After coming to know Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal of Kallar Ashram at a local affiliate of his in Batu Caves in 2005, I frequented the center when he was there, and even after he left for India. A fellow seeker one day walked up to me and asked me what was my problem. I was taken aback. Then he explained that seekers almost always came with problems. He thought that I too might have one or several. I had no problems. The good Lord had kept me well in all ways. The reason I was there was I looked Tavayogi up after an advert in the local Tamil dailies carried the news that he was here to officiate this center. I received a leaflet several years back in 2002 my first Kaanda Nadi reading that carried his name and the news that he was building a temple for Agathiyar in Kallar hills. After he verified that it was him in the leaflet a bond and relationship between student and master bloomed and blossomed.
I saw the Kaanda Nadi in 2002 after the talk cropped up as I and my colleague sat at the office. He had seen his Nadi two years back. It triggered the thought of the Nadi mentioned by Dr.Krishnan in the late nineties when I frequented him seeking to see the horoscope for me and my family. When I asked if it was possible that predictions might not materialize, facing the fact that when everyone praised him for the accuracy of his predictions, nothing he predicted for me materialized, he answered "Yes" and that if one was cursed. Asking to look into my charts to see if I had earned any, he pointed me to the Siddhas and their Nadi. Only they could tell he said. But as it was not important at that time I left it at it. When I read my Kaanda Nadi eventually in 2002, Agathiyar confirmed the curses and set me off to make my bed and he showed me to my guru Supramania Swami of Tiruvannamalai. Taking up his call to come to his path he showed me to my second guru Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal of Kallar Ashram. They were both my wings in flight lifting me, and the baggage I brought with me, and having me stay afloat in the air, making sure that I did not fall. But they never had me become dependent on them but instead brought me under the custody of the gurus in their lineage and the Siddhas. I came under the watchful eye of the parent eagle - Agathiyar.
The Siddhas attempt to make another Siddha of us. This is their target. Just as we are often speaking about them literally and in our thoughts, Agathiyar tells us that we are forever in their thoughts and speech. Patanjali's Yoga Sutras define the core path to be taken. The case examples in the lives of saints are seen as garnishing to the dish. We could add to it. Nothing is written in stone but on the contrary is fluid and workable as in children's play dough. The Siddhas mold us into another Siddha. Hence we see the reason there are so many Siddhas with numerous names and forms. Agathiyar told us that though they were one there was a need to take these names and forms for specific purposes.
Velayutham Karthikeyan Aiya's post in Tamil in his blog SITHTHAN ARUL at http://siththanarul.blogspot.com on the origin of the Jeeva Nadi shows the extent of love and compassion they had towards humanity that they sought to plead with the Almighty whom they prefer to call Erai to save the whole of humanity. The Siddhas had wished that whoever seeks them for solutions to their problems and surrenders, shall be pardoned for their past deeds, however bad and evil they may be, and shall not be put through trials and tribulations and made to face the consequences but instead be saved. Erai granted the Siddhas their wish. The next instant the Siddhas wrote down; the reasons for each individual’s sufferings; listed out solutions and remedies; and showed ways and means to overcome or end the seeker's problems, sins, diseases, illnesses, and sufferings. They wrote them in Tamil prose on dried palm leaves. These writings came to be known as the Kaanda Nadi and several more.
Annette Merle Cleveland, who was interviewed by Discovery Channel, on the Nadi, wrote in her blog, NADI ASTROLOGY THE SECRETS OF LIFE REVEALED,
“Now, there are many who may ask, “Why is there a need for these leaves and this system in the first place?” Well, the Siddhas stated that by the time man evolved to these modern times, his mind would have become so clouded by the things of this world that he would have forgotten his true spiritual nature. Consequently, this astrological system was created to bring people to memory and realization of their true, divine nature.”
“The Siddhas also said, “That from the chaos of the modern times a yearning would rise within the heart of man to seek beyond the supposed limitations of this world.” Thus, this system of truth was written by eighteen Siddhas for each individual soul and shows the entire role of the soul from the beginning of time.”
“Thus, whoever is destined to look into the leaves will find their way to a Nadi reader of their own accord. The very word Nadi in Tamil means, destined to come on own accord.”
“Thus, the enlightened Siddhas were instrumental in chronicling spiritual information on these palm leaves for the benefit of humankind. Therefore, Nadi astrology is a means to show us where we went wrong in respect of our duties, why we are experiencing the difficulties that we are having, and offers a solution as to how to resolve these problems.”
“Furthermore, these ancient beings also set out to reveal a method by which each soul could discover the existence of God in this diverse universe. They knew that a divine power existed, which was an infinite form of energy that existed in all creation. Consequently, they set about putting into place the prescribed paths of Karma and devotion so that all human beings could have a guiding light to realize their true spiritual natures.”
Once the atonement for one’s sins is performed, a new leaf starts. If we surrender unto them, they take hold of us and lead us according to their vision and mission and henceforth start a new chapter in our lives. Further revelations are made if one sincerely and faithfully follows the instructions to the very word. All those who come in search of the Kaanda Nadi, and adopt what is said have their blessings that come in the form of further Nadi readings called Aasi readings. The Siddhas start to guide us through this series of manuals or handouts. The Siddhas give instructions and practices through the Aasi Nadi. It is a means of communication between the Siddha and the disciple. The Aasi Nadi in a way was a Guru and a guide too. I had mine come through these too. I came to know much about life and how to live it fruitfully from the Aasi Nadi. The Aasi Nadi reading made known the possibilities in the spiritual realization that was open and available to me. The choice was also given to me, whether to pursue in the direction laid out in those Nadi readings. For instance, when I decided to see Tavayogi the night of the reading as instructed in the Aasi Nadi, I found to my amazement that the reading that appeared just hours ago was erased mysteriously and was subsequently replaced with another with new contents added. The second reading revealed much more because I decided to listen and heed the first. I could have turned a deaf ear and gone my way. The Aasi Nadi for me has been: revealed my purpose here; a guide to fulfilling this mission; has advice, teachings, and practices from the Siddhas who have tread the path and carried them all out themselves; reveals and narrates ways to reduce and remove further karma that is revealed initially in the Kaanda Nadi; and forewarns and holds us back from creating more Karma. It has been a good tool for motivation and is a means of communication with the Siddhas. Not only did Agathiyar have a reading for me each time I was called over, but he was so gracious to invite other Siddhas to bless this soul. Therefore, it was that I had readings from Bhogar, Sugabrahmar, Bhrigu, Kagabujandar, Pathanjali, and Tirumoolar. I still wonder what I had done to deserve these Siddha’s blessings.
But the Siddhas do not make us dependent on their Nadi entirely and forever. In a reading on 15 February 2013 that was a joint reading for both my wife and me, Agathiyar questioned the need for reading for me. Tavayogi when he was in Malaysia for the very last time in 2016, questioned the need for us to read the Jeeva Nadi he had in his possession. Now Lord Murugan took the stage coming to us to guide us further through Jeeva Nadi readings in 2018. The Aasi and Jeeva Nadi readings ended in September of 2019 just months before the pandemic set in and the Nadi readers returned to India taking the very first flight available home.
The Siddhas then brought down their grace as a token of appreciation for the years of discipleship. D.C. Desai quotes Paul Brunton in DIVINE GRACE THROUGH TOTAL SELF-SURRENDER,
“Divine grace is a manifestation of the cosmic free will in operation. It can alter the course of events in a mysterious manner through its own unknown laws, which are superior to all natural laws and can modify the latter by interaction. It is the most powerful force in the universe. It descends and acts, only when it is invoked by total self-surrender. It acts from within because God resides in the heart of all beings. Its whisper can be heard only in a mind purified by self-surrender and prayer.”
This is the Prapanjam that is much spoken about. Now coming through devotees as energies, they connected us with the Prapanjam. Rather than connecting with it, sadly the world eyes the byproducts of all Yogic practices and seeks hard to raise the Kundalini and gain Siddhis. Just as we all come under the umbrella, but the one who holds it dictates the course and we follow, so too should we reach out and hold on to her rather than expect her to provide shelter forever. Though it is said that the Siddhas can move the world, they refrain from interfering in nature's cause and laws. They refrain from moving even when wars erupt or Mother Nature's wrath befalls us. It is not that there is inaction on their part but they chose to avoid direct confrontation in the former and prefer to work subtly in the latter. As for individuals who sincerely surrender their hearts, souls, spirits, and lives to them, they go all the way out to bring obvious and drastic changes, provided they are willing to listen.
After having us go through the 4 phases of Sariyai, Kriyai, Yogam and currently ascending the ladder to Gnanam, Agathiyar who sent me off on retirement by bringing closure to all our activities including puja, charity, and Satsang under the umbrella of AVM in 2019, I guess wants me to come out of retirement, telling me that much has he instructed to many but none seem to take the cue and moved. Praising me for following all his dictates and wishes, he has asked that I reboot the Pornami Puja held at AVM, besides inviting Vaalai into our home. I guess the gathering on Thaipusam Day will be the start of many Pornami Pujas to come with these kids. He wants to work on these young souls or are they young one wonders considering the Gnanam they came with? Maybe they are here to finish off the act that they played out in the many earlier births for we see that these children are no ordinary children. Agathiyar, Lord Muruga, and Ma too have attested to their wits and Gnanam and asked their parents to take extra care of them. Agathiyar too told me to now guide them on. I guess this is the job and task he had for me that he told me he would reveal in the future some time back.