A friend from Delhi in sharing his trip down south to Tamil Nadu some years back, last night over the phone told me of an occurrence when he was at a Siva temple. He had bought some lotus flowers, and as someone helped him put them together as a garland, up walked a couple and a child and asked for some flowers, mentioning that they would pay for them. Without any hesitation, my friend asked them to take whatever they needed and told them that they did not need to pay for it. They took only two pieces and thanked him before walking away. Once the garland was made and placed on the Sivalinga, what surprised my friend was that it was an exact fit, not too short nor too long. How does one decipher this happening? Why should they appear then and ask for the lotus? I told him that it could only be Lord Siva and Parvathy coming before him and getting what was theirs, even before he offered it to them.
As the bodily aches increased in their intensity over the past few days, I put forth a prayer to Agathiyar a.k.a Prapanjam to help bring me some immediate relief. This morning, after sending my daughter to her office, I stopped over for petrol and to withdraw some cash. Taking a walk along the morning market, suddenly someone caught my head and neck from behind and held it, preventing me from turning to look. He placed his hands on my shoulder and gave me a rub and massage that brought instant relief. Upon turning around, I saw that it was a friend of mine from Tanjavur, India. I asked him to continue the massage. We sat on the bench at the park adjacent to the site of the morning market, and he gave me a good rub. Not satisfied, I brought him home to give me a thorough and full-body oil massage. He had previously done it three times, and it was soothing. When I had a much severe pain that crippled me back then between the years 2011 and 2012, and again in 2016 and 2018, many came to my aid upon hearing of my condition. I had a friend work on my energy vortexes by doing energy healing. Another master and a student worked on my Varma points while a friend and gym instructor gave me several exercises to ease my pain. A doctor gave me an injection. Lord Dhavanthri applied the holy ash and gave me tips to care for my back, while Tavayogi, who was in Malaysia to attend my daughter's wedding, passed me some herbal preparations. Agathiyar, on his part, gave me further herbal preparations to consume and apply through the frequent Nadi readings of mine and others. Finally, Lord Muruga came simultaneously through the Nadi reading, and a devotee helped bring relief.
Now, as Agathiyar said that the subtle energy movements in the body that were taking place on their own at my age of 66 would result in some discomfort and medical conditions, he had asked that I consult the doctors too. As the pain returned but with less intensity, Agathiyar pointed me to Pulipani Siddhar Ashram at the foothill of Palani much earlier for some Kaya Karpam or herbal medicines that would strengthen my body and internals. But after contacting the ashram and failing to make any headway, miraculously, a local Siddha physician, astrologer, and friend who was in India then and who agreed to bring over the prescriptions when ready, consoled me that once back, he would prepare them for me instead. Back home, he tells me that Agathiyar had directed him to prepare certain herbal medicines earlier, but he was not told to whom to pass them on until I turned up at his door. I am truly grateful to Agathiyar for his love, kindness, and compassion. I have since then been taking them. I am amazed by how Prapanjam answers and meets our needs these days. Ramalinga Adigal had spoken to us about how she would respond to us once we get connected with her. He helped us connect with her, too. Then Agathiyar, who left my home briefly, asking that I hand over his bronze statue to another devotee some time back, mentioned that henceforth Prapanjam shall take his place in my home. A couple who dropped by my home for the very first time could not help but acknowledge Agathiyar's presence. I just wonder what he has in store and up his sleeve?
So a question crops up now. If I look towards Agathiyar to send someone who can bring me relief, so should I, or should I not, bring some cheer in others' lives by opening up to all the many avenues that were made available to me by Agathiyar in the past, as I have highlighted in the last post?