Sri Annamalai Swami
When a visitor asked Bhagavan (Ramana Maharshi) about siddhis (supernatural powers) he replied, 'To remain unchanged in the state of Self is the eternal siddhi, the greatest of all siddhis. All other siddhis are only the prarabdha of the jnani who has realized the truth. These other siddhis are trivial.'
This was very similar to an answer I had received myself a few weeks before. When I had asked Bhagavan about siddhis he had replied, 'Practising of siddhis will only fatten the ego still more. The greatest of siddhi is not to see anything other than the Self. All the siddhis will come and wait upon the perfected jnani.'
On that occasion he had quoted Ulladu Narparu, verse 35:
"To realize the Self which is always present and to remain as that is the real siddhi. All other siddhis are like those which appear in a dream. Are they real when one awakes? Will those who have got rid of delusion and are established in their true state be deluded again?"
- Annamalai Swami's Diary Extracts
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