For centuries, Indian yogis have concentrated on spiritual development, engaging in penances; doing charitable deeds; meditating often and deeply; performing anusthans (special spiritual practices to gain a boon or blessing); chanting (sacred chants, most often in Sanskrit while keeping track on a japa mala, or string of holy beads); and performing daily pujas or rituals of worship—all toward the goal of spiritually evolving. In the process, they have discovered that the time spent in such practices awakens the latent power inherit in a person’s etheric or spiritual body. As the energy centers or chakras are awakened, meaning vibrating at a higher speed, these centers’ powers are activated, opening the way for the expression of a heightened level of intuition. The development of intuition is desirable if instant access to such incredible powers keeps you anchored on the spiritual path to enlightenment. The yogis, however, know that the blessing can also be a curse if the powers are used for non-spiritual, purely selfish, and negative purposes (which bring bad karma).
It is important to always stay focused on the higher beings of light and love—the angels, archangels, and other beings whose affinity is for the divine and whose purpose is to do the will of the Divine.