Oh you doubting Thomas, you should've seen the poor captain standing there completely zoned out and the facial expressions of his crewmen. I can assure you, just as convincing as sticking your fingers in the wound.
On Aug 3, 2011, at 2:23 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > <snip> > > I'm sure he would use the same trick given the same situation.> > > It could also be that the conflation of simultaneity with causation is the > easiest way to manufacture a miracle out of what would otherwise be an > ordinary occurrence. He blew through stop signs or lights and didn't get hit, > and the boat left late. It is the shaping of the story that allows the > interpretation of it as a miracle to emerge. > > > > > On 08/03/2011 12:33 PM, Mark Landau wrote: > > > On Aug 3, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > > > >> Yup, Charlie Lutes told the same story and I still have the book it is > > >> in. I haven't looked it up but I think he said it took place when in > > >> British Columbia. > > >> > > >> The siddhi is Stambhan. It allows one to mentally paralyze or put them > > >> in a stupor. I've learned it allow with the other tantric siddhis > > > > Should have been "along" not "allow" (I type too fast). > > >> including Uchattan and Maran from my tantra guru. Handy tools to have > > >> but often the most useful is Vashikaran. One of those siddhis makes > > >> people always receive you pleasantly. > > >> > > >> Well, if this is right, then M did it at least twice in two places at > > >> two times, imagine, dual corroboration he had the siddhi > > > And, no, I never read Charlie's book, nor did Charlie tell me his story... > > > I was just innocently relating my own experience, and look what came down > > > Kinda like that time I ran into Jimi at Manny's... > > > > I'm sure he would use the same trick given the same situation. They are > > very useful tools and not something you'd hand out like the "siddhi > > lite" techniques. In tantra you have to "earn" them. > > > > Do you have "a friend of the king" yoga too? ;-) > > > >
