THE MUKTA AND THE SIDDHIS, part 1
D. Hitherto I had a great fear of mukti. Till now I regarded it as horrible. Now I see that it is a very agreeable state. Now as regards the powers called Siddhis, are they to be achieved and are they opposed to mukti ?
M. The highest Siddhi is realization of the Self, atma-sakshathkara; for once you realize the truth you cease to be drawn to the path of ignorance.
D. Then what are the siddhis?
M. There are two kinds of siddhis: one kind may well, be a stumbling block to realization. It is said that by mantra, by some drug possessing occult powers, by severe austerities or by samadhi of a certain kind, powers
can be acquired; but these are no means of Self-knowledge;
even when you acquire them, you may quite well be in ignorance.
D. What is the other kind?
M. They are manifestations of power and knowledge quite natural to you when you realize the Self.
They are Siddhis, products of the normal and natural tapas of the man who has reached Self-attainment.
They come of their own accord, they are God-given; they come according to one's own karma so to say.
But whether they come or not, the siddha of the Real, settled in the supreme peace, is not disturbed. For he knows the Self and that is the unshakable Siddhi. But these siddhis do not come by trying for them. When you are
in the state of realization, you will know what these
powers are.
- Sat Darshana Bhashya and Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
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