Can one get special powers through mindfulness?
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Re: Can one get special powers through mindfulness?
Be VERY AWARE, not to get corrupted by powers. We do not pratice in order to gain special powers to think we are better then everybody else. NO. Everybody has the potential to gain these powers but we pratice in order to end our suffering and attain the ultimate goal. NOT, to gain special powers. Remember this!!
Re: Can one get special powers through mindfulness?
Oh yeah right. I mean mindfulness mindfulness...I mean mindfulness where you concentrate on reality instead of conceptZom wrote:This is because jhanas are the states of the supreme mindfulness .)I thought traditionally special powers were associated with attaining the jhanas?
PS: 4 foundations of mindfulness (satipatthanas) are said to be "samadhi nimittas" in the suttas, that is, "themes" or "objects" of the mind in samadhi.
Re: Can one get special powers through mindfulness?
Yes...well maybe being able to be mindful on the first breath in the morning until you fall asleep?retrofuturist wrote:Greetings,
polarbuddha101 wrote:The foremost power indeed.Digity wrote:Yes, special power is developing awareness and understanding what's going on in your mind to put an end to suffering.
Metta,
Retro.
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Re: Can one get special powers through mindfulness?
After an experience of what somebody call "meditation madness" (and let the mind cool down isolated from other people), I'v had a period of a couple of months of a special mindful state. Could "read minds" by just watching the "non-verbal language", and it was very interesting to have that ability, but also a little disturbing. Disturbing, because it gave a certain feeling of being able to control other people. It's facinating to just watch the other persons changing "masks" to accomodate all different personal situations and needs, and to be able to "see" what is really going on in their ordinary minds.
But all of this wasn't to me, a "special power", it was just a period of "extreme" and stable mindfulness.
But all of this wasn't to me, a "special power", it was just a period of "extreme" and stable mindfulness.
If you didn't care
What happened to me
And I didn't care for you
We would zig-zag our way
Through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain
Wondering which of the
Buggers to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing
- Roger Waters
What happened to me
And I didn't care for you
We would zig-zag our way
Through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain
Wondering which of the
Buggers to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing
- Roger Waters