It is said that when the young Ramalingam stood before a mirror in his brother's home in Chennai, he saw the image of Lord Muruga materialize in it. What do we see when we stand before one? I see myself. Similarly, if I stoop over a bowl of water or a pool of water or stand on the river banks I see a reflection of me in the still water.
Cyndi Dale in her book "New Chakra Healing", Llewellyn Publications, 1996, observes the mirror and writes, "There is much more to us than what we see in the mirror." Very true. We believe that it is an image of us, showing what we really look like. An anatomist she sees looks deeper beyond the skin, "seeing the myriad of blood vessels, muscles, bones, or organs that make our body function." A professor she says "sees the depth of knowledge, learning, or intelligence which underlies the thought processes and belief systems." Our mothers tell us of "the non-apparent truths that made and shaped us who we are today." A spiritualist would see beyond the physical in us too, filling us on subjects like the soul and spirit, light and divinity. Cyndi says, "There is much more to us than what we can see in any mirror. She poses a question, is the mirror wrong then? No, she says, as it is only operationally limited, providing only a fraction of the truth.
Agathiyar these days tells us that he only sees our soul or Atma. As Cyndi wrote, "This outer reflection may accurately illuminate inner truths or it may disguise them", Agathiyar addresses our souls to get to know the real desires and wants of us, rather than hearing them from our lips. The soul has been covered by so many layers of thoughts, opinions, desires, and wants, that he has to shuffle through the dense jungle of thoughts and desires to arrive at the truth that the soul seeks. If earlier the Siddhas had fully recorded the soul's journey through the numerous births and relayed to us one or two episodes from these births through their medium of the Nadi, these days he is working with us, helping us to recognize the soul in us and address it, by going within. All the practices and techniques he gave are tailored towards arriving at it. We are trying to follow his dictates without fail.
Agathiyar has spoken about the purpose of humans taking birth at the Tamil Sangam. He listed 5 compulsory tenets that man needs to do. The first and foremost task for man is to understand his purpose in taking birth, often revealed through the Nadi or his guru. With his purpose known then, he shall come to thank the divine creator or energy that brought forth his birth through consultation with the lunar forefathers and their angelic hierarchies that co-exist with us down here. With the constant showering of his blessings that come to us by way of living a purposeful, meaningful and fruitful life, the soul grows in strength gaining Soul Power or Atma Balam. Showing appreciation to the divine that gave us an opportunity to take birth again to sort out our lives, we then thank all the caretakers both seen and unseen, in the present and the past. With all their blessings and grace showered on us, there is an obligation on our part then to "dutifully aid and help, the ongoing evolution of all co-existing human beings." The final task is to extend this aid and help, towards "the ongoing evolution of all co-existing beings and entities, existing upon the lower levels of the evolutionary ladder, dutifully supporting the manifested matrix or prapanjam."
When I ask Agathiyar to know the true and real purpose of me taking birth, he brought me to the portal or door of meditation. Traversing through the chakras, when one stands at the door to the last chakra, his true purpose in taking birth shall dawn on him, says Agathiyar. The effort has to come from us. It has to be earned. When he hears me mention to my friend that we should take the cue from Tavayogi and asks for Jnana, moving away from the material and physical desires of many who stood before Agathiyar and Tavayogi, Agathiyar tells me that I had asked for Jnana and shocks me by saying that he cannot give it to me! It has to be earned, he says. Traversing within, the experiences that arise in this internal journey, come to us as Jnana, says Agathiyar and it shall differ from person to person. Again the effort has to come from us. Agathiyar who has been guiding me through 61 Nadi readings to date, could have told me my purpose and reason too. But it was not to be given or revealed but to be known by oneself.
When I ask Agathiyar to know the true and real purpose of me taking birth, he brought me to the portal or door of meditation. Traversing through the chakras, when one stands at the door to the last chakra, his true purpose in taking birth shall dawn on him, says Agathiyar. The effort has to come from us. It has to be earned. When he hears me mention to my friend that we should take the cue from Tavayogi and asks for Jnana, moving away from the material and physical desires of many who stood before Agathiyar and Tavayogi, Agathiyar tells me that I had asked for Jnana and shocks me by saying that he cannot give it to me! It has to be earned, he says. Traversing within, the experiences that arise in this internal journey, come to us as Jnana, says Agathiyar and it shall differ from person to person. Again the effort has to come from us. Agathiyar who has been guiding me through 61 Nadi readings to date, could have told me my purpose and reason too. But it was not to be given or revealed but to be known by oneself.
Cyndi too says it beautifully, "We are to look for the points of contact, the doorways or portals, the revolving doors that link the visible and invisible. To enter our revolving doors is to enter the realm of purpose. That purpose is our ultimate calling. It originates in our spirit or our essence, the self that was and is one with the Divine Source and the energy behind creation."
She gives us a wonderful and enlightening snapshot of the process of creation.
Upon separating from the Divine Source, we each receive a torch representing one of the truths or principles of the universe. That torch becomes our essential purpose, and our soul's job was to carry our purpose forward until we achieved it. However, as our souls added new dimensions, including a mind and a body, it obviously became hampered by blocks and resistance. That is why our souls have entered one life after another; each life has presented the opportunity to live out different life task designed to clear any issues, beliefs, or experiences that prevent the achievement of the essential purpose.
Living our purpose is the dynamic process whereby we heal our blocks and misperceptions, while expressing our true selves.
She says living our purpose is fully expressing our spiritual self in the material world. She adds that living our purpose is proof that we have achieved completion or puranam, as Agathiyar says too. Thank you Cyndi for an enlightening piece.