An excerpt from Barefoot in the Heart: Remembering Neem Karoli Baba edited by Keshav Das posted at https://www.ramdass.org/daughter-sleep-well-tonight/ brings sadness but at the same time shows the greatness of Gurus in bringing relief to those suffering.
Looking around us, we see suffering all around us. The compassionate Buddha, when he learnt about peoples suffering, seeked to find out the reasons for one's sufferings. Man wants a way out of his misery. He tries his level best to overcome his problems but it is of no avail. Then he seeks external help. He prays that all his problems will wither away. He goes in search of saintly persons who could help him. Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal tells me not to pray for sufferings to go away, which would not happen, but to pray that Erai gives us the strength and shows us a way to overcome these sufferings.
I was told that people often approached Supramania Swami for a reading of their horoscope or to receive talismans which they hope would bring some relief to them, besides coming for some words of encouragement and motivation. One such incident happened when I was with him in 2005. A lady and a relative showed up at the Kudil looking sad. The lady began narrating her problems. She was been abused physically and verbally by her husband and in laws. Supramania Swami listened through. I thought he would give some advice maybe ask her to by patient and pray that her husband and his family would change for the better. To my surprise he told her to leave him and start life anew! On hearing him say that she gave a loud laugh. She thanked Supramania Swami and left laughing all the way.
When my daughter was knocked down by a car while riding pillion on a bike, and was immobilized for 9 months, I had no answers when she asked me why it had to happen. We were devotees of Agathiyar. Agathiyar was conveying many things to me through the Nadi reading. But he did not indicate anything about the impending disaster. Neither did he warn us so that we could take precautions. But when I seeked to know what to do next, whether to go for alternative medicines or follow what the medical doctors have advised, through the Nadi reading, Agathiyar shows the way. He explains why it had to happen, shows us the options available and advises us on our next move. Agathiyar says the accident had to happen but he was there to save my daughter's life.
Similarly Bala Chandran Gunasekaran hit a car and sustained minor injuries. Agathiyar, later in the Nadi reading, said that he was there and took Bala into his arms preventing something more severe from taking place. On another occasion, Bala hit a dog that crossed his path as it was dark. The dog died. He was spared again. The irony is that Bala had just read the Nadi a couple of hours before the incident. One would wonder why Agathiyar did not forewarn his favorite disciple? Although Agathiyar did not say a thing in the Nadi reading, he was on hand to save his child again.
I was warded for 4 days when I came down with the dengue fever recently. So was my second daughter a year back. Agathiyar revealed to Surendaran Selvaratnam in his Jeeva Nadi reading at Kallar that he was there at her hospital bed with Thirumular and helped increased my daughter's platelet level. We were amazed when Surendaran called us from Chennai and passed on this message to us.
Surendaran too fell from his bike sustaining minor injuries. A Vastu consultant I knew in Kuala Lumpur, knowing pretty well that he was undergoing the 7 1/2 year period of Saturn's influence in his charts, took all the necessary precautions. But just as Saturn was leaving, a passing vehicle hit his hand as he placed it out to indicate that his friend was making a right turn, while riding pillion on a bike in Chennai. He broke a few tiny bones of his fingers.
My wife was warded some time back and a procedure needed to be done on her. Fearing for her, as the procedure involved injecting into her spine, I seeked Agathiyar for advise. Agathiyar described the procedure the doctors were about to do, exactly just as she had heard it from them. He told her to go ahead with the procedure and that he would be with her throughout the time.
Mataji Sarojini Ammaiyar lost her husband in a freak accident involving his bike. Tavayogi too met with an accident when he was knocked down by a bus while riding a bike. It took several months for him to fully recover too. When I asked him why the mishap was not prevented, Tavayogi very humbly told me he too had karma that needed to be settled.
I was told that people often approached Supramania Swami for a reading of their horoscope or to receive talismans which they hope would bring some relief to them, besides coming for some words of encouragement and motivation. One such incident happened when I was with him in 2005. A lady and a relative showed up at the Kudil looking sad. The lady began narrating her problems. She was been abused physically and verbally by her husband and in laws. Supramania Swami listened through. I thought he would give some advice maybe ask her to by patient and pray that her husband and his family would change for the better. To my surprise he told her to leave him and start life anew! On hearing him say that she gave a loud laugh. She thanked Supramania Swami and left laughing all the way.
When my daughter was knocked down by a car while riding pillion on a bike, and was immobilized for 9 months, I had no answers when she asked me why it had to happen. We were devotees of Agathiyar. Agathiyar was conveying many things to me through the Nadi reading. But he did not indicate anything about the impending disaster. Neither did he warn us so that we could take precautions. But when I seeked to know what to do next, whether to go for alternative medicines or follow what the medical doctors have advised, through the Nadi reading, Agathiyar shows the way. He explains why it had to happen, shows us the options available and advises us on our next move. Agathiyar says the accident had to happen but he was there to save my daughter's life.
Similarly Bala Chandran Gunasekaran hit a car and sustained minor injuries. Agathiyar, later in the Nadi reading, said that he was there and took Bala into his arms preventing something more severe from taking place. On another occasion, Bala hit a dog that crossed his path as it was dark. The dog died. He was spared again. The irony is that Bala had just read the Nadi a couple of hours before the incident. One would wonder why Agathiyar did not forewarn his favorite disciple? Although Agathiyar did not say a thing in the Nadi reading, he was on hand to save his child again.
I was warded for 4 days when I came down with the dengue fever recently. So was my second daughter a year back. Agathiyar revealed to Surendaran Selvaratnam in his Jeeva Nadi reading at Kallar that he was there at her hospital bed with Thirumular and helped increased my daughter's platelet level. We were amazed when Surendaran called us from Chennai and passed on this message to us.
Surendaran too fell from his bike sustaining minor injuries. A Vastu consultant I knew in Kuala Lumpur, knowing pretty well that he was undergoing the 7 1/2 year period of Saturn's influence in his charts, took all the necessary precautions. But just as Saturn was leaving, a passing vehicle hit his hand as he placed it out to indicate that his friend was making a right turn, while riding pillion on a bike in Chennai. He broke a few tiny bones of his fingers.
My wife was warded some time back and a procedure needed to be done on her. Fearing for her, as the procedure involved injecting into her spine, I seeked Agathiyar for advise. Agathiyar described the procedure the doctors were about to do, exactly just as she had heard it from them. He told her to go ahead with the procedure and that he would be with her throughout the time.
Mataji Sarojini Ammaiyar lost her husband in a freak accident involving his bike. Tavayogi too met with an accident when he was knocked down by a bus while riding a bike. It took several months for him to fully recover too. When I asked him why the mishap was not prevented, Tavayogi very humbly told me he too had karma that needed to be settled.