>>33431
Faith- n. Complete confidence or trust in someone or something.
Got nothin' to do with rational or irrational. Scientifically supported or not. You either trust the details you are aware of or you trust another person who trusted those details in the first place. (You are not the sun you cannot know with 100% certainty that it will rise tomorrow…unless you are the sun. In which case, pleasure to share discourse)
You're right yoga practices vary immensely with different schools and levels of study. However all roads lead to the same place eventually when you're slowing your mind to near zero. And where all yoga roads lead is the dissolution of false self (or negation of ways you present yourself that are not true in this moment) .
If it were simply "just do it" with absolutely no conviction that it'll do anything then a lot more people practicing would discover the truth of their study and wouldn't just stop at a taste.
Being fit is absolutely something that increases your psychic faculties. Test it if you don't believe me. Superior respiration, blood flow, and endurance all help a system that relies on oxygen, blood, and sustained burning of energy.
You've never seen or experienced anything like fireballs or tk because you're here arguing the definition of faith instead of suspending your disbelief and trusting in the possibility.
I'm saying this.
You are the only reliable antenna you know of in this universe. Period. Unless you experience it personally, its all conjecture and "maybe" or "probably" or "this person had this to say" I've witnessed tk. I've actively effected my reality solely on my faith alone. I know this to be a principle that exists at least in the realities of myself and seven other people.
I'm not saying that assuming previous frameworks is wrong or incorrect (its v useful a lot of times so society can exist) …but to use that thought form all the time doesn't lead you to understanding anything. Only regurgitating what happened in the past. Test your doubt. Be open to the possibility and have faith that the outcome is possible, follow it through and if you fail then that doesn't mean your neighbor will.
But you'll choose what you want to believe anyway and that's the beauty of material existence, its just illusory enough that you can…in fact your encouraged to do so.