VIBHUTI PAAD SUTRA 22

                   SOPAKRAMAM  NIRUPAKRAMAM  CHA  KARMA  TAT  SAIYAMAT 
                               

                                   APARANTA  DNYANAM  WA  ARISHTEBHYAH

    BY  concentrating or meditating  on  the  karma  that are going to come to fruition  quickly  or karmas that are coming  to fruition slowly or  by the bad signs that  are seen in the  surrounding ,he can know the time of the death.

     This is an interesting SUTRA. In last some of the Sutras, we are told about the powers that one gets when he or she concentrates on different things . Now in this Sutra we are told that the Yogi can know the time of the death . There are 2 parts to it .
         The Hindu or the Vaidic philosophy, many things are thought out very well or they re ALL REAL. I believe that this is the reality and not imagination. So as we know we are reborn and we are reborn to enjoy or suffer the fruits of our Karma . The impressions of the Karma never gets destroyed with the loss of physical body. We also come to pay or collect debt and we also come back due to desires.The Karmas or the effects of the Karmas are collected over period of time and lives. So ALL the Karmas are 'stored' in till we come back in the physical form. This stored karma is called 'SANCHIT' Karma . In each life we come with seeds of certain Karma , that is going to come to fruition -in PRESENT LIFE . That is called 'PRARABDHA KARMA'/ We also do NEW KARMAS in the present life , while we are experiencing the effects of the PRARABDHA , and that is called 'KRIYAMAN KARMA'. The effects of some of the New Karma -or KRIYAMAY KARMA are seen in present life and some are stored and become 'SANCHIT KARMA'. So the present life is due partly to KRIYAMAN KARMA and major due to 'PRARABDHA  KARMA'.
     So the life span is FIXED to some extent as we are born with certain Karma seeds , that will sprout in this life and some from present life that will show the effects in this life. Once the effects are done with , life ends or the death occurs.
    So some Karma give quick effects and some take long time . One eats spicy food in large quantity , same day or next day he will get upset stomach. So the effect is quick. But then one drinks alcohol in large quantity every day , the effects on the liver will take few years , This is slow effect Karma . So when the Yogi concentrates on the seeds of the Karma -both fast and slow -effect karmas, he will know the total effects and then can deduct as to when the life would end . Again this is based on the principal that the life ends when all the Karma seeds have come to fruition , that were to do so in this life.So by concentrating on these KARMAS , one can know the life span .
       But we are also told that there are certain signs that one can notice in the environment , that are indicative of approaching death,These have been described in some of our scriptures.  I do not want to specify any as they are not 100% indicative of the death.
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VIBHUTI PAAD SUTRA--21

                         KAYA  RUPA  SAIYAMAT  TAT  GRAHYA  SHAKTISTAMBE 

                        CHAKSHU  PRAKASH  ASAMPRADNYAT  ANTARDHANAM

WHEN  THE (YOGI)CONCENTRATES  OR DOES SAIYAM  ON THE FORM  OF  THE  BODY

AND WHEN  THE POWER  OF  BEING  PERCEIVED  IS CONTROLLED  , EYE  AND  THE

                      LIGHT  ARE DISSOCIATED  AND  THE YOGI  DISAPPEARS

We continue to get information on what kinds of the POWERS or SIDHHI when one concentrates on different things . We were told as to how one can find out about the state of the minds and then what caused the mind to have that state. Now in this SUTRA we are told that YOGI can make himself disappear by concentrating upon the RUPA or the appearance.
       When the light hits any object, , the light is reflected from the object and when that hits the eyes or the retina in the eyes, it sends impulse to the brain via optic nerve. Then the brain perceives the shape and the size and the look of the object. So if there is no light , then we can not see the object. If there is light ,but it does not reflect from the object, then also we can not seethe object.Think about red color object, when the white light hits the object, all the 6 colors out of 7 colors that form the white light, are absorbed and only RED color is reflected. That is why we see the object as RED. Similar thing happens when some other color object is there. If there is no contact between the reflected light and the eyes is not there then the object will not be seen.
       So in this SUTRA we are told that when Yogi concentrates on the body and the light reflection and the contact between the eyes and the object are disrupted , then the Yogi disappears. So the concentration power that the Yogi has developed will make him disappear.
      Similar things can be done when the Yogi concentrates on any sense organ or organ of perception,
then HE can disrupt being HEARD or anything else . 

VIBHUTIPAAD SUTRA-- 20

                      NA  CHA  TAT  SALAMBANAM  TASYA  AVISHYAYI  BHUTAYWAT

                      BUT  NOT  THE  CONTENTS  OF (THE MIND) AS THAT  IS  NOT 

                                     THE SUBJECT (OF THE CONCENTRATION)

        This Sutra is the continuation of the last one . We were told that when one has perfected the meditation , he can know the status of any other person's mind. But we are told now that when one looks at other person , he knows that he or she is in distress or happy or unhappy etc . But he does not know what is the cause of the distress or the state of the mind. So we are told that this not due to any limitation of the power. Whatever one concentrates upon , he will have the Knowledge of. So a gross look at a person will not tell us why he is in distress, but if he decides to concentrates on the MIND of the other person , then he WILL KNOW the cause of the distress. This Sutra suggests this conclusion  in a indirect way. So the sutra states that we do not know the contents of the mind as we are not concentrating on it --suggesting that if we would concentrate on the mind we will know the reason for the state of the mind . 

VIBHUTIPAAD -- SUTRA 19

                                    PRATYAYASYA  PARA  CHITTAM  DNYANAM

                              (UPON CONCENTRATING ON MIND'S OF OTHERS,)

                             YOGI CAN KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE MINDS

      In these Sutras we are told about the powers that one can achieve when he /she concentrates on certain things . So in the last Sutra we were told that when one concentrates on own life /mind , he can know the previous lives.In this one we are told that if the Yogi concentrates on the mind of others, he can know the the state of the mind .So when we see someone . they may be sad or distressed or angry, they can hide it. So normal person can not detect the state of the mind. But when we are able to concentrate and are successful in doing it perfectly, we can detect that status.
   Just by looking at the person . one can not know the cause for the status of the mind , but one can definitely know that the person is hiding his or her emotions .
    In the next SUTRA , we are told about this in different way .

VIBHUTI PAAD SUTRA--18

                       SAUNSKAR  SAKSHAT  KARANAT  POORV  JAATI   DNYANAM

                BY  CONCENTRATING  ON SAUNSKARA  ONE CAN  KNOW  ABOUT

                                                     PREVIOUS  LIFE  OR JANMA

In last few SUTRAS we are told about the various powers or the Sidhhi that one can attain when the concentration or the meditation is perfected . The word used is not meditation , but SAIYAM. So when one concentrates  on the Impressions or the saunskara he can know about previous life. In Hindu or vedic philosophy, every action has reaction and so every Karma or the DEED has impression and these impressions are stored and they will come back and they cause us to have a particular action . So if I have liking for the music and that made me do study , enjoy music , it will create the impressions and that will not go away when the physical body dies. So in the next life I will have desire to learn music and love music and I will start from where I left in the last life . But one can say that we don;t know or remember the last life, let alone the impressions from last life . So in this Sutra we are told that when one concentrates on the IMPRESSIONS (that cause our nature and the action in this present life), and we have perfected it , we can know the last life.
      The difference between the VEDIC or Hindu religion and the rest of the religions , is that we do not have depend upon the stories from profits, but we can our self get the same experiences that they got . So I don not have depend on some Swami or saint or such to know the powers that can be achieved with the meditation or the concentration. So as the impressions are carried from previous lives , when one concentrates on them , we can know the previous life  or what happened in previous life . 

VIBHUTI PAAD --SUTRA 17

           SHABD,  ARTHA,  PRATYAYA,  ITARA  ITARA  ADHYASAT  SANKARAH  TAT

                           PRAVIBHAGA  SAYAMAT  SARVBHUTA  RUTA DNYANAM

          WORD, MEANING AND IDEAS ARE CONFUSED TO BE SAME , BUT BY SAIYAM OR

           CONCENTRATION , ONE CAN ATTAIN THE KNOWLEDGE OF SOUNDS OF ANY                                                                         
                                                                 LIVING BEING

When a sound is produced , we can make a word out of it and there is meaning to it and then we get the Big Picture . If I say a word  Dog, the listener understands it . The sound which is produced by letters D-O-G make the word dog . And we understand what it means and we see a dog that we know.If we do not understand the English language , we will here the sound but it will not mean anything. So the sound -word is different than the meaning . For us to understand the word Dog we must have seen the dog and known about the Dog . So the three things are separate from each other, but when we KNOW the thing , we think all three to be same .

   We are told here that the three things are different and when we concentrate on these . we can get the difference between them . But moreover , we are also told that when we achieve the concentration, we can understand the sound produced by any living thing .

   I am not sure if this is the POWER or the SIDHHI that is achieved by the meditation . This would mean that the Yogi will be in position to understand any language and any branch -words from physics or chemistry -medicine -IT etc. would be understood . This is not limited to the human sounds ,but such Yogi can understand any sound -even made by birds or animals etc. Again this the power that is achieved by Yogi with great practice of concentrating on these sounds .