In life, we tend to place several priorities above others. First comes the fight over toys and other's possessions, then the paper chase followed by eyeing the best-paid job, and later eyeing a lady to settle down with and have children.
Many would settle for this life till the end of their lives. But there are those who tend to feel an emptiness, even with all this wealth around them. Why does this happen? The soul in them knows that its place is with god. True and absolute happiness is not in having family and friends around, in having money to spend but in the company of the divine. Some may begin to scout around to find true happiness while others who had a vague idea about god might venture to know him better, though late in life.
I had a young maiden turn up with her mother at AVM after reading this blog. They told me that they were in the worship of the Siddhas for the past ten years. I was impressed by the devotion towards Agathiyar that this mother and child had. Apparently, as a child, she was told of the wonders of Agathiyar and the Siddhas by one of her relatives whom I came to know was a friend of ours too. I guess he lit the fire in her and Agathiyar kept it burning in her. Life dealt a blow to her in her teens depriving her of furthering her dream to become a doctor. Agathiyar asked that Thondu Seivom and Pothigai Tharma Chakra, two groups that we were aligned with in carrying out charity to assist her in seeing her dreams come true. Readers who know me personally can get in touch with me too.
It amazes me how the Siddhas lend a hand and a shoulder in times of our needs. We had devotees saved by their hidden hand as he rode his bike into the back of a lorry at the lights and saved from slipping while climbing a rock in the Pothigai hills. This girl and mother team too tell me of the many moments when they saw the mystical hand save them from danger.
We have heard about many souls turning saints early in life. Be it their yearning or an inborn magnetism toward god often drives them away from their families and homes in search of answers to life's questions. When we are often obsessed with life's possessions they saw life as transitory. If life itself was transitory what then of our possessions. These are the saints who kept reminding us to return home.