When Agathiyar came to us last February and asked us to conduct our 60th wedding on Guru Purnima, I told myself that it could not be a repeat of the wedding rituals done originally in 1989. There has to be a purpose and meaning to this ceremony. Going through the net everyone carried or reenacted their wedding again. I waited patiently for Agathiyar to enlighten us. As we had no idea what we had to do, Agathiyar made some simple plans for us. He came that day as a purohit and did the rest. It was truly amazing. Days earlier he had me take down notes that he dictated, to be delivered and shared with the handful of invitees on the grand day. That memo of his, after his first about the "Body, Breath, and Soul" much earlier that came by way of him speaking to Mahindren, was truly amazing too, clearly spelling out the Siddha Path and its ideals. Yesterday he explained further, telling us the significance of the 60th wedding. First, it was a reminder to the children that they were now on their own and to release their parents to continue another phase of the journey, that of the soul or Atma. As for the couple now it was time for their souls to unite and come in unison to merge with the ParamAtma. How wonderful.
