Why do devotees not using mystic siddhis in Krishnas service?

From Rajesh

Why   devotees  don’t   use  ASHTASIDDHIS in KRISHNA’S  SERVICE ? IF THEY  TRULY  POSSES  WHY   DON’T  THEY  EXHIBIT?

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Thank you Don’t use ashtashaktis in Krishna’s service This is the question which is discussed in the Jadbharat Maharaja Raghuna conversation where Jadbharat mentions that just as a hunter who has captured a wild animal, which is dangerous does not trust that wild animal because that wild animal can either run away or can attack and even wound or kill the hunter similarly the mind is so dangerous that even the yogis who have brought the mind under control are very cautious to not give a free hand to the mind because then the mind can either run away or can run away to various random thoughts or it can just charge and destroy the soul by forcing the soul to act in anti-spiritual ways so mystic siddhis so based on this sort of analysis Jadbharat mentions that it is important that the mind not be given much leaving for causing harm or distraction and for that purpose the yogis do not exhibit their siddhis just as Jadbharat although he was so learned he did not even exhibit his knowledge of course his case is extreme devotees may exhibit their knowledge so that they can share Krishna’s message with others but mystic knowledge is something which is cultivated by which is the result of the normal practice of devotional service whereas astra siddhis are something which are the result of another yogic process the kodituga ashtanga yoga and even in the path of ashtanga yoga they are considered distractions what to speak of on the path of bhakti yoga even in the path of ashtanga yoga those who get enamored by the siddhis can succumb to the temptation of wanting to exhibit the siddhis for the sake of public admiration and they may forget their ultimate goal of transcending the world and attaining the super soul within the heart which is actually the goal of yoga so the same danger that the yogic siddhis pose for the yogis they also pose for bhaktas and bhaktas do not themselves want to be yogis in terms of having yogic siddhis they want the lord to be yogeshwara they want to be the servants of the lord yogeshwara and they depend on his mystic power not that they want to have their own mystic powers so therefore devotees in general if they are advanced enough and if they have yogic siddhis they do not exhibit the siddhis because at one level for themselves there can be a distraction from the pure devotional path and even if those devotees are so advanced that they will not get distracted it is also always possible that the people who see these siddhis may become distracted why because if people become attracted to a devotee because of the yogic siddhis the devotee is exhibiting then that attraction is not towards Krishna that attraction is not towards bhakti it is towards certain material ability, extraordinary material ability no doubt but still exist material abilities and that sort of attraction it may attract followers but whether it will make people into devotees is questionable so devotees want to not attract people to them primarily they want to attract people to Krishna and if at all people are attracted to them then they should be attracted to them for their devotion to Krishna not for their mystic siddhis or other such material abilities so that’s why even in the bible it is said that Jesus showed some miracles but then when people started asking him to show miracles repeatedly he said that faith which is developed without seeing miracles is greater than the faith developed after seeing miracles why because then the faith is primarily in the miracles, the faith is not in God and his grace which transforms the heart and fills it with pure love for God and all living beings so that’s why on the path of bhakti we see that Durvasa Muni he had the mystic power by which he created a demon which attacked Parishad Maharaj but Parishad Maharaj did not retaliate, he did not even bate a eyelid and he just waited and then the lord protected him so Parishad Maharaj also had the capacity to counter curse but he did not counter curse so the point in both these examples is that devotees they do not like to exhibit their mystic powers because it may distract them and it will distract others so that the others are attracted not to Krishna but to the mystic siddhis moreover even in the spiritual world we see that devotees want to offer Krishna a labor of love they do not want to just use the magical powers and avoid taking up the anxiety and the ecstasy of endeavoring to serve Krishna in the spiritual world there are Kalpataru so we could say the Kalpataru are like the ultimate mystic siddhis whatever is wanted we can just ask the Kalpataru and they will provide but what do the devotees do? Radharani she personally cooks everyday for Krishna and it is said that she cooks 50 stoves simultaneously and is in great anxiety so that all the items are cooked to perfection so why does she take up all this anxiety? because that anxiety is the expression of love we don’t see the Gopis or Radharani just telling the Kalpataru please provide this this and serve it to Krishna because within the service, within the struggle for service is also the expression of love and there is the ecstasy that comes from the intimacy that is involved in perseverance through struggle so the devotees even when they want to glorify Krishna they want to endeavor and through that endeavor they express their love for Krishna and they set an example also for those who are not mystic siddhis they should also struggle for Krishna’s service Krishna Prabhupada when we read Leelam then we see how much devotees struggle to share Krishna consciousness through heart attacks and through indifference and discouragement and poverty and threats by hippies hippies gone wild through all that then we feel stirred if Sri Prabhupada sacrifices and struggles so much let me struggle at least a little bit in Krishna’s service so in this way the devotees also set an example of struggle for others so devotees don’t want to shortcut that just have some mystic power by which everything that is required for the service of Krishna is automatically done that is not done in the spiritual world also where it is easily possible and it is not done in the material world also because devotees want to endeavor for Krishna’s service they want to set an example so that those who do not have those mystic siddhis will also endeavor accordingly