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- நமஸ்காரம் சண்முகம் அவர்களே. தங்கள் சமீபத்திய கல்லார் தொகுப்பை பார்த்தேன், ஒளி நாடாவை பார்த்தேன். அற்புதம்.
This post is dedicated to these readers who have joined me in this journey.
If we saw that the Siddhas stressed the importance of timing to their followers, for some it just isn't important where they cannot keep time and miss their appointments. On the other end are the realized souls who have gone beyond time and in fact manipulate it. For instance, Sundaramurthy Nayanar is said to have reversed time when he brought back alive a child who was swallowed by a crocodile years earlier. Praveen Mohan posted a photo of this miracle carved in stone at the temple on Fb. While traveling with Tavayogi we passed by this temple in Avinashi, Tavayogi narrated this story.
If we are said to be under the influence of the planets, the younger Thirugnanasambanthar is said to have convinced the older Thirunavukkarasar about the ineffectiveness of these planets in determining the course of their journey for Sivan Adiyars or servants of Lord Shiva like them. He sang a padhigam that is called Kol Aru Thiru Padhigam.
Agathiyar revealed that when the soul evolves to a certain degree the planets transform into becoming our guru, and refrain from harming us. For this to take place one needs to travel the journey of external transformation and later travel within and be transformed internally. Patanjali's Yoga Sutra depicts this journey clearly. Where do we start? We start with ourselves.
There are two distinct types of people on both the extreme ends. The first walk past a temple indifferent to its existence. He has no notion about God or his creator. No amount of convincing shall make him step into the temple grounds. He does not believe in God but only believes in himself. He believes that he is in charge. He bulldozes through life to see his ideals materialize not worried about the consequences of his actions on others and the resulting law of cause and action or karma. He has no idea nor does he give any importance to karma and goes about his worldly affairs. All he sees in this world is the glamour and glory that he could achieve. He does not have time to dwell on his true purpose. He will need a guru like Tavayogi to come by to remind him of his purpose.
The latter walk past the temple too but knowing pretty well that the divine resides within. He lives for God. He becomes the very institution. Time passes by without the least importance to him as he is in charge and takes control of it. He has burnt his karma in the fire of his tapas or austerities. He sees beyond this world, like Yogi Ramsuratkumar who tells his follower that he saw seven moons. To him, all the possible glamour and glory that one strives to achieve is meaningless compared to that which he sees beyond the perception of our physical eyes. He is one whom we call a Tavayogi.
Then there are others like us who are caught in the middle. People who are making the transition from the former to the latter. We look up to the temple for all our religious needs. We see God as an institution. We come to God asking for favors and move on with our lives. We say we surrender to God but yet try to take hold of our life. We are trapped in confusion as to our priorities in life. We feel trapped having to shoulder the immense responsibilities. We see the world as dark and gloomy. We need constant reassurance. Time is an all-important factor as we have to bring bread and butter to the dining table. We are caught in the web of time. And are liable to be broken anytime. We struggle to find our true identity and our relationship with our creator. But the comforting news is that we are in the midst of making the transition from the former to the latter. We will need a guru like Tavayogi to come by to bring clarity and understanding to life and its purpose.
To these souls, God comes knocking on his door. He sends a guru to show him the path. Just like one has to serve his sentence and only then is he freed, once the ramifications of our past actions are diluted the Siddha comes calling to free us from this bondage. We are given parikaram or remedies to carry out and asked to atone for our past and change a new leaf. He sends other upagurus to light up the path. Slowly but surely he weans us out of the material life and brings us to see our soul and that in others too. We now begin a journey of not living for ourselves but for God, doing the tasks given by him. We realize soon that doing God's work does not accumulate fresh karma. As long as we carry on doing what our hearts desire these actions gather karma. If they are good actions the good karma will have to be lived out too either in the future or another birth. If it is otherwise we obviously come back to pay for it. Our actions henceforth don't bind us to the cycle of birth and rebirth. Just like a prisoner is put to do community work and service as in a community sentence, we realize that only by doing His work can we redeem our past sins and turn over a new leaf.
Rejoice that we are halfway through this journey of transformation from man to divine. With his grace, we might make it in this life. If it is not possible we shall make a comeback like Arnold Schwarzenegger's iconic dialogue from Terminator, "I am back."