If the universe is ever-expanding, nothing holds water then, even the predictions of the Siddhas. Looking into the future they predict happenings that take place. These are possible or might not be possible. It might take place or might not. Fate can change. New destinies can be charted. Everything is in a state of flux. Take the words of the Siddhas with good faith and work on that. Even if the expected results do not unfold, you have unfolded into a better being. A change has taken place in us already.
If initially we were brought to participate actively in rituals and charity and place effort in yoga, then we were asked to wind down and let go of all these. Even the intentional practice of focusing and concentrating on controlling the breath, which took much effort on our part, was dropped too. We were asked to just be still. Agathiyar says that the "breath" shall now move within on its own.
இரு நாசியிலும் சுவாசத்தினை கவனியுங்கள். நீங்களாகவே இழுக்க வேண்டாம். அதுவே செல்லும். கவனியுங்கள்.
When I told him it was a struggle to attempt to go within, போராடி கொண்டிருக்கிறோம் ஈசா பெரிய போராட்டம், he questions me why should it be so? "இது நிரந்தரம் என்று தெரிந்தபின் எதற்கு அப்பா போராட்டம்?"
In the documentary "Inner Worlds & Outer Worlds" (IW & OW) we are told that "A quiet mind is all you need to realize the nature of the stream. All else will happen once your mind is quiet. In that stillness, inner energies wake up and work without effort on your part."
In IW & OW we are told that "the ancient knowledge is here in our midst hidden in plain view. But we are too preoccupied with our thoughts to recognize them. This forgotten wisdom is the way to restore the balance between the inner and outer, the Ying and Yang, between the spiral of change and the stillness at our core."
We are pulled into the eye of the hurricane I came to understand now, where stillness and calm prevails. In sitting still we are centered at our core. The spiral of change continues to go around us but we are unperturbed by it. We are aware of it but do not participate in it. We become watchers. "In the state of samadhi one is both the seer and the seen. We are the universe aware of itself."
Gnana arises in this stillness. The workings of the universe unfold before us. Once it is understood we stop participating in it. We become it. We become one with the thought and the action. Ney, we are the very thought and action. We are the dance and the dancer. We move things and move with them. We are the Prapanjam, it is in us and we are in it too. We stop resisting it. We go with the flow.
We can opt to come out of it and participate or remain impartial and silent. There were many moments when Agathiyar took an active role to mend or change things but at other moments he was pretty silent letting things just be. Today we understand why he chose to be silent. If Agathiyar rushed to our aid initially to bring on the changes that we desired, now he wants us to test our strength and ability in bringing them on instead of looking up towards him. For how long are we to be dependant on him? The energy in us if diverted into the thoughts is capable of felling our enemies, solving problems, clearing the path, and burning one's karma. From a servant, a son, a disciple, a companion now he places his trust in us to walk on our own.