--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_re...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > One of the commentaries in the Srimad Bhagavatam states that yogic flying > > is more than flying in the air. The siddhi is also for flying to the other > > planets in the universe. If this is the case, that means a yogi will have > > to be lighter than air. He or she actually would have to attain the power > > of teleportation. It appears that this can only be done if one turns into > > "light", thus acquiring the speed of light to travel the cosmos. > > Kewl! Perhaps "that's why" Bhojadeva in his comment on YF -suutra > mentions rays of the Sun?? > > ...yogii prathamaM yathaa-ruci jale saMcaran krameNorNa > [krameNa + uurna]-naabha-tantu- > jaalena saMcaramaaNa **aaditya-rashmibhish ca viharan** yatheSTam > [yathaa + iSTam] aakaashena gacchati.
>From Taimni's comment on aakaasha-gamana-suutra: "This does not mean, as is generally imagined, flying through the sky bodily as a bird does. It involves resolving the particles of the body into space at one place and then reassembling them at the destination." :O > > > > > > Moreover, the siddhi should be able to make a person exceed the lightness > > of light itself in order to fly in the spiritual skies. By doing so, one > > can reach Vaikuntha or heaven itself through the development of > > consciousness. > > > > I believe MMY had knowledge of this idea, which is the hidden agenda behind > > the yogic flying program. > > >
