I do wonder how deep our Bakthi or devotion is at times. If on one hand a devotee tells me he shall bring his kids and wife, who needs a wheelchair to move around, to join us in celebrating Agathiyar's Vizha this Thursday, I wonder why some others find reasons not to join. I welcomed those who chose to celebrate in their own homes with their familes. As for the rest they seem to postpone everything to another moment. So is it with salvation of our soul. The regime and routine of life has taken such a strong hold on us that we cannot find time for God much less allocate a specific time. God who created us, sustains us and eventually receives us back into his home has become secondary to everything else.
So to those who reply they can't find time to celebrate I shall say find the time first, which would never happen, and then let us celebrate Agathiyar's big day. In other words let us switch his date to the day we are free. But that is possible too as did Tavayogi reconsider our request to do it on a weekend when everyone was free to travel the distance to Taiping to fulfill his Guru Chitramuthu Adigal's wish that we hold a Siddha puja that originally fell on a working day. But that was Tavayogi. Similarly Goddess Adhi Parashakthi switched the night sky that was dark to become lighted for the sake of her devotee Abhirami Pattar who in his deep meditation had uttered to the king who came by that it was a full moon. But then again that was Abhirami Pattar.
Another devotee is forced to work to pay for the many conveniences that he had accumulated in life till his sleep routine is affected and he finds no time for his family much less for God. To him I asks if he is going to drop dead while at work? We should learn to let go. I opted to retire earlier for I did not want to die in office. My needs were small hence I could manage with my little pay in the days of working. But the mistake we make is we dig a deep hole and find it difficult to cover it up. Rather than live within our budget now we work more and longer hours to sustain our lifestyle.
But knowing that we are here for the experiences and life is a great teacher, we can only do so much as to advice.
God today has become a matter of convenience if and when we have time. Agathiyar reminds us that a task done at the specified moment will bring the expected results. This is because everything is conducive and favorable then. I guess there can only be one Agathiyar, one Ramalinga Adigal, one Supramania Swami and one Tavayogi. We can never match to their excellence.