If I wrote that "The Siddhas are not teachers nor are there teachings. They show by practical means to the sole (soul) seeker who comes by, the way, the method, the practice, and the means. They are not known to assemble people or gather a large crowd in dispersing their well earned wisdom and divine knowledge or gnana. Having reached the zenith and summit, they do us a favor in bringing us to their abode too. As Tavayogi says one should come on his own accord, this path is not for the masses", indeed never did they take the stand as a guru sitting on a high pedestal churning out their teachings. On the contrary, they came down to our level talking to us first through their medium of communication, the Nadi, revealing our past, present, and future. Later they came in the Aasi and Jeeva Nadi revealing things in real-time. Then they came as a guru in physical form taking us on a practical journey, walking with us, sleeping with us, and eating with us. They sat with us and sang the praise of the Siddhas, their praise, showing us how it should be done. They sat with us feeding the flame showing us how the yagam is to be done. They came and bath the statue of theirs showing us how it is to be done. They sat and meditated with us showing us how it is to be done. They came and did pranayama showing us how it is to be done. They became one in the family and in the household. All we did was to allocate a room for them to continue with their tapas.
The many stories about the Siddhas' appearance before others mystified me in the past. They were mere stories until we became witnesses to their amazing presence. Dr. Nanjan, a veterinarian from Ooty who accompanied Tavayogi to Malaysia told me of how he came face to face with Agathiyar in an elderly couple's home in India. He had asked permission to enter their prayer room. The moment he entered he saw Agathiyar who was reclining like Lord Vishnu on the bed of sea, arise, tie his long tress and disappear before him. When I was with Tavayogi in a local peedham, a call came in. It was his cook and caretaker of his ashram, Nadarajah. Nadarajah was telling him over the phone how he saw Tavayogi come up the hill as he decended. Tavayogi's form changed to Agathiyar who materialize before him before disapearing as he came down the slopes of their ashram. How could that be when Tavayogi was with me then? Tavayogi and I were surprised by a statement made by a peddlar of rosaries on the grounds of Brihadeswar temple. He asked Tavayogi what he was doing there again having seen him the day before. How was that possible. I never lost sight of Tavayogi during our travels. Furthermore we had only arrived at Tanjavur that day. Tavayogi himself shared with me how Agathiyar came in the form of light or jothi in the hills of Kallar. If these stories were distant tales of Agathiyar appearing before devotees, I was in for a surprise as Agathiyar appeared closer to home. Jnana Jothiamma who visited us in 2013, had a sleepless night as she shifted from my prayer room to sleep on the couch in the living room. Initially, she thought why was I making all the din and noise in the middle of the night. Soon she realized that it wasn't me but Siddhas moving in and out of my house. Finally, Agathiyar came out of the prayer room, gave her a glance, and disappeared through the front door shutting it behind him. Several years back an Australian lady of Chinese origin stopped by at my home on her way to the airport to board her flight home. A friend had asked that he bring her over. She came out of the prayer room in tears telling us that she saw Agathiyar standing ceiling high.
If we had the yearning that he has yet to appear before us, these days he frequents us coming through his devotees at times spending long hours speaking to us. We are blessed to have the honor of greeting him and having him in our home. He has also made his appearance in the homes of fellow devotees. Lord Shiva, Goddess Ma, Lord Ganapathy, Lord Murugan, graced our homes. The Siddhas including Agathiyar, Tirumular, Bhogar, and Dhanvanthri came often. The gurus Ramalinga Adigal, Yogi Ramsuratkumar, Supramania Swami, and now Tavayogi too came to guide us. The deities Karupanasamy and Ma Kali come by to pay their respects to Agathiyar too. When Tavayogi and Mataji joined us in our homes and performed the Homam, the ground shook below Mataji. Only she felt it. Several days later Agathiyar in the Jeeva Nadi reading for a devotee mentioned it saying that the Siddhas had joined us in our homes. That had caused the ground to shake. We never for once knew that these gods and goddesses and the Siddhas and gurus were accessible to ordinary folks like us. What did we do to deserve their blessings? We did not do any great tapas or austerities. Neither did we invoke them reciting difficult mantras for hours on end. We did not go into the deep jungles in search of them. We did not spend nights in their caves. But yet they came to us. All we did was recite their names, and perform the homam and abhisegam. These rituals brought them over.
Today they have made us drop all these rituals for once they connect with us all else is irrelevant anymore. These days they stand with us, walk with us, dine with us, chat with us, sleep with us and accompany us everywhere. But they do not stop at that. After having us drop Sariyai and Kriyai they made sure we engaged in Yogam coming often to remind us of the need to do the asanas and pranayama that Tavayogi showed us. Taking hold of the breath they had us go within. Soon even that was not necessary. We are asked to just become aware of it. They had us learn up the tatvas and wanted us to know our Atma. The Atma shall lead us to the Paramatma. That is the finale. The show then ends.