If my parents brought me and my siblings into Sariyai, following in the traditions and customs of our forefathers, Agathiyar, in the Nadi reading in 2002, brought me to worship the Siddhas, who then came regularly through these Nadi readings to inform and guide us. A year before this reading, he had my nephew come by my home, bringing me a mantra from him that was transmitted through my nephew's Paramaguru Gopal Pillai through a devotee much earlier. It was to clear the knots, blocks, hurdles, and Karma that supposedly stood in my way. It paved my way to meet my very first guru, Supramania Swami of Tiruvannamalai in 2003, and Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal of Kallar Ashram later in 2005.
As I journeyed with him all these 24 years, Agathiyar, tested me thoroughly. On the onset itself, as Tavayogi left my home on his first visit to my home, that brought me extreme bliss, he had Tavayogi trash me, reminding me not to be caught in the false lure of Maya. Later at his Kallar ashram, he had me willingly remove the nine gem-studded gold ring, the mercury or Rasamani bead I had on me, and remove any intention I might have of wearing a Rudraksha bead later on, telling me that "we" do not need it. In bringing Tavayogi to our shores and having me meet him, they brought me to carrying out rituals as libation of statues and lighting the fire Yagam and its smaller version, the Homam, and topping it up by officially initiating me into Yogam too, which brought numerous changes and transformations within over the years of practice, beginning from 2007 till now.
In wanting me to let go of my anger that was holding me back from progressing further, Agathiyar spoke about anger management for close to an hour in the Nadi back in those days, and immediately put me to the test, which I failed miserably. He had asked me to build a temple for him in my very first Nadi reading in 2002, a request that was conveyed later by Lord Muruga, too, in his Nadi reading in 2018. I refused to engage in it further after my initial excitement died down, after I did not receive consent from the temple committees I approached back then in 2002. Finally, they told me that they had tested me and that my home had turned into one. Previously, he had offered to give me a Nadi for my use and to read for others, which I refused. With the coming of several youths, the movement that had grown around my humble home, which took on the name Agathiyar Vanam Malaysia (AVM), and which took on pujas at AVM, the homes of other devotees and temples, and charity programs at children homes, old folks homes, homes of the poor and unfortunate and in the streets, drawn up and executed, since 2013, Agathiyar in 2019 moved me to dissolve this movement thus having me let go of my attachment further. As for me, he had me go within. After Tavayogi's demise, during the pandemic and post-pandemic, Agathiyar and the other Siddhas and the Gods and Goddesses began to speak to us and guide us more frequently through devotees. Post-pandemic, in 2023, Agathiyar helped me break the bund, releasing the energies that had been held back, after having taken up the Yoga practices that Tavayogi gave earlier. Saying that he was leaving my home, Agathiyar asked that his bronze statue be moved to others' homes, which I readily accommodated. He told me that he would bring the Prapanjam down in its place. But he soon returned, having tested me to see if I was willing to let go of my attachment to his statue.
What Tavayogi the very first day he stepped into my family home in 2005, forewarned me of, the Maya lurking all around us, that both caught me off guard, and left me totally confused, disturbed, and angry; and which Lord Muruga in 2023, coming to warn me to be aware and not to fall for the divine play of Lord Siva and Agathiyar, who had roped in Lord Indran into the act, that totally confused me again; and which Agathiyar subsequently asked to get further clarification from the Nadi, which confused us all the more, has all come to a rest now. Just as Adi Sankaracharya spoke about the rope appearing as a snake, all of creation is a product of Maya, Agathiyar brings us to be aware and cautious, asking us to sieve through to separate the truth and the false, for when things prolong for a very long time, be it in reading, comprehension and understanding of the sacred texts, when master's talk, in Nadi readings, or in rituals, and in thoughts and through writings, Maya begins to penetrate unknowing to the parties concerned, taking an upper hand and clouding both the minds of the reader, masters, Nadi readers, devotees and writers alike respectively. Adulteration and manipulation are likely to happen. I guess this is the reason Agathiyar initiates us into something and has us go about doing it for a certain period of time before wrapping it all up, saving us from getting caught in the web of Maya.
Then Agathiyar offered to make me into a guru but almost immediately retracted the offer, saying that he would make me a Siddha instead. Recently, he asked that I even let go of him asking me how else we can be one. In thanking him on another day, he asked who I was thanking and for what when we were one. He brought us from Dvaita to Advaita. Then he said that I had now to know Sivam and the Atma. If, in letting go of all the above, Agathiyar revealed himself and brought me to know him, in negating all the above and the rest, he has brought me to know Sivam. Beginning with the revelations in the Nadi that spoke about past Karma and made us aware of them and work on them and to not repeat them in this birth; followed by initiations, teachings, and practices given by Tavayogi and the Siddhas, that brought us from Sariyai to Kriyai and Yogam bringing us to live in this world detached, and bringing us to Bhagawan Ramana's teachings later, that of acceptance that all was well and fine, we stand today at the threshold of Adi Sankaracharya's teachings that negates it all and piercing the veil of Maya.
In a timely manner, I come across a message shared with Mahindren that he has commented on today. It holds water. It makes sense to continue watering, in this case, continue writing.
