Theos-Talk Archives (December 1998 Message tt00248)

First of all, thank you for not calling me an agent of Satan...

Al wrote:
> >>anybody who uses Sidhi's, real or faked, as a demonstration of spiritual
> advancement is immediately suspect.<<
>
> You mentioned this in relation to Sai Baba. I've had an extensive background
> in the Christian church as a preacher, and saw lots of 'miracle-workers' (I
> wasn't one myself.) Surely if one is spiritually advanced then Sidhi's would
> flow naturally for the benefit of the people concerned.

	Yes. The trap is when you assume that since A implies B, then B implies
A.

> I recall that it was
> mentioned about Jesus that he performed miracles because of the dullness and
> hardness of the peoples heart towards his teaching. So the Sidhi's became a
> sign. Does this sign then read "suspect", or, does it break peoples material
> conditioning to show them that there is something "better"?
>
> Sometimes, if someone says they are spiritually advanced, or close to god,
> or is a avatar, then a natural question some people ask is, Prove it.

	Consider the temptation of Jesus in the desert, and his refusal to show
Siddhi's when put before Pilate and Herod.

	Bart Lidofsky