What Dandamis explained to Alexander the Great in life, and Kalyana showed him in death, is that those who\u00a0reach the highest level of consciousness in life – the state of\u00a0Pure Awareness – lose their fear of physical death.<\/p>\n
They are no longer subject to the physical limitations of the body that govern\u00a0those who spend their entire lives at the lowest level of consciousness that is known as “physical reality”. They are eternally free from the cloying grasp of the flesh.<\/p>\n
Through the examples of their lives the “Rishis”\u00a0demonstrated what they taught, and that is that within each one of us there exist many levels of consciousness, and that it is possible in this lifetime to transcend the lowest level of physical reality, and ascend to the highest level of Supreme Awareness.<\/p>\n
Those who have achieved this God-like state, like Dandamis, Kalyana, and countless numbers of “Rishis” before them, not only acquire\u00a0freedom\u00a0from the limitations of the body, but also complete fearlessness in the face of death. As Dandamis replied when Alexander threatened to kill him: “Brahmins neither love gold nor fear death”.<\/em><\/p>\n But the accomplishment of this Supreme State of Consciousness does not just lead to the enlightenment of the soul. It carries with it the power to transform life and\u00a0manipulate matter.\u00a0This transformation manifests in the form of powers that have traditionally been referred to by their Sanskrit name of “Siddhis”.<\/p>\n These “Siddhis” can\u00a0be achieved either as a result of arduous sffort and concentration, under the guidance of a qualified teacher, or they can manifest spontaneously\u00a0once the necessary spiritual level has been attained. These powers\u00a0include:<\/p>\n The feats that have been performed by “Rishis” throughout the ages are so far beyond the experience and imagination of common men and women, that\u00a0those\u00a0who have performed them have come to be regarded as “Gods” or “Divine Beings”. This was as true during the time of Alexander as it was at the time of Christ.<\/p>\n There is almost no limit to the power of these “Sidhis”, or to the circumstances in which they can be applied. Yet few people today are prepared to believe that such powers exist. Modern science\u00a0simply rejects the possibility of anything that\u00a0threatens to defy\u00a0“the known laws of physics”.<\/p>\n The “Rishis” themselves were never troubled by the ignorance of the masses or the derision of their critics. They were content to use their powers whenever suitable circumstances arose, either to relieve suffering or to inspire understanding. They never used these powers to draw attention to themselves in a boastful or ostentatious manner.<\/p>\n Yet whether or not common people believe in the existence of these powers, they carry a sombre warning for all mankind.<\/p>\n For just as the Jedi Masters in the “Star Wars” epic could use the power of “The Force”\u00a0for good or evil, so the dragon-like entities that were witnessed by Michael Harner\u00a0during his drug-induced vision are able to use all of the above “Siddhis” to pursue their own diabolical ends.<\/p>\n\n
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