An author of several books messaged me saying she wanted to write about Agathiyar. I told her to come to the worship of the Siddhas first before venturing to write about him, for otherwise it shall only be based on previous research papers written by others, the myths and mythology that have been carried down for ages, and hearsay. Agathiyar, in calling me to the path, had me come to the worship of the Siddhas instead of settling for reading about them, speaking about them, etc. Hence, I came to know the Siddhas.
There is the seeker and aspirant who has made it to the end, and he merges in the bliss. He does not come back into society anymore. Then there is he who comes back to share the bliss with others on the other side of the wall. Then there are those who observe the blissful happenings from a distance and provide a visual narrative, but do not experience the bliss themselves. I guess most of us fall in the last category. Most of us speak and preach without the experience. A lad came around telling me that his parents were in the Siddha path. Asking if they did worship the Siddhas, he replied in the negative and answered that they read a lot about the Siddhas.
This is the reason the Siddhas give us the experiences. Equipped with this, we can take on the seekers who come along the path, and their hunger to know more about these Siddhas, for we have walked the path. He then is indeed the beacon, the guide, the light, and the guru. He brings us to taste the bliss. Eventually, we fall in love with the path, the way, and the teachings. We begin to take it up too. If human birth is rare and the yearning to know is even rarer, I would say finding such a guru is even more rare. Blessed are those who are given a taste of this bliss. Blessed are those who get a piece of the cake and get to keep it.
I believe I am blessed. As such, my conversation with others is always about my gurus Supramania Swami, Tavayogi, and Agathiyar. My conversation with others is always about the many miracles that were shown and took place. My conversation with others is always about the blissful moments that I experience in walking the path. Tavayogi always says that we should try to prolong these moments. Eventually, we arrive at a continuous state of bliss. We are then the very bliss. We become it.