EP 14 - I WANT SIDDHIS - Mark and Rosalind talk Yogic Superpowers - a podcast by Mark Whitwell

In this episode Rosalind grills Mark on the promises made by the Yoga tradition, Yogananda’s classic ‘Autobiography of a Yogi,’ the lust for superpowers and supernatural experience and how it affects everyone, and what Mark’s favourite superpower is.

• What are siddhis anyway?
• What is the "psychic greed" that we may be numbed into by culture?
• Understanding spiritual promises as the axiom of modern society
• Mark talks about Gurus and miracle-makers he met in India and his response
• "Autobiography of a Yogi": truth or fiction?
• The transformational power of despair. How the yoga teacher extracts life-denying hopes and fantasies like the pulling of teeth.
• How can it be true that "All is one" when there are so many contradictory things and beliefs in the world?
• Siddhis as a marketing technique for spiritual business people
• Does belief in "mind over matter" deny science?
• UG Krishnamurti: forget about it, you’re not qualified, give up now.
• Are we tired of years of struggle in linear programs of "spiritual self-improvement"?
• The relieving "post-surgical" effects of yoga practice and realizing life itself

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