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Originally Posted by John Freestone  There is a long tradition that as we develop consciousness of reality we also gain 'supernatural' powers, siddhi in Sanskrit, and spiritual teachers traditionally warn the disciple that these are a trap for the ego if you get too invested in doing stuff with them. |
Oh, you are a fast learner. But lest you be mistaken, when I mentioned the above point to you in the other thread, I omitted to tell you that not all the spiritual teachers share this view.
Buddha typifies the "no siddhi" approach - you'll hardly find any paranormal feat reported to be performed by him. Jesus typifies the other extreme - he performed plenty of siddhis quite openly, and so did his apostles.
Somewhere in between, you get the Indian spiritual teachers - some veer towards "no siddhi" (considering siddhis to be a distraction from spiritual growth) and some are very much towards "siddhi" (considering siddhis to be signs of spiritual growth).