Our lives are dictated by our Karma only until we come to the Siddhas. Once there they burn it to ashes and start us on a road to discovery of our true purpose here and the Self or Atma, provided we heed the signs and heed their advice, put into practice what is told, shown, and given. They bring us to come to terms with reality and a state of acceptance. Our understanding deepens to newer and higher levels. We tone down and become humble before them. Our Ego dies a natural death. When the Ego dies the Atma takes charge and brings changes within transforming the gross, mental, subtle, and beyond. We are reborn. Henceforth there is no dependency on things external as amulets, horoscopes, Nadi, etc. The Siddha and the Atma within shall take care of matters. We rest in peace. This we saw in Tavayogi. We are grateful to have known him. He has molded us in his form and image. We carry his teachings and practice. The guru lives in us. In telling me that we were one Agathiyar is speaking about us being the same Atma that arose from the ParamAtma, as we all do.
The Jeev(Atma) that arises from the Param(Atma) sees through the ideal birth of an individual to accomplish its purpose, fulfill its desires, Vasanas, and live out its Karma, by bringing together the genetics and the raw material from each parent to conceive an embryo and later a fetus and a child. Thenceforth the 96 Tatvas take charge and govern and drive us while the Atma stays in the shadows. When Self Realization dawns the Atma comes to the forefront or comes as a guru in the physical form and shows us the means to take charge and regain our right to freedom from attachment to the Tatvas. Our journey in reality is a journey of transforming these Tatvas to their original state and freeing them. If the Tatvas disintegrated upon death in a common man, the saints worked on them and made the transformation while alive, freeing the gross and remaining in the subtle. The Atma that is forever pure is eternal returns to the Param.
My request to readers is to read the latest post for we have come a long way in understanding the path and the journey, the way and the method, the rituals and the practices. What was said and written in the initial years might not hold water now as our understanding has evolved. Even these might be up for change in the years to come with new experiences.