Readers might have noticed my concern and worry displayed in the past three posts regarding what is going on around us for the past 1 1/2 years. The reason being many questions were not answered. Although we placed our prayers before Lord Shiva following Agathiyar's directive in December of last year so that the current pandemic should subside and we can carry out his annual Jayanthi in February of 2021 and life can get back to the usual and normal, where breadwinners can bring bread and butter to their dinner tables and most importantly children can play outdoors enjoying the world and its sights and sounds, there was no positive sign of the pandemic coming to an end. Besides asking that we follow the rules laid by the authorities, Agathiyar towards the end of 2020 had also asked us to pray to Lord Shiva so that the pandemic shall mellow in its intensity and go away and we can all gather to celebrate his Jayanthi. We called for a group prayer conducted at the same time from each individual's homes without the need to gather together physically.
An individual could appease his individual karma through remedies and individual prayer. We are currently victims of collective karma. Only collective prayer could possibly address collective karma. Hence, the need has arisen to come together in a single and specific thought. As coming together physically might not be possible during these times of the pandemic, collective thought shall break through the barriers laid on our path and bring success in all our noble endeavors. As every conscious thought is registered in the cosmic consciousness. It gains momentum and strength and power by the grace of the divine beings and comes back to us to heal us and the world, shall we all come together tomorrow Sunday 13.12.2020 at 12 noon Malaysian Standard time to sit silently and place our requests before Lord Shiva as per Agathiyar's directive? This is in line with Agathiyar's directive that we come together in asking and to move Lord Shiva who is known to grant boons irrespective of our spiritual status, to shower his grace and kindness in removing entirely this pandemic that has shown its ugly face. Agathiyar said he too shall try his best in convincing Shiva. Maybe the divine hand can go back in time and make some adjustments and bring a positive outcome.
Amerithe Kalasha Astheye
Sarvamaye Vinasaye
Thiriloganathaya Srimaha
Vishanve Namaha
A devotee wrote in "I am now not even surprised that, some 20 ...25 min back ...after my meditation I thought of writing to you the need of group prayers for relief from this pandemic. And here the thought gets manifested."
Another wrote: "We shall call upon compassion from Lord through our prayers sir. As appa said prayers are very effective. thank you sir and everyone in the group."
Yet another devotee wrote: "Let’s pray together until Siva heard and end this pandemic Anna."
Meanwhile, Master Uva suggested "My humble opinion is everyone doing daily meditation with their prayers. Invoke the Siddhar, Gurus, Mahans, Rishis, Munivars and Yogis in the prayers and meditate for 24 minutes. At the end of the meditation use the meditative energy to bless the entire world and everyone in it to be healed and recovered with Divine Healing Light. End it with prayers and blessings of the Siddhar, Gurus, Mahans, Rishis, Munivars and Yogis. This is a Collective Way of Healing the World and Everyone."
Acharya Gurudasan who we call affectionately Master Gowri and who had coached and taught us Kriya Yoga many years back gave us some pointers too: "After the alternative nostril breathing (Nadi shodana) as shown in this video, we can practice Matreika pranayama which we learned in classroom sessions at Bala uncle's place."
"Instruction: Inhale through both the nostrils and exhale through both the nostrils. Inhalation and exhalation should be for the same length. No withholding of breath, no pauses. The pranayama should be a continuous cycle from one breath to the next."
"If we know ujjayi way of breathing using the throat, that will be even better. Helps bring in a lot of prana shakti. Which we can dedicate to the entire world."
Suren who was in touch with a Siddha physician based in Thanjavur shared the recipe for building up immunity.
"Sitharata - 25g, Tipili - 10g, Val melege - 25g, Jathikai - 25g, Athi maduram - 25g, Jathi pathiri - 25g, Adatudai - 50g, Musu musukai - 50g, Sukku - 25g, Malli - 100g, Melege - 25g, Small siragam - 25g, Thulasi - 50g, Elakai -25g, Patai - 25g, and Kirambu - 25g. Make each as powder. Then heat it for a while. And then mix all of it. Take 1/4 teaspoon and mix it with 1 tumbler water. Boil it until it becomes 1/2 tumbler. Can mix with honey or kalkandu if needed. Kabasura kudineer also recommended. 3 day continuously and 10-day gap"
I had intended to revive the lighting of the Homam as I feared that my grandchildren shall be left out from the worship and rituals of the Siddhas. Suren had agreed to get me a new Homa Kundam in town as I had passed on mine to my niece who showed interest in doing it at her home. But as if to remind me of his directive to end all activities, Agathiyar arranged for me to have a cataract operation while my daughter went for another procedure in her eyes. So I could not light a Homam in my home to appease the Gods and to bring them to shower their grace and show mercy on us. I opted to do libation to him instead. Ramalinga Adigal had told me to bathe Agathiyar once a week some time back telling us that it shall cool him as he was too energized due to his continuous and deep tavam or meditation. We did as told. Now taking the cue from him, I started cooling him down the past few days by bathing Agathiyar's Murthy or statue several times a day. By this, I hoped that Lord Shiva/Agathiyar's anger, if any, as some quarters deemed it to be, shall subside. But we found out later that Lord Shiva was never angry. Neither is Agathiyar.
Just as I thought that I could not carry on with the fire ritual Mahindren decided to carry it out in his home with his family instead. He told me that if Tavayogi was around he would have gone to the ground and lighted the Sarva Dosa Maha Nivarana Yagam now. This Yagam was an annual event at Kallar coinciding with Agathiyar's Jayanthi and Guru Puja that falls at the end of the year or the beginning. As Mataji Sarojini Ammaiyar is currently rushing to complete the samadhi structure of Tavayogi before 26 May 2021 where she intends to hold its kumbhabhisegam or inauguration, I thought that she was not in a position to carry out a similar massive Yagam at this juncture. But amidst the tight schedule, she did manage to hold some prayers too.
மேட்டுப்பாளையம் கல்லாறு மலை அடிவாரத்தில் அமைந்துள்ள அகத்தியர் ஞான பீடத்தில், உலகை அச்சுறுத்தி வரும் கொரானா தொற்று பூரணமாக விலகி உலகம் அமைதியாகவும் ஆரோக்கியமாகவும் திகழ வேண்டி சனி பிரதோஷ தினத்தில் கோமாதா பூஜை நடத்தப்பட்டது.
முன்னதாக கன்றுகுட்டி மற்றும் பசு மாட்டிற்கு மங்கல திரவியங்கள் கொண்டு குளிப்பாட்டப்பட்டது. மங்கள வஸ்திரங்கள் மற்றும் மல்லிகை பூ மாலைகள் அணிவித்து , மஞ்சள் குங்குமம் பசுவின் உடல் முழுவதும் பூசப்பட்டது.
அகத்தியர் ஞான பீட பீடாதிபதி சரோஜினி மாதாஜி கோமாதா போற்றிகள் கூறி மலர்களாலும் அட்சதையாலும் அர்ச்சனை செய்தார். வைரஸ் தொற்று விலகி உலகத்தில் அமைதி நிலவிட சங்கல்பம் எடுக்கப்பட்டது. மகா தீபாராதனை செய்து பசுமாட்டிற்கு பழங்கள் வழங்கப்பட்டது. ஆசிரமவாசிகள் மற்றும் பொதுமக்கள் கோமாதாவிடம் ஆசிகள் பெற்றனர்.
Aiya Thamaraiselvan too conducted puja towards the wellbeing of all at his Vaalai Parameshwari temple.
வணக்கம் அய்யா வாலை பரமேஸ்வரி ஆசிர்வாதத்தாலும் சகல சித்தர்கள் ஆசியாலும் இந்த இக்கட்டான சூழ்நிலையில் மக்கள் மீண்டுவர குரு வழியில் பயணிக்கும் அனைவருக்கும் பாதுகாப்பான வாழ்வு அமையவும் தாய் அருள் செய்யட்டும்......
I was extremely happy that Mahindran had the thought to carry out the Homam. It seemed very appropriate that prior to his decision, Agathiyar had established his home and the homes of another four as his Vanam too, following in the footsteps of AVM. He began the Homam at 10.30am this morning. It took him two hours to recite the Mrityunjaya mantra and the Dhanvantri mantra which he included during the Homam, each 108 times. At the end of the ritual, Lord Shiva rose to address them.
"மனிதர்கள் பிரபஞ்சத்தோடு இணைந்து பிரபஞ்சத்தைக் கவசமாய் பயன்படுத்தி பிரபஞ்சத்தைச் சுத்தம் செய்ய வேண்டும். பிரபஞ்சம் சுத்தம் அடையும் தருணம் இந்த நோய் முற்றிலும் குணமடையும். பிரபஞ்சத்தோடு இணையும்பொழுது உங்களில் ஏற்படும் அதிர்வுகள் அணுவாய் மாறிப் பிரபஞ்சத்தைத் தூய்மை செய்யும். அதுநாள் வரை இந்த நோய் நீண்டகாலம் இருக்கச் செய்யும். சிவன் நானும் உங்களோடு இணைந்து பிரார்த்தனைகளை முன்வேய்ப்பேன் பிரபஞ்சம் தூய்மை பெற. முடிந்தமட்டிலும் ஒவ்வொருவரும் இந்த ஹோமத்தைச் வாரம் ஒரு நாள் செய்து வாருங்கள். யாரெல்லாம் கலந்துகொள்ள முடியுமோ கலந்து கொள்ளதும். பூஜையில் இணைவோருக்கு இந்த நோய் பாதிக்காது.
உங்களின் பூஜையை நான் ஏற்றுக்கொண்டேன். ஷண்முகனிடம் இவற்றைப் பகிர்ந்துகொள்ளுங்கள். எழுத்து வடிவில் உலக மக்களுக்குக் கொண்டு சேர்க்கட்டும்."
Lord Shiva says man now needs to join forces with the Prapanjam and use it as a force field or shield and engage in cleansing it. When it's cleansed the world will be completely rid of the virus. When we engage with the Prapanjam the vibration that takes place in us shall become atoms that shall cleanse the Prapanjam. The virus will be around till that day (till that is achieved fully). Shiva will join us in prayers to cleanse the Prapanjam. He asked that we try to do the Homan once a week. Those who can join do so, he says (In lieu of the lockdown). Those who engage in this prayer will be safe. He has accepted today's Puja. "Share this with Shanmugam", he says. "Let it be known to all through his writings."
Several months before, when Bhogar came and invoked Lord Shiva to come and bless us, he asks us to request Lord Shiva any boons. As we were in a state of shock and speechless as we never expected the Lord to arise and greet us, we stood in silence. Finally, I replied that there was nothing to ask as he had provided for us well. He left. I thought that by asking for something it would only mean that the good Lord had left a void or shortcoming. It would implicate that something was amiss whereas we always stood our ground and held that we were complete or puranam and that we were truly and fully satisfied with nothing further to add on or ask for. Of course, Lord Shiva who is known to give boons would oblige but I did not want to hurt him thinking that he had missed out on giving us something extra. Later when I shared his coming with my wife, who was out of town, she quickly quipped that I should have asked about the pandemic and when it shall end.
What is there to say further. Lord Shiva has answered her question today. He has given the means and the solution. He wants us to work in unison towards healing the world. Just as we reverse our individual karma, we have to collectively reverse what we have done. We have to join forces with the Prapanjam and heal it by cleansing it. If Agathiyar had come to drive the point home that we need to adapt personal hygiene measures and cleanliness in our homes several years back, when a devotee questioned why her family was always sick, today we see the importance of hygiene and the need to keep our environment clean. Our ancestors most probably knew the need to adopt hygiene for they never shook hands but showed the gesture of Namasthe or Vanakam keeping their hands to themselves. They never used cutlery but laid the food on banana leaves and ate with their hands.
In telling us that the vibrations that arise while engaging with the Prapanjam shall result in atoms needed to cleanse the Prapanjam, it makes sense. As an elephant can't possibly kill an ant, we need something the size of the virus to rid it. When a doctor revealed the size of the coronavirus by giving us an example of a strand of hair that is split again and again multiple times, I am reminded of Tavayogi who in explaining to us the size of an atom took the epitome of a hair too and spit it into multiple times. The atoms that we generate as we connect with the Prapanjam shall get rid of the virus.
If the Siddha puja that was done with the family expanded with the coming of devotees to AVM, and later entered their homes too, as they brought back the practice, and expanded into the corridors of the temples that were Siddha friendly, eventually, so too, what began with personal hygiene and cleanliness in our homes and surroundings, was turned towards paying attention to the body and ridding it of Kalivu or toxins. Then it went on to cleanse the mind, heart, and soul and today has expanded to engage in cleansing the Prapanjam. How lovely.
So the ball is in our court. We have to take responsibility and take stock of our actions. It's time for us to get our act back. We all need to perform the fire ceremony in our little homes with our families. We need to reach out to the Prapanjam. There is a dire need to heal the planet. May the forces be with us so that we can carry out this new task given. Today we realize how the divine had us evolve slowly over the years to take on this task and responsibility. What was revealed to us through the Nadi readings as seekers in the initial years of our coming to the path of the Siddhas educated us on personal karma and its cause and effect. To reverse its effects we were sent on pilgrimages to temples and other places of worship. The hardship in making these pilgrimages diluted the karma to a certain extent and prepared us to receive the grace of God once we arrived at these energy vortexes. The divine could then come within and bring both the obvious and subtle changes within us.
From worship of a personal God, they brought us to the worship of the Siddhas. We took up reciting their names in our homes. The Siddhas in return came as gurus in physical form to nurture and guide us further. Tavayogi came to initiate us into its rituals. He introduced lighting the Homam while Agathiyar had us commission his bronze statue and have us perform libation or abhisegam at Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia (AVM). Later the small group of devotees who converged at AVM for prayers took to conducting charities too, initiated by upagurus Sri Krishna and Sri Dewi. While the rituals bridged both worlds that of man and the Gods, the charity programs opened our hearts to the plight of the unfortunate bringing compassion and love within.
18 years on and three months before the emergence of the Coronavirus, Agathiyar put a stop to all our activities dissolving the group too, asking us to move on to another phase that of going within. He asked us to pick up from where we left the Yoga practices given by Tavayogi and Acharya Gurudasan. He and Ramalinga Adigal showed us pranayama practices that would eventually lead to the onset of meditation. They would both come and ask if we were doing it. They would ask us to do it in front of them. They made sure that we did these Yoga asanas and pranayama, at times, driving us hard. Ramalinga Adigal came to teach us to connect with the Prapanjam too and has since then at every instance of his arrival made us reach out to the Prapanjam and tap into its resources. The form, name, and gender of divinity became irrelevant as we got connected with the energy from the Prapanjam. There seemed to be a certain urgency in getting us to comply that we did not understand until the virus emerged. That is the way of the Siddhas and the Divine. No explanations and giving out of lecture notes. We had just to follow.
After Agathiyar acknowledged the homes of the five devotees as Agathiyar Vanam I am happy that they shall continue the tradition. The rituals shall continue at their residences henceforth. The baton has been handed over to the younger generation to take the lead. I can sit back and watch.