With the advent of Tavayogi, he paved the way for us to transition from devotion, or Bakti, to Gnanam. The tool he gave us was Yoga, but not before he had us engage in Kriyai first. Agathiyar, in later years, explained what Gnanam was. Introducing me to rituals, such as performing the Homam, both Agathiyar and Tavayogi opened up a whole new world. They opened us up to a whole new world of Siddha worship. If prior to that, it was the utterance of the names of the Siddhas, now this was accompanied by the ritual of lighting the sacrificial fire, or rather, the latter was accompanied by the recital. If the calling out of the names of the Siddhas caught their attention, the lighting of the Homam bridged both worlds. The Siddhas appeared and sat with us, though initially we were not aware of their presence. Bringing the Siddhas over was a major breakthrough for us. Our home was fortified by their presence. Now it was the moment to fortify the body. We had to move into the next phase of Yoga. When Tavayogi came again after two years in 2007, he taught me and several others several Pranayama and Asana techniques. This set the stage for the fire in us to burn with vigor, fed by the intake of Prana that came with these exercises. Now, both the external fire, as in the Homam, and the internal fire, as in the breath, consumed the past Karma and the toxins respectively. With time, the dormant energies were rekindled, and made their way up, moving through the Chakras.
Agathiyar said that Gnanam was not gifted. In traveling the Chakras we will come to know Gnanam, not that we shall attain it as yet. Tavayogi said that our effort is only until the second Chakra. The Siddhas will pull us up. Indeed Agathiyar told me that the energies had stagnated and ponded at Svathisdhana. He had to come to break the bund so that the energies could continue its journey. The energies are still on the move, bringing on bliss and pain. It is a journey of internal transformation that Agathiyar has asked me to share with readers of this blog. A word of caution, though. Before you attempt any practice, have a guru beside you so that, besides monitoring your progress, he can help you with the troubles, pain, and discomfort that you are likely to face and go through. The guru should have been there and back. Otherwise, it is the case of the blind leading the blind, where both shall end up in trouble.