In Hindu and Tantric Buddhism the siddhis, or accomplishments, are seen as supernatural powers that one acquires through various means. These means could be anything from being born with them to the use of herbs, or the use of trance and self-discipline. Some of the amazing abilities granted by these accomplishments are being immune to heat and cold, transmutation of substances, levitation, and even teleportation (among many others).
I can't help but see a link between these accomplishments and some of the more extraordinary or fantastic psychic or magical abilities that are so popular in the West. To me, personally, this gives inspiration as I have always leaned more toward the spiritual practices of the East. However, I recognize that this is probably yet another interpretation of feats and abilities that have been described since ancient times and are available to all people when the right conditions are met.
The more I study this particular field the more I come to realize that whether you call it magic, psychic ability, siddhi, or whatever, you are essentially arriving at the same end: Some miraculous or superhuman achievement. Hopefully you can find the siddhis as inspiring as I do.
Wikipedia on the siddhis.
The Siddhis - A Brief Introduction
Read the above descriptions and see if you draw the same conclusions.
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Strange Artifacts
The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts
There are lots of examples of strange artifacts. Fossils that shouldn't exist, man-made objects found in rock that predates humanity, and even messages from stranded extraterrestrials preserved in stone. To me, these types of things always stir up images of an advanced distant past that flourished before some kind of fall from grace. Whether or not there actually were advanced ancient civilizations, these types of artifacts are certainly something to think about.
I find the most compelling cases of these artifacts to be obviously man-made or intelligently designed objects that are found in prehistoric rock. With these we have to assume that either our understanding of rock formation is flawed, our dating methods are flawed, or these objects were made by some civilization from the distant past. There is another possibility though; one that I'm sure Charles Fort would be a fan of.
What if the same teleportation force I discussed in my post on the Super-Sargasso Sea is responsible for depositing these artifacts in ancient rock? If there is some force capable of moving animals and objects from place to place in such a fantastic manner, why couldn't it deposit something inside a solid object? The idea of teleporting inside of a solid object has been mentioned in science fiction for years, but what if these artifacts are examples of that very thing? Could this force even transport objects through time, removing the need to place them inside of solid rock and, instead, just dropping them in the mud that would later form rock?
Advanced prehistoric civilization or impersonal teleportation force? We may never know.
There are lots of examples of strange artifacts. Fossils that shouldn't exist, man-made objects found in rock that predates humanity, and even messages from stranded extraterrestrials preserved in stone. To me, these types of things always stir up images of an advanced distant past that flourished before some kind of fall from grace. Whether or not there actually were advanced ancient civilizations, these types of artifacts are certainly something to think about.
I find the most compelling cases of these artifacts to be obviously man-made or intelligently designed objects that are found in prehistoric rock. With these we have to assume that either our understanding of rock formation is flawed, our dating methods are flawed, or these objects were made by some civilization from the distant past. There is another possibility though; one that I'm sure Charles Fort would be a fan of.
What if the same teleportation force I discussed in my post on the Super-Sargasso Sea is responsible for depositing these artifacts in ancient rock? If there is some force capable of moving animals and objects from place to place in such a fantastic manner, why couldn't it deposit something inside a solid object? The idea of teleporting inside of a solid object has been mentioned in science fiction for years, but what if these artifacts are examples of that very thing? Could this force even transport objects through time, removing the need to place them inside of solid rock and, instead, just dropping them in the mud that would later form rock?
Advanced prehistoric civilization or impersonal teleportation force? We may never know.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Psychics and World Governments
It should come as no surprise to students of the paranormal that the governments of the world have an interest in utilizing psychic powers for their own ends. This first seemed to take precedence during the Cold War. While there was a space race and a nuclear arms race going on between the United States and the Soviet Union, there was also a kind of psychic arms race. The story goes that a French hoax about the US using telepathy to communicate with submarines sparked the Soviets to delve into parapsychology in order to keep up. The rise of Soviet psi research meant that the US had to do the same thing in order to keep up with Soviet advances.
There was an increase of interest in researching parapsychology by both countries going as far back as (at least) the 1970s. The Soviets seemed to be just as advanced as the Americans when it came to the psi war, if not more so. The telekinetic Nina Kulagina comes to mind when I think of Soviet psi research. When I think of American psi research I think of Ingo Swann and the work done at Stanford Research Institute. The work done at SRI led to the creation of a group of psychic spies that worked for the US military and intelligence services.
The story of how the US military developed remote viewing as an espionage tool is one that has been told over and over so I won't recount it here. An Internet search of "remote viewing" or related terms is sure to yield a wealth of information and there are a lot of books on the market that detail the story. For our purposes I am more interested in what the present state of psi is in connection with world governments. This piece from the American Chronicle suggests that after the CIA remote viewing program was canceled in 1995 there was another post-9/11 NSA psychic program. This leads one to wonder what else the government might be doing in the realm of the paranormal since publicly outing and discrediting the remote viewing program just 15 years ago.
For years I've heard rumors of the government using psychics for everything from security to assassinations as well as rumors of gifted individuals being picked up by the government and never heard from again. To this day I still consider all of this to be rumor as I have never seen any corroborating evidence. However, I can't help but to think that there could be something to it. If there are individuals that are particularly gifted then I can see why the government might want to "recruit" them. I can see how it would be useful to use psychic operatives to accomplish missions or acquire information because there is always the element of deniability. Most people don't believe that these things are even possible and simply scoff at the notion. What better weapon could there be than one that no one believes even exists?
If the reports out of China of individuals that can teleport objects with their minds are true (as mentioned in my previous blog post) and the US continues to use remote viewers then one can only imagine what abilities might have been developed after decades of research. Until there is more disclosure it seems that all we can do is imagine. What are our minds really capable of? Should we be concerned about literal thought police? Where can I sign up for the Psi Corps?
If you would like to read more about the remote viewing program of the United States Military then please see this paper by Commander L. R. Bremseth. It really is a fascinating read and a good primer for someone new to the subject. I hope that it tides you over until next time. Take care until then.
There was an increase of interest in researching parapsychology by both countries going as far back as (at least) the 1970s. The Soviets seemed to be just as advanced as the Americans when it came to the psi war, if not more so. The telekinetic Nina Kulagina comes to mind when I think of Soviet psi research. When I think of American psi research I think of Ingo Swann and the work done at Stanford Research Institute. The work done at SRI led to the creation of a group of psychic spies that worked for the US military and intelligence services.
The story of how the US military developed remote viewing as an espionage tool is one that has been told over and over so I won't recount it here. An Internet search of "remote viewing" or related terms is sure to yield a wealth of information and there are a lot of books on the market that detail the story. For our purposes I am more interested in what the present state of psi is in connection with world governments. This piece from the American Chronicle suggests that after the CIA remote viewing program was canceled in 1995 there was another post-9/11 NSA psychic program. This leads one to wonder what else the government might be doing in the realm of the paranormal since publicly outing and discrediting the remote viewing program just 15 years ago.
For years I've heard rumors of the government using psychics for everything from security to assassinations as well as rumors of gifted individuals being picked up by the government and never heard from again. To this day I still consider all of this to be rumor as I have never seen any corroborating evidence. However, I can't help but to think that there could be something to it. If there are individuals that are particularly gifted then I can see why the government might want to "recruit" them. I can see how it would be useful to use psychic operatives to accomplish missions or acquire information because there is always the element of deniability. Most people don't believe that these things are even possible and simply scoff at the notion. What better weapon could there be than one that no one believes even exists?
If the reports out of China of individuals that can teleport objects with their minds are true (as mentioned in my previous blog post) and the US continues to use remote viewers then one can only imagine what abilities might have been developed after decades of research. Until there is more disclosure it seems that all we can do is imagine. What are our minds really capable of? Should we be concerned about literal thought police? Where can I sign up for the Psi Corps?
If you would like to read more about the remote viewing program of the United States Military then please see this paper by Commander L. R. Bremseth. It really is a fascinating read and a good primer for someone new to the subject. I hope that it tides you over until next time. Take care until then.
Friday, October 22, 2010
The Super-Sargasso Sea and Teleportation
The Super-Sargasso Sea is where all the things that disappear go to. Charles Fort postulated this place as an explanation of where things go when they mysteriously disappear and where things come from when they mysteriously appear. It's questionable as to whether Fort really believed in the Super-Sargasso Sea, but he was very interested by the force of teleportation that he felt caused a great deal of the strange phenomena that he wrote about.
From what I've read of the strange phenomena that Charles Fort documented, this teleportation force seems to be a natural force taking place on this planet with the ability to cause something to disappear without a trace or spontaneously appear with no explanation. Spontaneous showers of frogs and toads, hollows filled with water that never empty, stones and other missiles hurled from nowhere and similarly disappearing afterward, people that disappear without a trace only to be deposited in a far away place (or never seen again); all of these things seem to relate to a teleportation force.
Teleportation has been the fodder of fiction for decades and there have been great strides in making it a reality through applying some of the stranger aspects of quantum mechanics such as quantum entanglement. Scientists are now able to take the characteristics of one particle and teleport them to another particle. Obviously we are still a long way from being beamed from place to place in an instant. Or are we? All of our technology has resulted from us gaining the ability to manipulate naturally occurring phenomena. But what if we don't need technology to do it?
About a year ago I became aware of a study on teleportation commissioned by the United States Air Force. A lot of the study discussed various ways to manipulate quantum mechanics in order to move an object from one place to another instantly. The very last section of the paper was what I found most intriguing. The author waits until the last section to discuss "p-teleportation" or teleportation through psychic means. He discusses cases of Chinese children that are capable of causing objects to disappear from one place and appear in another seemingly through the power of their minds alone, all under laboratory conditions. This ability even seems to extend to living creatures.
In light of this, the idea of a Super-Sargasso Sea and a teleportation force that occasionally (and seemingly randomly) spirits people away and sometimes returns them doesn't seem so far-fetched. Does this mean that there is more to the idea of the Super-Sargasso Sea than Fort perhaps realized when he suggested the idea? Perhaps the Super-Sargasso Sea will be remembered as an archaic name for a fourth spatial dimension that objects can move through without the limitations we know as three-dimensional beings. Maybe the Super-Sargasso is better thought of as another dimension allowing for miraculous events and circumstances to occur in our three-dimensional world. I can only hope that future breakthroughs will provide better understanding.
That some of the stranger Fortean phenomena might be caused by human beings and not some impersonal force of nature is a profound idea. Like the idea that poltergeist activity originates from the uncontrolled psychokinetic outbursts of a distressed person, maybe instances of stones being hurled from nowhere and frogs falling from the sky are the result of unrestrained teleportation abilities. This is certainly something to consider when discussing these strange occurrences.
With that I'll leave you to consider what we really might be capable of when we focus our minds. If you would like to view the USAF teleportation study I mentioned you can find the .pdf here. I highly suggest taking a look if psychic abilities and teleportation interest you as much as they interest me. I'll try not to disappear into the ether before next time. If I do I'll bring back a souvenir.
From what I've read of the strange phenomena that Charles Fort documented, this teleportation force seems to be a natural force taking place on this planet with the ability to cause something to disappear without a trace or spontaneously appear with no explanation. Spontaneous showers of frogs and toads, hollows filled with water that never empty, stones and other missiles hurled from nowhere and similarly disappearing afterward, people that disappear without a trace only to be deposited in a far away place (or never seen again); all of these things seem to relate to a teleportation force.
Teleportation has been the fodder of fiction for decades and there have been great strides in making it a reality through applying some of the stranger aspects of quantum mechanics such as quantum entanglement. Scientists are now able to take the characteristics of one particle and teleport them to another particle. Obviously we are still a long way from being beamed from place to place in an instant. Or are we? All of our technology has resulted from us gaining the ability to manipulate naturally occurring phenomena. But what if we don't need technology to do it?
About a year ago I became aware of a study on teleportation commissioned by the United States Air Force. A lot of the study discussed various ways to manipulate quantum mechanics in order to move an object from one place to another instantly. The very last section of the paper was what I found most intriguing. The author waits until the last section to discuss "p-teleportation" or teleportation through psychic means. He discusses cases of Chinese children that are capable of causing objects to disappear from one place and appear in another seemingly through the power of their minds alone, all under laboratory conditions. This ability even seems to extend to living creatures.
In light of this, the idea of a Super-Sargasso Sea and a teleportation force that occasionally (and seemingly randomly) spirits people away and sometimes returns them doesn't seem so far-fetched. Does this mean that there is more to the idea of the Super-Sargasso Sea than Fort perhaps realized when he suggested the idea? Perhaps the Super-Sargasso Sea will be remembered as an archaic name for a fourth spatial dimension that objects can move through without the limitations we know as three-dimensional beings. Maybe the Super-Sargasso is better thought of as another dimension allowing for miraculous events and circumstances to occur in our three-dimensional world. I can only hope that future breakthroughs will provide better understanding.
That some of the stranger Fortean phenomena might be caused by human beings and not some impersonal force of nature is a profound idea. Like the idea that poltergeist activity originates from the uncontrolled psychokinetic outbursts of a distressed person, maybe instances of stones being hurled from nowhere and frogs falling from the sky are the result of unrestrained teleportation abilities. This is certainly something to consider when discussing these strange occurrences.
With that I'll leave you to consider what we really might be capable of when we focus our minds. If you would like to view the USAF teleportation study I mentioned you can find the .pdf here. I highly suggest taking a look if psychic abilities and teleportation interest you as much as they interest me. I'll try not to disappear into the ether before next time. If I do I'll bring back a souvenir.
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