Ancient Siddhi Powers

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Siddha
(from Sanskrit, 'perfect,' 'complete'). In E. religions one who has attained the supreme goal, who may also have acquired the siddhi powers. The siddhi powers of a yogi include becoming invisible, leaving the body and re-entering it at will, reducing the size of one's body to that of a seed, or increasing it to the size of a mountain. Despite the warning of great teachers that these powers should not be pursued as and end in themselves, many yogis have deliberately cultivated siddhi powers. In Buddhism, the iddhi powers are comparable...Among Jains, siddhas are souls (*jiva), which have have attained release from karma and attained the goal.

Siddhi powers
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1Trikalajriatvam - knowledge of the past, present and future.

2Advandvam: to be beyond pleasure-pain, cold-heat, soft-hard. Non-duality.

3Parachittadyabhijnata: knowledge of dreams and the mind.

4Pratishtambah: control of effect of fire, wind, water, poisons, weapons, and the sun.

5Aparajayah: Victorious. Not able to be defeated.

6 Anumimattvam: hunger, thirst, grief, sorrow, infatuation, delusion and confusion of the mind, old age and death do not harm the body.

7Doorshravan: to hear, sitting at one place, speech from however distant a place.

8Dudarshan: to see simultaneously events and things in all the realms.

9Manojava: the body can travel at the speed of thought to any place.

10Kaamaroopa: to assume any form. Shapeshifting.

11Parakayapravesh: ability to enter into another's body, whether they are dead or alive.

12Swachchandamrutyu: to die at one's own will, death having no control over one.

13Sahakridanudarshanam: to see the sports of gods in heaven and have capacity and prowess to participate in it.

14Yathaasamkalpa samsiddhi: to attain whatever is desired.

15Ajnaapratihataagatih: whereby one's command and movement have no obstruction

16 Anima: the reduction of one's form to one atom. Invisibility

17Mahima/Garima: the body can be made to be very heavy.

18Laghima: the body can be made to be extremely light

19Prapti: abilty to acquire objects of sense pertaining to the respective organs.

20 Prakaashya: to see invisible things in other realms.

21 Ishitaa: to stimulate bodies and creatures Control of forces of nature.

22 Vashita: to have control or dominion over the senses.

23 Yatkamastadavasyati: To obtain joy by willing it so. The cessation of misery and desire. This is considered to be the highest state of bliss

http://www.enlightenedbeings.com/kundalini.html
Examples of the Siddhi powers are supernatural abilities of strength, sight, hearing,  levitation, bi-location, instant manifestations,  etc...

http://laluni.helloyou.ws/netnews/bk/patanjali/patanjali-bk3-45.html

http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Siddhis/id/23722
Siddhis: Major Siddhis and Minor Siddhis By Sri Swami Sivananda
Eight Major Siddhis-An accomplished, Purnayogi in the path of Kundalini Yoga is in possession of eight major Siddhis, viz., Anima, Mahima, Laghima, Garima, Prapti, Prakamya, Vasitvam and Ishitvam.

1. Anima: The Yogi can become as minute as he pleases.

2. Mahima: This is the opposite of Anima. He can become as big as he likes. He can make his body assume a very large size. He can fill up the whole universe. He can assume a Virat Svarupa.

3. Laghima: He can make his body as light as cotton or feather. Vayustambhanam is done through this Siddhi. In Jalastambhanam also the power is exercised to a very small degree. The body is rendered light by Plavini Pranayama. The Yogi produces a diminution of his specific gravity by swallowing large draughts of air. The Yogi travels in the sky with the help of this Siddhi. He can travel thousands of miles in a minute.

4. Garima: This is the opposite of Laghima. In this the Yogi acquires an increase of specific gravity. He can make the body as heavy as a mountain by swallowing draughts of air.

5. Prapti: The Yogi standing on the earth can touch the highest things. He can touch the sun or the moon or the sky. Through this Siddhi the Yogi attains his desired objects and supernatural powers. He acquires the power of predicting future events, the power of clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy, thought-reading, etc. He can understand the languages of the beasts and birds. He can understand unknown languages also. He can cure all diseases.

6. Prakamya: He can dive into the water and can come out at any time he likes. The late Trilinga Swami of Benares used to live for six months underneath the Ganges. It is the process by which a Yogi makes himself invisible sometimes. By some writers it is defined to be the power of entering body of another (Parakaya Pravesh). Sri Sankara entered the body of Raja Amaruka of Benares. Tirumular in Southern India entered the body of a shepherd. Raja Vikramaditya also did this. It is also the power of keeping a youth-like appearance for any length of time. Raja Yayati had this power.

7. Vashitvam: This is the power of taming wild animals and bringing them under control. It is the power of mesmerising persons by the exercise of will and of making them obedient to one's own wishes and orders. It is the restraint of passions and emotions. It is the power to bring men, women and the elements under subjection.

8. Ishitvam: It is the attainment of divine power. The Yogi becomes the Lord of the universe. The Yogi who has this power can restore life to the dead. Kabir, Tulsidas, Akalkot Swami and others had this power of bringing back life to the dead.

Minor Siddhis

The Yogi acquires the following minor Siddhis also:

1. Freedom from hunger and thirst.

2. Freedom from the effects of heat and cold.

3. Freedom from Raga-Dvesha.

4. Doora Darshan, clairvoyance or Dooradrishti.

5. Doora Sravan, clairaudience or Doora Sruti and Doora Pravachana.

6. Mano-Jaya, control of mind.

7. Kama Rupa: The Yogi can take any form he likes.

8. Parakaya Pravesha: He can enter into another body, can animate a dead body and enter into it by transferring his soul.

9. Iccha-Mrityu: Death at his will.

10. Devanam Saha Kreeda and Darshana: Playing with the gods after seeing them.

11. Yatha Sankalpa: Can get whatever he likes.

12. Trikala-Jnana: Knowledge of past, present and future.

13. Advandva: Beyond the pairs of opposites.

14. Vak-Siddhi: Whatever the Yogi predicts will come to pass by the practice of Satya, Prophecy.

15. The Yogi can turn base metal into gold.

16. Kaya-Vyuha: Taking as many bodies as the Yogi likes to exhaust all his Karmas in one life.

17. Darduri-Siddhi: The jumping power of a frog.

18. Patala-Siddhi: Yogi becomes Lord of desire, destroys sorrows and diseases.

19. He gets knowledge of his past life.

20. He gets knowledge of the cluster of stars and planets.

21. He gets the power of perceiving the Siddhas.

22. He gets mastery of the elements (Bhuta Jaya), mastery of Prana (Prana Jaya).

23. Kamachari: He can move to any place he likes.

24. He gets omnipotence and omniscience.

25. Vayu-Siddhi: The Yogi rises in the air and leaves the ground.

26. He can point out the place where a hidden treasure lies.

From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

[daem0n]

ok, but all of them are useless ... unless to prevent manipulation

[redcatherine]

I Why are the sidhi powers so different than the new age gifts and
is there a commonality  ?

Suppose we list the New Age Gifts
then contrast these with the siddhi powers ;

IICan you think of other new age gifts  to add ??
IIIAre there other siddhi powers to add ?
IVDoes this pairing make sense to you ?
VDoes this progression from easiest to most difficult agree with your own understanding or  can you suggest changes ?

1 Intuition
2 Dream Interpretation
3 ESP
4 Precognition
5 Psychic ability
6 Clairsentience
7 Basic Control and Recall of Astral Travel thru projection
8 Meditative State
9 OBE
10 Psychometry
11 Healing ie Reiki or Spiritual
12Clairvoyance
13Clairaudience
14 Control of Travel thru Merkabah
15 Remote Viewing
16 Remote Hearing
17Telepathy
18 Developing Group Dynamics in Circle
19 Mediumship
20 Spiritual Instructor
21Channeling
22 Trancing
23Trance Mediumship
24Control of Dimensional Travel thru Vortex
25Remote Projecting
26Bilocation
27Telekinesis

Siddhi Powers
a .knowledge of the past, present and future. PSYCHIC 5
b beyond pleasure-pain, cold-heat, soft-hard.
c knowledge of dreams and the mind. DREAM INTERPRETATION 2
d control of effect of fire, wind, water, poisons, weapons, and the sun.
e victorious. Not able to be defeated.
f hunger, thirst, grief,  old age and death do not harm the body.
g to hear speech from however distant a place. REMOTE VIEWING 15
h to see simultaneously events in all the realms.
i  the body can travel at the speed of thought to any place. PROJECTION 7 or  BILOCATION 26
j  to assume any form. Shapeshifting.
k ability to enter into another's body, whether they are dead or alive.
l  to die at one's own will, death having no control over one.
m see the sports of gods amd  participate  DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL 24
n  to attain whatever is desired .
o  whereby one's command and movement have no obstruction
p reduction of one's form to one atom. Invisibility
q body can be made to be very heavy.
r body can be made to be extremely light
s acquire objects of sense pertaining to the respective organs CLAIRSENTIENT 6
t  clairvoyance or Dooradrishti.CLAIRVOYANT 12
u clairaudience or Doora Sruti CLAIRAUDIENT13
v  to see invisible things in other realms.
w Control of forces of nature.
x to have control or dominion over the senses.
y obtain joy by willing it so;  the highest state of bliss

not listed here but often included
z levitation
aa materialization