In the opening scene of the documentary "Life on Our Planet," hosted by Morgan Freeman, he makes an observation "Two million years ago, and our planet is a very different place." In the opening scene of "Lucy", she questions, "Life was given to us a billion years ago, what have we done with it?"
Looking back at history, events just keep repeating. The wars go on. Many battles and wars have been fought then and now for the same and other reasons. Poverty is here to stay. Misery and suffering are seen running parallel to pleasure and entertainment.
Where many aimlessly live their lives out there are equally many who either come with a purpose or discover their purpose journeying in life and others are determined and come with a resolve to make the world a better place. Where many turn a deaf ear or turn to look the other way, there are equally many who seem to get to the ground and have brought on some change in the mindset of their fellow humans. In "Live to Lead", Nelson Mandela is quoted as saying, "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived, it is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the live we lead." Greta Thumberg is one who believes that "The mindset of many people is changing. Even if that is not enough, and even if it is not fast enough, it is at least something." She became depressed seeing that everything was so wrong. Starting on the way to becoming a climate and environmental activist she told herself that "I can do so much. One person can do so much."
Agathiyar too in his five tenets to mankind states knowing one's purpose as the first priority. He says that man has to first and foremost understand his purpose in taking birth. The Nadi comes to a layman, seeker, or aspirant to reveal his purpose. The Guru comes to the disciple to reveal his purpose. The sadhaka in going within learns his true purpose in taking birth in the silent hours of meditation. These are the means by which man comes to realize the cause of his birth and his mission. To a layman, he is told he took birth because of past karma. To a disciple, he is told that he has come on a mission to undertake for the good of society and mankind. To a Gnani, he realizes that he has come to merge with the divine.
With his purpose known then, he should come to thank the divine creator or energy that brought forth his birth (through consultation with the lunar forefathers and their angelic hierarchies that co-exist with us down here). The third is that we then thank all the caretakers both seen and unseen, in the present and the past followed by our part to "dutifully aid and help, the ongoing evolution of all co-existing human beings." The final task is to extend this aid and help, towards "the ongoing evolution of all co-existing beings and entities, existing upon the lower levels of the evolutionary ladder, dutifully supporting the manifested matrix or prapanjam." (Summarized from Vashisht Vaid's post on his blog https://holysageagathiyar.com/ )
He asked that we show appreciation to the divine that gave us an opportunity to take this birth again, come to terms with it, and sort out our lives. Living a purposeful, meaningful, and fruitful life, coupled with a sense of gratefulness will then bring forth the showering of his blessings. These blessings and the efforts in carrying out his dictates result in the soul gaining strength or Soul Power or Atma Balam.
I guess my purpose is to have taken up the calling to come to the path of the Siddhas, putting into practice all things shown and told, seeing its results, learning lessons from the experiences gained, learning to eventually let go of my hold on things impermanent and yearn for that everlasting state of bliss and divine knowledge that dawns bringing on the divine light from beyond within the being that lights the Self or Atma to reach its state. I guess the 18 years I put in, in the worship of the Siddhas, opening up my home to fellow devotees and carrying out rituals, carrying out charity with them, before Agathiyar pulled the brake on all these, can be deemed as a sort of paying homage and gratitude to the divine forces and energies. We have assisted fellow men to evolve further showing them the path. I guess having fulfilled the 5 tenets of his he wants me to write about them and bring others to the fold too. In giving me transformative experiences he wants me to share them with my readers too. I guess this is my purpose here.