As far as we can remember, man has manipulated others and his society by instilling fear. If this is predominant in the material world, coming to religious and later spiritual fields, here too, this tactic is used to control and rule people to gain admiration, authority, and power. Fear mongers come in many forms, such as people, texts, visuals, audio, etc. One has to decipher and sieve through the true and the false, says Agathiyar to us. Maya, that is a creation of the divine, has its place in his divine play, too. It veils our good sense and disillusions us. Having to beat Maya at its own game needs clarity. To gain clarity is an uphill battle. One should be spirited. Holding on to the divine, and in surrendering our ego, the divine brings an end to the game, resolving all challenges and tests.
If Tavayogi spoke to me about Maya on the very onset in 2005, Lord Muruga, a couple of years back, warned me of the game being played or engineered within by Lord Siva and Agathiyar, and executed outwardly by Lord Indran. I am truly thankful to my gurus and the divine for saving me from the clutches of Maya, ending all tests, and bringing a stop to their game.
Then came Bharathi, asking if this was all a dream? It sure seems so.
Similarly, the following song by Sri Dhanurdas Ramanuja Jeeyar Swamigal surely does break us apart and leaves us to wonder if we are true to our cause and purpose.
At the start of it all, Agathiyar, in calling me to the path, asked me to worship the Siddhas, and showed me to Supramania Swami and Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal, where I learned much under their tutelage. Tavayogi started me doing the Homam and charity. Agathiyar came to convince and strengthen the need to do so. Soon after gathering all the experiences and learning some precious lessons, Agathiyar had me drop it all, for he knew that, as Karma, both bad and good initiate another birth, with the former making life tough on us, and the latter showering rewards, one has to make a return to fulfill and live the life. With personal desires out of the way and living a life dictated by the Siddhas, further reasons for a rebirth are reduced. Now we come to the tricky part. What about the requests and desires of others in wanting us to come together in another birth, too? Here then, we are caught in the spiral of the web of birth and rebirth. Here is where the saints who have themselves become light are moved to take on a material form, or if the need arises, to take another birth or Avatar. Tavayogi, who was a disciple of Agathiyar, was an old soul who came for us in the present times. Mataji and a devotee, Sri Krishna, had lived during the period in time when Agathiyar formed a Siva linga from the sand from the banks of the River Kaveri at Erode, which has come to be known as the Nattatreeswarar Temple. Both my wife and I are back here as my daughter had requested of him, says Agathiyar. Then, if there are other scores to be settled with others, we would make a comeback to make things good. This is one vicious circle where we are to be extremely alert and act accordingly if we sincerely want to break the cycle. No wonder Agathiyar tells me that I have known him for crores of years and made a return again. I guess I had missed the boat to his heavenly kingdom in all those births. Will I make it this time around?