I guess I had promised back then in some birth to come back into the path after going astray and lead others too. If I had worshiped the Siddhas with my family coming together too, and later with youths whom Agathiyar sent over to my home, I would be grooming the kids this time around.
Just as a devotee asked me why we need to praise the Siddhas, many years back, I can give many reasons to do so after arriving there.
For one, in coming to the Siddhas, they would show us our past Karma through the Kaanda Nadi, to begin working on. We could either live it through or take the necessary measures, which the Siddhas would come to show through Nadi readings that are accounts of our past lives and the deeds and sins we did. They would give us further readings through the Aasi Kaandam to follow and adhere to.
They shall then show us to our guru in the physical form, who will then bring us to the practices and adherence of disciplines needed to walk the phases of Kriyai and Yogam, to arrive at Gnanam.
In carrying out Kriyai, we draw the bridge down for the Siddhas to visit us in our homes and begin the conversations.
In carrying out Yogam, the inherent energy in us rises to meet that of the Siddhas and merge in the union of the JeevAtma with the ParamAtma. We become Jeevan Muktas or Spiritual Catalysts and turn towards bringing others to this state of bliss.
With the dawning of Gnanam from within, he too shall become a Siddha.
Hence, the call comes when we are pretty much caught in the affairs of the world. The guru comes when we are ready to relinquish all our desires and wants. The Siddha comes when we are ready to do his work. They take us into their fold. We have a new role and purpose then. The lineage is kept alive. The path sees beings walking it. The flame is kept burning.