Just as the course, the scholarship, the job, and the house, fell on my lap, and my family life fell into place, the Siddha path came to me without me seeking a path. Tavayogi once told me with amazement and bewilderment that if they had to travel far and wide and go through much hardship to be where they were, I had it the easy way. But even this was seen as difficult for this pampered and spoilt brat for I had asked Agathiyar wasn't there an easier way to reach him. He told me that it was made pretty easy and accessible. There was no way he could simplify it. He even told me that it would be painless as he knew I could not stand the pain. Indeed I would react to a simple headache as if it were a migraine. Agathiyar who knew me only too well has charted the path and drawn up the blueprint to suit me well. I am grateful to him forever. I wish that every seeker would have it this easy for I have seen some go through hell in arriving there.
Going by the timeline in my relatively short lifespan and seeing how the Siddhas truly came to me to aid and guide my journey, I wish to give back. I guess this blog is a way to show and throw some light to others keen to embark on this journey. Though this is not a template but only one person's personal journey and experience, it should be a good start just as Yogananda Paramahansa's "An Autobiography of a Yogi" started me off on believing God whom I saw in the temples do come as Godmen, gurus, and masters.
Sri Sri Daya Mata writes in her preface to "God Talks with Arjuna - The Bhagavad Gita" by Paramahansa Yogananda.
"No Siddha leaves this world without having given some truth to mankind. Every free soul has to shed on others his light of god realization. How generously Paramahansa Yogananda fulfilled this obligation."
Similarly, Aryaan Arora also tells us that he wanted to give back in this video.
"You know like I started off dancing and singing and acting in Musical shows and musical theaters and I was like oh you know I'm just going to entertain the world. That was my purpose. I was like I want to make people happy I want to make people laugh."
"Then after this event and then after that point, all my complete purpose in life changed. I said, you know I want people to realize at least this 1% of what I realized and hopefully I want to lead them to this ultimate truth and then I realized that maybe I can use whatever skill which isn't even my skill, my throat, whatever it is, my singing, my writing, my composing to spread that message. I started writing music, a spiritual song a kind of Sufi song. It's about my spiritual journey, it's about self-realization, it's about finding the truth within yourself, happiness, and expression of your inner being just like you beautifully said and that's where I am now. Yeah, experiences are very powerful, spiritual experiences mostly."
I share the same too. All the Nayanmars and Siddhas including Ramalinga Adigal gave us their experiences not as statements but in the form of songs too. Maybe as Aryaan Arora says, writing that I never imagined would come to me and that I would do, is a means to show my appreciation to all the Siddhas, my gurus, and upagurus who came along to aid me and to be where I am today.
Agathiyar at the Tamil Sangam presented the 5 tenets for mankind. The fourth states that "There arises then an obligation on our part to "dutifully aid and help, the ongoing evolution of all co-existing human beings." (Vashisht Vaid's post on his blog https://holysageagathiyar.com/)
So we are obliged to help another attain the bliss that we have come to experience. When Agathiyar kept pushing the rest to follow his dictates, as we saw reluctance on their part, I told him to drop it, but he explained that since I had tasted the bliss others too should know it. How can we get the horse to drink the water? We can only lead it to the water. I understand the humongous task that lies before them in wanting to bring them back home. I shall assist in whatever little way.
