From that last book:
40. By controlling the nerve-currents that govern the lungs and the upper part of the body, the yogi can walk on water and swamps, or on thorns and similar objects, and he can die at will.

41. By controlling the force which governs the prana, he can surround himself with a blaze of light.

This is the force which regulates the various functions of the vital energy (prana). One of the brother-disciples of Sri Ramakrishna actually had this power; and it is recorded that he once used it to light the path for Ramakrishna on a dark night. However, Ramakrishna later found it necessary to take the power away from him because it was making him dangerously egotistic.

42. By making samyama on the relation between the ear and the ether, one obtains supernatural powers of hearing.

43. By making samyama on the relation between the body and the ether, or by acquiring through meditation the lightness of cotton fiber, the yogi can fly through the air.

44. By making samyama on the thought-waves of the mind when it is separated from the body-the state known as the Great Disincamation-all coverings can be removed from the light of knowledge.

Like aphorism 39, this refers to the yoga power of Withdrawing the mind from one’s own body in order to make it pass into the body of another. In this state of withdrawal, the “Great Disincamation,” the mental coverings composed of rajas and tamas dwindle away and the light of sattwa is revealed.

45. By making samyama on the gross and subtle forms of the elements, on their essential char

At that moment Jesus had taken the sins of the world on Himself so that He might take the punishment for them. This was the first time in eternity that one of the persons of the God-head was separated from the other two.

It just drives home how much was sacrificed by God to save us.

What we believe about God is incredibly important. What’s at stake is literally our code for living life — a moral code is different with God than it is without him. That said, our lives are always spent in the gamble that we /are/ right about the fundamentals — this is simply inescapable.

That said, I’m sorry if my tone or writing style ever comes off as though I think I’m somehow “special” in the sense that others aren’t special. I hope we can continue this discussion,
Shaun

an entire study devoted to countering other people’s points?

you don’t need apologetics if what you are saying is true in the first place.

an entire study devoted to countering other people’s points?

you don’t need apologetics if what you are saying is true.

when did part of the human mind become this twisted?

we are animals. you are so far from what is human it makes me sick.

email me back if you have actually have some intellectual balls.