COMING TO A FURTHER UNDERSTANDING

Many answers dawn, and the reasons for Agathiyar to have me do a thing or otherwise be still became evident and obvious as I came across this video.

Ibn Arabi is said to have asked the following question.

"As time flows, you believe you exist. As you walk into the future, you think you are experiencing something new. That destiny awaits you like a blank page yet to be written. But what if everything has already happened? What if you're only living what has already been?"

Ibn Arabi asks this question from such a place that it shatters your entire perception of time because to him destiny is not written. Destiny is read. In other words, you're not creating your fate. You're witnessing what has already been written. You are in a state of witnessing. And life is like a book you're reading. But you are not the author of that book.

If destiny is read, is this not what the Siddhas do and reveal when we go for a Nadi reading? If we are witnessing what has already been written, is this why the sages tell us to do nothing and that all is well and going as it should? Are we then, or rather the Ego in us, trying to deceive ourselves into believing otherwise and outsmart or change what has been written? Is this why the wise ask us to just be a witness and do nothing further? Are we here, then, to play our assigned roles and leave?

If we generally believe that "Time flows linearly, that we come from the past, arrive at the present, and walk toward the future,, but Ibn Arabi says time is circular. The beginning is in the end. The end is in the beginning. The secret of the universe is hidden in the circle, not in the line. Because the line gives you a direction, but the circle reveals wholeness. Everything is contained within. Everything happens at once. And the moment you realize this, you discover the freedom that exists within your destiny. 

This is what Tavayogi said, or rather wrote, when I asked him to autograph my copy of his book "Andamum Pindamum" back then. He wrote, "God lives in your heart, from where the journey starts and ends, too."

For Ibn Arabi, destiny is not a script stolen from your hands. On the contrary, it is the plan that most perfectly fits your truth. Whatever your essence is, what befalls you reflects that the language of your soul shapes the story you live. And this story isn't written with ink. It is written with truth.

Is this the reason Agathiyar keeps telling me that he has something for me (to do), that he is not revealing for now, hence postponing complete solitute and passing on when I ask of him?

Allah knows your depths even before you do and places in your life the perfect mirrors for your becoming.

This is echoed by God in Neale Donald Walsch's books, carried in his series of books, "Conversation with God". For instance, in the story of the Little Soul in Neale's parable, "The Little Soul and the Sun," he knows that he is light but wants to experience it. As in the world of the absolute, only knowing is, but there is no experience, and as Neale wrote, knowing who he was was not enough; he needed to become "it", the soul decides to come down to earth to experience itself as Light. From a list of many, he is given a choice to pick the desired action that he would like to do, once he is on earth. He chooses the act of forgiving. Another soul immediately steps up to join the Little Soul in fulfilling his wish by being the perpetrator so that the young soul can then forgive him. They both come down to earth to live out their desire.  This desire triggers a chain of events, a learning process takes place, and several experiences are recorded, whereby the soul becomes enriched through these experiences. 

We learn from Neale Donald Walsch's "The Wisdom of the Universe" that for us to experience something, the exact opposite is created, we, being light in essence, for want of experiencing it, had darkness and all opposites created for us. As all the souls are perfect, many wanted and volunteered to come down to help us gain the experience. Thus, we had all known each other earlier. We had planned to be together here. Those who needed a particular experience chose to come early, while others remained behind to join later. As we are told that the souls have agreed upon to come along or later in our lives to help us experience what we sought to learn, they are mirrors that reflect us, too, since we are all souls from the one source. Thus, for instance, we find ourselves living with a spouse who is the exact opposite or forced to live in a condition that we despise. Though we cannot change much of what is inherent in another, or already there, we need to rejoice that we are different, or rather, in Neale's words, "that which we Really Are". 

We continue with Ibn Arabi's reasoning.

One of those mirrors is joy. Another is loss. Another is friendship. Another is betrayal. But all of them exist to show you yourself. This is what destiny is. Destiny is not what happens to you. It is the truth hidden within what happens.

 Ibn Arabi now addresses the one question that is going on in all our minds.

But what about free will? If everything has already happened, then what am I choosing?

Here he introduces one of his most profound ideas. Will is an attribute of Allah that flows through you. You choose, but that choice aligns with Free will, your essence. You are choosing the person you were always meant to be. Wherever your essence pulls you, that is your destiny.

The Muslims are known to say, "If God wills." Is this the reason Agathiyar, in coming to us, addresses our souls instead of seeing us as a person? 

Once again, is this the reason Agathiyar keeps telling me that he has something for me (to do), that he is not revealing for now, hence postponing complete solitute and passing on when I ask of him? Do I need to carry out his last will before I am relieved of this body?

Agathiyar, through a memo to us, explained the mystery of the soul that is reflected by Ibn Arabi.

The Soul or Atma keeps both the body, or Udal, and Lifebreath, or Uyir, under its grip. But the Atma holding on to us between 1 and 5 Varahai, a time period used in the ancient days that I have yet to find an equivalent terminology or reference to present times, soon loses its grip on us as the individual Ego arises. 

"Nevertheless, the Atma that was veiled will return unto him depending on his actions. When the Atma in you pulls you to a path, and if you realize it, it appears as an Athirvu or vibration and disappears. If you practice extending this vibration in you, you shall merge in this vibration that is the Atma and arrive at  Erai/ Agathiyan."

ஆன்மா உடலையும் உயிரையும் தனது கட்டுப்பாட்டுக்குள் வைத்துக் கொள்ளும் ஒரு சூச்சமம். இந்தச் சூச்சமத்தை பிறந்த குழந்தைகள் 1  முதல் 5 வராகை வரையிலும் உடன் இருந்து மறையும். ஆனபோதிலும் ஆன்ம ஒருவரின் செயலைப் பொறுத்தே மீண்டும் அவனை வந்து சேரும். ஆன்மா உன்னோடு இருந்து உன்னை ஒரு பாதைக்கு இழுத்து செல்லும் அப்போது நீ அதனை உணர்ந்தாள், உன்னில் அதிர்வாய் தோன்றி மறையும். அந்த அதிர்வினை நீ உனக்குள் நீடிக்கப் பழகினால் உன்னால் ஆன்மா என்னும் உனது அதிர்வுகளில் ஊடுருவி என்னுள் (இறை / அகத்தியன்) வந்து சேர ஒரு வழி. 

Furthermore, coming through a devotee, Agathiyar, in telling us that time and tide do not wait for a man, asks us to make a decision on time and stick to it, to walk the journey we decide, for our decision is that of the Atma. That decision belongs to the Atma. That Atma belongs to him. He asked that we fear not the decision we made and walk the path.

காலம் உங்களை நிறுத்தி விடாது. புரண்டு ஓடும். காலத்தில் நிலையாய் ஒரு முடிவினை எடுத்து அதன் பின் செல்லுங்கள். இவ்விடத்தில் ஒரு முடிவு செய்து விட்டால் அதனோடு பயணிங்கள். தளர்ந்தால் குழப்பம் மட்டுமே மிஞ்சும். உங்களுடைய முடிவு உங்களின் ஆன்மாவையே சார்ந்தது. அந்த ஆன்மா என்னையே சார்ந்தது. யாருக்கும் எவருக்கும் பயமின்றி என் வழியில் வாருங்கள்.

Pon. Govindasamy, in his book "Vallalaarum Brahma Gnana Sangamum", Bharath Book Bureau, Chennai, draws a chain of evolution here. The souls that were once atoms took on the form of Bhuta Ganangal. Later, changing into minerals, took on the plant form. Taking the forms of animals, they were reborn as humans. Finally, they end the journey here as Jeevan Muktas. Thus, the journey is already charted for every one of us. It is just a matter of space-time before it is attained, or should I say reduced to its original form. 

அணுக்களாகயிருந்த ஆன்மாக்கள், பூதவர்க்கங்களாக உருவெடுத்துப் பின் தாது வர்க்கங்களாக மாறி, பின் தாவர வர்கத்தையடைந்து, பின் விலங்கு வர்க்கத்தில் புகுந்து, பின் மானிட வர்க்கத்தில் ஜனனம் எடுத்து, இறுதியில் ஜீவன் முக்தர் வர்க்கத்தில் பரிபூரண தசையையடைகின்றன.

Agathiyar, speaking about this human birth, which is considered rare by many saints, reminds us that we were not given this birth to live a mundane human life. We can only rid the karma that we had gathered throughout the numerous births by taking a human birth. We can never be assured that we shall take another human birth. Hence, having taken it, we are asked to fulfill its purpose. We are to seek Atma Vidutalai or Soul Liberation.

மனித பிறவி என்பது அபூர்வமானது. அது கிடைத்தது உங்களின் மனித வாழ்க்கையை வாழ்வதற்கு அல்ல. கோடான கோடி பிறவியில் நீங்கள் செய்த கர்மவினை மனிதபிறவி எடுக்கும்போது மட்டுமே கழிக்க முடியும். இப்பிறவியில் மனிதானாய் பிறந்தவன் மற்றொரு பிறவியில் மனிதனாய் பிறப்பான் என்பது ஊர்ஜிதமல்ல. எடுத்தபோதே அதனை நிறைவேற்றிக் கொள்ளுங்கள். ஆன்ம விடுதலை நோக்கிச் செல்லுங்கள் இல்லறவாழ்க்கை எப்போதுமே சுகமாய் இருக்கும். 

Agathiyar reveals that while the body or Udal that takes a form, which is a composite of the 5 tattvas, returns to these tattvas, the Lifebreath or Uyir merges with the Atma and reaches him as Jothi. When he says we shall reach him, it has to be taken that we come to a realization that he and we are one. Returning to the source is returning to Jothi.

உடல் என்பது பஞ்ச பூதங்களில் உரு பெற்று மீண்டும் பஞ்ச பூதங்களிடம் சென்று விட்டால் உயிராகியது ஆன்மா வோடு கலந்து ஜோதிநிலையில் எம்மை வந்து அடையும். 

Agathiyar reveals a misconception that many, including I, had and that I had carried in many of my earlier posts, that the Atma carries the imprints of karma. It is not so. I stand corrected. Agathiyar reveals that, contrary to this general understanding, the Atma does us a service in helping clear our karma by showing us the way. Once karma has cleared, the search to know the Atma intensifies. His search for his selfish gain loses its intensity. His seeking would be solely on knowing the Atma (Agathiyar) and reaching him. 

ஆன்மா உனது கர்ம வினை தாங்கி வருவது அல்ல, ஆனால் ஆன்மாவே உனது கர்ம வினையைச் சரிசெய்வதற்கு உதவி புரியும். கர்மவை சரி செய்த பின், ஆன்மாவின் தேடல் அதிகமாகி மனிதனின் அன்றாட தேடல் தீர்ந்து போகும். அவன் தேடல் முழுதாய் என்னையே தேடி வர முயற்சி செய்யும்.

Ibn Arabi sums up destiny beautifully.

Destiny is not a script imposed from the outside. It is the voice of your inner being. But hearing that voice is not easy. The mind wants other roads. Ambition drags you elsewhere. Fear pushes you aside. But the heart always calls you home. Ibn Arabi says your path is your essence. To stray from it is to forget who you are. This is why destiny is not a chain. Destiny is harmony with essence. And time is merely the witnessing of this harmony.

Tavayogi did indeed echo these words that the heart always calls you home. Agathiyar, coming through the Nadi, asking me to come to the worship of the Siddhas, called me home. Tavayogi, upon arriving, called us to leave devotion and come home to Gnanam. Agathiyar later tells me that Gnanam shall dawn when we traverse the many chakras and arrive home at Sahasrara. Here, then, one shall see the clear picture as the veils have dropped one by one. This was symbolically shown by Ramalinga Adigal at his Satya Gnana Sabai in Vadalur. As Tavayogi says, our efforts and the guidance of an external guru are only needed as far as Svadishtana, and after that, the divine shall lead us on, Agathiyar too echoes the same, telling me that the energy that was released as a result of my practice of the Asanas and Pranayama techniques given as a treasure by him through Tavayogi shall do its work. He meant that it shall find its way home without my effort, hence asking me to do nothing henceforth. 

Ibn Arabi tells us that 

God gives you will. He gives you intellect. He gives you conscience and you walk with them. As you walk, you make choices. And as you make choices, you begin to decode your destiny. But that destiny is already written and the writing is carved into your being. So as you walk through the world, you are reading your own soul. You think you are observing the outside world, but that world is just a reflection of your inner state like a mirror. But that mirror doesn't show you who you are today. It shows you who you are meant to become.

Agathiyar too speaks about the invincible strength of man. That strength Agathiyar says is the Arivu, the ability to think clearly, that can bring down walls. Never submit to failure, he says.

ஈசனால் படைக்கப் பட்ட மனிதனுக்கு ஆற்றலாய் அறிவு இருக்கிறது. யாம் அதை எப்போதுமே ஆற்றல் என்று கூறுவோம். மனிதனின் ஆற்றலைக் கொண்டு எதையும் சாதிக்கலாம். துவண்டு பொய் அமர வேண்டாம். 

Ibn Arabi sums it up, telling us that 

Every experience you live is a teaching and that teaching becomes visible through the flow of time. But you think you are living it. In truth, everything already happened. You are only witnessing it. And as you witness, you understand. And as you understand, you return to yourself.

As Tavayogi autographed, Ibn Arabi says that,

Everything has been written but that writing is hidden in your heart. The insana kamill, the perfected human is the one who can read that writing, the one who knows their destiny and lives its depth. That knowledge comes through kash unveiling. An inner veil is lifted. You begin to see. And when you see, time breaks because the past, the present, and the future appear to you through the same window. The one who experiences this no longer rushes, no longer fears. They no longer cling to the future because they know everything has already happened.

As he says, only a perfected human, the Jeevan Muktan, and the Siddhas are privileged to know this secret that the past, present, and future are one. 

Ibn Arabi says of the final lap that of going within.

Destiny is fixed in Allah's knowledge, but it is revealed through your inner journey. Meaning as you walk, new paths do not appear in front of you. Those paths were always there. You are only beginning to see them. And with each vision, something inside you remembers.

Is this why J. Krishnamurti calls it the pathless path?

To sum it all up, we are to just live life to its fullest without any guilt, fear, apprehension, and to face and handle all that comes our way, as these episodes shall shape us, help rediscover our true Self. Knowing this, our Ego leaves us. We arrive at our destiny. This brings us to the state of acceptance and peace.

A feeling of this is it. A sense of this place is already familiar because truth is a part of you and every part longs to return to its whole. This return is what Ibn Arabi calls seer Isuluk, the spiritual journey within. It is a turning inward.