Friends who read this blog have begun to drop in a line asking me to continue writing. I thank them for taking the time to message me.
"Definitely, this blog serves the purpose. U are always a lighthouse for me. I learn and get to know many things from the blog. In fact, I came to Agathiar appa thru this very website. All the changes u go thru, it might be difficult for me to comprehend now but I shall understand one day. Keep writing aiya."
Another reader referred to my earlier post and wrote in again.
"Ayya unga words la Agathiyar has already given me the answer to my dilemma...I always felt confused and guilty for not following the path the right way. I felt I am not doing justice to the Siddha path. I felt I was a bad disciple to Agathiyar. But your words here exactly convey what I needed the most...To pacify my confused mind. it's like Agathiyar giving a pat on my back saying "All is going well Jeeva, don't worry"...Nandri"
Another regular reader and friend wrote in again.
"Oh aiyya I've only started to read the later posts...but want to tell you this _ it is exactly what I needed!! You see. All is done according to Agathiyar's plan. He told me in my nadi that I will get stuck at a certain point and that a teacher will be there to clear my doubts. I really really hope, am sure it must be you! These days I'm climbing the difficult part of Siddha teachings and I was wondering who's going to explain those difficult concepts. For eg nadham and Bindu. Well, now I can dwell on these with peace of mind coz the teacher is there. After going through your posts I'll ask my doubts aiyya...pls help me. I know that you will."
To all my friends and readers, I would like to confess that I too am learning day by day. I do not have all the answers. I too have lots of doubts and questions. But each day we tend to learn something either by meeting someone or speaking to them or by an experience and a lesson that comes with it. I have come to realize that we are Upagurus for each other.
When we came to know about Agathiyar's five tenets for mankind that he presented before the Rishis during the Tamil Sangam of the past, from Vashisht Vaid's post on his blog https://holysageagathiyar.com/, it came as an assurance and endorsement to us that we were on the right track as we were already engaged in carrying out all that was mentioned. We have the method, the five tenets, gifted to us and already in the palms of our hands yet we are looking out and far for a means to salvation. Let us uphold Agathiyars five tenets for a purposeful life for now. He has spoken about the next state, that of a Jeevan Mukta or a Siddha that is waiting for us if only we make the effort to comply with the tenets.
As we journeyed with him he began to shift the goalpost. As just when we thought that we should desire a certain state Agathiyar had us drop that for another. As we slowly evolved with him, he finally revealed what we are to ask of him. He pointed us to the state, that of teaming up with them and the lineage before and doing God's work. If Tavayogi teamed up with them and did Agathiyar's work while in his physical form, today he carries out Agathiyar's work in the light form. Dhanvantiri came to us and told us that Tavayogi was still helping us in the light form to reach the abode of the Siddhas though he was laid in samadhi. Agathiyar said that Tavayogi was supposed to initiate a couple of devotees, but as he was doing Agathiyar's work, Agathiyar himself had to come. A devotee had a dream where she saw Tavayogi ferried by Lord Shiva on a boat with several others making their way to a land where stood a hill where Siddhas were going on with their work. Supramania Swami who saw the light and as Agathiyar confirmed later that he had attained samadhi, saw Siddhas going about their work on Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai.
The ultimate asking to seek his kingdom and to be one with his entourage (வாழையடி வாழை என வந்த திருக்கூட்டம்) dawned from within in those silent hours of contemplation and meditation in the midst of the Siddhas. This wish was put forth. Ramalinga Adigal came to endorse that this is what one should ask for. Instead of singling out and prioritizing our desires from a long list of existing wants, this is the ultimate yearning and desire that one should have. In attaining their ranks, all that was wished for comes within our reach. Prapanjam provides for those who selflessly do Agathiyar's work both in the physical world and the subtle too.