womanish ghost-churel

 

The Churel,[a], alternatively spelled Chudail, Churail, Chudel, Churreyl, or Churrail, also known as Petni and Shakchunni, is a mythical or legendary creature resembling a woman, which may be a demonical revenant s

said to occur in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean, particularly popular in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and Suriname. 

The churel is typically described as "the ghost of an unpurified living thing", but because she is often said to latch on to trees, she is also called a tree-spirit.

According to some legends, a woman who dies very cruelly will come back as a revenant churel for revenge, particularly targeting the males in her family.

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ghosts spirits...hinduism

 

A bhoota depicted during Kali Puja

A bhoota (Sanskrit: भूत, bhūta) is a supernatural creature, usually the ghost of a deceased person, in the popular culture, literature and some ancient texts of the Indian subcontinent

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spirits

 

Ghosts and spirits are typically described as the souls or energies of deceased people or animals that are believed to linger in the physical world. They are often said to appear as translucent figures, cause unexplained sounds or moving objects, or create sudden drops in temperature. Belief in ghosts is common across many cultures, though their nature, form, and ability to interact with the living vary widely

Descriptions of ghosts and spirits

• Appearance: 

  Descriptions range from invisible presences to shadowy, blurry, or see-through figures that resemble the deceased or can take on different forms. 
• Abilities: 

  They are often believed to be able to cause physical effects like moving objects, making noises, or interfering with electronics. Some cultures believe that certain rituals are performed to prevent ghosts from haunting the living. 
• Perception: 

  Ghosts are sometimes perceived as restless and angry, while others are considered benevolent or protective. 
• Locations: 

  They are frequently associated with specific places, such as old buildings, cemeteries, or locations where they may have died. 

Cultural and religious perspectives

• Folklore: 

  Ghosts are a staple of folklore around the world, with many stories and myths centered on their interactions with the living. 
• Spiritism: 

  This is a belief system based on the idea that spirits can communicate with the living, often through a medium in a séance. 
• Religion: 

  Many religions have their own views. For example, some Christian beliefs differentiate between ghosts and other spiritual beings like demons, while others do not believe in ghosts at all. Some Islamic traditions speak of jinn, which are supernatural beings, but are distinct from human ghosts. 

Belief and scientific inquiry

• Psychology: 

  Some believe that sightings of ghosts are often linked to states of altered consciousness, such as sleep paralysis or heightened emotional states like fear. 
• Parapsychology: 

  This field attempts to scientifically study claims of supernatural phenomena, including ghosts, though conclusive evidence remains scarce. 
• Evidence: 

  There is little scientific evidence to support the existence of ghosts, and explanations often point to natural phenomena or psychological factors

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Trikaldarshi siddhi (or trikaldarshitva)

 Trikaldarshi siddhi (or trikaldarshitva) is a spiritual power in Indian traditions, particularly Hinduism and Tantra, meaning the ability to see or know the past, present, and future. Achieving this siddhi is considered extremely difficult and requires intensive spiritual practices, including rigorous meditation, advanced yoga, and often guidance from a perfected spiritual master or guru. Tantric texts describe rituals and mantras as paths to attain such time-transcending powers, alongside a surrender of ego and a deep spiritual transformation.  

Practices to Attain the Sutta

Meditation and Yoga: Practices like intensive meditation and advanced yoga are essential for developing the spiritual awareness and inner discipline needed for this siddhi. 

Mantra Chanting: Chanting specific mantras, such as a Trinetra Jagruti Mantra (Third Eye Awakening Mantra) or Trikal Darshan Mantra, is believed to help awaken the divine vision and clairvoyance required. 

Guru's Guidance: Spiritual masters and gurus play a crucial role in guiding sadhaks (practitioners) through these complex spiritual paths. 

Ego Annihilation: To achieve true trikaldarshitva, one must surrender their ego and the "self" as merely the body, mind, or intellect, and realize their true nature as the divine self. 

Concentration Techniques: Practices like Bindu Trataka (a point-gazing meditation) and Darpan Trataka (mirror gazing) can help in developing focus and the ability to perceive beyond normal limits. 

Significance and Context

Spiritual Mastery: The ability to perceive the past, present, and future is a sign of advanced spiritual mastery and ksatra. 

Divine Vision: This siddhi allows an individual to attain divine vision, which is seen as a form of heightened awareness and knowledge. 

Tantric Paths: In some tantric traditions, this siddhi is also a goal of specific sadhanas or practices designed for spiritual transformation and the acquisition of such powers. 

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siddhis in patanjali yog

 Patanjali Yoga describes Siddhis as extraordinary powers or perfections that can arise from advanced yogic practice, specifically from mastering Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi through the process of Samyama. While not the goal of yoga, these Siddhis are considered natural byproducts of deep spiritual discipline, such as controlling the five elements or attaining a profound state of inner stillness. The most famous are the Eight Great Siddhis (Ashta Maha Siddhis), which include abilities like becoming infinitely small (Anima), large (Mahima), or light (Laghima), as well as powers like achieving anything desired (Prakamya) and controlling natural elements (Ishatva). 

The Eight Great Siddhis (Ashta Maha Siddhis):

These are the most commonly cited Siddhis, representing extraordinary abilities: 

Anima (अणिमा): The ability to become infinitely small. 

Mahima (महिमा): The ability to become infinitely large. 

Laghima (लघिमा): The ability to become very light, or weightless. 

Garima (गरिमा): The ability to become infinitely heavy or weighty. 

Prapti (प्राप्ति): The ability to acquire anything desired or to reach any place instantaneously. 

Prakamya (प्राकाम्य): The ability to fulfill any wish or desire. 

Ishatva (इषत्व): The ability to control and manipulate natural elements and other beings, becoming like a deity. 

Vashitva (वशीत्व): The ability to control and command all things. 

How Siddhis Arise (Samyama):

Samyama: Patanjali explains in the Vibhuti Pada (the third chapter of the Yoga Sutras) that the simultaneous practice of Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation), and Samadhi (absorption) is called Samyama. 

Power of Mind: This powerful and focused mental process allows the mind to transcend normal limitations, making these Siddhis manifest as natural by-products. 

Tapasya (Austerity): Intense austerity and deep spiritual discipline (tapasya) can also contribute to the manifestation of these powers. 

Important Considerations: 

By-products, Not Goals: Patanjali emphasizes that Siddhis are natural side effects of deep practice and should not be the primary goal of yoga.

Focus on Liberation: The ultimate aim of yoga, according to Patanjali, is self-realization, liberation from suffering, and union with the divine, not the acquisition of extraordinary powers.

Symbolic vs. Literal Interpretation: Whether these powers are to be interpreted literally, symbolically, or a combination of both, is a subject of centuries-old debate among practitioners and scholars.

 

laghima siddhi

 Laghimā literally means ‘the power to become light or weightless’.

The desire to acquire siddhis or super-natural powers is not uncommon among the spiritual aspirants. Patañjali (200 B. C.) in his Yogasutras mentions about the eight such siddhis among which laghimā is also the one. It is the power to become extremely light.

Such siddhis can be obtained by tapas (austerity) and mantrajapa (repetition of holy syllables). Even levitation may result from the attainment of this power.

telekinesis

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Telekinesis (from Ancient Greek )  is a  "psychic ability" allowing an individual to  

 move or manipulate  objects with the mind, without directly touching them.

 Experiments to prove the existence of telekinesis have historically been criticized for lack of proper controls and repeatability.  There is no reliable evidence that telekinesis is a real phenomenon, and the topic is generally regarded as pseudoscience.

Subsets of telekinesis

Parapsychologists divide telekinetic phenomena into two categories:

 macro-telekinesis, large-scale telekinetic effects that can be seen with the naked eye; and 

micro-telekinesis, small-scale telekinetic effects that require the use of statistics to be detected.

 Some phenomena—such as apports ,levitation, materialization, psychic healing, pyrokinesis, retrocausality, and thoughtography—are considered examples of telekinesis.

an apport is the paranormal transference of an article from one place to another, or an appearance of an article from an unknown source 

Levitation  in the paranormal or religious context, is the  ability to raise a human body or other object into the air by mystical mean

materialization (or manifestation) is the creation or appearance of matter from unknown sources

Energy medicine is a branch of alternative medicine based on a pseudo-scientific belief that healers can channel "healing energy" into patients and effect positive results. 

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 Pyrokinesis is a psychic ability allowing a person to create and control fire with the mind

Retrocausality is a concept where an effect precedes its cause, meaning a future event influences a past event. This idea challenges our conventional understanding of time and causality. While widely explored in science fiction, retrocausality is also a subject of debate in quantum physics to explain phenomena like quantum entanglement without resorting to "spooky action at a distance". It suggests that future measurement choices might influence the properties of particles in the past. 

 Thoughtography is the parapsychological claim of an individual's ability to imprint mental images onto surfaces like photographic film through concentration. This phenomenon is also known as psychic photography or nengraphy,

parakāya praveśa siddhi

 

                                         parakāya praveśa

 Patañjali describes parakāya praveśa or ‘entering’ into the body of another person dead or alive as one of the yogasiddhis or occult powers gained by a yogi who has succeeded in attaining samādhi. Every person is imprisoned as it were in the physical body due to the prārabdha-karma. 

A yogi who has attained the samyama state has developed enough power to detach his mind from his own body and enter into the body of another person, dead or alive, and work through it. This is called parakāyapraveśa.

For this he should also have a knowledge of the various nādis through which the prāṇic energy flows or works. When the yogi thus works through another living person’s body, the latter’s soul or mind is kept in a temporarily suspended state. 

The yogi always uses this power for the good of other people or to exhaust his own prārabdhakarma. Śaṅkarācārya is said to have had and used this power once.

anima siddhi

 

Anima Siddhi is the yogic power to become infinitesimally small, allowing for a subtle, atomic-like form and the ability to pass through solid objects. It is one of the eight Ashta-Siddhis, or extraordinary spiritual abilities, described in ancient texts like Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and is often associated with Hanuman's journey to Lanka. 

What it is:

Power of Subtlety: Anima Siddhi means "subtleness" or "atomic" and refers to the ability to reduce one's physical size to that of a tiny particle, even smaller than an atom. 

Transformation: This power involves changing one's body's density and form to such a fine state that it can merge with or pass through other matter, such as stone or walls. 

 Anima Siddhi is the yogic power to become infinitesimally small, allowing for a subtle, atomic-like form and the ability to pass through solid objects. It is one of the eight Ashta-Siddhis, or extraordinary spiritual abilities, described in ancient texts like Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and is often associated with Hanuman's journey to Lanka. 

What it is:

Power of Subtlety: Anima Siddhi means "subtleness" or "atomic" and refers to the ability to reduce one's physical size to that of a tiny particle, even smaller than an atom. 

Transformation: This power involves changing one's body's density and form to such a fine state that it can merge with or pass through other matter, such as stone or walls. 

 

Vasitva siddhi

 

Vasitva-A Psychic Power✨
In Sanskrit, the ability to control all elements of
the physical world is known as Vasitva.

This is one of the 8 divine powers, or Ashta Siddhis, that can be achieved through intensive and extensive meditation and other Yogic practices, as
described in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.

Vasitva is synonymous with self-command, mastery of one's own self, enchantment, and autonomy. It allows a Yogi to direct living things and objects, both natural and synthetic, as well as their own and others' Brains. With Vasitva, the Yogi can make people follow their desires and manage wild animals.

However, it is emphasized in Hinduism that
the pursuit of Vashitva should not be the primary goal of spiritual practice, as it can lead to
Attachment, Pride, and Egoism, which
ultimately hinder spiritual progress

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siddhis

 Siddhis are extraordinary, often paranormal or magical, powers and abilities, such as control over the elements, telepathy, or levitation, that are believed to be attained through advanced spiritual practices like deep meditation and yoga. The Sanskrit word "siddhi" means "perfection" or "accomplishment". While these powers are considered a sign of yogic advancement, they are often seen as potential distractions on the path to ultimate spiritual union or enlightenment. 

Characteristics of Siddhis

• Supernatural Abilities: 

  Siddhis encompass a range of powers beyond the limits of ordinary science, including the ability to become as small as an atom (anima), control the elements (vashita), and possess knowledge of the past, present, and future (trikaldarshitva). 
• Spiritual Attainment: 

  They are the products of rigorous spiritual practices, such as intensive meditation and yoga, which lead to a heightened state of consciousness. 
Testing the Yogi: 
In some traditions, particularly Hinduism, siddhis are viewed as tests of a spiritual aspirant's humility and intention, potentially leading to ego inflation if pursued for their own sake. 
Not the Ultimate Goal: 
Spiritual texts and masters often warn that focusing on acquiring siddhis can lead one astray from the true goal of spiritual development or liberation. 

Examples of Siddhis

Anima: The power to reduce one's body to the size of an atom. 
Mahima: The ability to become infinitely large. 
Laghimā: The power to become lighter than air, defying gravity. 
Vashitva: Mastery and control over elements and other forces. 
Prāpti: The power to instantly reach any place or attain any desired object. 
Parakāya Pravesha: The ability to enter the bodies of others. 
Trikāladarshitva: Complete knowledge of the past, present, and future. 
Parachitta Abhigyata: The ability to know the minds of others (telepathy)


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Telepathy

 

Telepathy (from Ancient Greek ) is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. 

The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), and has remained more popular than the earlier expression thought-

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transference.

Ufology,

 Ufology, sometimes written UFOlogy is the investigation of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) by people who believe that they may be of extraordinary origins (most frequently of extraterrestrial alien visitors).

there are instances of government, private, and fringe science investigations of UFOs

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ufology is generally regarded by skeptics and science educators as an example of pseudoscience.

Cryptozoology

 

Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated,^[1] particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the Mokele-mbembe. Cryptozoologists refer to these entities as cryptids, a term coined by the subculture. Because it does not follow the scientific method, cryptozoology is considered a pseudoscience by mainstream science: it is a branch of neither zoology nor folklore studies. It was originally founded in the 1950s by zoologists Bernard Heuvelmans and Ivan T. Sanderson.