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== Eight Aeshvaryas == | == Eight Aeshvaryas == | ||
There are eight aeshvaryas or occult powers—<ref name="In Adoration of the Supreme">{{cite book|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti|title=Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life in a Nutshell Part 7|chapter=In Adoration of the Supreme}}</ref> | There are eight aeshvaryas or occult powers—<ref name="In Adoration of the Supreme">{{cite book|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti|title=Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life in a Nutshell Part 7|chapter=In Adoration of the Supreme}}</ref> | ||
# | # '''Anima''': Anima means ability to become very small or small or small enough to enter any physical particle or any crevice of another’s mind (the word "anu" means "small like an atom). | ||
# Mahimá | # '''Mahima:''' Mahimá means vastness. It means ability to become large (an expanded mind is omniscient, and feels love for the universe); | ||
# Laghimá, to become light (a light body can fly through air, a light mind can study the minds of others); | # Laghimá, to become light (a light body can fly through air, a light mind can study the minds of others); | ||
# Prápti, to obtain any desired object; | # Prápti, to obtain any desired object; | ||