Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c17.133

c17.133

Since the Yogī is master of all processes in the evolution of *prakṛti*, having brought all under his control by practice of Yoga, he possesses supernatural or intuitive insight or knowledge. He sees all things, all processes, all time as an inclusive, present whole without sequence.¹ Such powers are sometimes called *siddhis*. He has, therefore, insight into the past and the future, knows the cries, or speech, of all living beings, has complete knowledge of all his previous births, can look into the mind stuff of others, knows the law of death, understands the subtle, the obscure, that which is concealed, the remote; and both things and events even in other worlds are present in his mind, so that he understands all the mysteries of the universe.² He knows all cosmic spaces and the orders of the stars and their movements; knows the arrangements of the body; sees all things and is familiar with the processes of the mind. In short, the Yogī attains to clear vision, or extraordinarily penetrating wisdom. He obtains full *intuitive* knowledge of whatever he concentrates upon.