In the movie, "Replicas", a scientist on the verge of a breakthrough has a discussion with his doctor wife. The scientist who revives or rather clones his family members who die in a crash later in the movie believes that life doesn't have to be cut short. The wife tells him "Maybe there is something more that makes us human, like a soul." The scientist believes "we are a sum total of what we are told and how we process it. It is all neurochemistry." She then questions him. Is that all she and their children are? "Just pathways, electrical signals, and chemistry?" She tells him, "You have kids that love you and a wife that adores you."
Watching the scientist go about his work I recall having heard how someone treats the sick at his home. I had taken a colleague to him upon hearing that he was a healer many years ago. We went thrice but he finally told us that he could not heal my friend. He was honest and stopped after the third attempt. My friend passed away some time back. I came to get an insight into how he mysteriously summons certain souls in a certain profession who are said to have neglected their duty and purpose here and had no home to return to after they had passed on until they did some service to those living and still around, as a means of correcting or balancing the act or balance the sheet. It seems he draws invisible panels and screens down and begins to punch in data, analyze them and work on the patients just as they are operated on at the operation theatre, minus the anesthetic, the monitors, the tools, and the degree. It was a gift to him from unseen forces that helped him with his incurable stomach pain many years earlier. The deal was that in return he had to help others with their illnesses and diseases.
Similarly, I have heard of a relative of a colleague who dreamt of receiving gems and jewels that he was to use to heal others. Upon walking on the beach one day, he found them lying on the beach waiting for him just as he saw in his dream.
Closer to home, my wife had a dream, of seeing Tavayogi hold something in his hands where letters appeared in gold. She had seen the Jeeva Nadi that was to come into Tavayogi's possession later.
If some see all this as man playing god, the gurus and masters like the scientist do it often too. We have seen and heard of miracles where life is given or at least prolonged long enough for one to finish his business and tie up the loose ends here before leaving. Agathiyar told us that he had heeded our prayers and saved Tavayogi bringing together the Siddhas to sit and light the Yagam. Tavayogi had several months at his disposal to hand over the management of the ashram to Mataji Sarojini Ammaiyar and the assets to the trustees and teach her to read the Jeeva Nadi before he went into samadhi.
A devotee's mother was given an extension of five years by Agathiyar for the son to fulfill whatever outstanding responsibilities towards his mother as asked. Shirdi Sai whom she worshipped came to take her back after the said duration was over.
A newborn child was given his life back after Agathiyar intervened when they pleaded with him.
A man who stood out while his son prayed inside the Sri Siva Shanmugar cave temple in Sungai Siput and who later to kill his time swept the temple premises clean came alive after the doctors declared him dead.
A devotee who brought Nadi readers over from India and brought many to read the Nadi was saved after going into a coma. Agathiyar told him that he had given his breath to save him. It is understood that new blood vessels mysteriously appeared.
Agathiyar told my daughter that he had come with Tirumoolar and hiked up her platelet count when she succumbed to dengue.
We have read about many saints reviving the dead too.
Makes you wonder if science and mysticism cross paths. I once told the lesser deities that we shall not cross paths after watching devotees and bystanders go into trances and these deities using them and their vocal cords to communicate with us. My elder brother too was used as a vessel by them to communicate. But Agathiyar wanted to send a strong message to me I suppose that everything is inclusive in this wide world of ours and doesn't want me to negate any single thing. In a timely manner, he had a seeker frequent AVM. Soon these deities and gods came through him and I was asked to accommodate their presence too. My family was told to just watch and give access to the venue and our bodies for them to play their divine lila. It was all part of the act of Agathiyar I was to realize later. I dropped the fear I had and the distancing that I kept previously with the lesser deities and gods and goddesses. We became buddies eventually. Soon Agathiyar and the Siddhas too joined the bandwagon and came in me and this devotee too, often switching places. With them came the main deities too. AVM suddenly turned into a portal for the gods to reach out to us and manifest. Just as a bride plans so much for her wedding and everything turns topsy turvy we stopped planning these days as we got to know who was in charge here. Readers might think we are nuts, going mad, or as a medical person suggested hallucinating. Well, I am not here to increase the ratings or the readership. I am just plain sharing what is heard and seen, felt and experienced.
I guess there will come a day when both scientists and holy men take the stage but not to debate or refute the findings or understanding of the other but to agree wholly in all matters.