Agathiyar who stopped the Pornami puja and charity at my home Agathiyar Vanam in 2019 has reinstated the puja. He has called back a handful of his children to attend the puja with their children. He started them on Yoga after a break of some 5 years just like he had me halt my home puja, Yoga, and reading for some 14 years back then in 1988. One wonders what is the reason. The Siddhas are indeed a mysterious lot. But we have come to understand that they have their reasons as they can look into the past, present, and future. Agathiyar told some of us that he would watch us just as they could watch the stars, predict, and tell us our lives.
I guess I am tasked to open my home to others again. If Agathiyar had me open my home to the youths back then in 2013 to watch the Pornami Puja and participate and use my home as a station to gather and carry out charity, this time around it is to have them come together and practice what was taught under his watchful eyes. It is apt that my home has become Agathiyar Tapovanam now a name that Lord Murugan foresaw and gave back then in 2018. It is also apt that Agathiyar tagged it as Gnana Kottam for since then he has come to dispense divine and spiritual knowledge.
Dr. Amir Farid Isahak wrote a piece on the Siddhas and their Nadi titled, "THE AKASHIC ENERGY" in the English daily, THE STAR, back then on September 9, 2007.
"It was explained to me that from the time of creation, everything already had its energy imprint and that the Siddhas had knowledge of this imprint and were able to know almost everything about every individual ever born and to be born into this world.... There have been over 10 billion humans since the first man (Adam for some of us), and the Siddhas have written for all those who will go to have their readings done, until the end of time."
"Akasha actually means the inner mind or super conscious realm that merges with the cosmic realm that contains all the information about the past, present, and future. The Siddhas could access this information by their faith and practices. The Nadi leaves referred to here are the channels of information to the entire human race. If they take the good advice, they can live in peace and harmony. Therefore, the Nadi leaves are important for the health of humanity, since they carry advice and remedies for our physical, emotional, and spiritual problems."
"Muslims are not allowed to go to fortunetellers because we are to do our best, pray for divine assistance, and then accept that whatever happens is predetermined, and good in the eyes of GOD. To go to fortunetellers may cause the person to believe in what is being predicted, at the risk of losing sight of the fact that it is GOD who determines everything, including our future. The subject of fate and destiny is something very complex and confusing to most. While everything is already written down, not everything is revealed by GOD, even to the Prophets, Saints, and Siddhas. With his permission, these chosen people get accurate information about the future, and the information can be in detail. That is why all Prophets made prophecies, as part of the signs of prophethood, and as guidance and warnings to their followers and all humanity."
"As a Muslim, this is not foreign to me, as GOD had told the Prophet (peace be upon him): “When my servants are close to me, then my ears become their ears, and my eyes become their eyes.” (From Hadis Qudsi, meaning that those who are close to GOD will have access to knowledge that is not available to others.)
After two years on Sunday, October 4, 2009, he wrote another piece on the Siddhas, THE WANDERING MASTERS.
"I find many similarities between the Siddhas and the Sufis, who are also people on the spiritual path of love, wisdom, and enlightenment. ..... However, the Siddhas preceded the Sufis by several thousand years.... Siddhas are often described as wanderers on the path of love. However, their physical journeys are nothing compared to their journeys into the secret chambers of their hearts, where the lover and the beloved (GOD) meet. The Sufis also walk the same path, of finding the beloved, and yearning to be one with him (in purpose, not in form)... The outward journey and the physical forms are necessary training and often illusions to the truth of our existence, and our purpose in life.... From the Sufi and Siddha teachings, let me share with you that the inner journey is the greater path, for it is here that realities are experienced and understood. It is a difficult journey wrought with challenges of the ego, pride, anger, envy, greed, lust, and many more weaknesses that are human. When these are subdued, then finally, the wanderer who only wanders outwardly, for once, has found the beloved in his heart, and he stays “home” there."
My brother who was with the New Straits Times Malaysia, hearing me speak about my experiences in seeing the Nadi, thought of covering the Nadi in the English daily. He assigned Suganthi Suparmaniam to write on it. Suganthi contacted me and together with her photographer, we approached T. Ramesh whom Dr. Amir Farid Isahak was only too familiar with, for an interview.
Leafing Through Your Life
KUALA LUMPUR: A. Shanmugam sat transfixed. The nadi astrologer had just read out his name and those of his parents and siblings.
“I was astonished. Reading the nadi olai (dried Palmyra leaves), he could even tell that my mother had two names," said the technician.
Recalling the first time he had gone to see a nadi astrologer in 2002, Shanmugam said the astrologer took his thumbprint and checked it against several bundles of olai.
“I was told to say only yes or no as he read from the olai. He asked if my name started with ‘Pa’ or ‘Re’ or ‘Mu’. When he said ‘Sha’, I said yes. He asked if my name was Shanmugam.”
“He then asked if my parents were named so and so and if I had this number of siblings and if I worked as a technician.”
“However, when he came to the name of my wife, he said it was Manogari. My wife’s name is Maheshwari. He then said this was not my olai and asked me to come again in two weeks.”
“This time, all the information about me fell into place. Nevertheless, I am amazed that such information about me could be contained in the olai said to have been written by Siddhas ages ago.
“I am also amazed that there could be another man with my name and whose parents and siblings have similar names but who has a wife called Manogari.”
“Since then I have seen the nadi astrologer 17 times. I find there is truth in what is said in the olai, at least for me,” he added.
Shanmugam is just one of the many people who are consulting nadi astrologers to find out their past, present, and future.
Hence my journey walking the path of the Siddhas began with this Nadi reading. Today I have come to live a purposeful life I believe by sharing whatever little experiences I have gained on the path.