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Just as we learn in the documentary "Astrum" that the light we are looking at is old," and that "Although light is the fastest thing we know, the image of the sun that we see from the earth is approximately 8 minutes and 20 seconds old, meaning we are viewing what the sun looked like a few minutes in the past", and "If you count how long it takes the photons generated within the sun's core to make their way through each layer of the sun before escaping into space, the light that reaches us is anywhere from 10,000 to 170,000 years old", Agathiyar says that like the sun and all things Gnanam dispense to one steps back into the past immediately after it is uttered, hence the reason he asks us to connect with the Prapanjam directly so that we would receive its message directly and not forget or rely on memory.

Living in the present is important, especially in the presence of a guru. But what we do is begin to vomit all that we saw, learned, and experienced before him, revisiting the past. Now we understand the reason we are asked to remain silent in the presence of the guru so that we might imbibe the messages that arrive in real-time and not dwell on the past knowledge or cook up the next question. I saw seekers going on for hours questioning Tavayogi when he was in a local Peedham or went on his rounds officiating other Peedhams. It is said that Lord Dhakshanamurthy stopped speaking to his disciples when he realized that it only invited more questions and queries from them. The moment he remained silent Gnanam dawned on his disciples.