After last Sunday's Pornami Puja and Satsang in the home of a devotee in a neighboring state, and after me and my wife returned home to AVM, Agathiyar and Lobama followed a couple of hours later. Upon returning home, my second daughter who had stayed back home to complete her office work, told us that her stomach ached and she was purging. Agathiyar came through a devotee and after blessing all spoke to my daughter privately. He did not mention her situation nor indicate in any way that she would be warded in the days to come. The following morning we took her to our family doctor. When there was no improvement we went the next day and asked that she be given the drip or intravenous therapy. As there was no improvement yet we took her to the General Hospital on the following day where they immediately attended to her at the emergency unit. She was later warded. Having admitted her I did a small Homam at home over the last three days. This is what I could best do, having left her in the good hands of the medical team. She is recovering well now.
The Siddhas do not interfere with our lives, thoughts, desires, wishes, aspirations, or karma unless called for. One has to live his life and his karma. Another devotee who had read his Nadi back then in the past and who was returning home knocked into the back of a stationary lorry at the traffic lights and fell. Agathiyar could have forewarned him of the impending danger in the Nadi reading. But he did not. Tavayogi too never interfered in others' lives and karma. Agathiyar in the recent Nadi reading told me the same too to back off. கன்மத்தை சேர்த்திடா வண்ணம் இருப்பாய்.
During the Satsang, as Agathiyar asked us to share our experiences, all those gathered in the home of the new young devotee couple began to share how Agathiyar came to their aid through mysterious means and forms hastening the process and bringing quick relief to their pain and misery. A devotee spoke about how a stranger came to her aid when she fell from her bike for no apparent reason and sent her to a clinic nearby and stayed back until she got medical attention. My elder daughter related her moment in having met with an accident riding pillion and breaking her leg. She spoke about how strangers came to her aid and the doctors pushed for the best options and treatments. My wife spoke about her moment in having to remove her gall bladder and how the doctors pushed for her to get the procedure done and over with bringing relief to her. A cancer patient shared her story of how the doctors hastened her treatment and how her husband and siblings stood by her. In all these stories we saw a mysterious hand come into play and save the day. We all believed it was Agathiyar. As we sat around sharing these stories, Agathiyar who came through a devotee anguished at seeing us speak of the pain and misery and shed tears of joy at us giving him due recognition. Later at AVM, he told us that he was pleased that we had all realized his presence in those moments of pain and misery.
Spending the last few days at the clinic and hospital made me realize how special we were to Agathiyar. We realized that he was shadowing us all the time. At the same time, we felt sad seeing others walk in with all sorts of medical problems. It reminded me of how many used to walk up to Tavayogi to share their numerous problems and how he would patiently listen to them. His one panacea or cure-all was asking them to chant the names of the Siddhas. In coming before the Siddhas they would not give us a pill to cure all our diseases and remove all our difficulties. Instead, they attend to the moment giving us confidence and strength to face the dilemma and situation at hand and not take any drastic actions. They do not solve our problems or remove the obstacles. They empower our souls to face the moment.