Agathiyar had right from the start spun a web to lure and trap me and see if I fell for all the goodies that came my way, and also those that he wanted and desired that I have, and offered to give me. I now understand that it is all the Gods' play and that we are pawns in their hands. Beginning with the calling to come to the path that I have come to finally realize is pathless, the elaborate disclosure on the subject of Karma that I have come to finally realize is his play too, the request to build a temple that would have locked and caged me for good, the gift of the Nadi offered for my reading and others that would have tied me down further, the power of healing that would have denied me my personal freedom, his continued presence in the statue that would have seen many knock the door to my home, his offer to make me a guru that would have fed my existing Ego, and his highest offer to make me a Siddha that would have me sink deep into the belly of Maya. I am glad that Lord Murugan came to reveal the game and save me. I shall not fall for their game. I will remain Shanmugam Avadaiyappa, husband to my wife, father to my kids, and grandpa to my grandchildren till my end.
