Yogi Ramsuratkumar had the following advice for aspirants on his path.
All your tapas and efforts would make you reach Guru’s Feet. Once you reach your Guru your sadhana efforts end here. Thereafter you need not bother about your spiritual growth. The Guru will take care of you. The Guru will see that you reach God.
Even if you want to escape from the Guru, the Guru will not leave you. Like a frog in the mouth of a King Cobra, the disciple cannot escape from Guru.
The only thing the disciple should do is remember the Guru and the Guru Mantra all the time. That is sufficient. Do not try to practice any method to reach God. Remember your Guru. That’s enough.
Listen to your Guru and have faith in our Guru. Your Guru would take the responsibility of you and take you where you ought to reach. After reaching Guru’s feet, you need not worry about your spiritual growth.
Just remember my Name. That is enough. This name Yogi Ramsuratkumar is not this beggar’s name. It is my Father’s Name. My Father has invested in this Name. Whoever remembers this name my Father will come to their rescue. Catch hold of the Divine Name and go on doing your work in the world. That’s enough. Remember this beggar’s Name, Yogi Ramsuratkumar.
You need not do any other rituals other than chanting the Name Yogi Ramsuratkumar. The Name Yogi Ramsuratkumar is not this beggar’s Name; it is my Father’s Name. For this beggar’s friends, this Name Yogi Ramsuratkumar is enough. If you remember this Name, you need not worry about your spiritual growth. My Father will take care of you. My Father will see that you will reach my Father safely. For all other people, let them remember any other God’s Name which they like. My Father alone exists. Nobody else. Nothing else. In the past, in the present and in the future, My Father alone exists.
Have faith in my Father. Have faith in my Father’s Name. This name Yogi Ramsuratkumar is not this dirty beggar’s name. This is my Father’s Name. Remember this Name that is enough. This beggar is enough for you people. There is no need for you people to go anywhere in search of my Father. And my Father will take care of us. We need not bother about our spiritual growth.”
My first guru Supramania Swami had four other gurus prior to taking the Holy Feet of the Yogi. His father Jayaraman Pillai, who initiated him into bhakti was his first guru. Kollimalai Swami, Pundi Mahan (Atru Swami), Sathanandha Swami of Salem (author of Kandhar Guru Kavasam), Kollimalai Swami and eventually Yogi Ramsuratkumar (Visiri Swami) nurtured him further.
When nearing his samadhi and those administrating to the needs of the Yogi in his later years forbade Supramania Swami from seeing the Yogi, the Yogi asks for him and spoke a few words before leaving his mortal body. The Yogi came knocking on Swami's door days after his Maha Samadhi and passed him a portrait of his before disappearing into the darkness of the night at Swami's home in Nachaananthal, laughing all the way till the sound of laughter faded away too.
Coming to know Supramania Swami under strange circumstances in 2003 and later on visiting him again in 2005, he brings the Yogi from his Samadhi to join us in chanting his name or Nama Japam at Swami's small cottage or kudil at Thiruvannamalai.
I never fully realized the power of the name of the gurus or masters till then. Recently Agathiyar told us that chanting his Diksha Mantra shall pave the way for the physical body to become the light body, going through the phases of Asudha Deham, Sudha Deham, Pranava Deham and finally Oli Deham, something that was achieved by the most recent Siddha Ramalinga Adigal.
Agathiyar has played a major role in the lives of Gods, Avatars, and saints of the past and still does in the present Era.
Agathiyar together with Upamanyu, Dadhichi and Gautama arrived at the young Sankara's humble dwelling one fine day. Sankara and his mother were honored to receive the four great sages. Sankara's mother was overjoyed that they could see the sages in this age of Kali. She asked to know what was in store for her child and why he was extraordinarily gifted with proficiency in the Vedic studies and carried all the great qualities at such a very young age.
Agathiyar, as desired by the other rishis, replied. Sankara's father had performed austerities to propitiate Lord Siva for a son in the past. At the end of the austerities, as a boon, when given a choice of a long-lived but worthless son or a short-lived son but with much greatness, he chose the latter. Hence Lord Siva himself took birth as Sankara. Sankara's mother now wanted to know how long her son will live. Agathiyar replies that though her son was destined to live only sixteen years, it was decided to extend by another sixteen years. As the most compassionate Agathiyar began to reveal Sankara's future, the other rishis fearing that Agathiyar will disclose too much, got up to depart. Hence Agathiyar stopped at that, and the rishis left Sankara's dwelling.
There were three factors that prompted Sankara to leave his home and become a wandering ascetic, writes Madhava-vidyaranya in his book "Sankara-Dig-Vijaya". First was the revelation by Agathiyar reminding Sankara of his mission; second Sankara gaining permission to become an ascetic from Sri Krishna and his mother, and above all his intense yearning for renunciation.
During the Treta Yuga, when Sri Rama was wondering as a hermit, many Rishis yearned for Sri Rama to grace their ashrams. As these Rishis were engaged in severe austerities or tapas, they could not leave their dwellings to meet Sri Rama. Sri Rama on his part could not visit every single ashram of these Rishis. Sri Rama could only meet Agathiyar, Bharatvajar, and Sabari. Sri Rama too had to move on to Kishkinta, Sundara and Yutta Kaandams. Hence he could not grace the ashrams of hundreds of Rishis. These wishes of the Rishis became Vasanas and got attached to Sri Rama. Hence Sri Rama had to exhaust these Vasanas by granting their wishes in his next incarnation as Sri Krishna.
Although during the Yutta Kaandam, Agathiyar managed to bring along some Rishis with him to have the Darshan of Sri Rama and to serve him, there were many more yearning for his Darshan but could not make it as they were engaged in austerities at Thandakaranyam. They were disappointed.
Agathiyar asked Sri Rama how he was going to satisfy their wishes. "Could you satisfy their wishes before this incarnation is over?", he asked. Sri Rama agreed that he could not do so before his time was up. Sri Rama was saddened that he was the cause of disappointment to these Rishis. Sri Rama realized that he could not meet them and seek advice from Agathiyar.
Agathiyar reveals to Sri Rama, "In your next incarnation as Sri Krishna in Dwabara Yuga, these Rishis who had cherished to have your Darshan and serve you, will take rebirth as Gopikas and through play and devotion and service to you, attain bliss and fulfillment."
"This is the secret (mystery) behind incarnations and rebirth", reveals Agathiyar. Whatever unfulfilled desires of the Rishis during the reign of Sri Rama's Avatharam, gains fulfillment during his next incarnation as Sri Krishna. (Source: Posts of 17.7.2014 of Siththan Arul by Sri Velayudham Karthikeyan.)
Having seen the positive manner in which boons were used by many, looking at the fables, myths, Puranas, and stories of lore from the Indian subcontinent, we gain insight into these gifts often showered on staunch devotees of Gods and Goddesses, who upon receiving them sadly turn arrogant and begin to take control of the world and its running, nay even the Gods and Goddesses too.
King Ravana was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. None of us could ever match his devotion towards Lord Shiva. Yet we consider him as the bad guy. Lord Shiva having being cooled down by Ravana's extreme tapas and austerities and devotion granted him a boon. Once he began to understand the vast powers that came with the boon, he became arrogant. We seek permission to quote from https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/rise-and-fall-of-ravana/49116 on the process that took place in the rise and fall of King Ravana.
Born in the lineage of one of the most learned and wise sages of all times, Rishi Pulatsya, Ravana had all the bearings which could make him a legend. Not exactly a hero which he could have been, he definitely had the knowledge to be one. But, his ego, his illusion of immortality, and the belief that he would never be punished for his sins made him fall in the battle of Ramayana. Certainly, an interesting character, where on one hand he stopped any kind of animal sacrifice in his kingdom and was pious and ascetic, on the other hand, he had a long list of curses received from many celestial figures including Nandi. That said, Ravana had his own share of sins that he committed, and before he could have had realized his sins (maybe he would have never had), he met his inevitable death when Rama's arrow pierced his navel.
Even the Gods and Goddesses, we are told, were never spared. Arrogance on their part, brought them to earth to live a mortal life and conduct extreme austerities, yagna, rituals and meditation before they were accepted back into their fold. Similarly, it is with the numerous other stories of devotees who were lifted to an elevated stage in life, akin to ma manithan, deivam, mahan, gnani, muni, Siddha, rishi, etc, but due to arrogance fell flat on their faces and fell to the ground; fell in disgrace and fell into oblivion. I have asked the ATM family to help keep each other in check lest we too should fall out of the mercy of Erai; lest we shall fall out, out of arrogance. If the sheath of Maya or illusion does terrific havoc to even the masters and gurus, we could very easily succumb to it too. The day we stop listening to the words of the wise is the day we fall into disgrace. My prayer is, "Lord please help us be aware of the mischief done by Maya who lurks in the dark and at every corner of our spiritual journey, waiting to disrupt or bring to a standstill our intended journey, a return to your house, our home."