There is a lady in my dharma centre who have spiritual powers
because of her past life as spirit. For example, my mother asked
her to visit this place, she say don't need. I can travel there
spiritually, and it is true. She thought she is very powerful. My
dharma teacher knew and told her it is her previous life.
Here's an article about 'The Five Eyes'
http://www.chan1.org/ddp/channews/10-1987.html
...Have you ever seen a ghost or
a god? Normally people can't see things that are too far, near,
big, or small. But some people borrow the power of a ghost or other
spiritual being, and gain spiritual vision. There are also cases of
heavenly beings who are born into the human realm, who still retain
some ability to see ghosts and spirits in the realms below. They
can no longer see into the heavenly realm, nor can they see ghosts
and spirits in the human realm.
I had a student who came here for a beginner's class. She claimed
to have some psychic power. She said that when she was
well-concentrated, she could see into people's past, but I had my
doubts. I asked her if she could see into my past. I have heavy
karmic obstructions, which have their root in past lives, but still
she could see nothing of my past. Why? People are not always reborn
into the human realm. They might be born into a distant world, and
ordinary psychic power would be too limited to see that far. It
would be similar to a person who commits a crime in Taiwan and
moves to New York. The New York police would have no record of the
crime.
The ghostly or deva eye stands at a level between the fleshy and
heavenly eyes. This phenomenon occurs when a spiritual being uses
the eye of a human being as a medium. People who have experienced
this believe that they have been endowed with great spiritual
powers, but it is really the power of the spiritual being at work.
There is a book about a spirit called Seth who used a woman's body
to talk to people in this world. He could only talk through
her.
I have a Dharma brother who has such powers. He was once sitting on
a train, and suddenly he saw all the people sitting around him as
pigs and dogs and other animals. He could see the changes that
these people went through in various past lives, but he could see
no further. This is not really his power, but that of a spiritual
being working through him. I asked him if he could see such things
with his eyes closed, and he answered no, but there are people who
have such powers....
