Don's Source About Intense Meditation And Metal Bending

[tadeus]

Without wanting to put a "Damper on Things", what is the point? I came from the School of Zen, and such practises are considered pointless. Meditation development is to achieve Spiritual Awakening and Self-Development, and eventually Liberation. Spoon bending achieves nothing. Are you seeking to become "Awake" with "Party Tricks", or in it for the "Real Thing". I consider such practises and something that is holding you back, and not taking you forward. It is like the story in Zen, where a student spent ten years in Meditation on the bank of a river, seeking to cross the river by Levitation. The Spiritual Master passed, and said use the bridge. It would be easier to bend a spoon with a hammer, than wasting time in Meditation.

I agree that such things are only a 'material' proof for the possibility of 'paranormal activity'.
This might be sensational for much people, but does not really point into an direction of spiritual progress.
It's on the 'edge' of metaphysical work similar to magic work, where it is not clear if the goal can be seen as positive work.