Agathiyar arrived at AVM last evening with Lobama. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Terminator" who says "I'll be back" Agathiyar came back as he told. We had earlier gathered in the home of a new seeker and devotee in the Siddha path where Homam and Abhisegam were done followed by Satsangam after which Agathiyar moved back to AVM.
After the Satsang, a devotee had voiced out that though she was worshipping the Siddhas, she had yet to know about him. Just as when Tavayogi in asking me to bring him over to an opening of an affiliate Peedham in Banting, asked me to speak about the Siddhas, I was lost as to who they are, when Agathiyar asked that I speak about him henceforth in our future gatherings, I am lost again. I told him that when I still do not know him though I have traveled far with him, how am I to tell others. He told me to forget about his past history or his Puranam but to explain to others how he comes these days. When he gave me the task of enlightening others about him I am forced to gather all that I know about him till now.
This blog too never carried or focused much on his Puranam. It is all about him doing miracles and how he saved many. This is how we can bring the temple-going devotees to step into the path and worship the Siddhas. As for those who are atheists I guess the sky has to fall for them to begin to believe. We never spoke about the benefits of coming to the path for that would be akin to coming with expectations. I could easily point them to this blog and ask them to read about it, but Agathiyar had earlier told me that this blog might not reach those who are not tech-savvy. Hence the need to hold Satsangs.
Those who are dedicated to the cause of the Siddhas might need no introduction as their experiences traveling the path would have taught them and given insights into who Agathiyar was.
So as Andy William sings, "Where do I begin, To tell the story of how great a love can be", where do I begin to tell the story of Agathiyar?
Agathiyar who once walked this earth in the way past, was a mortal like us having born to a family who were farmers. With Lord Shiva's grace he gained the boon to be born as a Siddha. He picked up all that was needed to transform himself into a Siddha. He then walked the earth and traveled the skies and the worlds interacting with the Gods and doing wonders. But above all these, he wanted to bring each man and woman to the state of a Siddha too. He is striving to do it to this day. If all this is his(story) that we have heard and read, Agathiyar in coming into our lives began to give us the direct experience of the Divine energies hence giving us a glimpse of his world of bliss. He has come to give us the methods and the way for upliftment and advancement of individual souls. He has come to give us the means and the practices to bring on a total transformation in us.
But for all these to materialize one needs a guru. Hence he sent Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal over to us. Tavayogi initiated us into chanting Agathiyar's mantra AUM AGATHEESAYA NAMA. AUM is the Pranavam mantra followed by AGATHEESA which means the fire within and Lord Siva who resides within and NAMA is obeisance and submission to him.
Saying his mantra then connects us to the life wire. The electricity begins to flow into us. In having us carry out worship and its related rituals there is a surge in this electricity. In having us carry out Yoga practices as in Asanas and Pranayama, this electricity begins to flow to all the parts of the household and lights up the 7 rooms called chakras within us. We then begin to glow in the dark just as a star glows in the night sky. We then are a Siddha in the skies too. Agathiyar brings us there. So to those who want to return to their home in the skies, Agathiyar is there to point us the way. He is both the refuge and the salvation.