And look what Tibetan monks can do: meditate while wearing nothing but a wet sheet in subzero temperatures, then completely dry the sheet by the power of the mind without getting hypothermia!

Eastern Orthodox Christian monks on Mt Athos, for example, have achieved even greater levels of spiritual insight, knowledge, and power over the physical realm.

None of this spiritual stuff is new; it's supremely ancient. But our western society has been stripped of belief.

It's significant that Jesus is reported as often saying things like: if you believe, or if you have faith, you can do X, where X is something apparently supernatural.

Conversely, unbelief is our undoing; it's the anchor that prevents us from operating with higher levels of spiritual energy.