His disciples call him Baba so I have taken the liberty of editing his name in your question.

From a manifesting point of view, he is not doing anything that anybody else cannot do. He has just become good at it and can show live things appearing out of nowhere.

Personally, I don't think this is different from manifesting anything else. Unlike most of us, he has not set limits on what he can manifest by mainly looking at what others around him have and have not been able to manifest and therefore, holds no resistance.

Hi Wade,

When I first became aware of esoteric/mystical notions regarding manifestation, I was strongly attracted to the literature and culture of India, as it seemed to be the place where "miracles" and tales of manifestation still abounded. Whereas most of Western civilization did not seem to believe in this stuff anymore (our mystical-magical notions having greatly faded since the "Age of Reason"), India was still "the land of miracles" where accounts of modern wizards, saints and miracle-workers abounded.

I immersed myself in the accounts of these reputed expert manifesters, and came across some pretty interesting things such as:

The apparently immortal Babaji, who materialized a golden palace out of thin air in the presence of Lahiri Mahayasa (see Chapter 34 of Autobiography of a Yogi).

Trailingaswami, who manifested all sorts of objects out of thin air, and lived to more than 250 years of age.

Swami Khatkhatananda, who supplied an entire feast for a huge crowd by periodically materializing food out of thin air.

The list goes on and on.

I once studied for a few months under a Yogi in the American northeast who was himself a disciple of the "old school" mystical yogis. He ran (and still runs) classes on the materialization of phenomena via "psychic" means. I stopped only because it was just then that I found Inward Quest, and the techniques available to me here were logistically easier for me to implement on a regular basis.

That said, I feel strongly that something was happening while doing these yogic exercises. At several points I even began to see a blue flame slowly wavering in my center of vision (with eyes closed) after doing certain exercises.

The exercises involved a series of pranayamas in conjunction with certain visualizations relating to the nadis, chakras and psychic channels. There were a few other esoteric things as well involving sound and vibration. The following book contains an explanation and overview of the exercises, although you would have to take one of the classes I took to get the "complete" treatment:

http://www.amazon.com/Yoga-Yogic-Powers-Yogi-Gupta/dp/1258486393

Here is a quote from the book to give you a sense of it...the author was a disciple of Swami Sivananda:

"When thoughts are expressed through the higher vehicles, immediately they start to materialize into objects and things and create a phenomena. When the expression of thoughts is through words, through physical actions or other lower vehicles of expression, it does not create good results of materialization. For example, if a person wants a million dollars and he expresses himself through words, and does make every effort physically to earn a million dollars, he would hardly succeed because because the conscious mind and the material and gross vehicles of expression have very limited power so far as materialization is concerned. When you can express your thoughts through the higher vehicles of mind without speaking a word or expressing by physical effort, you can easily create phenomena to help you acquire a million dollars." - pp. 160-161

In terms of technique, I would say that the above book "spills the beans" more than any other that I've read.

If you want to do further reading about the "miracle working" Saints and Yogis, I would recommend the above book as well as Autobiography of a Yogi, and The Walking Shiva of Varanasi (the latter contains the spiritual treatise of Trailingaswami), and The Miracles of Swami Sivananda, which is available for free online:

http://www.dlshq.org/download/miracles.pdf http://www.dlshq.org/download/pranayama.pdf

Also the following book, which I've referred to before in previous IQ posts: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Masters-Himalayas-Their-Teachings/dp/0766103617/

And a free (partial?) version is available here on Google books.

Good luck, and feel to ask any more questions.

EDIT 4/18/2013

Due to interest from a few people, I've posted a few links with substantial info on these psychic "miracle-working" yogis...for those who want to do further reading:

http://www.dlshq.org/books/es93.htm

http://www.yoga-age.com/modern/yogaaddenda.html

http://www.dlshq.org/saints/jnanadev.htm

http://www.dlshq.org/saints/milarepa.htm

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121210/news-current-affairs/article/yogis-bygone-eras-still-live-himalayas-seer

I actually asked Rob's Treb something like this question, but more so on just how we was able to achieve this level of manifesting. Hopefully the explanation he gave to me could help a little. Here is a link from an explanation given by him.

http://youtu.be/rzIN5rqoKaE?t=10m

After about the 10 minute mark I think is when he starts explaining how we was able to do it.

First off.. is this Babaji, the 2000 yr old, from India you're speaking of ? He is able to appear & reappear as a young man, or old man, at will... it would be nothing for him to materialize gold right in his hand. If you want to know more about Babaji, do a search for Leonard Orr, & he studied under him for years, & knows more about him than any other person at this time...

Yes, this question was asked of TReb and he explained that basically he was able to with pure connection, but as he got older, and his ego with money and notoriety took hold, he started to fake it because he became so disconnected. This was a great surprise to me as well.

love n light

rob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzIN5rqoKaE#t=600s

Back in the 1970s a good friend and author of several books, Roy Eugene Davis went to India to observe Sri Sai Baba.

Roy brought back some articles Sai Baba had "manifested." I photographed these articles for a book Roy was writing.

One of these articles was a ring. Sai Baba asked Roy what he would like as a gift. Roy said, "I want a ring with your picture on it." Sai Baba closed his empty hand tightly. when he opened it, the ring was there.

I looked at the ring closely. It was, excuse me, cheaply made. The picture of Sai Baba was a halftone (made up of dots), the ring itself was adjustable, like a ring you might get in a vending machine.

BUT Roy asked and Sai Baba manifested it -- or somehow transported it from somewhere else. Roy and I don't know, but it was, as Roy said, "Damned interesting!"

I don't remember if Sai Baba was considered a great guru at the time. This was 40 years ago. Indian "Holy Men" were just beginning to make a dramatic imporssion on the psychic community in Atlanta.

I remember one man, Swami Adona Ley, disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, who came to stay with me and my wife at the time. He was really cool! Great sense of humor. I remember someone asked him the most important posture for practicing yoga. He said it was standing up on your own two feet.

He also said that the spiritual energy was changing focus to the west (USA) and coming our way like a boxcar on wheels and that there were a lot of Indian holy men appearing to push it in our direction, but that it was coming on its own.

He said, "many of my countrymen (India) come to your rich country and, how you say, are able to fill their arms with more (goodies) than they can carry."

I remember seeing a picture that seemed strangely in-congruent. A "guru" in robe and turban stepping out of a Rolls Royce with an air of pride and validation. Pride? Validation? Not a state of desirelessness.

I was an avid reader on a variety of subjects. Adona could converse fluently on any subject I suggested. Many of these subjects were very new and avaunt guard. I never saw him read anything.

I asked him how he was able to know so much about any subject? He replied that it was "all there, in the air."

Paramahansa (Divine Swan) and Yogananda (union of bliss) Interesting name. Was also a fascinating character. I never knew him, but his book "Autobiography of a Yogi" is a wonderful read!

Once he was walking with a group of disciples. The sun was boiling hot. A disciple decided to help. He chanted and danced and worked very hard. A cloud came up and obscured the Sun. Yogananda thanked him, and said, "Why didn't you just get a parasol?"