In 'Life Script - The Genome and the New Medicine" by Nicholas Wade, Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2001 we read that "Far from being a necessary end, death is purely contingent, a tail-end consequence of other more important processes." Agathiyar too in helping me rid the fear of death told me death is not the end but a doorway to another journey. Tavayogi appeared in a dream of a devotee where he was ferried across the waters with others all cloth in white by Lord Shiva himself. On the far bank, she could see Holy men going by their chores. Agathiyar in coming to us told me that my gurus should be by my side as I undergo many transitions and internal transformations but he had to take Tavayogi away to do his chore. Hence he was on hand to guide me further. Supramania Swami sitting in the living area of his kudil in Tiruvannamalai could see the Holy hill of Arunachala packed with Holymen going about their chores. When the famed Nadi Guru Hanumathdasan passed away Agathiyar told his close friends in the Nadi that he was meditating in the Pothigai hills. Hence family and friends were asked to let him go. When my mother was nearing her death, in asking my sibling and niece to let go of her, Agathiyar told us that she had to move on and take another birth that was in waiting. Going by these then there is indeed another world out there where we arrive and land and take up new chores.
We are given a certain lifespan that varies from person to person. In the animal kingdom, too longevity is an asset with the elephant living more than seventy years while the small and vulnerable mouse has a short lifespan, writes Nicholas. Some trees are known to have lived long going by their measurements. The Siddhas who were once like us are said to be still living, some in their samadhis and others as light. They are said to manifest before some in person or as light. Tavayogi has seen and communicated with them in both forms. Konganar is said to have seen 18 Bharath wars fought. How was all this possible? While this remains a mystery, we hear of some who manage to cheat death and live long years. Some saints are known to be around for a very short while before returning. Illaiyaraja sings that he became separated from Lord Shiva and is lost and knows not how to find his way back in his song "En Ooru Sivapuram." So where is our true home? If we knew we would already be there and would not waste another moment here right?