Why Yogis Don’t Actually Have Supernatural Powers
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Many yoga people believe in yogis who have supernatural abilities such as levitating or ability to survive buried underground for weeks without air. Unfortunately when taking a closer look at the history of live burials and the science behind it, it becomes soon evident that it is probably more wishful thinking than reality.
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Yogic powers are also known as siddhis. Unfortunately there is no historical scientific evidence that they exist. Some people could claim that the yogis who do have superpowers are living deep in the jungle or a cave and they don't show off their powers, but what's probably closer to the truth is the saying by Christopher Hitchens also known as the Hitchens Razor: "“What can be asserted without evidence, can also be dismissed without evidence.”
For years I used to have a lack of critical thinking myself. I used to believe many things which had little evidence or truth behind them. These beliefs led me to decisions which did not turn out to my favor. Eventually I discovered critical thinking and changed my life for the better. Now I choose what I believe in with much more care. Make better, more informed decisions and enjoy the results. Yet it doesn’t take much time to see that many people still fail to separate true information from false. That’s why I created the Practical Critical Thinkers channel.
If you are looking for a critical thinking channel - look no more and let's create a culture of practical thinking together!
In this channel you will learn what is critical thinking, various critical thinking skills, find critical thinking exercises, learn how to use critical thinking in a debate, learn about the best critical thinking books out there, find critical thinking tutorials what results a lack of critical thinking has and much more.
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A frog thinks he is looking at the entire Sky from the bottom of his well,
Real yogis never show their Siddhis that they have attained.
Just because you Practice some Asana doesn't make you a Yogi,
Check out the Experiments done on Swami Rama.
If you have have attained a Yogic Super Power, you would not openly publicise it as you may be thrown in a science lab... Many things are kept secret for a reason.
Dude,
You are just promoting pure dumbness in the name of critical thinking.
I mean sure, there are people who just perform some deceptive magic tricks and vall themselves yogis
There are real yogis too.
As you said in your video, only 6 percent of the questioned so called yogis said that they were performing magic, there are 94 more who didn't claim such. And you are concluding and making generalisations based on confessions of only 6 people.
And you think you are a critical thinker.
Secondly, you only portrayed how yogis' power of Underground burial is a hoax. That too only few so called yogis participated in it.
What about other feats
Such as roaming naked in -20 degrees (there is a video, if you want proof of it).
What about yogis who have sustained in fire(again there is the video, i can even send the link)
What about burrying oneself in the ground till the neck, for days-without food and water.
Each and every thing has a video
It just looks like you dont want to believe it, no matter what.
I guess even if a yogi performs these feats in front of you, you would not believe it.
You are a pure rascal
I mean srsly
Just stop this bs of yours
I agree I found this guy misleading and clout.
I agree with your points. This guy Rokas is obviously disappointed with the fruits, or lack thereof, from his 10 yoga practice he claims to have been doing. Or maybe his expectations of receiving "superpowers" like american superhero's are misplaced. He has basically tried to trash a tried & tested practice which benefits millions of people on a physical, mental & spiritual level.
"My God bleeds Mathematics" Ramanujan
If you still do not understand, we could delve deeper into this.
I mean the ability to slow down their metabolism is impressive, the human mind can do some wondrous things but no magic or superpowers are involved.
100%. Well pointed out :)
Superpowers are very real.
Its just that it became NOT a superpower because science found out how it was done and then said it was 'science'. But the fact is....the mystics and yogis and martial artists knew about these abilities way before science did. In other words...science is slow to catch on.
@@ninjaturtlemaster24 Shaolin monks literally hang themselves and are chilling. They sit in cold temperatures and are warm and people wanna say we can’t train ourselves for powers.
@@ninjaturtlemaster24 Even ninjitsu and that guy that could cut bullets in half with his sword
@@Rokasleo u r wrong bro..... yogis are evolve themselves to a level that they r no longer humans.
Have you seen anyone fixing their broken bone with just breathing ? Well I have
The ego limits people, people are too scared of metaphysics and magic. The funny thing is the people who don't want us to believe in magic believe in magic. The ego limits us from our limitless selves
What happened to your Journey channel?
Hi! I actually decided to give "The Journey" a more clear direction and thus renamed it to "Critical Thinkers". If you are interested in the full story I made a video about it: ua-cam.com/video/tw8iz2W5KNY/v-deo.html
Very well done.
Thank you Gene! Good to see you here too! 😊🙏
Yes scepticism is healthy
I liked the video, there were some cool experiments and places I have not heard about yet. However, I do not think you really addressed *why* yoga is not giving the powers that many of the gurus claim, just made a case for the yoga power claims not holding up under scrutiny. This reminds of a video by Thunderf00t, a scientist who does viral video/popular trend debunking videos among other things. Thunderf00t made a video on the breatharians (people who claim they just live off just lemon water with no food.). He did a similar strategy- he showed labs who scientifically quarantined breatharians with their lemon water and monitored their weight (spoilers, they lost weight!). Now he took this a step further and showed that every-time you breathe out you excrete carbon (through carbon dioxide). If you are not taking in enough carbon to replenish it, you will lose weight. There was not enough carbon in lemons added to the water to replenish their bodies needs, and the breatharian system does not add new sources of carbon in your body therefore it will not work as claimed. Like you he showed evidence that *what* is claimed is not likely true, but then went on a step further to show *why* it can not work the way they claim.
Great point William! Thanks for the feedback. I'll definitely address that aspect better in future videos.
Another one. Just like Max Muller. The one who is insecure vedic cultures Scientific Advancements. People say right the real yogis want MOKSH they dont want to become LIKE Adiyogi shiv the but the want to Become him thats what moksh is. They'll not go boasting about their powers. Siddhis are kind distraction for YOGIS.
3rd , I love Yoga , I used to practice , but let's agree that there are no super powers in Yoga, Or any other Martial art, our mind and bodies cannot bend the laws of physics, but I like to meditate and practice Yoga
I'm with you. Yoga can be great if it's practiced correctly and based on science. The supernatural stuff is not necessary at all. It's too bad though that so many people have a hard time separating the myths and facts.
@@Rokasleo mind can break laws of physics or nature bcoz mind itself is law
@@Rokasleo do you know yoga means?
This stuff is heavily outdated and is just plain incorrect. Most yogi’s and sadhus can remote-view at the bare minimum and can even affect machines by sheer will-power why is in and of itself, supernatural. That doesn’t even scratch the surface of what these enlightened beings can do. Pls stop speaking on subject matter you clearly didn’t even take the time to research
Am a yogi,,can I come try?
you have no idea................what real yogi is/ what is the meaning of "yoga"..what you know as yoga.......is not what it is
Read my book ‘Superhuman Training’ if you want to learn REAL supernatural powers.
How many scientific experiments were done to test and prove your theories?
@@Rokasleo *Science is not a criteria to prove something science itself keeps changing every next period of time... First it will tell something and reject it another time it will say oh oh oh come back i discovered this you were right 😂😂... It's science or its joke
@@Rokasleo what about quantum physics most scientists just side pass it. This is all an illusion
Human brain is source of superpower and supernatural 😊
I guess it depends on what we call supernatural, but sure, the brain is definitely an incredible tool capable of so much. Wim Hof is a good example of that I think
Correct.
And you know what science really is...?? Its a bunch of people taking credit for what mystics and martial artists already knew.
@@ninjaturtlemaster24 nah not taking credit but actually giving correct and real explanation instead of overdecorative and fictious reasons the "mystics" and "martial artists" give. Moreover science will always prevail.
If someone is not familier with the taste of salt, how can u explain it to him?
How can you explain the beauty of mountain in the light of sunrise or depth of an ocean or the distance between stars to a born blind, or
The melody of romantic song to a deaf.
If something is beyond our intellectual and epitome of scientific compression and imagination, that doesn't make it a lie.
That's a pretty failed and weak excuse. Sorry but this analogy of yours is pointless. Something that simply doesn't exist can't be forced to exist.
@@sammuelfisher2930 How do we know it doesn't exist ?
@@sammuelfisher2930 you must remain Agnostic about no matter how arrogant you are
You speak so fast! I had to play this at o.5x
Haha yogis explained by Westerners . Just this statement make me laugh and cant even blame them for this omg this is funny yogis are unbelievable people with actual superhuman power(by choice) not by some magic , that you westerners think of just physical power and that whats your are all about physical pleasure z there is other dimension but you peeps won't understand
...well, the supernatural has also been scientifically examined and documented. Read George P. Hansen's book "The Trickster and the Paranormal" for example. That's not to say that raja or hatha yoga particularly emphasize the importance (to the contrary actually) of the siddhis. Also curious...have you looked into the "rainbow body" phenomenon among Vajrayana yogis?
Haven't bumped into "rainbow body" yet. What is it?
@@Rokasleo ...start here: www.gaia.com/article/rainbow-body-101-everything-you-didnt-know
@S B gaia indeed is full of shit but some super powers are indeed real and I have had first hand experiences of them and other I almost don't believe it myself things also physical death isn't permanent but a transition
@S B precognition, clairvoyance, OBE/Astral projection/Lucid dreaming, Clariaudience = REAL... Also telepathy but not much or any experience with it... and probably others too
Excellent content. Great to see you talking to the camera. You're a natural! Just sad to learn that Dhalsim is a phony.
Thanks Caio! I'm really glad to hear you liked the approach used with the camera in this video! It was a bit of a test video to see if I can connect my own footage with stock footage (something a number of people suggested), so it's really awesome to hear that it worked out! And: Dhalsim, hahaha 🤣
PS: I used to kick ass with Dhalsim 😎
@@Rokasleo Yes, the camera work is much better than before and the clips were integrated well also. How did you fix focus hunting? New camera or one of my suggestions? A few nitpickings - the mic appears too big in scale proportionally to your face, which makes it a distraction. It also wiggles a lot, also a distraction. Think how you can make the mic look less dominant, maybe lower it a little bit, or try different angles. Or simply zoom out a little bit and get more of your body into frame, which will make the mic look smaller. Also think how to make your background more studio-like, especially since you are using studio microphone. Place something relevant to critical thinking, like a poster with Universe, or mind, etc, and remove random household items. As for the subject, i think what would be interesting is not just to say that magic doesn’t exit and stop, but to explore why people are so susceptible to believing in magic. It has been proven that people are prone to believe in anything religious and mystical without much evidence. But what if this “flaw” in our thinking is given us by nature for a reason? What if without it life would appear pointless and dull to most people, leading to depression, indifference, loss of interest in life in general? So maybe “debunking” our dreams is not as harmless as it seems?
@@VoidedTea Great feedback VoidedTea! Thanks. I've already filmed the next video some days ago so I won't have incorporated your tips there, but I'll definitely start looking into all of what you've said for following ones. Autofocus wise I went deeper into the settings and I think also having a background which is not as far and not moving all the time (cars, people, etc) like before helped out. I still messed up the setting for my next video, but I am doing my best to learn and improve these days :)
Known is a drop unknown is an ocean and those who knows the self knows everything....now what is going on in the name of yoga is only aerobic fitness exercises...kriya yoga and meditation is needed to know more about the Un known soul.
Do Wim Hoff's abilities count as superpowers?
You know, that's a great question! What would you say? 🤔
He didn't bury himself alive though (yet) 😁
He never showcased them as superpowers. He clearly explains the science behind them.
@@safdarkh786 I think we have a terminology issue, "powers" is kinda useless term. "Abilities" would be better. And yes I think he has super abilities, just no supernatural abilities.
Yoga flame
😂
You don't know the mind Power bro because you don't do I intense meditation come to India and I will show meditation power but yoga meditation is not for show off,,, it's up to you how you believe on it
Haay cud you do one of this on witch craft .. wuld love to here you view on more abstract soopernatail powers like divination and spell casting ..
Hi Ian, that's a great idea! I don't know as much about witchcraft as I do about yoga, but it would be definitely interesting to dig into this subject and to bring some more truth to it :) I'll add this idea to my list of videos to make and you can expect that one day I'll make this video!
@@Rokasleo nise so
Like with tha last video thar are things thet witch craft is in a ground reel way ushly it herbal medicine practise from old coltcher... dilation is kind the first pees that most people go in to that's mystical thars sevril explition as too why its helpful to people thet praktis for them selvfs not as cold reeding for munny
Let me tell you something when you don't get results in exams you wanted you don't go saying examiner is not good enough you practice you didn't practice well😂
The 10 super powers of a Yogi that was written many years ago maybe they did tap into a power in those ancient times what did they have to gain for lying back in them days
If a siddhi yogi gets older then is not a siddhi yogi at all....as simple as that
First of all who claimed that Yoga gives supernatural power?? Having said that, you must know all human beings can attain the power but it needs proper meditation. But then again why would you need super. power? Remember nothing is permanent in life. 😊
It is difficult for people to accept something which contradicts what they believed in throughout their life...yet true progress lies in the ability to let go of ones ego and stubbornness to not change their beliefs...I really wished that real yogic magic and stuff like that existed but the fact that there is not even a single genuine evidence for such feats other than stories and texts and claims has sadly quite convinced me that they probably don't exist. Also, thanks for the video mate👍🏼 loved it
But how do you know that there aren't some that have such powers. I mean, if you had powers from your spiritual practice, would you make a public show about those here in the west? Your life as a spiritual practitioner would be over. I mean, there is a reason that so many superheroes in comics and movies have a secret second identity for their superheroing. Imagine you would have, lets say, telepathic abilities and all the world would know about it. Imagine what your life would be like.
Of course I can imagine it, but that's exactly the problem, it's in a level of imagination :) Now I am not saying superpowers do not exist. I do not have proof for that and also - there are some people who can do some incredible things. But I am curious to ask this: do you think that there are yogis with super powers who are in hiding, or are you just saying that's it's possible that there may be?
@@Rokasleo I have very good reason to believe that there are yogis that have superpowers. And that they are not making a public show of it. Though if you are at the right place at the right time, you may get a demonstration. Though the witnesses are not exactly telling it to everyone either. Okay, here it goes. Nyoshul Khenpo, who is now dead for about 20 years had telepathic abilities. I had an experience of that kind (will not specify what exactly) and when I mentioned it to an old student (westerner) he told me, "yeah, that's pretty much standard around him, everyone knows". I believe he used it more extensively because towards the end of his life he was quite sick and it and he had problems communicating otherwise. And he was quite gone beyond anyway, so he didn't care much to hide it. There are others where I know it, I will not mention names of living ones.
Actually, vajrayana buddhism, what is also called Tibetan buddhism can only be transmitted by "supernatural" means. The whole tradition is built around it and applying the meditation techniques in an advanced stage will definitely result in so called supernatural abilities. It's not even possible to avoid it. For everyone who really takes a plunge into that tradtion it becomes quite commonplace and no biggie that teachers of that tradtion to a more or less degree eventually display something of that kind. Though, no, it's not advertised, and they will likely never do a demonstration in a science lab to give "proof" to the world.
@@petrairene What about considering that possibly Nyoshul Khenpo was using some sort of trick? People go to an illusion show and have their minds read all the time (think Darren Brown). They only reason most people don't start believing in telepathy is because they know it was a show. But what if nobody tells them that it's a show?
@@Rokasleo Nah, if you have a conversation with someone in your head just like you would have one with a physically present person that is not a trick, I can assure you. And the fact that that old student has agreed that I am not the only person who has this experience with him makes it more than an oddity that may be purely the product of my personal fantasy.
He expressed a profound sadness about the fact that with his failing body he could no longer interact with people properly. Hehad been having severe health problems for a long time, but I think at that point he no longer saw much use to hang on. A month or so later my mind was suddenly experiencing an eerie state of an otherworldly peace and I thought, what the hell has happened now. A few hours later I heard that he had died that day and then I knew why. That's a typical experience if a realised teacher you have a connection with goes.
So, there is the story.
By the way, people knowing when someone close to them far away has died is not that uncommon, even among totally unspiritual people. How would they know if there wasn't a subconscious level telepathic connection.
I had a conversation with the spirit of my grandmother at her funeral. I could because I knew that there was a possiblity that she was there and quite confused. She had died after she had been in a coma for a year, after a severe stroke. She was quite glad that there was someone there who would talk to her and tell her what was going on. I told her that she is now free of her horribly damaged body and she can move on now and suggested she seek out a pure land. And then it was over. Can I do that generally with dead people? Nope. But my grandmother has always really liked me and I had liked her. There was already a connection. So it's not at all a yogi thing to talk to minds.
By the way, I think we have to rework our funeral service habits. It's confusing as hell for a deceased who happens to have not yet moved on. If you ever encounter death in your family, don't expect a result, but open yourself up to the possiblity. If you are living under the assumption that this is not possible, that concept will prevent it from being possible.
@@petrairene There are still at least a couple of challenges here. 1) How should I be certain that you are telling the truth? Should reading your story be enough for me to believe that it is true? 2) Houdini was famous for searching out telepaths and other alike and he proved that non of them were real. How likely it is do you think that he never found a person who is actually capable of it?
After answering these two questions there is one more thing I am curious to ask your opinion about. So even let's say your story is true and you are right, would you suggest to me to become a believer in telepathy and that it's enough just because you've told me this story?
Hey
Yo ;)
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
Before Dismissing the entire yogic philosophy as a magician's charade try to 1st read the original texts not propaganda driven translations and commentaries.
Really? Absence of proof? So you know that these claims don’t have proof! The sad part is, there’s enough contradictory proof to explain everything Yoga does! I’ve trained in yoga for 17 years and it is nothing but mild stretching. Keep projecting that ‘others’ are driven by propaganda. Really! why should science have propaganda against anything, just provide evidence and you don’t have to be so defensive 🤣
@@-logic6654 If your definition of yoga is only physical posture then you have no idea. And you say you have been trained in yoga for 17 years lolol posture only by the sounds of it.
One thing that puzzles me is that even in the modern era when they are performed in the west by a western man, we all know that this is a trick even though it's well done and still impressing and astonishing and entertaining. When the same performance is done by people from the east we give supernatural powers to the performers while the methods and effects are similar.
Another is that a revelation of these as tricks as any other has been done by the French magician Robert Houdin in his book for teaching magic to beginners.
Keep up the good content
Such a great insight Nazim! It's definitely interesting how Westerners tend to mystify everything that's from East and give more esoteric credit to it. I wonder if it's because of decades of previous impressions which used to mystify the East, including various pop culture products such as movies about the "supernatural" of the East.
Oh, PS: I'll definitely keep the book recommendation in mind! Thanks
@@Rokasleo same with Ueshiba abilities. Everyone seems to miss that Aikido founder have an extensive military background which I think contributed to a large extent to his ability to deal with bad situations.
PS: Robert Houdn books date from the 1800s and in public domain, easily found online.
@@nazimhammiche4384 Oh yeah, 100%. I also think many stories of Ueshiba are blown out of proportion. The fact that he believed in the supernatural also didn't help in keeping people's expectations realistic.
@@Rokasleo and his writing too. Keep up the good content man 😊
It’s not true , magic is not real it’s common sense that they have endurance thru training meditation.
I'd also add, that even that endurance is also limited. Not as grandiose as buried yogis claim :)
Read autobiography of a yogi my friend!!!
Have read it, funny at best. And the yogi who wrote it died of cardiac arrest in his forties.
What do you think of astrology?
I am skeptical. If it would work I am sure scientists would be fascinated by it and it would be applied on a global scale. But from what I gathered - whenever scientists tested how accurate astrology is - it always failed
@@Rokasleo maybe the so called scientists know its power and keep it from us. They know our capabilities
David Blaine is The Superpowerful Man. :D
I think he is :) Wim Hof is doing some incredible things too. I don't think though they really claim to fly or stay without air for weeks 😁
I have super natural Powers,,,,❤❤
Sir ! I'm from india . And india is a religious country . ( With lots of religious violence & abuse ) .
In my country most of the people want " magic " instead of " logic " .
That's why here " baba's " ( spiritual gurus ) are more femous then Doctors .
...The video is awesome . Thank you sir . Love from india 🇮🇳 .
It really makes sense what you said!
I'm really glad you personally liked the video :) I'll do my best to bring more content debunking widely believed myths.
Where there is religion stupidity and violence will follow.
"Most people"? Are you sure about that? Considering the amount of doctors in India and the respect their profession gets (just look at the number of medical students, engineering too actually) that statement is just dumb. Stop exagerrating. Lol.
@@insalubriousdithyramb1742 he’s by no means exaggerating! Religion is injected from day one of birth. Doctors and engineers being good has nothing to do with their faith, as science has a solid methodology. But you’ll be surprised how much pseudoscience even doctors purport. Can give you links that will just blow your mind off.
Don't misunderstand... Guru is very high level of state....
People who just do few years of tapasya just to get a simple power which already can be done using tools are not gurus they are just some show off tapaswi....
Guru is someone who examines a soul and then accepts it and not leaves it untill the soul attains moksha....
No relation in the world is as real as the relation of a guru and shishya....
"Yah tan vish ki belari guru amrit ki khan..
Shish diyo jo guru mile toh bhi sasta Jaan"
It means that our body is full of poison (thoughts and desires) but guru is a waterfall of amrit(amrit literally means something you consume to be immortal... But here amrit refers to knowledge wisdom and mercy)
Next line means if you need to chop of your head to get a guru then it's very cheap price....
Point to be noted I am telling (sant param sant etc guru)
Not materialistic guru
India has a lot of fakirs.
Man, at last some one is doing a honest video on Yoga.
I'm Indian and has practiced yoga and kalari. It's just pseudo science and wishful thinking.
Even the roots of yoga, if you dig deep, is nothing than modern western exercises! And this is coming from someone who has read intensively on the original scriptures.
Around here whenever I say this people get mad, because yoga is tied to their national/relegious identity🙏😂😂
Yoga is 20% a decent exercise, 10% circus, 10% fantasy and 60% false propaganda.
So cool to hear that you are from India and see eye to eye with what's said in the video! I often get comments from people telling me that they're from India and that I don't know anything about superpowers 😁
I agree so much with what you've wrote here and I especially like your quote at the end: "Yoga is 20% a decent exercise, 10% circus, 10% fantasy and 60% false propaganda." I may quote you someday 👊
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Congrats Leonard! And welcome to the video :)
@@Rokasleo thank you .. we've talk before hope you well