Tuesday 12 September 2023

ALUMNI

If the song "Enna Paavam Seithenoh" by Veeramanidasan could bring the presiding Goddess Mariamma of Samayapuram into our homes; if the orchestration of Manickavasagar's "Thiruvasagam" by Ilaiyaraaja could bring tears of joy and bliss within, erupting as in a volcano; if the songs of Ramalinga Adigal could bring us to the state of Gnanam as Tavayogi told us; if the chanting of Agathiyar's name for 45,000 times could bring life into a metal statue of his; if reciting the names of the Siddhas could bring them to manifest in our homes and sit among us and address us; if man in coming together with a woman could bring her to conceive and carry life within her; imagine the power and potential of man to create God and have him come to us. This is only a sample of his potential. Imagine if he could rule Prapanjam or rather rule together for its wellbeing and all of its creation, he would be God in the eyes of mankind. He could use the Prapanjam to heal mankind, remove his sufferings, remove his karma, strengthen his being, empower his soul, enlighten him, and eventually free him. He is then indeed a Siddha.

The soul that is with God in unison with the man and woman's life forces creates a new life taking the shape of an embryo. Life comes within. He is God indeed. God in wanting to experience the many facets of life and to learn to love and give, had to create the opposites too for one cannot know a thing without knowing its opposite too. Having us sin he comes to forgive and pardon us. We return a better person and in some as a divine man, leaving behind our mark and name in history. 

All of life is encased in spirit and life, driven by energy and movement, and resides in aura and vibrations. The Prapanjam is forever alive with movement yet it is still in its core. We are told to seek its core, moving away from all movement and activities to eventually come to a state of acceptance and lay coiled as in the mother's womb, settling in the state of peace or Shanti. This is returning home to its core, Mother Prapanjam. 

Life then is a play of tattvas driven by energies, working up a stage to host God's divine play. In other words, it is a schooling for us. We learn to enrich ourselves and drop the shackles that hold us back from evolving further into a being of light. The Siddhas can show the way. They are both the beacons and the path. They are both the tools and the method. They are the text and the workbooks. They are the lab and the experiments. Passing through the path and in passing the course we join them as an alumnus.