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Benefits of the Siddha System

Dr. Ramesh Kabade

Right practice brings the greatest benefits to mankind when properly practiced. As by studying material medical a man cannot cure himself without the aid of a trained physician, so the mere study cannot bring about truly good results unless it is carried out under the guidance of an experienced medical practioner. It should be remembered furthermore that in a written book everything is different from every other and that which is helpful to one, may not be so to another.

Anyone who practices faithfully according to the instructions of an experienced living teacher will surely gain highly beneficial results both in mind and body. He will learn how to manufacture vital force and to increase the vitality of his whole organism. He will be able to remove all impurities from his system and to overcome all abnormal and diseased conditions, that is, where decomposition and disorganization have not advanced too far.

He will likewise no longer be a victim to cold, chills, grip, fever, rheumatism, stiffness of he joints and muscles, paralysis and other ills, for he knows how he can remove them by increasing vital force and thus giving new life to the cells of the organs.

Every individual whether old or young, man or woman, is found to get some result if the said exercises are practiced faithfully for six months. Many of the diseases, which they suffer, are directly traceable to a lack of the adequate quantity of oxygen necessary for organic combustion and for the maintenance of the activity of the organs.

A yogi, conquers death by the control of breath there are many yogis in India who can tell the exact moment when they will leave their bodies. They say, I am going to depart on such a day at such an hour and at the appointed time consciously give up their bodies in the presence of many. There are some again who can subsist for long periods without taking any kind of solid or liquid food.

Study the science of vital energy, learn the secret of controlling energy, strive diligently to regulate energy, and practice the same for the supreme bliss, which is external and everlasting.

The True Disciple

A true seeker must have unwavering devotion to the supreme spirit the almighty and omniscient soul of our souls and realizing that his body and mind are the playground of the omnipotent cosmic will, he should resign his individual will to the universal and should be ever ready to work for others, to live for others and to die for others.

All his works, so long as he is in the society of people should be a free offering to the world, for the good of humanity, but at other times he should resort to secluded places and live alone, constantly applying his mind to the highest spiritual wisdom that can be obtained in the state of super consciousness.

A disciple must see the same divinity dwelling in all living creatures. He should also love all human beings equally. He should neither have friend nor foe. He is illuminated by the light of divine wisdom; therefore nothing remains unknown to him. Time and space cannot limit the knowledge and wisdom of a seeker.

A true seeker, disciple, student, curious must be pure, chaste, spotless, self-sacrificing and absolute master of himself.

Sms has laid down a perfect method of practice. He is easily pleased by everybody irrespective of his caste, creed, nationality etc., and with a loving heart he blesses those who rebuke or curse him. He takes no revenge but on the contrary prays for the welfare of his persecutors. Such is the character of the true yogi. The greater portion of his life is absolutely unknown to us, and as he did not leave behind him any systematic teaching regarding the method by which one may attain to that state of god-consciousness.

A genuine seeker does not draw any conclusion until he has discovered the universal law, which governs them all.

Practice Makes Perfect

All miracles like walking on sea, raising the dead etc are acquired through long practice. The powers are not super natural, on the contrary, they are in nature are governed by natural, through higher laws and are therefore universal.

His conception of nature is much wider than that of an ordinary man. We must not forget that nature is infinite and there are circles within circles, grade beyond grade, planes after planes arranged in infinite succession and the desire of a curious is to learn all the laws which govern these various plane and to study every manifestation of force whether fine or gross. His aim is to comprehend the whole of nature.

Humility, unostentatious ness, forgiveness, uprightness, and firmness of purpose must adorn his/her character. His mind should not be attached to sense objects, pleasures. He should be free from egotism, pride, vanity and earthly ambitions. He does not feel happy when he is in the company of worldly-minded people, who live on the sense plane like animals. He is not bound by family ties. He does not claim that this is his wife and these are his children.

On the contrary, having realized that each individual soul, being a child of immortal bliss, belongs to the divine family, he severs all family relations and worldly connections and thus becomes absolutely free. He must always preserve his equanimity in the face of unpleasant as well as pleasant experience of life, and rising above good and evil. He should remain undisturbed by the success or failure, the victory or defeat, which may come to him as the result of the actions of his body and mind.

The Miracles

The primary object of the various postures described in hath yoga is to gain control over the involuntary muscles of the body, an act which is impossible for the ordinary man.

We all possess this power latent within us (ourselves). But the hath yoga were the first to discover a scientific method by which it could be developed. All hath yoga’s eat very little but they can also go entirely without food for days and even for months and succeed in conquering sleep.

Siddha yogis are the living contradictions for justice who was buried alive for forty days in a hermetically sealed box with a guard of English officers to watch the spot night and day. During these forty days the siddha yogi could neither eat nor breathe, yet at their expiration he was brought back to consciousness without any ill effects and he lived for many years.

The Extra-Ordinary Powers

So to speak, with the help of a third eye, they can see what is going on in their internal organs. Why should this seem so incredible to us when the discovery of the roentgen ray has proved to everything to be transparent? They have extraordinary eyesight. Not only can they perceive objects at a great distance, but they can also see clearly in complete darkness even being able to pick up a pin from the floor without the least glimmer of ordinary light to guide them.

It teaches among other things now, through gazing on one object, the same time, performing certain special breathing exercise, many optical maladies can be cured as well as power of sight strengthened.

It produces many beneficial effects when properly practiced under the direction of a competent master.

There are persons living who can see the moons of Jupiter without the help of any instruments. A siddha yogi can likewise read the thoughts of another by looking at his eyes for according to Siddha yoga, an eye is the index of the mind. Here it may be asked how Siddha yogis acquire these powers? They do not get them from outside; these powers are dormant in every individual and through practice they bring them out.

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