Having read my earlier post, Sailaja from India, messaged me, sharing a similar encounter with nature's beauty just as Gayathri Muraleedharan has had.
Aiya, I can so relate to Gayatri Muraleefharan's post. I have been sighting a kingfisher perched on a jackfruit tree which is very close to my bedroom window. I look forward to seeing the kingfisher as I believe Appa is watching over me and assuring me "don't worry my daughter, I am with you" (His words in my Nadi reading). This has been occurring since the past few months and I feel joyous when I sight the kingfisher and pay reverence. In fact. Aiya, since past few days I have been trying to find the significance of the sighting of the kingfisher and here comes your latest post which answers my query. Google says that the Kingfisher is connected with planet Jupiter. Thank you Aiya for everything. I am eternally grateful.
As Mahin messaged "Siddhas everywhere and watching us", the world of the Siddhas intrigues me. They are akin to Guardian Angels. Betty J. Eadie writes in her book, "Embraced by the Light", "I saw Angels rushing to answer the prayers." They worked within an organization to give as much help as possible. As Bharathi sings,
நின்செயல் செய்து நிறைவுபெறும் வண்ணம்
நின்னைச் சரணடைந்தேன் — கண்ணம்மா!
நின்னைச் சரணடைந்தேன்!
Betty too says that we must invite his will to become our will, by surrendering to him.
Just as Angels are here to remind us of our promises and commitments made in the spirit world to help each other and prompt us to get working on it, so do the Siddhas come into our lives to remind us of our mission in life. They have a will and vision for us. If only we opened up to them and let them in. When we are attuned to Erai we tend to recognize these missions and task.
We are here for the growth of the spirit we are told. For spiritual advancement and development to take place, the soul has to be reborn again and again in this world. Manikavasagar mentions the various births it takes to reach the rare and gifted state of a man in his Sivapuranam.
Just as Angels are here to remind us of our promises and commitments made in the spirit world to help each other and prompt us to get working on it, so do the Siddhas come into our lives to remind us of our mission in life. They have a will and vision for us. If only we opened up to them and let them in. When we are attuned to Erai we tend to recognize these missions and task.
We are here for the growth of the spirit we are told. For spiritual advancement and development to take place, the soul has to be reborn again and again in this world. Manikavasagar mentions the various births it takes to reach the rare and gifted state of a man in his Sivapuranam.
புல்லாகிப் பூடாய்ப் புழுவாய் மரமாகிப்
பல் விருகமாகிப் பறவையாய்ப் பாம்பாகிக்
கல்லாய் மனிதராய்ப் பேயாய்க் கணங்களாய்
வல் அசுரர் ஆகி முனிவராய்த் தேவராய்ச்
செல்லாஅ நின்ற இத் தாவர சங்கமத்துள்
எல்லாப் பிறப்பும் பிறந்து இளைத்தேன், எம்பெருமான்
மெய்யே உன் பொன் அடிகள் கண்டு இன்று வீடு உற்றேன்
உய்ய என் உள்ளத்துள் ஓங்காரமாய் நின்ற
மெய்யா விமலா விடைப்பாகா வேதங்கள்
Oh Lord by becoming the grass, small plants, worms, trees,
Several types of animals, birds, snakes,
Stone, human beings, ghosts, different types of devils,
Strong asuras, sages, devas,
And I travelled all over this spectrum of moving and not moving things,
And took all types of births and became tired.
Truly I have attained salvation seeing your golden feet,
Oh God, who stood as letter “Om”,
in my mind so that I would be saved,
R.Venugopalan in his "Hidden Mysteries of Kundalini", mentions that after completing the cycle of all the 8.4 million yonies the soul takes rest in the purest heart of the Lord himself from whence it came forth originally. The soul has arrived back home to Sivapuram as Esai Gnani Elaiyaraja pens in a song "Yen Ooru Sivapuram Paraloga Perumpuram" on Annamalaiyaar in the album 'Guru Ramana Geetham'. This is liberation from the cycle of death and birth.
Ravi Srivastava writes at https://www.quora.com/Does-a-soul-have-84-lakh-birth
Liberation (mukti) means putting a stop to the journey within the cycle of 8.4 million species. When one breaks this cycle, one is liberated from repeated birth and death, and is transferred to the spiritual sky, where he gets an eternal body.
The eternal body is said to be one of Sat or eternity, Chit, that of knowledge and Ananda or bliss.
According to the Vedas, there are 8.4 million species of life and the conditioned soul which is immortal is continuously passing through the different species according to his karma, under divine supervision. Thus there are 8.4 million types of bodies, out of which the soul assumes a body at the time of death. The body that we will get after giving up the present body will depend upon our stock of past karma (activities). If we have a stock of sinful activities we will have to assume an animal’s body or even lower forms whereas if we have a stock of pious activities we may get a human or a super-human body (demigod’s body).
The Padma Purana further divides them into six groups, namely aquatics, trees, insects, birds, animals and humans: Aquatics/Jalaja – 0.9 million; Trees/Sthavara – 2.0 million; Insects/Krimayo – 1.1 million; Birds/Pakshinam – 1.0 million; Animals/Pashavah – 3.0 million; Humans/Manavah – 0.4 million who are classified as Gandharvas, Vidyadharas, Caranas, Angels, Apsaras, Yaksas, Rakshas, Bhutaganas, Uragas, Pasus, Pitas, Kinnaras, Kimpurushas, Pretas, Pisacas, Bhutas, Pannagas, Vaitalikas, Vetalas, Nagas, Uragas, Pannagas, Suparnas, Mahoragas, Pramathas, Nayakas, Asuras, Devas, Daityas, Danavas, Guhyakas, Ribhus, Kindevas and so on.
Having led a particular existence as in the animal kingdom and lifestyle as in humans, we are said to be reborn again and again, sometimes as humans and at other times as plants, animals and other species. It is said that the animals closest to the man in this hierarchy is the cow and the elephant, hence the reason these animals are kept and worshipped in temples. Agathiyar complements Manickavasagar: Taking the rare human birth, one progresses from a common man to a divine man, a master (guru), a Rishi, a Siddha, a Gandharva, a Deva and finally heads back home to the kingdom of Erai.
The Lord is known only through this amazing creation of his - man. Let us not waste this birth as we had in all the previous births. Let us take the hand of Agathiyar and cross this sea of birth.
The Lord is known only through this amazing creation of his - man. Let us not waste this birth as we had in all the previous births. Let us take the hand of Agathiyar and cross this sea of birth.