Pali) jhanas, are distinguished in the shift of attention from the outward sensory world: (1) detachment from the external world and a consciousness of joy and ease, (2) concentration, with suppression of reasoning and investigation, (3) the passing away of joy, with the sense of ease remaining, and (4) the passing away of ease also, bringing about a state of pure self-possession and equanimity.

 

The dhyanas are followed by four further spiritual exercises, the samapattis (“attainments”): (1) consciousness of infinity of space, (2) consciousness of the infinity of cognition, (3) concern with the unreality of things (nihility), and (4) consciousness of unreality as the object of thought.

 

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