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Question: How to Attain Supernatural Powers?

Dear Gurudeva,
Namaste.
I would also like to ask the following questions:
How to become perfected being, to acquire spiritual wisdom, dispassion, renunciation and get endowed with great purity, holiness and enlightenment possessing all siddhis or supernatural powers like Kapila Muni? Is it possible in this life?

Janardan Mali
 

Answer: Only Desire to Attain Pure Bhakti

The desire for supernatural powers is a material desire that will stand in the way of one's attaining spiritual perfection. Kapila Muni is an incarnation of God. It is not possible for living beings such as ourselves to attain powers like God. Only God is can do that. Nobody else can. Therefore we should only desire pure devotional service to Lord Sri Krishna. When we reach pure devotional service we will naturally possess all supernatural powers greater than any yogi. But if one desires these powers he will remain imperfect. Therefore my best advice to you is that you should abandon all desires for siddhis or supernatural powers and simply fully surrender yourself at the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krishna. This and this alone will fully satisfy all of your desires.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari