It is amazing how the Siddhas have responded to our move to connect with them through conducting rituals as shown by Tavayogi. After connecting us to them, rather than have us hold on to him, Tavayogi backed off and had us hold Agathiyar's hands instead. Otherwise, we would have garlanded him and worshipped him. Now in his absence in the physical form, Agathiyar comes to walk with us, talk with us, mingle with us. Otherwise, we would be lost having lost a guru and lost for want of another guru like Tavayogi. Like Tavayogi, Agathiyar too on his part stepped back and had us connect with the Prapanjam having Ramalinga Adigal show us the way.
When the bridge was lowered, the Siddhas came down to our world. Agathiyar surprised us by joining and sitting in on the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of our charity arm Persatuan Teman Setia (PTS) some years back. Recently he sat and watched each devotee carry out the Vaasi or Pranayama and Asana practice that he had asked them to do. He sat in on the Women's Satsang a couple of days back watching them share their experiences. Yesterday the Siddhas assembled at AVM. How is all this possible? Agathiyar, just as he had asked those whom he had summoned some time back the reason to come to the Siddhas and their path, asked me in private yesterday. I told him that I just followed his instructions asking me to come to the worship of the Siddhas and the path in the Nadi reading. Is that all he asked? Indeed that was the truth too. He was overjoyed that I had come without any expectations, neither asking to remove my problems, sufferings, misery, and karma; neither asking to heal me, asking for favors, or coming for my other needs or coming for others' needs. I did not come for nor took up the gifts, that were byproducts of our practices, services, obedience, adherence, dedication etc that were offered. I did not come seeking answers, knowledge, Gnanam, Mukti, Sitthi and all the marvelous things spoken by many. Lobama too was pretty much impressed and they both expressed their surprise. Agathiyar continued that Bhogar too was amazed. Soon the 18 Siddhas arrived. Though I saw no vision or their physical presence, Agathiyar kept asking if I felt their presence. He called out each of the Siddhas by their names and pointed out where they stood or sat and what they were doing. It reminded me of the moment he summoned Tirumular and Bhogar and had them stand on both sides of him in the past. It reminded me of the moment Tavayogi tried hard to show me Agathiyar open his eyes in his granite statue at Agasthiyampalli. Just as Lord Murugan opened the doors to their world and plane and brought down the deities and energies amidst us in the past, Agathiyar had the Siddhas come together and assemble like the Avengers assemble. Indeed it was like a scene from the Avengers movie. After showing miracles when I followed Tavayogi on a journey of exploration in India, Agathiyar said that these shall continue after I return to Malaysia. Indeed he has been showing so much.
It is astounding to know that deities and other souls come through many. But many despise these energies coming within their family members though they step up before these energies for their wants to be fulfilled. A man felt ashame that deities came through his wife especially in temples and in public. But the deities coming through her shared with my wife that it was to protect her. Only the divine knows from what. Another was sore that the deities came through his sisters. But eventually, when his mother passed away she came through them to pass on a message. And in coming to us, Agathiyar asked me how else was he going to educate me if not by coming through devotees. If he were to spell it out through the Nadi, the readers would cough blood he said for exerting their vocal cords.
Please bear with me. All these are equally mind-boggling to me too. It is whether we choose to believe in it or not. Belief is the cornerstone of existence. It is because we believe that we are alive and walking that we are still around. Remove that belief and where would we be? It is only in getting hurt that we tend to believe life is real. Similarly, only experience shall make one belief in these (weird to some) happenings too. One has to arrive there to believe.