These blog posts are not my writings, but I believe they are handed down by Agathiyar. In writing them and reading for myself, I am learning with readers, too. I guess this direct transmission would be authentic and true to what he wants to say, rather than learning from another, where the words might be minced, the subject adulterated, or manipulated for personal gains. Is this the manner the Vedas and sacred scriptures came down to the Rishis and Munis, I wonder?
Although Agathiyar has brought me from Dvaita to Advaita, the bliss and joy can only come in singing his praise through Bakti and devotion. No wonder all the saints took to singing the praises of God, describing their forms and chanting their names. Hence, we have to fall back on Dvaita at times. It becomes necessary and is essential to place his idol before us, adorn him with garlands and flowers, and give him a feast and sing his praise, knowing pretty well at the back of our mind that we are one all the time and all the while. Now I understand why, when I questioned Tavayogi as to why he was building a temple, since he was always asking us to take the leap to Gnanam, he replied that it was not for him but for others. Although he had become Agathiyar, but did it for the others, for they too needed to reach this state of knowing. Now I understand why Supramania Swami wanted to build Lord Muruga's temple. Now I understand why both Agathiyar and Lord Muruga wanted me to build a temple too. I remember a friend asking me why we should sing the praise of the Siddhas and deities in the early years. I answered him that although it was true that they did not need our praise, I asked him to give it a try and see the bliss arise from within in connecting with them. Today I can vouch for it 100%. Just as when I was quite reluctant when Tavayogi asked that I light the fire Homam, asking me to follow suit the ritual that he was doing at Kallar Ashram in the aftermath of the Tsunami in 2004, to appease the wrath of Prapanjam, though I did it, it needed Agathiyar to convince me that I was not doing it for personal gains but for the good of all. Today I have come to learn that this ritual can both bring the Siddhas to us, bridging both our worlds, and can be used to burn or past Karma and sufferings, turning them to ash. To the head of a Peedham though he ran a temple, who ridiculed me for worshiping the statue of Agathiyar, who had just arrived in my home in 2010, though I told him I needed it as I was only 5 years into the worship of the Siddhas and that Agathiyar had asked that I commision him and worship him, I would tell him if he was around now that I am prepared to carry out Puja and rituals again and build a temple now. How else can we bring this bliss that is forever flowering in us now to others if not through Sariyai and Kriyai, for many are not keen and prepared to venture further into Yogam that brings on Gnanam. The mountain is back to being a mountain. Now I know why God sent the little soul to earth for these experiences in Neale Donald Walsch's "The Little Soul and the Sun", and why God took the many Avatars or Avatharam. This bliss is shared by the many saints and their songs, which I have compiled as a playlist, left for us to take up and begin our spiritual journey, too.
Now I understand why one has to adorn the kavi not to impress another but to remind oneself of his true nature always.