I am blessed. My family is blessed. My friends are blessed. All those who come to know Agathiyar are blessed. This I realized after coming to Agathiyar. Agathiyar officially invited me to his marga or path through a Kaanda Nadi reading in 2002.
The Kaanda Nadi is written by Siddhas, Agathiyar being one of the foremost Siddhas. A Siddha has written that the mention of Agathiyar’s name itself is sufficient, for all the other Siddhas shall turn round to grant their blessings too. Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal adds that the Siddhas are pleased and will want to know who is the atma or soul who has uttered Agathiyar’s name. Tavayogi mentions too that it is not easy to come to Agathiyar’s fold.
Similarly I am surprised how difficult it is for some to become a vegetarian, for they have to battle itself out with themselves and others around them. On the contrary when Tavayogi asked my wife to make a decision, on the spot, to become a vegetarian if she wanted to be initiated, she readily agreed. I had become a vegetarian some 17 years ago, for no particular reason - a decision made overnight.
Similarly I am surprised how difficult it is for some to become a vegetarian, for they have to battle itself out with themselves and others around them. On the contrary when Tavayogi asked my wife to make a decision, on the spot, to become a vegetarian if she wanted to be initiated, she readily agreed. I had become a vegetarian some 17 years ago, for no particular reason - a decision made overnight.
It is said that the Siddhas wait patiently for a potential candidate to come by. Sometimes they seek out the candidate and coax him to come into their fold. A story is told by Dharmalinga Swamigal of a Siddha who approached a potential disciple. When asked to follow him, the disciple who was caught in maya or illusion that the world is real, asked to postpone saying that his parents want to see him married. The Siddha left. After some time, the Siddha came for him again. Again the disciple asked for postponement sighting the reason that his parents want to see their grandchild. After many years the Siddha approaches him again yet, only to be told that he needs to get his child married off. The Siddha decides he has to break his disciple's illusion, asked him for a young tender coconut to quench his thirst. The disciple volunteers to climb the coconut tree to get him a fruit. Midway the Siddha yells at him to stop. He asked his disciple whether he was holding on to the tree or the tree was holding on to him. Just as Pattinathar’s illusion was shattered when his son left him a broken needle and a note saying “Even a needle with a broken ear would not accompany you to your grave”, immediately the disciple’s illusion was shattered and the disciple followed his guru.
Once someone has stepped forward to want to know about Siddhas, the Siddhas will start to lead them on. At the very start, the aspirant is shown his past through the Nadi reading so that he understands why he has taken the present birth. Tavayogi says for advanced souls they get to see their own past during meditation. Tavayogi recalls that he had met and receive initiation from Agathiyar in the past birth.
The past is revealed and appropriate measures or atonements (parikaram) is given to correct, lessen or completely eradicate his past faults. One who has parikaram mentioned in his Nadi reading ought to be grateful for he has been given a chance to undo his wrongs. Understand that there had been cases where the seeker had been provided no parikaram or escape route but to have to go through all the sufferings or in the worst scenario, refused a reading.
The ever compassionate Siddhas show us an escape route, a way out of our sufferings. They make us understand that all our sufferings is a result of our past actions. Tavayogi says that just as what we are undergoing is a result of the past, what we do in the present will determine our future. So they caution us on our thoughts, deeds and actions.
Agathiyar mentions that one has to borne his past seven years of karma in the present birth. It is also said that the past karma of the parents and forefathers too are borne by the child, agreed by both parties even before conception of the child. Betty J. Eadie, author of "Embraced By The Light" says that we should not fret and complain as we had agreed to take on this role and all that comes its way even before our birth, at the level of the atma or soul. On taking birth we tend to forget this deal that we had made.
Neale Donald Walsch in his series "Conversations with God" and "The Little Soul and the Earth" mentions the same, that we have worked out all things at the level of the soul and wait for it to take shape and happen or act it out on the physical plane - earth.
We have come with a baggage of karma, that we have to unload, unfold, lay out and sort, and pay-off or settle before eventually leaving empty handed. Agathiyar says that is the goal of taking birth. That should be our goal.
After having taken the necessary actions to remedy our past karma, the Siddhas advise us further through their Aasi Kaandam or Jeeva Nadi. I had fulfil my atonements as mentioned in the Nadi both at home and in India. Returning from India Agathiyar blessed me with his first Aasi nadi and I had the privilege to read another 48 Aasi Nadi to date.
My children have had their Nadi read too. My wife was gifted with a reading too out of the conventional way of having to provide a print of the left thumb. Instead Agathiyar had a reading for her without the need for a print.
My friends have had an equal share of experiences with the Nadi and the Siddhas. Bala Chandran Gunasekaran was so captivated with the Nadi that he later brought more than 200 seekers for a reading and has many others waiting for an appointment. Both Bala and Surendaran Selvaratnam have had numerous readings too, including having read the Jeeva Nadi in possession of Tavayogi at Kallar. They have been closely guided by Agathiyar and the Siddhas through these readings.
Tavayogi initially was guided by the Nadi and has since been gifted with a Jeeva Nadi of his own. Thavathiru Rengaraja Desigar has had numerous readings that are published daily. Jnana Jhotiamma has had the privilege too to read her Nadi at Kallar. She is still guided by the Nadi.
My friends have had an equal share of experiences with the Nadi and the Siddhas. Bala Chandran Gunasekaran was so captivated with the Nadi that he later brought more than 200 seekers for a reading and has many others waiting for an appointment. Both Bala and Surendaran Selvaratnam have had numerous readings too, including having read the Jeeva Nadi in possession of Tavayogi at Kallar. They have been closely guided by Agathiyar and the Siddhas through these readings.
Tavayogi initially was guided by the Nadi and has since been gifted with a Jeeva Nadi of his own. Thavathiru Rengaraja Desigar has had numerous readings that are published daily. Jnana Jhotiamma has had the privilege too to read her Nadi at Kallar. She is still guided by the Nadi.
It has been a beautiful journey indeed, one that I shall cherish forever.