It is said that Karma is the underlying and determining factor in everything. Fate charts numerous paths that then lie before us. When we come of age to make decisisons we have a choice in all matters. We have the choice to accept or reject, to follow or decline, and so on. The choice is then ours to travel on one path at one particular time. Once we have decided and begin to take our first step, traveling a particular path, events begin to unfold, and we start to meet other souls. This then becomes the destined path. Hence, life is of our making. We determine the mould, the vessel, and the components that drive this vessel to our preferred destination.
In befriending God and his apostles, we begin to realize that we have a safety net and a place to turn to in our darkest moments. God, who can come to us in many ways, soon makes us realize that we never went anywhere looking for him, for he tells us that we are one and had traveled far together. This realization is Gnanam or divine wisdom. Once this is made known and we realize it, the search stops, the worship stops, all rituals stops and finally all talk stops. There is no distinction between right and wrong. No opinions. No stand to take up. No pleasure or displeasure. No opposites. We remain as the Yegan or one.
Prapanjam provides for us and sustains us then. For instance, I had wanted to go to the beach. I started my working career in a coastal town back in 1980. I missed the sound of the waves washing ashore. I missed the sunset. I missed dipping in the salt water. I missed the breeze. A friend surprised me when he invited my family and me to join him and his wife on a trip to the beach last Saturday. Prapanjam had granted my wish. I used to apply an ointment on my nose that eases breathing, especially at night when the phlegm is discharged. I used to have two bottles of it, one upstairs and another downstairs, for easy access. Just when I was thinking about replacing one that I had used up, this friend who had recently returned from Thailand handed me a bottle without me even asking or mentioning it. How do we account for these, though small, miracles?
Just as Agathiyar and Ramalinga Adigal had mentioned to me some time back, the Prapanjam works in our favor when we drop the search and stop accumulating and hoarding things, we can be paupers, but the wealthy shall come to our assistance.