Just as you cannot charge a dead battery cell, we must have some fire in us for the Siddha to work on us and connect us with the Prapanjam. Hence we see the many lessons and breathing practices that they ask us to carry out or do, at times breathing down our neck if there is an urgency or otherwise letting us off to explore the world around us further and gain life experiences before ditching all the pleasures that it brings for their grace and direction.
We are asked to initially light an oil lamp. Then the Siddhas come to ask us to kindle the lamp to burn big and bright. Soon they get us to kindle the light within each one of us by fanning it with our breath. That is about as much as our effort goes. After that, the magic happens within. Prapanjam showers its grace on us paving the way for unison with the larger flame, Arutperunjothi.
Tavayogi writes in his "Andamum Pindamum" that the Siddhas aim and goal and path was to realize the greatness of Prapanjam. Yoga was a means to it. இயற்கையில் ஆதி மூல சக்தியில் தொடங்கிய பிரபஞ்ச பேர் ஆற்றலை மனிதன் உணர்ந்து பேரின்ப நிலை அடைய வேண்டும் என்பதே சித்தர்கள் கொள்கையும் கோட் பாடும் ஆகும். பிரபஞ்சத்தின் ஆற்றலை மனிதன் பெற்று மன நிம்மதியோடும் பேரானந்ததோடும் வாழ வேண்டும் என்பதற்காக ஏற்பட்டதே சித்தர்கள் கண்டுபிடித்த யோகம்.