Who Can Have Supernatural or Spiritual Power?
There are some people with supernatural power or spiritual power.
In Japan, there have been scores of persons who are said to have such power since modernization of the country in the late 19th century to the present day through WWII. Some of them have launched new religious bodies or became famous in the society. Yet, the nation with respect for science has not encouraged people to try to cultivate and develop such power and ability.
And, it does not mean that a man with such power and ability can be a billionaire or a great political leader. Most of then have lived simple or humble lives.
For example, it seems that humble and nameless Christian monks or nuns could have such power or ability. But they would not advertise their power and ability to keep a state of tranquility of life.
Indeed, it seems that there are tens of thousands or more people who have such power and ability but who keep silence on their power and ability in Japan alone. When Uri Geller came to Japan and made TV appearance in early 1970s, tens of thousands of children who saw Geller's performance on TV started to show their supernatural power to bend spoons. Little children without doubts especially seemed to be able to exercise such power and ability.
So, faithful religious people or children with pure minds seem to have such power and ability. No one can see how much faith others have or how much pure minds children have. Yet, religious men with pure and strong faith at the bottom of their minds seem to have more chances to exercise their supernatural power and ability than others. And, little children without influence of commonsense or worldly wisdom seem to have more chances to exercise their supernatural power and ability than grown-ups.
From the point of view of spiritualism, a man's mind is based on his soul that is linked with the spirit world. As the spiritual energy can flow into the material world and the human world, if a man's mind is strongly connected to his soul, he can easily use the spiritual energy through his soul even without being conscious. Little children's minds should be strongly connected to their souls so that they can easily use the spiritual energy.
But as others cannot see the mind state of a man with supernatural or spiritual power, it is hard to tell how much faith or purity a man has to have so that he can exercise such power. A man of religion who has a high status in his religious body might look so enthusiastic in his practice of religion, but he might love things in this world more than paradise or Heaven. Such a man cannot have supernatural or spiritual power. But a man of religion in lower status who humbly and quietly live his faithful and pure life can have such power although he does not like to advertise such power.
Even an ordinary man who lives his humble and quiet life might have strong, deep, and pure faith in the God might have and exercise such power and ability as his mind is strongly connected to his soul linked with the spiritual power.
Therefore, it is difficult to apply scientific methods so as to analyze behaviors and mind states of men with or without supernatural power and spiritual power.
Yet, it looks plausible that men who love strong material desire and pursue material happiness cannot have such power. Only the God knows in what state a man's mind is. And a man who has strong compassion to the poor, the sick, and the weak and has strong respect for and faith in his ancestors and deities of his religion might have and exercise such power.
Supernatural power and spiritual power must come from the spirit world. For a man to have and exercise such power, he must have a mind set or a mind state that can strongly connect to the spirit world through his soul. And only the God knows what a man thinks in the bottom of his mind.
A great eminent religious man might have little faith in the God at the bottom of his mind, but a low-keyed ordinary man might have strong and pure faith in the God at the core of his mind. The God should surely give supernatural or spiritual power to the latter.
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John 5, King James Version10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.