Conquest_of_Mind

Thanks for this AMA! I will break-up my questions into different parts.

Have you met anyone who is enlightened? How far would you consider yourself to be along the path towards enlightenment?

What is a good book that presents the various types of meditation techniques that are available in the Buddhist fold?

Do you believe in the existence of siddhis/riddhis?

Have you met anyone who demonstrated them? If not, have you heard credible reports of riddhis from people you trust?

I apologize for this seemingly inappropriate question, but this is personally a problem for me. If riddhis don't exist (as it seems likely), then this causes a lot of difficulty in having faith in the doctrines of Buddhism (and also Hinduism), since if they were mistaken about riddhis or deliberately misleading the followers, they could be doing the same with Buddhism's more mundane claims.