Manifestations

From the “Report on the Perversion of Science to Support Mysticism” by Conrad Askland.

I have been taught that there are masters walking the earth that make tables of food appear before them. I have been taught that Sai Baba manifests Holy Ash and rings.

When I ask for proof of this I am told the Masters will not tempt God. When Jesus was in the desert the devil asked him to turn a rock into a loaf of bread, Jesus said, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone.’” Also alternatively, and incorrectly, I am quoted the same passage as Jesus saying “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”

But then why manifest at all? Why manifest trinkets and rings. Why not manifest the cure for cancer? That would make more sense to me. The act of manifesting a ring with someone’s name on it is an old parlour trick using “palming”, a favorite vehicle of magicians and illusionists.

Every fraud seems to have one incident they can refer to where they have been scientifically observed and therefore proved to be real in their manifestation. But they won’t do it again, and there always seems to be questionable approaches to the observation.

Why won’t any of these people go on 60 Minutes to be observed and reported on? And if then they are still called a fake, why won’t they do it again? I would. That is, I would if I had a real divine message to deliver AND I wasn’t faking my manifestations.

But I guess I’m not a believer so the whole world of divining spirit is closed to me as punishment for my lack of belief. Interesting. God gave me a brain so I would imagine I’m supposed to use it to the best of my ability.

Can we manifest joy in our lives? Absolutely. Can we manifest pain? Sure. Can we manifest hate, beauty, intellectual capacity, the ability to serve, forms of healing, enlightenment. YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! And any of those can be easily documented. I would imagine there are very few
of us, if any, that have not experienced a part of this in our lives.

So if Sai Baba’s palming technique for manifesting cow dung has been exposed, how does knowledge of that fact diminish my spiritual capacity? How does it limit my ability to manifest peace in my corner of the world? It doesn’t. This knowledge actually empowers me to not waste my precious time trying to replicate lies.