Just as Tavayogi surprised me pushing me to speak about the Siddhas when he officiated an affiliate of his Agathiyar Gnana Peedham in Banting many years back when he began frequenting Malaysia and when I was a new kid on the block just beginning to take a step on the Siddha path, in recent times Agathiyar has pushed me to speak about the changes taking place within currently to those gathered at the many puja venues. However, to arrive at these changes, one has to leave the previous phases and practices and glide into the next. So I began to address the path of Sariyai which was introduced to us by our parents and added that sadly we stop at this stage, just as they did, not progressing further. For some who had questions that prompted them to seek answers, they went in search of masters and gurus or the latter came by in their lives. But sadly they too stopped short of carrying out the Kriya practices given. Those who furthered the life-changing Yoga practices soon begin to see changes within them. Soon these changes happen without any effort on our part. Eventually, after all the activities and effort, one is asked to bring it all to a halt and remain still, quiet and silent. This is the goal of traveling the path. So I had to clarify that one has to evolve into a beautiful butterfly and never forever remain in the comfort and safety of the cocoon or practices and rituals given. For us to arrive at the goal we have to travel the path, picking up the tools and methods and using and putting them into practice before willingly laying them down too. My short speech was acknowledged by Lord Murugan who came and pointed them out to the devotees gathered on Agathiyar Jayanthi at AVM. In asking them to speak about their journey and experiences he charted the goal for them.
