After Tavayogi asked that I frequent a local establishment after meeting him there, I had certain ideas that would have helped promote the path and the Siddhas and bring seekers to it. I approached the head of the center with my wares but they were not responsive to my ideas. I soon took it up to implement and carry it out from my home. My home became a center soon when Agathiyar sent many seekers around. Both Agathiyar and Tavayogi began to supplement these ideas and we grew into Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia (AVM).
Much later, a couple came around and shared their ideas too. But as we had much on our hands I told them that we were comfortable with what we had and were doing. They moved on to implement much of what they had shared and their home too became a center - Pothihai Dharma Chakram, guided by the Siddhas further.
Then there were others who joined us selling their wares. Again I had to them them that we had our hands full. I had to tell them that we never actually planned the year's schedule of events as in corporate sectors. We left the planning and happening entirely in Agathiyar's hands. They went over to the couple who picked up these ideas and the center grew further.
Rather than going around selling their ideas would not it be great for these seekers to begin carrying them out in their homes as the couple and I eventually did? That is how we too could grow together with the venue and place. We need to have full ownership of the place to implement and ensure the voice of Agathiyar is heard fully. As others might not hear what Agathiyar wishes for us, we cannot be attached to a center if we want to grow.
But sadly many do not want to undertake the responsibility and work that comes with hosting these affairs of the Siddhas and rather drop in on others carrying them out and placing their prayers before the Siddhas. In coming as the bronze statue, Agathiyar had asked that devotees light a lamp and place their wishes before him. Many did. Soon it became a culture at AVM. While some brought the lamp, wick, and ghee with them many asked if we had them, expecting us to provide them. Later some would call and ask that we light an oil lamp and pray for them. As it became regular and too often, we told them that they could not outsource their prayers. Whenever someone in my family is warded or awaits an operation, I would let the professionals do their work and return home to light a homam and pray for their safe return. I did not see any benefit in waiting and walking the hospital corridors waiting for some good news. Instead, I went back home and did these rituals hoping that the divine would come to our aid and assist the doctors in their procedures and bring us some good news. Agathiyar too told a devotee that he had to pray for his loved one if he wanted her to survive.
The couple who did well in bringing many to the path of the Siddhas, bringing them to Nadi readers and helping them in carrying out the remedies or parikaram for them, had a fair share of seekers outsource the sourcing of the many items for the said pujas in their entirety and turning up and only being present to sit in at these pujas. Many would outsource even the feeding and charitable acts to this couple. Soon the couple were told by Agathiyar to halt aiding them. These acts of service do not serve their purpose without the active participation of the donors. The act of appeasing one's karma starts with the search for the said items, collecting them, preparing and carrying out the puja, and not merely coming dressed in the best attire, and taking a seat to witness the rituals. Agathiyar in explaining further gave us an example of the reason why temples in the past were built atop hills. In taking the climb one would have exhausted himself and his karma. Upon arriving at the hill temple they are ready to receive the deities' blessings fully without their karma hindering them.
We have to walk the path to see the results. Others should not carry or shoulder us. God is personal and very close to each of us. We need to talk with him, engage with him, and love him as we love ourselves. We think that worship and rituals are only for some and not for us. But in the event things happen beyond our expectations we rush to look around if others could help us fill these needs. Rather than run to the nearest temple, priests, or master for our every need one has to build his Soul Power or Atma Balam to reach out to the Prapanjam for all his needs from the very place he stands. This is what the Siddhas teach us. To stand on our own legs. To carry out the rituals as and when needed. In having us do these the Siddhas set us free from bondage. It is time each householder learns to pray for himself and his family and the world at large.
Kate Humble shares her experience and feelings hearing the call for prayer from all directions and from the 36 mosques around the city of Jeddah in "The Frankincense Trail - Saudi Arabia." It is pretty obvious that she is visibly moved. "From every direction, it is beautiful, it is peaceful, it is just magical, it's such an incredible sight and sound, it is a nice experience, and its authentic, that I find myself completely overcome." Her guide explains, "There are "36 mosques in one square kilometer, and they have been calling for 1400 years, and it is the same words from the time of the Prophet, its humans and not recorded, each guy is calling, and in the past before the introduction of microphones, they used to go all the way to the top and he calls and everybody hears."
Just as Kate experienced, imagine the power of Prapanjam when each home reverberates with these mantras. Agathiyar in coming to convince me to carry out Tavayogi's asking that I light the Homam which I did with some reservations as I did not want to engage in rituals and felt that it was the tuft of the priestly class, told me that I wasn't doing it for myself but for the good and wellbeing of the Prapanjam. In the face of the pandemic, Lord Siva revealed that the Prapanjam was ill and asked us to carry out the Homam to heal her. As we are a reflection of the Prapanjam and she reflects us, if she is sick we are sick and if we are sick she too is sick.
Vibrations generate electromagnetic energy waves.
"Researchers have found that vibrations and the electromagnetic energy associated with them cause changes in your cells, which can then affect how your body functions. Proponents believe it’s possible to speed up or slow down the vibrations that occur at the cellular and atomic levels by changing our thoughts, behaviors — and even our surroundings. It is believed that every cell in our body has the vibration of life. Every person on this planet vibrates at a specific frequency, which is measured in Hertz. When we leave the so-called basic neutral state, it often happens during interaction with people; as a consequence of which events begin to occur in our life, emotions are activated, and then the frequency of our vibrations changes. Vibrational energy experts claim that certain emotions and thought patterns, such as joy, peace, and acceptance, create high-frequency vibrations, while other feelings and mindsets such as anger, despair, and fear vibrate at a lower rate. Studies have suggested that the vibrations produced during the rhythmic chanting of the syllable “OM” temporarily deactivate the amygdala and other brain structures involved in processing emotion." (Source:https://www.healthline.com/)
Agathiyar too told me not to let my guard down telling me that the energies that were activated in the Muladhara in 2007 and that had stagnated and ponded long at the Svadhistana until he pierced the bunds and let them flow last year have to be maintained in the Sahasrara. As he had put in much effort and work on us he warned that he can't have it return to the lower chakras.
"Thousands of years ago, ancient texts in India found that the body has its own vibrations. These vibrations found within the body are called chakras, Sanskrit for wheel. They found that the body has roughly 114 chakras within it. These chakras are wheels of energy. When the energy is producing positive vibrations, the wheel will turn in a clockwise position, meaning that the chakra is open and flowing without disruption. When the chakra is imbalanced, the wheel can turn in a counter-clockwise position, closing that vibration of energy and bringing negativity into that space. Chakras can also be blocked, where the wheel is not turning at all and the vibration is stagnant, no energy coming in or out of its chakra." (Source: https://www.dermascope.com/)
"Schumann resonances show a set of frequencies produced by electromagnetic waves in Earth’s lower ionosphere. The frequencies, created from thunderstorms and lightning, range from 7.83 Hz, called the Earth’s “heartbeat,” to 32.4 Hz. The human body emits vibrations between 7-13 Hz in a relatively calm waking state. The human brain often exhibits increased activity around 26 Hz. ...When we are at the same frequency as the world around us, we feel comfortable and well, and we are less prone to depressive states." When "Our bioelectromagnetic waves are out of balance; we are all out of balance from Earth’s electromagnetic frequency and crave healing... Scientific experiments have proved that by tuning into 7.83Hz, the planet’s own magnetic frequency, people experience benefits. The frequency of 7.83 Hz, also known as the Schumann Resonance, is the frequency of Alpha and Theta brainwaves in the human brain and the Earth’s natural rhythm. Alpha and Theta brainwave frequencies are in relaxed, dreamy, sleepy states; that is also when cell regeneration and healing happen. But the Schumann frequency has begun to increase. This suggests that the Universe is evolving, and its frequencies are getting higher. Which means we need to move to the next level, too. Soon evolution will require a transition to the so-called beta frequency, where the brain works clearly and fog-free." (Source: https://www.aboutsmartcities.com/)
In "An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ramalinga Swami" by Dr C Srinivasan, published by Ilakkia Nilayam, Tiruchi, 1968 (Srinivasan), we find these states spoken of by Ramalinga Adigal. In speaking about the 16 stages and above of spiritual experiences, he mentions: Normal wakefulness: Normal dreaming; Normal ignorance; Perfect wakefulness; Perfect dream; Perfect ignorance or sound sleep or dreamless state; Perfect experience, Higher wakefulness, Higher dream, and Higher ignorance, before one comes face to face with his Soul or Atma Tarisanam. What comes then is Supreme dream; Supreme tranquility which I guess is what Mother Prapanjam meant in hushing me to settle with uttering the mantra Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. Beyond these would be Absolute supreme consciousness.
"David R. Hawkins, MD, Ph.D., a widely known authority within the fields of consciousness research and spirituality, has developed a system of levels of human consciousness. In his view, spiritual values are measurable. He proposes a method for testing people’s vibrational energies, or awareness, from zero to 1,000. Where 1 is responsible for initial existence and 1000 shows the perfection of consciousness in the physical body. The average level of people worldwide is 200, a level borderline between instincts and the pursuit of high goals. On Hawkins’ awareness scale, enlightenment has the highest score of 700+ and the greatest expansion of energy. The higher the vibrational frequency, the higher the expansion and the greater the life force in our cells. The lower the vibrational frequency, the greater the contraction and the less life force in our cells. Nature in general, raises our vibration. And it’s impossible to ignore meditation. When we meditate, our brain frequency slows down, and we vibrate in a completely different way. Unconditional love is the one having the highest vibration! Everything is linked with one, the single element of vibrations. Exists only one consciousness, one field, and one power that’s moving absolutely through everything. This field does not exist around you – this field exists through you. It exists in the meaning of you itself. You are an essential part of the Universe, and you are the eyes through which consciousness sees itself." (Source: https://www.aboutsmartcities.com/)
So what is the idea here in Agathiyar raising our frequency levels to a high of 26Hz with all the activities he had rolled out to us and suddenly having us go within and having the levels drop to a low 7.83Hz? So does the idea of disengaging us from all previous activities and having us go within and watch the breath bring our frequency to the state of Earth's Heartbeat where as Ramalinga Adigal tells us the question and doubt would arise if whether the Prapanjam is in us or we in it? Is it to arrive at the state of Shanti as Mother Prapanjam hushed me to quieten down assuring me that she shall take care of others? Is it to have us experience Prapanjam?