THE MYSTERIOUS SIDDHAS & THEIR GRACE

There is a general rule for the commoner and an exception for those on the path. Many rules for the common man does not apply to one on the path. Although The Gods have laid the rules for the proper governance and administration of the world and all its laws both the Siddhas and the genuine gurus have the gift of changing man's fate, the nation's fate and the law of nature. 

The Ashtama Siddhis gained and exhibited by them never fail to first bewilder and later amaze us. The simple rituals that they introduce to us counter the elaborate agamas performed for ages in temples and elsewhere. The very nature of the body that is known to heal itself, is amplified and seen in those on the path. The notion that there is one world, one sun, and a moon is shattered by their revelations.

Coming to the path there is no template or an SOP for all to follow. Each move is customized for the client accordingly. Each experience is unique to the seeker. There is a myriad of ways, means, techniques and practices that can lead one to have a divine and earth-shaking experience. But it happens with the grace of Erai and the Siddhas rather than entirely on our effort. As Tavayogi says, "While the initial seeking, search, learning, practice, and effort is required on our path to transcend two stages that of Muladhara and Svadhisthana, the Siddhas come down your way to lead you on further on the path."

I was blessed to have several mystical and still incomprehensible experiences while traveling the path. Although Agathiyar did show me many miracles as promised in my very first Nadi reading in 2002 and later in 2005, I was then more of a witness, who stood looking in disbelief, to new magical things and mysterious happenings taking place on the very face of our earth, rather than in a state of dream or in another realm or space. It was then more of an amazement to me looking on as a spectator or a bewildered child, seeing a magic show or a circus for the very first time. The question of whether and how these miracles were possible, was and is always on my mind. 

Bringing me to perform remedies or parikaram after my very first Nadi reading, Agathiyar showed me my very first guru at the end of my last leg of my visit to India in 2003. I immersed in him, a solid five hours that remain till this day the most joyful moments of my life. The rare moments between the guru and the disciple (which I was unaware of till later) as exemplified in Nakiran's tribute song to Lord Vinayagar took place that evening.

மோனா ஞான முழுதும் அளித்து
சிற்பரிப் பூரண சிவத்தைக் காண
நற்சிவ நிட்கள நாட்டமுந் தந்து
குருவுஞ் சீடனுங் கூடிக் கலந்து
இருவரும் ஒரு தனியிடந் தனிற் சேர்ந்து
தானந்தமாகித் தற்பர வெளியில்
ஆனந்த போத அறிவைக் கலந்து
ஈசனிைணயடியிருத்தி
மனத்தே நீயே நானாய்
நானே நீயாய்க்
காயா புரியைக் கனவெனவுணா்ந்து
எல்லாமுன் செயலென்ேற உணர
நல்லா உன்னருள் நாட்டந் தருவாய்
காரண குருவே கற்பகத் களிேற
வாரணமுகத்து வள்ளலே போற்றி

Supramania Swami began to talk about himself, his gurus, all five, and go on to reveal about me and my reason to come to India. I sat before him in the small cottage that was his home in the village of Nachananthal some eight kilometers away from the Tiruvannamalai town. It was late afternoon when Deva brought me to Swami's home to have my daughter's horoscope chart and read. But instead, Swami revealed about me without even asking to look at my palm, asking for my birth details or drawing up my astrological chart. He was narrating about me and the events to come as if downloading from the Akashic records, with his eyes shut throughout the time. He spoke of matters, including those that were revealed in my Nadi reading, that only Agathiyar, the Nadi reader and I knew. As dusk began to bid farewell and the night began to envelop the small village, those were some lovely five hours I spent with him. Sending me back to my homeland Agathiyar told me he would show me many more miracles on my home ground which he is doing till this day. https://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2013/07/supramania-swami-i-went-in-search-of.html

Similarly the few hours in 2002, I spent in the company of Nadi guru Senthilkumar who was a tool through whom Agathiyar revealed my past, present, and future were equally amazing moments. I sat spellbound and speechless as he deciphered, read and translated into modern day Tamil from the Nadi, matters that only I could have known.

Setting me off to India on a pilgrimage the second time in 2005 with Tavayogi, Agathiyar began to show numerous miracles as promised in the Nadi, read by T.Ramesh: Agathiyar opening his eyes as promised in a granite statue of his at Agasthiyampalli and hours later without forwarning, doing the same feat at Papanasam in 2003; The abhiseka milk that was given to me twice, in 2003 and 2005, to drink that made me go into a state of mindful levitation at Palani; The chanting of Yogi Ramsuratkumar's name that brought the saint from his samadhi to chant with Supramania Swami and me at his kudil in 2005; The sacred ash that materialized in Konganar's cave at Uthiyur that Tavayogi applied on my forehead and on himself; and many more.

Among the many encounters with matters beyond our anticipation and control was when Tavayogi bursts into tears as he applied the sacred ash on my forehead as I kneeled before him following the others after he had spoken at a local chapter of his peedham in Sri Gombak. I did not know the reason then for him to exhibit that emotion in public. But the irony is no one really noticed this brief moment of silent communication, as they were all going about with their usual matters. Later as I drove him to my home I asked him what had transpired back there. He hushed me up by pointing to the rear seat where we had a devotee dosing off to dreamland. I understood that he did not wish to talk about it as we had company.

The next time I saw an outburst of cry come from him was when he fell to the floor in front of a huge portrait of his guru Chitramuthu Adigal and his Paramaguru Jeganatha Swamigal at the Malaysia Arul Oli Mandram in Ipoh. Although he rarely spoke about his gurus and worshipped them even less, I saw the amount of devotion and gratitude he had on them by his reaction in dropping to the ground in reverence that day. This incomprehensible experience happened to me too the day I was officially introduced to Agathiyar by Tavayogi. I came to worship Agathiyar after I was asked in my first Nadi reading. Having performed the ritual of paying homage to the Nadi that was made available by the Siddhas, and subsequently hearing the names of these Siddhas recited by Nadi guru Sentilkumar for the very first time, I continued the worship of Siddhas at my altar in the prayer room of my home daily. Subsequently I made my maiden journey to India to carry out my remedies or parikaram, where I was brought to meet Supramania Swami in India in 2003.

I met Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal in Malaysia in 2005. After introducing ourselves and after Tavayogi spoke about the many charitable deeds and activities he conducted back at his Kallar ashram in India, he invited me to his ashram at my leisure and my family to his talk later that evening. As I fell at his feet to bid farewell, he apprehended me for doing that and told me instead, that I should only fall at the feet of Agathiyar and pointed me to a pair of wooden sandals or pathugai place under the huge and majestic painting of Agathiyar. I turned towards the sandals and held them tight when a continuous stream of tears ran down my cheeks as I sat wailing like a child. Tavayogi remarked to Appana, "We too cried like this." From there on it was a frequent thing that took place at sacred spots where for some unknown reason something was triggered in me that opened the gates to the flood waters from the tear glands that flowed through a number of tear (lacrimal) ducts behind my upper eyelids and weld up in my eyes to the extent the eyes could not contain them and it has to flow down the cheeks. Was this the external showing of an internal connection of the soul with its source?

If the earlier happenings saw me stand witness to the marvels of the Siddhas, shown as miracles for my eyes alone, be it in the dense jungles and deep dark caves or in the midst of the large temple crowd or market place, soon he moved amongst us and brought many amazing experiences both internally and within and externally that was witnessed by my family first and later the AVM family. 

One such incident took place at the samadhi temple of Jaganatha Swamigal in Tapah. My family and I on our way back to our hometown had just arrived at the temple when I went into a different state of mind and my body moved on its own accord as if powered by something else. I began to make bodily gestures and sounds that were way beyond my control as my family, not comprehending what was taking place, stood motionless and watched. A group of devotees and followers of a local monk who had decided to camp at the temple and who started performing agamic rituals at the samadhi, surprisingly did not notice all that took place, although they were present together and attending to their matters. We suppose Jagannatha came to bless the family in person that day, drawing a curtain between us and others.

When the family and I had stepped out of the Nattukottai Chettiar’s Sri Thandayuthapani Temple some distance away from the foot of the Waterfall Hilltop Temple in Penang, I burst into loud laughter as I lifted my hands in prayer and salutation over my head, looking towards and beyond the hill temple. Someone walked up to my family and mentioned, "He is in great Bliss."

When the family and I were led on a tour of the Sri Shiva Shanmugar cave temple in Sungai Siput by the temple priest, an astounding thing happened. This temple was mentioned in the Nadi of a devotee. Since he was asked to visit but could not make it we took it as a cue for us to visit the place, as it had come to our attention. Once we arrived at the spot where we were told Chitramuthu Adigal had meditated, I went into a swift dance that ended with me landing into a pit on my back. Miraculously I came out unhurt nor unfarced to everyone's surprise.

Then at another time, I went into an uncontrollable state of expression of devotion at the Sri Siva Subramaniam Temple Kampong Kepayang Ipoh when the AVM family who was touring numerous temples stopped over to visit. I guess my gratefulness to the divine came out as a show of tears in their presence.

The AVM family was greeted by Agathiyar in the form of a granite statue in an estate temple built in 1938 on Carey Island. https://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2018/02/agathiyar-in-carey-island.html Here too I and many others went into a state of bliss that the AVM family and the public stood witness too. Here we saw the expression of love and devotion unfold and many hearts open up that day to receive the grace of Erai.

Even before this spate of mysterious events took place I was drawn into a state of bliss and calm at the sannadhi of Lord Nadaraja at Ekambareswarar Temple in Kanchipuram. It was truly mystical and enchanting. I was led into the lord's huge chamber by a young priest who met me at the doorway. He began to chant holy hymns and mantras, showered flowers, showed arati and rang the bells, playing up all the components that created a conducive environment that made me go into an ecstatic state immediately. I stood fixed to the ground, my eyes transfixed on the overwhelming figure of the Lord who looked down on me with compassion and love. I was mesmerized by the sheer beauty of the massive and majestic Lord Nadaraja and stood in silence and with a great sense of gratitude for having given an audience with him for that few moments where time stood still. How could I repay him?

Another moment that will never be erased from my memory is both the time I stood before Lord Dakshina Murthy at Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval, with a torrential outpour of tears, in 2003 and then again in 2013. The first time I never knew why I broke down and wept for hours seemingly oblivious to the train of devotees who walked by. The only witness to this moment was the old priest who opened the gates to the closed sannadhi and conducted the arati, upon insistence from the priest who we picked up from neighboring Utamar temple in Uthamarkoil earlier to help with the parikaram, the temple watchman, and Deva who drove me around. When the watchman coaxed me to stop crying the priest asks that he let me be. "Let him cry. He needs to cry!", he told him. True, actually I cried to my heart's content that day, for no reason. How do we explain these phenomena?

The second time I was at this venue I was accompanied by Jnana Jhothiamma and my family. This time after having shed tears again and having been coaxed by Jnana Jhotiamma, I had stopped crying and calmed down. She asked that I give a small token to the priest a well built fair and handsome young man who was in attendance. When I walked up to him and placed some rupee notes on the platter that he held, he asked me out of the blues if I saw it! The next moment I saw in a flash the form of Lord Dhandayutapani of Palani in flesh in him! I fell to the ground, prostrated before him, again in tears of joy and bliss, announcing to all like a mad man, that I had seen Lord Muruga. To our surprise again the public did not seem to notice whatever was taking place. It was as if a large curtain was drawn across keeping these intense moments private.

When the AVM family went on a pilgrimage before finally attending the inauguration of the new Kallar temple complex, we stopped by at the Mayuranathaswamy Temple, in Mayiladuthurai, where we were electrified by the divine presence at Kuthambai Siddhar's Jeeva samadhi. We were grounded, for some time as the whole body shook in ecstasy. https://agathiyarvanam.blogspot.com/2016/12/destination-india-day-2.html

Today we realize that above all the yearning to know them, dedication to the tasks given, discipline in conducting ourself, and devotion to Erai and the Siddhas, it is through their grace that all these transpired, coming together as a whole and bringing about fruition. Manickavasagar and Ramalinga Adigal have described these states of bliss and ecstasy in simple terms through the rendition of songs of praise that was an outcome of their spiritual discoveries and endeavors and their deep feelings of love for Erai. It brings us to an elated state knowing that we too have touched, although only the fringe of the spiritual sphere spoken off, but this itself is most satisfying and fulfilling to us as for now.

These were the many moments and instances of ecstasy and bliss we encountered while walking the path shown by the Siddhas. These miracles continue at ATM even today. The Siddhas began to use us as conduits or channels to pass on their blessings, grace and advise and also to reprehend us in some cases. It was all mind boggling and beyond logic and comprehension. We stood stupified not knowing what was happening most of the times. But as it was all well meant we took it in our stride and continued the journey without questioning the message nor the source.

As Ramalinga Adigal penned the following words for his அம்பலத்தரசே,

அம்பல வாணணை நாடின னே
அவனடி யாரொடும் கூடின னே.
தம்பத மாம்புகழ் பாடின னே
தந்தன என்றுகூத் தாடின னே.
நான்சொன்ன பாடலும் கேட்டா ரே
ஞான சிதம்பர நாட்டா ரே.
இனித்துயர் படமாட்டேன் விட்டே னே 
என்குரு மேல்ஆணை இட்டே னே. 
இனிப்பாடு படமாட்டேன் விட்டே னே 
என்னப்பன் மேல்ஆணை இட்டே னே. 
சன்மார்க்கம் நன்மார்க்கம் நன்மார்க்கம்
சகமார்க்கம் துன்மார்க்கம் துன்மார்க்கம்.
நாதாந்த நாட்டுக்கு நாயக ரே
நடராஜ ரேசபா நாயக ரே.
நான்சொல்லும் இதுகேளீர் சத்திய மே
நடராஜ எனில்வரும் நித்திய மே,

we will not worry no more, neither will we attempt to slog or work towards it no further. We shall withdraw within and wait for his grace to work its beauty in us.

REMEMBERING THE GURU

Yesterday was a day where we at AVM brought out thoughts together in remembrance of our guru Tavayogi Thangarasan Adigal. He passed away on 3rd July 2018. His tithi fell on this day. 

Mataji Sarojini Ammaiyaar called to inform about this day and told us that she would like us to hold a joint prayer simultaneously at the same time she held one at Kallar Ashram. She told us that she would conduct a yagam followed by prayers.

When Supramania Swami passed away, I asked Tavayogi what we were to do. He replied, "Nothing, just pray that his soul is placed in a high place." When the late Hanumathdasan passed away, Agathiyar told his close aids not to carry out any ritual of remembering him, for it would create a conflict of interest as the soul was deemed to continue its tapas while the family and friends were calling him back. Then Agathiyar had mentioned too the need to perform rites for the souls that had passed on in the family ancestry and one's family deity or kula deivam. But there was an exception too. If we had come to the Siddha worship it was not of any importance then. Similarly Agathiyar will suggests numerous remedies or parikara for those who come to seek his Nadi to now the reasons and for solutions to their problems, which includes worship of the Navagraha. But once we begin to hold on to the Siddhas, he tells us that the Navagrahas become our guru who would then guide us rather than watch us go through pain and suffering. I have come to understand that there is a pre and a post Siddha life that reverses all the laws of nature and science, belief and faith, understanding and perception.

So as we had not carried out any tithi prayers in the past either for the guru or ancestors, we did not know whether we should go ahead or otherwise and what we were to do if we were to go ahead. A handful of us at ATM who knew Tavayogi got together. Initially, I told Bala Chandran that we would have a full session prayer that included homa, libation, and singing the praises of the Siddhas just as was planned at Kallar. The night before, talking to Bala over the phone, I decided to follow what Agathiyar had told Bala when Tavayogi passed away last year. He had asked Bala who was in India to light a lamp at Bhogar's sannadhi at Palani which he did. So we decided that we shall light a single aganda deepam and sit in prayer. No homa. No libation. During the afternoon we did not even need to light the lamp as we decided to sit quietly in meditation on our guru instead. We were not moved to sing their praises either. We remembered Tavayogi in a very simple manner without rituals of any kind. Our decision was accepted and endorsed by the Siddhas. As we are always open to suggestions and views and most importantly change, this is how the divine guides us in all our decisions, moving us to carry out their thoughts and wishes.

LESSONS THAT COME OUR WAY

Srinatha Raghavan has shared many valuable messages both his and from masters whom he had met in his life on fb in the past. These are too good to miss. Hence I took the liberty to share it here.

Make the body steady as a clay lamp,

Fill it with oil of Devotion to the brim,

Place the wick of Knowledge (Discrimination) gently within,

When fully soaked (ready), the Guru will come to light it,

Invoking the flame of Highest Wisdom to shine through,

Once the lamp is set alight there will be no fear of Darkness,

It will keep spreading it's light without any effort,

Those who want to be in it's light will come on their own,

And those who cannot tolerate it will leave on their own,

That's the whole life of an Awakened being.

Another.

While doing long periods of Sadhana, the Body, Mind and Breath undergo tremendous and unexpected changes. The breathing becomes deeper, slower, longer and steady, while the body starts to produce intense heat (Taapagni), due to prolonged concentration and refinement of the Mind locked in the Agnya Chakra.

Many years ago, when I underwent a similar situation, the heat and pain became unbearable, where the body would become locked for hours together and despite wanting to move, it wouldn't. It would be like the joints were locked internally by some unseen force (Actually it's the Prana) and it would unlock on it's own.

Finding no real solution after having tried a zillion ones, I continued to the best of my physical ability, pushing the body and mind to its limit, till it couldn't take no more. The body would break down with shooting pain in every inch of it, while the heat generated would make it difficult to even pass stools, with small boils covering all over the body, it was a painful time indeed. This is why it is important to have the guidance of the Guru, so his/her timely wisdom and spiritual common sense can redeem you from your plight.

Just as providence would have it I was fortunate to meet a Siddha from the South during a spiritual sojourn, who was fondly called Appa Siddhar or Rasamani Siddhar. He gauged my plight and gave me a "Rasamani" or "Solidified Purified Mercury" which is still an impossible feat for modern Science to achieve. Mercury by nature is highly poisonous and ingesting it can cause blood poisoning or even death, however the Siddhas of yore found a way to purify it through various "Bandhanas" cleaning and purifying it repeatedly with various herbal juices and salts, till it became a potent tool used for spiritual ascension.

As He gave the "Rasamani" with the instructions on how to use it, the changes in the body was instant and miraculous. A steady Mind and a steadier body is a great blessing for the long and arduous Spiritual Journey within. When I used it as instructed, the heat generated would be strangely transmitted in to the Mercury Ball or Gutika and the body would become cool, tireless and strong, even if it was not fed with anything for hours together.

Trust me when I say this, the Spiritual Path is not a bed of Roses, for a time will come when Heaven will become Hell and there will be no one to understand your plight, let alone help you come out of it. Only the grace of the Guru, has the power to see you through, that's the truth.

The Rasamai was with me for a long time, but in one of my trips, I happened to meet another Spiritual Seeker who was undergoing similar upheavals, so I gladly gave it to him, so it could do its job to help yet another one achieve or overcome what would be otherwise impossible indeed.

Note: Please be advised that the Rasamani or Parad, you get in the market today is not at all the real one. It is either lead coated with German Silver or an alloy of Aluminum and other metals, which is highly poisonous and can cause rashes and other severe conditions. Real Rasamani is very rare and the ones who know how to make it, are even more rarer, because of it's precise, time consuming and difficult to achieve perfection, making the asking price as high as the sky.

Another.

No matter how much you search, or where you search, ultimately it's your Spiritual Karma that has to bear fruit and shape your Destiny, "attracting" the Spiritual Master to you. There is no other way, for if you go in search of them deliberately, you'll only end up "servicing" wannabes and spiritual quacks, making you disillusioned sooner or later.

Remember, it's the Bee which goes in search of the Flower and never the other way round. Also, the Flower has to have Nectar in it...that Nectar is your Spiritual Karma!

So perform good deeds, patiently collect the Nectar and then wait for the Bees (Saints) to flock to your presence on their own.

Or even better...become one!

Here is another piece of advice from another master.

I wanted to leave everything in search of God, 

When my Master met me mid way and asked,

"How can you find the Creator, by abandoning His Creation? Are they not inseparable like Water and its Wetness?" 

These simple words hit me hard that I dropped the search,

As there was nothing to find or search, 

For wasn't everything He alone!

Everything that moves in Creation is She,

Everything that is perfectly still is He,

Yet there is movement in stillness,

And stillness in movement,

For both are inseparable indeed.

Another

I always wanted to run away from the world, to some lonely retreat, where no one would bother me or my spiritual practices, that is, until my old Master met along the way and said, "You fool, what's the use of all your Spirituality and Spiritual Disciplines, if it doesn't make you fit to live in the World, instead of running away from it?"

He added, "Go be a part of it, yet apart, that's the real deal!"

Here is another.

There was a great Devotee, who would spend all the time in devotional activities, like singing Bhajans, chanting the name of the Lord, reading from various Scriptures etc. He was highly respected and venerated in his village as a Saint. He had an adolescent son, who was wayward and exactly the opposite of His great devoted Father.

A child is but an extension of its parents, or at least that's what we want to believe, but each unto their own karma, hence we all have to be, what others can't even imagine. This boy would meander in the woods all alone, sing and dance, do nothing in particular, despite His Father giving him many tasks to keep him occupied. Every evening when the son would return home from wandering, the Father would take him to task, so he would improve or at least he hoped.

One day, the Son got late than usual and the Father, a Widower, lost his temper. He yelled at the top of his voice, "You useless idiot, if you have nothing else to do, at least call on God to help you?"

The words hit the young boy so hard that the next morning as he went into the woods, he began calling for God. He called in all earnesty, but there was no one who responded to his pleas. Many such futile days went by, calling and waiting for God to appear, while His Father was busy with his daily devotional activities.

As time passed by, the Father noticed a subtle change in the behavior of his son. He was no longer the erratic and erroneous boy, in fact he was exuding a strange sense of peace and joy, that whenever the son was around the Father felt a deep sense of devotion welling up from within him. Unable to fathom the change, the Father asked the son, "What do you do the entire day?"

To which the son casually replied, "Why, I play with God!"

The Father couldn't believe what he had just heard and convinced his son was again resorting to lies, slapped him hard across his face, telling him not to do so. The Son didn't know what just transpired, but He nodded his head in submission and went to sleep. For the next many nights, the Father asked the same question and the son too gave the same answer.

Now the Father was livid with rage, thinking how could it be possible, when He was the one who took all the effort to be devoted to God, whereas his dunce of a son, just ran around hither and tither, wasting his time and life in pursuing absolutely nothing.

When you fall for a definition it will take a lifetime to break it so you can be free. No matter how great a Devotee is, that very greatness shall often become their downfall.

Real greatness is the heart that doesn't care for greatness, for it is happy to live and die totally unknown and obsolete. The Father who was considered by others to be a great Devotee, fell for the definition trap and doubted everyone else save He, could be a real Devotee. So when His own son spoke the Truth, that he was playing with God the whole day, the Father was quick to silently doubt and mock in disbelief. What we dream of, if others dream the same, theirs is just a dream and ours is vision indeed. 

One day, the Father called his young son and said, "Today take me along and introduce me to your God?"

The innocent dunce of a child was happy to take its Father along so He could see once and for all, the God who played. They waded through the forest, thick with flora and fauna, when they reached a secluded place, where there was an abandoned idol of little Krsna holding a ball of butter.

The son pointed out to the stone statue, to which the Father impetuously reacted with a loud laughter. The Father who himself was a devotee, failed to see the devotion of his own flesh and blood. Alas! Even in devotion there is strong competition, who wants to prove their spiritual competence to the rest of the world.

As the Father kept laughing at his own son's dubious claims of playing with God, they heard a melodious and divine voice calling out, "Come let's play!" The Father fell mute in sacred terror, while the son went on to play with an invisible presence, laughing and singing the most beautiful songs, that no one had ever heard before.

The Father was now totally confused with all the strange happenings, when He pleaded the unseen presence to reveal itself unto Him. He heard the childlike voice once again, "I'm always here and everywhere else, it's your eyes which are blinded by arrogance, which is why you are unable to see?"

The great Devotee fell on the ground pleading for mercy, when all he could hear was the sweet sound of a child's laughter filled with innocent glee.

No matter who you are, what you know or have done, unless the Divine wills, you will be ever bound by your own understanding of Truth sadly.

Another.

"What is the use of worshiping forms, when the Divine is formless?" was the question.

He smiled and replied, "For the one who is lost, abandoned and drowning in the infinite Sea, even a drifting log is God indeed."

~ Forms help you to stay afloat, before you garner enough faith, detachment and courage to let yourself drown in the Formless. Forms help you prepare to receive the Formless.

Another.

Anugraha (Divine Grace) cannot be bought or earned, practiced, predicted nor promised or so. It's like a carefree Butterfly, it will come on its own, choose to sit on your shoulders or give you a miss, no one knows.

Another.

Someone asked, "What is the beauty of Rama Nama?"

He looked at them with tears of joy flowing down His eyes and said nothing at all.

Ah! The word "Rama" is not just a name, it's the key to everlasting peace and happiness. The ones who drink get inebriated without wanting anything else -- neither this world or the next.

When tears flow hearing the name of God, chocking you midway, not wanting anything for yourself, simply flowing with Consciousness, know for sure that you have experienced a certain kind of love, unlike any other...then you can boldly say, "I have experienced God!"

...for Love in it's highest form is God!

Another

Real learning happens when you realize what you know is incomplete & there is much more to know indeed. But for that you'll have to first garner the courage to let go of what you know, so you can get to know what you don't.

There was a time, I was hopelessly addicted to reading Books, so much that I would do nothing but read and read, in the pursuit of that elusive satisfaction that comes with "I know!" I would carry the library of Knowledge inside my head and showcase it when ever I got a chance.

I remember as an adolescent, I had been to the breezy city of Kanyakumari with my Dad and others. While we were in the Vivekananda Museum, I broke into an impromptu jig of recounting stories of Swami Vivekanada's tryst with destiny, based on the collages displayed, entertaining my family with lesser known details of the Swami's life and times. In a short while, a huge crowd assembled around us, eagerly listening a kid tell stories of a bygone era with nuanced details and timelines.

Few of them even went to my Father and gave a few words of appreciation, which made him very proud. That cheeky pride rubbed on to me as well, when my head began to swell in a matter of moments. When your head swells, your tongue becomes more excited and wiggles more than it should.

As I was taking pride at my feat of intellectual exhibition, an old Sadhu who was sitting by the steps of the hall called out to me. He was totally weather beaten, with skin like worn out leather and a springy almost brittle head of hair, with a smile that said, "I know something, that you don't!"

I approached him in reverence and sat beside him, when He asked about my whereabouts, to which I answered satisfactorily. He then asked me something which hit me in my gut. He said, "You seem to know a whole lot about Swami Vivekananda, now tell me, how has it changed you as a person?"

That question was to set into motion, something that would change me forever. I was speechless, as I did not know what to say, but it prompted me to think, to an extent that the grip of Bookish Knowledge was to lose it's influence on me over the years to come. Today when I look back, I feel that was my first initiation into the realms of practical and experiential Spirituality and not Spirituality based on borrowed Knowledge. Knowledge will help you to climb the Mountain, but when you come to the peak, it's your faith and courage to take off, that will help you to fly.

There is no greater wisdom than that gained from direct experience of the Truth.

It's not how much you know that will make a difference in your life, it's what you don't that matters the most, which will prompt you one day or the other, to undertake the journey leading to Enlightenment.

Enlightenment is not to know, it is to be!

ZERO

Nandhini Vijayakumar shared a favourite song of mine penned by Kannadhasan for the movie Valarpirai, 1962. But she shares more facts regarding how the song came to be written by the poet laurel for his former atheist friends, explaining the concept of Erai, upon their insistence to proof the existence of Erai.

கவிஞர் கண்ணதாசன் நாத்தீகத்திலிருந்து மீண்டு, ஆன்மீகத்திற்கு மாறி, அர்த்தமுள்ள இந்துமதம் படைத்து பெறும் புகழ் பெற்றிருந்த நேரம். இதை பொறுக்க முடியாத சில அன்பர்கள் ஒரு அதிகாலையில் கவிஞரை சந்தித்து கடவுள் "இருக்கிறானா? இருந்தால் எங்களுக்கு காட்டமுடியுமா?." என கிண்டலாக கேட்டனர். 

அதற்கு கவிஞரோ அடுத்த நொடியே எந்தக் குறிப்புமின்றி காட்டாற்று வெள்ளமென கரை புரண்டோடிய கவிதை வடிவான பதிலடி கண்டு வந்தவர்கள் வாயடைத்து திரும்பினர். இறைவன் குறித்த கவிஞரின் அற்புதமான தத்துவம் இதோ!

கண்ணதாசனின் "அவன்தான் இறைவன் கவிதை."

பூஜ்ஜியத்துக்குள்ளே ஒரு
ராஜ்ஜியத்தை ஆண்டுகொண்டு
புரியாமலே இருப்பான் ஒருவன் - அவனைப் புரிந்துகொண்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

தென்னை இளநீருக்குள்ளே
தேங்கியுள்ள ஓட்டுக்குள்ளே
தேங்காயைப் போலிருப்பான் ஒருவன் - அவனைத் தெரிந்து கொண்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

வெள்ளருவிக் குள்ளிருந்து
மேலிருந்து கீழ்விழுந்து
உள்ளுயிரைச் சுத்தம் செய்வான் ஒருவன் - அவனை உணர்ந்து கொண்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

வானவெளிப் பட்டணத்தில்
வட்டமதிச் சக்கரத்தில்
ஞானரதம் ஓட்டிவரும் ஒருவன் - அவனை நாடிவிட்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

அஞ்சுமலர்க் காட்டுக்குள்ளே
ஆசைமலர் பூத்திருந்தால்
நெஞ்சமலர் நீக்கிவிடும் ஒருவன் - அவனை நினைத்துக்கொண்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

முற்றும் கசந்ததென்று
பற்றறுத்து வந்தவர்க்கு
சுற்றமென நின்றிருப்பான் ஒருவன் - அவனைத் தொடர்ந்து சென்றால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

கற்றவர்க்குக் கண் கொடுப்பான்
அற்றவர்க்குக் கை கொடுப்பான்
பெற்றவரைப் பெற்றெடுத்த ஒருவன் 

- அவனைபின்தொடர்ந்தால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

பஞ்சுபடும் பாடுபடும்
நெஞ்சுபடும் பாடறிந்து
அஞ்சுதலைத் தீர்த்துவைப்பான் ஒருவன் 

- அவன்தான் ஆறுதலைத் தந்தருளும் இறைவன்

கல்லிருக்கும் தேரைகண்டு
கருவிருக்கும் பிள்ளை கண்டு
உள்ளிருந்து ஊட்டிவைப்பான் ஒருவன் 

- அதை உண்டுகளிப் போர்க்கவனே இறைவன்

முதலினுக்கு மேலிருப்பான்
முடிவினுக்குக் கீழிருப்பான்
உதவிக்கு ஓடிவரும் ஒருவன்

- அவனை உணர்ந்து கொண்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

நெருப்பினில் சூடு வைத்தான்
நீரினில் குளிர்ச்சி வைத்தான்
கறுப்பிலும் வெண்மை வைத்தான் ஒருவன்

- உள்ளம் கனிந்து கண்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

உள்ளத்தின் உள் விளங்கி
உள்ளுக் குள்ளே அடங்கி
உண்டென்று காட்டிவிட்டான் ஒருவன் 

- ஓர் உருவமில்லா அவன்தான் இறைவன்

ஒன்பது ஓட்டைக்குள்ளே
ஒருதுளிக் காற்றை வைத்து
சந்தையில் விற்றுவிட்டான் ஒருவன் 

-அவன் தடம் தெரிந்தால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

கோழிக்குள் முட்டை வைத்து
முட்டைக்குள் கோழி வைத்து
வாழைக்கும் கன்றுவைத்தான் ஒருவன் 

- அந்த ஏழையின் பேர் உலகில் இறைவன்

சின்னஞ்சிறு சக்கரத்தில்
ஜீவன்களைச் சுற்ற வைத்து
தன்மைமறந்தே இருக்கும் ஒருவன் - அவனைத் தழுவிக் கொண்டால் அவன்தான் இறைவன்

தான் பெரிய வீரனென்று
தலை நிமிர்ந்து வாழ்பவர்க்கும்
நாள் குறித்துக் கூட்டிச்செல்லும் ஒருவன்

- அவன்தான் நாடகத்தை ஆடவைத்த இறைவன்

Kannadhasan equates the kingdom of Erai as the zero from where he rules all of creation. It comes as no surprise when the famed Dr Shakuntala Dewi who fell in love with numbers even as a three-year-old child, and came to travel the world giving talks and demonstrations of her marvellous talent in mathematics, too regards the zero as a symbol for a void or nothingness. Although simply 'nothing' it makes a vast difference and importance in terms of its presence and positioning in a number. She reveals a stark truth that the zero has the capability of destroying another number - zero times anything is zero. (Source: Figuring the Joy of Numbers, Orient Paperbacks, 1994)

Vinnith Ramamurti, in his blog https://www.mayiliragu.com/2014/05/zero-and-infinity.html says that the zero is the primordial source of infinity.

Now,we can equate zero to nothingness, right? Zero means just nothing. Non-existent. And infinity would generally mean a quantity just too large, endless as we can't put an end to it (for example,the numbers after the decimal in the value of pi (3.142)... is infinite. Simple ).

We conclude something to be nothing when our experience about it is beyond the truth.For instance, there was a time when people simply concluded air to be nothingness. Now, we have concluded that the air surrounding us is in fact, rich in microorganisms, particles, pollen and so many other things, invisible to the naked eye... We generally conclude air being nothing earlier because it was beyond our understanding.. Whatever we do not fully know, we assume it to be nothing. We make incomplete decisions.. We look at a fruit from the outside and assume it to be good, because our eyes only perceive the superficial good appearance of the fruit. But this idea changes when we find a worm or maggot once we slice the fruit.. So when the fruit was unsliced, the state of the worm is nothingness - it is Non-existent in our understanding or experience.

Now,what I would like to point out is the idea of ZERO, ( 0 ) is Brahman/ Supreme Godhead. And the idea of infinity is all the manifestations of the five elements that we see and experience.

So infinite is just the many many expressions of the supreme Reality- or simply put as zero in mathematical terms.

So what I understand here is that, when we concentrate on multifolding the expressions of the God- we drive ourselves further from God. Here, God is zero and the expressions of God are all the non-zero number.. being it anything.

The expressions of God often delude us into illusions..Our body, I would say is like a non-zero number, is bound to perish one day... and become ash.. The holy vibhooti is a great reminder for this, isnt it ? Our body is bound to be burnt to ashes one day. Although they are the expressions of God, we do not bother seeing God .. Just like how our body, every cell of it is vibrant with the existence of God, we fail to see God as it is..We see it with illusions..such that this body is truly existent and permanent.

The blog http://hinduspritualarticles.blogspot.com/2014/04/blog-post_26.html explains the concept of zero with beautiful, practical and logical examples and illustrations. Translated, it brings across the idea that with a single line one would not be able to state whether it is long or short. You need another line laid or drawn adjacent to it. Similarly, a line never ends; only we would have run out of paper or space. The only way to say that we have reached the end of the road is to go within or in the case of the line, the only way to say that the line has ended is to slowly curve it till it meets the starting point or the start of the line. An eclipse or circle emerges. The line becomes puranam or complete. All the search outwards (the line) ends then. 

அறிவைத் தேடித் தன் மனத்தில் இருந்து புறப்பட்டவன், தன்னை நோக்கித் திரும்பி, ஒரு வட்டமடித்துத் தனது மனத்துக்குள்ளே இறங்கும்போதுதான், அவனது தேடல் பூரணமடைகின்றது.

உலகில் அனைத்தும் உண்டு என்பதையும், ஆனால், எதுவுமே நிலையானதில்லை என்பதையும் புரியவைக்கும் பூரணம் இது.

‘மனித வாழ்க்கையின் அடிப்படையே ஆசைகள்; ஆசைகள் இல்லாமல் வாழ்க்கை இல்லை...’ என்பதையும், ‘துன்பங்களுக்கெல்லாம் நாம் கொள்ளும் ஆசைகளே காரணம்; தவிர்க்கப்பட வேண்டியவை ஆசைகளே...’ என்னும் முரணையும் புரிய வைக்கும் பூரணம்.

இந்தப் பூரணத்தின் குறியீடுதான் பூஜ்ஜியம். தூய தமிழில், சுழியம்.

We came as a dot or a spot on this wide space. We turned out to become a line drawn and driven by our desires. The line lengthens with our neverending desires and wishes. We will never form the circle that is spoken of unless we stop going on and on, seeking further and further, hoping for a blue sky or a rainbow or a silver cloud beyond the hills.

This concept could not be better expressed in the words - "Aandavan Uraikindra Edam Thangal Ullam, Athuve Payanathin Thodakkamum, Mudivum" - that Tavayogi wrote when I asked him to autograph my copy of his book Andamum Pindamum.

தேடுதலைத் தன்னிலே இருந்து தொடங்கி தன்னிலேயே முடிக்கும் வட்டம்தான் பூரணம்.

Tavayogi dedicated his first book to Agathiyar through the following verse.

அண்ட பிண்டங்களின் மூலப்பொருளே

அறிவில் துலங்கி நிற்கும் அறிவொளியே
அடியவனென் உள்ளத்து ஊறும் நறும் சுவையே
யாவரும் காண்பதற்கரிய மெய்ப் பொருளே
ஒலியாய் ஒளியாய் உயிராய் நின்றிலங்கும் கருவே
தத்துவங்கள் யாவிலும் தனித்தனி விளங்கும் விளக்கே
உயிரே வாசியாய் வாசியே உயிராய் நடத்தும் நற்பதமே
இறைநிலை அதனை பரவெளியாய் உணர்த்திய பரமே
அண்ட பிண்ட சிறு நூல் படைக்க அருளிட்ட சற்குருவே
அடிபணிந்தேன் நின் பாதம் அகத்தீசர் அருளுகவே

In this space or ether, we write our story. So have our forefathers written theirs. So will our generation write theirs too. The space is Erai. We have all come to tell our story. Some are remembered for generations to come. Others sink into oblivion.

I did not come to the Siddha path seeking the Siddhas because I had problems. I did not go seeking a guru to lead me on. I did not seek to know the rituals and procedures involved. It was all given, sent and gifted to me by Agathiyar. Adopting all that was shown and learning from experience and with all the subtle lessons gained from these experience, Agathiyar moulded us not into saints or Siddhas but into a better person. With prayers and charity as two vehicles to balance the scale of karma, he walked with us, protecting us from harm's way. Many transformations took place within us creating the ideal conditions for him to come and settle within too. 

Today we at ATM have come one circle. We started on a search that brought us to many places and many personalities, events and happenings that all added on to our quest and thirst to know more that has today been quenched as we slowly began to turn back inwards and moved within to the place where we originally started - the void or the nothingness or the zero. The mountain is a mountain again. 

Before I had studied Ch’an for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and rivers as rivers. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and rivers are not rivers. But now that I have got its very substance, I am at rest. For it’s just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and rivers once again as rivers.” First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is. - A koan by the Chinese Ch’an [Zen in Japanese] master Qingyuan Weixin from the Tang Dynasty. 

(Source: https://tricycle.org/magazine/first-there-mountain-then-there-no-mountain/)

Today we have arrived home. We have arrived at our destination. The search has stopped. We have come one full cycle. The search started from within and had now come to an end having settled within again. Ram Dass in "Going Home", says "When I don't know who I am, I serve you. When I know who I am, I am you", bringing us back to the starting point - the zero point.

A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS

For a performer, the applause from his audience serves as a tonic to him or her to dish out more songs, dances etc. For a blogger the positive reviews serve as a tonic. I just received loads of vitamins from my readers, after reading my earlier post about signing out writing this blog and calling it a day. 

• Keep on writing sir.
• So happy.
• We are eternally grateful Aiya for the written word.
• Thank you for your efforts in bringing great messages from our Guru. You are doing Agnihotra of knowledge which will help all readers wipe out some of the veils of ignorance. 
• i learn alot frm yr writing ayia.
• Yes, sir please do continue to guide us through Dad s words sir.. we need to learn even more.
• Keep writting Aiya! My life too change once i found your blog! Each post has so much information to be benefited by all of us.
• I think, Tht’s Agathiyar Appa’s wish Anne .. Many people are benefited from your writings including me ..Om Sivaya Agatheesaaya Nama.
• Yes Anna, we all need your guidance as always. My life has changed thru your sharings and writtings. Please continue your writtings.
• This blogs and ur experience giving us new life to communicate with Agathiyar Appa Anna. This is not jus blog but a journey of true Agathiyar Appa seedar. As Kogi said the love, respect n commitment from you towards Agathiyar Appa no word to describe. Those reading the blog can feel thru your word but I’m seeing it daily. I’m truly very thankful to Agathiyar Appa to give me such experience to go thru happily.
• "Erai showed me the guru and the guru in return showed me Erai." Very very true words which I experienced in my life sir..tat post was really great.
• Hello sir ..your "moments of silence" made me feel dad s presence..very in depth words and gestures by dad .. Was happy to read his words through his beloved child sir..I hope he blesses me too some time to be his beloved child sir.
• Sir your words are not only your words Sir.. definitely I have felt dad communicating some msg through you..it may be a positivity during a difficult time or some guidance to correct ourselves.
• Please continue writing your blog Sir..it is not mere value addition sir.. something bigger Sir..I hope I too can sometime share few thoughts if dad allows me sir.
• Good Morning Aiya. Reading your conversation with Agathiar appa bring tears in me. Its so beautiful! 
• I read your post yesterday on "understanding the force....... "& "weeding the grounds". I can so relate to myself and some mishaps happen last week to me. ( car skidded, tire burst, house leak, etc in one go). I just keep Agathiar appa as my force to face all. Example, Imagine the car skidded on busy highway.....and nothing happen to me and my car only hv one line of scratch as a result of hitting the iron barricade! The car turn 180 degree 3 times and set back straight on highway like someone adjust back the car.....like toy car! I can't explain......Who else help me if not Agathesaa? Both the post came right for me...i feel....

Another devotee who faced a similar situation, although shaken to the bones, was saved too. Her 4 wheel drive had a burst tyre and went out of control, travelling in a zigzag manner and finally on hitting the breaks, spun around and its wheels landed in the small drain along the three-lane highway. A samaritan kept her accompany in the hours of dusk by calming her down and giving her refreshments and controlling the traffic while waiting for the tow truck. 

• He comes without notice, make me understand many things and everything in life change to betterment. And best part is Agathiar appa came via ur blog! Keep writting.
• I felt Appa and realised myself wit Appa everytime me at ATM Anna. I will invite Appa soon to my home as well. Last year February i started to come ATM on every Thursdays. Last year end onwards im trying my best to come ATM on weekdays. So many changes in me. Thru ur blog and our every conversations abt Appa, people and annathanam changed me alot Anna. Even last friday i told Mahin, we are blessed to spend time wit Appa. Enna punniyam senjom nu teriyale Anna, Appa ennakum Mahin ku avaruku thondu seiya vaaipu koduthirukaru. ATM ennakum oru veedu. Ennode Appa kude naan time spend pandre place. im spending my precious time wit My Appa at ATM. Im not coming to ask anything from Appa. Im coming saying that "Appa naan vanthiruken en kitte pesunge". Then 1 day Appa came, from that day onwards im asking Appa inthe ulagathil vaalum yella uyirinamum oru velai unavu vayir niraiye sapidanum. Day by day my thinking also changing Anna. Thank you for guiding me. And Thank you for allowing me to worship Appa at ATM as my home.
• Beautiful Anna. Agathiyar Appa. Yella uyiranangalum nambe naale atleast oru vele unavu sapiduvathai parke,alavillaaa aanantham. The real happiness seeing the smiles in the faces of home people and ppr residence. Oh my Muruga Inthe vaaipai koduthe ungalukum Agathiyar appa kum naan rombe kadamai pattirukken. 
• To know more abt Agathiyar Appa and his thiruvilaiyadals. And thru your blogs Im finding myself. Wat i want, wat my soul need and many more things Anna. Please continue ur writting. Late ar read pannunaalum naan kandipa read pannuven Anna.
• Your last piece touched my spine aiya. I too have been struggling with all sorts. And what I know about all of it is shocking. Been going through some incredible challenges. At least there is the blog for our soul and sanity.
• Vannakam aiya. Experience As a Teacher....what an amazing post aiya. Powerful beyond words.

Thank you all for the love showered on this being. If it is the wish of Agathiyar and my readers that I should continue writing, then I shall comply with it. Aum Agatheesaya Namaha.

SIDDHA HEARTBEAT

I was lying in bed last night, thinking if I should post a message informing all that I shall be staying away from all social media including writing the blog for a while, like taking a break, when a message pops up on Whatsapp. A friend and AVM family member had messaged me, telling that she was following the blog postings and wanted me to continue writing. 

Been reading the blog and wow aiya....I understand why it had to go private. You stepped it up not by 1 notch but a few. The messages are very highly spiritually conscious very deep and very profound. Definitely not for everyone. Weeding the grounds....what we could learn from nature...but we do not pay attention. Absolutely...we should be weeding externally but more importantly internally too. Aiya what you are giving us is priceless. My sincere wish is that everyone on the blog reads and FEELS what you are saying and imparting to us. We are so blessed. When I read what you have written I test it against myself to see if i am compliant to myself and the path. 

...you cannot stop. Some may not grasp but there may be other ways for them to advance. They may have much time to get there still. But for those that grasp...you have to keep the fire burning until they reach the light body too. Somethings I read...I feel the energy coursing hair standing up almost readying for a take off. 

...how difficult it is treading being here on earth with people you often cannot relate to, with karma and the challenges of being on the path itself. Thats why we need so much guidance encouragement and support to keep us focussed on the path. 

....you share your years of experiences and knowledge and learnings failures sucesses everything...it is that truth and trust that spurs us on. Not someone preaching to us what to do what not to do how to when to etc. You are a real person, we can relate to you. You do not sit on a mountain or within a cult with a following of pleasers serving your comfort or needs. You give us the truth...the wisdom having gone through life just like we are wading through. some of us cannot fit in eith cults. 

I love that you challenge him that you disagree when you have to. It makes it so real...Unlike a one sided relationship. It makes being in the spiritual relationship ...like there is mutual love...respect ...commitment and soul connection that just feels right. 

How can I not continue writing after reading such a wonderful message from someone so dear and close. What can I say? Each time I think of calling it a day, I receive a message or call from family and friends telling me that they had gained something from reading the posts. I guess I am committed to writing life long. That is my service to him I guess.

Daya Mata describes this relationship similarly.

What a divine relationship! founded upon reverence, respect, justice, and, above all, unconditional love. To me, the relationship between guru and disciple is the sweetest and most pure that can exist between souls. As the teacher, it is his duty to probe deep within the consciousness of the disciple and remove all “tender spots” of flaws, so to speak.

We are all children of Agathiyar. He will not abandon us. 

And for those who have been following this blog postings, I have compiled, for a start this year's posts till this day into PDF for easy reading. I shall do the same for the earlier years in the days to come. Thank you for giving life to this blog. This blog is about Agathiyar and all of us, including you. In years to come, someone in your family might pick it up and read about your journey with Agathiyar. Download a copy from https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BoXv2FiJCnmGT9_NAn5o84xnt4R6IyjT/view?usp=sharing

THE GURU'S WORK IS NEVER DONE

A teacher will never pamper his students. So too the guru. That is the only way to send the message across that the students need to adhere to his teachings and he means business. Tavayogi has been harsh to me, not that he scolded or shouted, but discreetly sent the message in a normal tone. There were many times he apprehended me in this manner. But today I understand and appreciate what he had done. He moulded me into a better person, and prepared me to do Agathiyar's work. Agathiyar too, in short, wants us to build tolerance and focus on our task at hand instead of dissipating our energy on what was going on around us, as he apprehended a devotee. 

When a devotee was outpouring the full script that he had heard from another regarding another devotee, Agathiyar asks him to stop, reminding him that even if the world were to go into destruction, he needed to maintain his cool and carry on his assigned work. That was an eye-opener to us as to how we should regard negative talk that would upset us, and deviate us from our goal. 

Daya Mata quotes her master on this subject too.

"Be absolutely untouched by what someone says or thinks of you. If the whole world is pleased with you, but God and Guru are displeased, you have failed in life. But if the whole world turns against you–criticizes and blames you–but you have won the praise, the approval of God and Guru, know you have succeeded in this world.”

That is truth! Look at the world; study it. The very people that lift up a man and adore him, in the next instant become disenchanted and cast him down.

Many come to an ashram or organization in search of help and guidance to further their spiritual conquest, but sadly, along the way they start to take notice of the day-to-day running of the establishments and its numerous problems. 

Daya Mata too speaks of this problem.

Most of our problems in life are caused by the fact that we keep missing the point. Patanjali refers to this pitfall. We start toward some goal–whether spiritual or material–but the first thing we find is that somewhere along the way we have missed the point. (Source: https://yoganandasite.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/the-gurus-discipline-the-dunce-cap-story-daya-mataji/)

Where there are mankind there are bound to be problems, be it in the material world or the spiritual world. I came to learn this truth too, initially thinking that the spiritual world is that of pure souls, I came to know otherwise, that it has its own share of idiots, cunning foxes, selfish, dishonest cheaters, self-centred inconsiderate and mean, close-minded unreliable and arrogant, rude, hypocritical and short-tempered, ignorant non-emphatic and immoral, entitled racists and greedy, aggressive or lazy and immature, superficial, annoying and stupid, condescending, vengeful and moody, critical, impatient and inconsistent, boring, vulgar and jealous, homophobic, stubborn and flaky, unkempt, bossy, troublemaker and manipulative jerks. Phew! Let me catch my breath for a moment here. 

But we at ATM were spared from these characters who could ruin an establishment easily. 

Since day one Agathiyar and my gurus have been carefully knocking and working on us, moulding us into a better person. Even today after leaving his mortal body, Tavayogi is looking over our shoulders and guiding us, much as Supramania Swami and Agathiyar do. The guru's work is never done.

Daya Mata describes this relationship beautifully.

What a divine relationship! founded upon reverence, respect, justice, and, above all, unconditional love. To me, the relationship between guru and disciple is the sweetest and most pure that can exist between souls. As the teacher, it is his duty to probe deep within the consciousness of the disciple and remove all “tender spots” of flaws, so to speak.

She goes on to describe an incident where she was sent to stand in the corner just as a class teacher would do with her students at https://yoganandasite.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/the-gurus-discipline-the-dunce-cap-story-daya-mataji/

She shares some memorable quotes from Paramahansa Yogananda.

…Master used to say, “The duty of the guru is to see and heal the psychological sores deep within the consciousness of the devotee.” The ordinary doctor removes disease from the body through surgery or medication; the divine doctor removes spiritual and psychological disease through his wisdom and discipline… 

Master once said to us: “I have given you all such training that you will never, never have to bow down to any individual.”

Daya Mata says of the right perspective followers should have, exactly what Tavayogi instilled in us too.

As I say to devotees all the time, if you would win Daya Ma’s love, love my God. That intoxicates me. When I see devotees who love my Beloved, I am drunk with joy. Nothing else can reach Daya Ma’s heart, in that sense–nothing personal. I love those who love my Beloved; I love those who are seeking my Beloved. I love those who are striving on the path.

WEEDING THE GROUNDS

Tavayogi who had preached on the greatness of the Siddha path and asked that we all come to the path of Jnana at the opening of a Peedham in Banting some years back, was stung with a question from a seeker who had sat through the session, asking whether one should circumambulate the Navagraha clockwise or otherwise? Was he listening or what?

When I asked Tavayogi why he was repeating the same in all his talks, he threw back a question at me. "Are you following what I said?" His question was actually directed at the masses that came and sat with him only to return to their old ways and forget to practice what was preached. True to what he said, they came back and sat at his feet five years on, only to ask the same questions.

Someone who professed that he had read my blog, walked up to me at a function and put forth so many questions, questioning my opinion and decisions on numerous matters that I had shared in the blog. He was portraying exactly the character that I had detested and pointed out and protested that all the nonsense be stopped. I wonder if he truly read and understood my writings?

Just days ago as I was weeding my backyard that was overgrown with cow grass and other plants, I had a revelation about how the law of nature and God's law functions. I had not tended to the garden both in front and at the back of my home for some time now due to a rainy spell that brought heavy showers and thunderstorms with it. The grass and plants took the opportunity to grow quick and fast, inviting a black serpent into our backyard. Although both my wife and the serpent were startled on seeing each other, they each went their way. So I had to begin weeding lest our visitor chose to revisit our garden or make it it's home for good. As I tugged at the cow grass and plants that had already begun to anchor and have a firm hold to the ground, and as I pulled the weed out I could not help but pull the Phyllanthus niruri plant or Keezhanelli too that was growing amidst the tall grass. The Phyllanthus niruri is a medicinal plant that if consumed right is said to do the miracle of bringing down the bilirubin level as in the case of jaundice in a person. The herb is said to improve vision and cure eye-related problems too. But I could not remove the weeds without removing the herb too. The weeds had overgrown the garden and hid the useful medicinal plant from sight.

That is when I realized the bad elements that tend to pollute and contaminate needed to be removed on the onset. If left to grow for far too long, and when it was necessary to remove and destroy them, even the good has to go. I could relate to Erai's will at different periods in time and in history where he brought forth nature to unleash its power and terror wiping out territories and terrains off the face of the earth in one go without considering the good from the bad. All had to go!

Erai is constantly reminding us that nothing will remain forever. The joy and pain will come to pass. The happiness and suffering will come to pass. Each day someone dies and we are reminded that we could be next. Nature too is not exempted: it falls to the ground, sheds its skin or rots away. We have seen great temples and monuments built and sustained by the kings, rulers and royalty crumble and turn to dust. Many were deserted. Many are left unattended today. Many have disappeared from sight making us wonder what happened to the Gods and Goddesses worshipped within those walls?

I was asking Agathiyar why even those institutions he pioneered and groups he brought together did not sustain the beatings of weather and time. Many Peedhams that existed in the past and made a heyday then, have winded up either after its founder passed away or due to differences among its followers. Why was there so much enmity among his followers? Why did some choose to sabotage the good work undertaken by others? Why do we have frauds among the genuine in all fields related to the Siddhas, be it gurus, Siddha practitioners, Nadi readers, mediums etc? Agathiyar's name is being damaged by this few. Why is he not doing anything about it?

Then I get the answer by way of Sri Devy to whom Agathiyar has already explained the reasons. Agathiyar tells us never to judge others, more so the actions of the divine. A man who has strayed away from the path of goodness and honesty in this life is still eligible for the fruits of his past good actions. Hence he continues to receive the gifts and favours and the attention and care from others, and the good life that he was assigned too. But Agathiyar tells us on the same note that he has to bear the consequences of his current wrongdoings later in life when his merits have exhausted or in another life. Ma too told Jnana Jhotiamma the same when she too questioned, what seems to be injustice and unfairness of his rule of law. Then I am reminded by what Ma Kali told Swami Vivekananda when he confronted Ma asking why people of other faith were bringing down the places of worship? The answer Ma gave shocked me too. But today I have learnt to let go for that is the lesson he is teaching us through all these events. Live is impermanent. We need to let go of our attachment to our opinions, thoughts, deeds and actions, even our love for Lord Siva, as Thirumular says, ஆசை அறுமீன், ஈசனோடு ஆயினும் ஆசை அறுமீன், ஆசைப்படபட, ஆகிவரும் துன்பங்கள், ஆசை விடவிட ஆனந்தமே, if we are to evolve further.

We are all here with a purpose. Just as the watch or clock does not tick if one of its component mechanism does not move, we are all part of a great domino effect or ripple. We touch each other, some directly while others indirectly, as we are all part of the butterfly effect.

In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state. The term, closely associated with the work of Edward Lorenz, is derived from the metaphorical example of the details of a tornado (the exact time of formation, the exact path taken) being influenced by minor perturbations such as the flapping of the wings of a distant butterfly several weeks earlier. (Source: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect)

At the rate we are clearing the jungles and driving away wildlife from their natural habitat, we will only teach and show these animals to our descendants by way of books like how we do it with dinosaurs and ancient and extinct animals. Our gratitude and thanks goes to the handful of souls who take it upon themselves to fight all forms of injustice be it to human or animal or nature.   

We post the sayings of saints. We share beautiful verses that we come across. We forward wise words of the learned. It all ends there. We feel contended that we have shared the good word of the Sheppard. When are we to become a Sheppard too? Neither do we move ourselves nor the world. Sadly we prefer to remain with the flock. 

UNDERSTANDING THE FORCE & WILL OF ERAI

There were times when confronted with problems of great magnitude, Tavayogi who always reminded me that he too was subject to his past karma, would brush off the annoying matter, reminding me that Agathiyar was there to foresee all things. Even when he had his last word with me on the day he has admitted again into the Medical Centre, he told me, "Let it be Son, Agathiyar will take care of things", when I went into a state of shock and subsequent silence hearing him say that in event he did not return (alive) to his ashram ....

So too did Agathiyar brush off the ailments I had telling me it was nothing to worry about, although I was in great pain and had to bear the discomfort for several years.

The young Thirugnaanasambandhar too brushed off the fears of the elderly Thirunaavukkarasar back then. G Vanmikanathan writes in his "Pathway to God Trod By Saint Ramalingar" about this moment of doubt and fear that crept into the heart of a great servant and devotee of Lord Siva.

Thirugnaanasambandhar was about to set out for Madurai to challenge Jain supremacy. On the eve of his departure, the building he was staying in caught fire and was reduced to ashes. Saint Thirunaavukkarasar, who was with Thirugnaanasambandhar, requested him to postpone the journey as the day fixed for the journey was inauspicious. In reply, the child-saint sang the ‘kolaru-thirup-pathikam’. 

1. வேயுறு தோளி பங்கன் விடமுண்ட கண்டன் மிக நல்ல வீணை தடவி
மாசறு திங்கள் கங்கை முடி மேல் அணிந்து என் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
ஞாயிறு திங்கள் செவ்வாய் புதன் வியாழன் வெள்ளி சனி பாம்பிரண்டும் உடனே ஆசறு நல்ல நல்ல அவை நல்ல நல்ல அடியாரவர்க்கு மிகவே!

Since the Partner of Her with shoulders
like the smooth bamboo,
He with the throat which swallowed the poison,
He Who plays the veenaa
and wears on His crown
the flawless moon and the Ganges,
since He has entered my mind,
the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury,
Jupiter, Venus, Saturn,
and the two Snakes (Raahu and Kethu)
they all are unqualifiedly good, good indeed,
goodly good are they to the devotees,
exceedingly good they are!

2. என்பொடு கொம்பொ(டு) ஆமை இவை மார்பிலங்க எருதேறி ஏழையுடனே
பொன்பொதி மத்தமாலை புனல் சூடி வந்தென் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால்
ஒன்பதொடு ஒன்றொடு ஏழு பதினெட்டொடு ஆறும் உடனாய நாள்களவை தாம் அன்பொடு நல்லநல்ல அவை நல்லநல்ல அடியாரவர்க்கு மிகவே!

(Translation by G Vanmikanathan from "Pathway to God Trod By Saint Ramalingar")

G Vanmikanathan does a simple calculation based on the saint's song and puts forth a pertinent question.

Out of 28 days of a lunar month (which are covered by twenty-seven asterisms), fourteen of them (that are listed in the second song) are (widely believed to be) inauspicious to start on a journey or to begin a new undertaking. It works out to 182 days in a lunar year. If this was the entire story, it would be tragic enough. But we have added to this list. We have made the days of the week auspicious or inauspicious. Tuesday is a very much sinned-against day. Then there are inauspicious hours. There is Raahu-kaalam, a matter of one and a half hours a day, and there is yamakandam, another one and a half hours a day. These two account for 45 days in a year. Then there are the ashtami and navami thithi-s, that is, the eighth and ninth days from the full moon or the new moon. These account for 52 days a year. Thus a grand total of 280 days are declared inauspicious to start on a journey or to begin a new undertaking. Then there are the vaara-soolai days, days on which journey in a particular direction should not be made. Thus we get barely two months or sixty days in a year to do anything (useful). All because of what? Because we have no faith in the unbounden grace and mercy of God. Because we would not become devotees of God. Could the all-loving God, the all-merciful God, have given us the days and hours only to rob us of almost all of them by one taint of malignity or the other? When we ask ourselves this question, the great truth in Thirugnaanasambandhar’s poem strikes us with an outburst of illumination. This is it. No day is evil, all of them are good, very good, extraordinarily good, exceedingly good. Centuries have passed since Thirugnaanasambandhar declared this great truth, but we have, not accepted it.

Agathiyar too told me that all the planets will switch to become gurus to us, hence will only do good and no harm. But bear in mind that he did not say this on the onset of my journey back in 2002, but only recently after almost 17 years of having faith in him, carrying on with worship of the Siddhas, doing charity and following all his asking. G Vanmikanathan too reminds us of the condition laid for this to manifest.

All these stars, constellations and planets, the Saint said, are exceedingly good
provided . . . He put a big proviso. Provided we are devotees of God.

Indeed Thirugnaanasambandhar has clearly sung that when the Lord had entered his heart, என் உளமே புகுந்த அதனால், only then does all else lose its hold on us. 

Bringing Erai in whatever form into our hearts is akin to bringing the light within us, and then into our household and finally into all those we brush with or come into contact. When there is light, darkness disappears. When Erai steps in, all forms of evil vanishes. With light approaching, all things are seen clearly in their true form, instead of having to make out things in the dark. So too with divine knowledge, we tend to see through Erai's play clearly and accept his will and doing.

The problem with us today is we tend to take on the greatest and highest teachings of the saints but continue living the life of a materialistic man in search of riches, authority, power and the pleasures in life. The Saints talk about turavaram or seclusion and live the life of a mendicant, hermit or monk, while we are lured by and go in pursuit of our desires and wants. Hence confusion arises. Similarly, there is a distinct difference between the goals of Vedanta and Siddhanta too. Further confusion arises. How do we then address this? Only turn to the highest teachings of the saints when you are ready for it and have exhausted all your desires, wishes and wants. Otherwise maintain a balanced and middle path, by turning to Erai for his blessings as often as possible and working on the responsibilities that come our way. Let us take the middle way, staying away from both extremes, neither a fanatic nor a sloth.

THE BLISS THAT ENSUES 1

While the pleasures that are derived here right now are called Sithrinbam or momentary pleasures of life, the saints promise the kingdom of Erai and its accompanying Perinbam or everlasting bliss. Going through the many works of the saints, will give us an idea of the extent of this bliss that is derived when coming in close proximity to Erai. Ramalinga Adigal like those before him has had many moments of extreme bliss and joy in the presence of Erai. He boldly and openly declares all his experiences and encourages us to follow suit on his path. Even as a five-month-old child, he went into a state of ecstatic delight at seeing the Lord at Chidambaram for the very first time.

44.தாய்முதலோ ரொடுசிறிய பருவமதில் தில்லைத்
தலத்திடையே திரைதூக்கத் தரிசித்த போது
வேய்வகைமேல் காட்டாதே என்றனக்கே எல்லாம்
வெளியாகக் காட்டியஎன் மெய்உறவாம் பொருளே
காய்வகைஇல் லாதுளத்தே கனிந்தநறுங் கனியே
கனவிடத்தும் நனவிடத்தும் எனைப்பிரியாக் களிப்பே
தூய்வகையோர் போற்றமணி மன்றில்நடம் புரியும்
சோதிநடத் தரசேஎன் சொல்லும்அணிந் தருளே.

http://www.thiruarutpa.org/thirumurai/v/T292/tm/arulvilakka_maalai

In G Vanmikanathan's "Pathway to God Trod By Saint Ramalingar", we find the following written about the state of Ramalinga Adigal when he stood in the presence of his Lord.

Mani Thirunavukkaracu, a scholar of this century, has written thus in the 6th number of volume 6 (1928) of a Journal called “The Philosophy of Raamalinga Swaamikal’s Temple Worship”,

“My teacher used to say that our Raamalingam was, by and large, partial to Thiruvaachakam. It was his habit, he used to say, for him to stand often in the presence of Lord Thiyagesan in Otriyoor and keep singing the following stanza from the Thiruvaachakam with his eyes raining tears, the hair on his body standing erect and his voice tremulous with surcharged emotion, and, ultimately, fall down in a swoon”. 

பாரொடு, விண்ணாய், பரந்த, எம் பரனே! பற்று நான் மற்று இலேன் கண்டாய்;
சீரொடு பொலிவாய், சிவபுரத்து அரசே! திருப்பெருந்துறை உறை சிவனே!
ஆரொடு நோகேன்? ஆர்க்கு எடுத்து உரைக்கேன்? ஆண்ட நீ அருளிலையானால்,
வார் கடல் உலகில் வாழ்கிலேன் கண்டாய்; `வருக' என்று, அருள் புரியாயே.

Soon we come to learn of the spiritual advancement of Ramalinga Adigal that knew no bounds.

விரைந்து விரைந்து படிகடந்தேன் மேற்பால் அமுதம் வியந்துண்டேன்
கரைந்து கரைந்து மனம்உருகக் கண்­ர் பெருகக் கருத்தலர்ந்தே
வரைந்து ஞான மணம்பொங்க மணிமன் றரசைக் கண்டுகொண்டேன்
திரைந்து நெகிழ்ந்த தோலுடம்பும் செழும்பொன் உடம்பாய்த் திகழ்ந்தேனே.

Rapidly, rapidly I crossed the steps,
I partook of the ambrosia from above
in amazement;
with my mind dissolving, dissolving,
and melting,
with tears welling up,
with my thoughts blossoming out
and appropriating Him,
with the fragrance of gnosis rising up,
I realized the King of the Hall of Gems,
and I shone with a shining golden body
in place of the shrunken and flabby-skinned one.

(Translation by G Vanmikanathan from "Pathway to God Trod By Saint Ramalingar")

http://search.thiruarutpa.org/thirumurai/T363/tm/uRRa%20thuraiththal

In many of his hymns, Adigal regards the Lord as a Siddha. He claims that he was redeemed by the Siddha and has himself become one. He sings a beautiful hymn at the break of dawn when he attains the status of a Siddha, proudly announcing to the world the gifts showered on him as a result of his Lord's grace on him.

இரவு விடிந்தது இணையடி வாய்த்த

பரவி மகிழ்ந்தேன் என்று உந்தீபற
பாலமுது உண்டேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

பொழுது விடிந்தது பொற்பதம் வாய்த்த
தொழுது மகிழ்ந்தேன் என்று உந்தீபற
தூயவன் ஆனேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

தூக்கம் தொலைந்தது சூரியன் தோன்றினன்
ஏக்கம் தவிர்ந்தேன் என்று உந்தீபற
இன்னமுது உண்டேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

துன்பம் தவிர்ந்தது தூக்கம் தொலைந்தது
இன்பம் கிடைத்ததென்று உந்தீபற
எண்ணம் பலித்ததென்று உந்தீபற.

ஞானம் உதித்தது நாதம் ஒலித்தது
தீனந் தவிர்ந்ததென்று உந்தீபற
சிற்சபை கண்டேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

திரையற்று விட்டது செஞ்சுடர் தோன்றிற்று
பரைஒளி ஓங்கிற்றென்று உந்தீபற
பலித்தது பூசையென்று உந்தீபற.

உள்ளிருள் நீங்கிற்றுஎன் உள்ளொளி ஓங்கிற்றுத்
தெள்ளமுது உண்டேன் என்று உந்தீபற
தித்திக்க உண்டேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

எந்தையைக் கண்டேன் இடரெலாம் நீங்கினேன்
சிந்தை மகிழ்ந்தேன் என்று உந்தீபற
சித்திகள் பெற்றேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

தந்தையைக் கண்டேன் நான் சாகா வரம் பெற்றேன்
சிந்தை களித்தேன் என்று உந்தீபற
சித்தெலாம் வல்லேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

முத்தியைப் பெற்றேன் அம் முத்தியினால் ஞான
சித்தியை உற்றேன் என்று உந்தீபற
சித்தனும் ஆனேன் என்று உந்தீபற.

http://www.thiruarutpa.org/thirumurai/v/T342/tm/thiru_unthiyaar

Having gained his grace Ramalinga Adigal assures us of his Lord's continuous blessings.

கைவிட மாட்டான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
கனக சபையான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பொய்விடச் செய்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பூசைப லித்ததென்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

தூக்கம் தொலைத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
துன்பம் தவிர்த்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
ஏக்கம் கெடுத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
ஏம சபையான்என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

பொன்னடி தந்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பொன்னம் பலத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
இன்னல் அறுத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
என்னுள் அமர்ந்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

அச்சம் தவிர்த்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
அம்பல வாணன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
இச்சை அளித்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
இன்பம் கொடுத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

என்உயிர் காத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
இன்பம் பலித்ததென்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பொன்உருத் தந்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பொற்சபை அப்பன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

சிவமாக்கிக்கொண்டான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
சிற்றம் பலத்தான்என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
நவநோக் களித்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
நான்அவன் ஆனேன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

நாத முடியான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
ஞானசபையான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பாத மளித்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பலித்தது பூசை என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

தெள்ளமு தானான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
சிற்சபை அப்பன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
உள்ளம் உவந்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
உள்ள துரைத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

என்னறி வானான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
எல்லாம்செய் வல்லான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
செந்நிலை தந்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
சிற்சபை அப்பன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

இறவாமை ஈந்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
எண்ணம் பலித்ததென்று ஊதூது சங்கே
திறமே அளித்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
சிற்றம் பலத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

கரவு தவிர்ந்ததென்று ஊதூது சங்கே
கருணை கிடைத்ததென்று ஊதூது சங்கே
இரவு விடிந்ததென்று ஊதூது சங்கே
எண்ணம் பலித்ததென்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

எல்லாம்செய் வல்லான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
எல்லார்க்கும் நல்லான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
எல்லாம் உடையான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
எல்லாமும் ஆனான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

கருணா நிதியர்என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
கடவுள் அவனேஎன்று ஊதூது சங்கே
அருள்நா டகத்தான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
அம்பலச் சோதிஎன்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

தன்னிகர் இல்லான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
தலைவன் அவனே என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பொன்னியல் வண்ணன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
பொதுநடம் செய்வான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

ஆனந்த நாதன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
அருளுடை அப்பன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
தானந்தம் இல்லான் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
தத்துவச் சோதி என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

பொய்விட் டகன்றேன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
புண்ணியன் ஆனேன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
மெய்தொட்டு நின்றேன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே
மேல்வெளி கண்டேன் என்று ஊதூது சங்கே.

http://www.thiruarutpa.org/thirumurai/v/T357/tm/uuthuuthu_sangkee

He goes on to reveal what is expected upon the arrival of his Lord in his life as experienced by him.

அம்பலவர் வந்தார் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
அற்புதம்செய் கின்றார் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
செம்பலன் அளித்தார் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
சித்திநிலை பெற்றதென்று சின்னம் பிடி.

சிற்சபையைக் கண்டோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
சித்திகள்செய் கின்றோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
பொற்சபை புகுந்தோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
புந்திமகிழ் கின்றோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி.

ஞானசித்திபுரம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
நாடகம்செய் இடம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
ஆனசித்தி செய்வோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
அருட்சோதி பெற்றோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி.

கொடிகட்டிக்கொண்டோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
கூத்தாடு கின்றோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
அடிமுடியைக் கண்டோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
அருளமுதம் உண்டோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி.

அப்பர்வரு கின்றார் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
அற்புதம்செய் வதற்கென்று சின்னம் பிடி
செப்பநிலை பெற்றதென்று சின்னம் பிடி
சித்திபுரம்இடமென்று சின்னம் பிடி.

தானேநான் ஆனேன் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
சத்தியம்சத் தியம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
ஊனே புகுந்ததென்று சின்னம் பிடி
ஒளிவண்ணம் ஆனதென்று சின்னம் பிடி.

வேகாதகால் உணர்ந்து சின்னம் பிடி
வேகாத நடுத்தெரிந்து சின்னம் பிடி
சாகாததலை அறிந்து சின்னம் பிடி
சாகாத கல்விகற்றுச் சின்னம் பிடி.

மீதான நிலை ஏறிச் சின்னம் பிடி
வெட்டவெளி நடு நின்று சின்னம் பிடி
வேதாகமம் கடந்து சின்னம் பிடி
வேதாந்தச் சித்தாந்த சின்னம் பிடி.

பன்மார்க்க மும்கடந்து சின்னம் பிடி
பன்னிரண்டின் மீது நின்று சின்னம் பிடி
சன்மார்க்கம் மார்க்கம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
சத்தியம்செய் கின்றோம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி.

சித்தாடு கின்றார் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
செத்தார் எழுவார் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
இத்தா ரணியில் என்று சின்னம் பிடி
இதுவே தருணம் என்று சின்னம் பிடி.

http://www.thiruarutpa.org/thirumurai/v/T358/tm/sinnam_piti

Upon gaining access to his Lord's kingdom and his heart, he openly announces the blessings gained.

கருத்தனைஎன் கண்மணியைக் கண்ணுதலைப்
பெருங்கருணைக் கடலை வேதத்
திருத்தனைஎன் சிவபதியைத் தீங்கனியைத்
தெள்ளமுதத் தெளிவை வானில்
ஒருத்தனைஎன் உயிர்த்துணையை உயிர்க்குயிரை
உயிர்க்குணர்வை உணர்த்த னாதி
அருத்தனைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

மெய்யனைஎன் துயர்தவிர்த்த விமலனை என்
இதயத்தே விளங்கு கின்ற
துய்யனைமெய்த் துணைவனைவான் துரியநிலைத்
தலைவனைச்சிற் சுகந்தந் தானைச்
செய்யனைவெண் நிறத்தனைஎன் சிவபதியை
ஒன்றான தெய்வந் தன்னை
அய்யனைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

எப்பொருளும் எவ்வுயிரும் எவ்வுலகும்
விளங்கவிளக் கிடுவான் தன்னைச்
செப்பரிய பெரியஒரு சிவபதியைச்
சிவகதியைச் சிவபோ கத்தைத்
துப்புரவு பெறஎனக்கே அருளமுதம்
துணிந்தளித்த துணையை என்றன்
அப்பனைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

பிறிவெனைத்துந் தோற்றாதென் உளங்கலந்த
பெருந்தகைஎம் பெருமான் தன்னைச்
செறிவனைத்தும் என்மனத்துக் களித்தெனக்குப்
பெருங்களிப்புச் செய்தான் தன்னை
முறிவெனைத்தும் இன்றிஅருள் அமுதுணவு
கொடுத்தெனக்கு முன்னின் றானை
அறிவனைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

பொன்புனைஉள் ளொளிக்கொளியைப் பூரணமாம்
பெரும்பொருளைப் புனிதந் தன்னை
என்பிழையைப் பொறுத்தெனையும் ஏன்றுகொண்ட
பெருங்கருணை இயற்கை தன்னை
இன்பினைஎன் இதயத்தே இருந்தருளும்
பெருவாழ்வை என்னுள் ஓங்கும்
அன்பினைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

இத்தனை என் றிடமுடியாச் சத்தி எலாம்
உடையானை எல்லாம் வல்ல
சித்தனை என் சிவபதியைத் தெய்வமெலாம்
விரித்தடக்கும் தெய்வந் தன்னை
எத்தனையும் என்பிழைகள் பொறுத்ததனிப்
பெருந்தாயை என்னை ஈன்ற
அத்தனைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

எம்மையும் என் தனைப்பிரியா தென்னுளமே
இடங்கொண்ட இறைவன் தன்னை
இம்மையில்என் தனக்கழியாத் திருவடிவம்
தந்தானை எல்லாம் வல்ல
செம்மைதரு சித்தனைஎன் சிவபதியைத்
தெள்ளமுதத் திரளை என்றன்
அம்மையைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

என்னையும் என் பொருளையும்என் ஆவியையும்
தான்கொண்டிங் கென்பால் அன்பால்
தன்னையும்தன் பொருளையும்தன் ஆவியையும்
களித்தளித்த தலைவன் தன்னை
முன்னையும்பின் னையும்எனக்கே முழுத்துணையாய்
இருந்தமுழு முதல்வன் தன்னை
அன்னையைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

எண்ணலைவே றிரங்கலைநின் எண்ணமெலாம்
தருகின்றோம் இன்னே என்றென்
கண்நிரம்ப ஒளிகாட்டிக் கருத்தில் அமர்ந்
திருக்கின்ற கருத்தன் தன்னைப்
புண்ணியனை உளத்தூறும் புத்தமுதை
மெய்இன்பப் பொருளை என்றன்
அண்ணலைசிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

சாதியை நீள் சமயத்தை மதத்தை எலாம்
விடுவித்தென் தன்னை ஞான
நீதியிலே சுத்தசிவ சன்மார்க்க
நிலைதனிலே நிறுத்தி னானைப்
பாதியைஒன் றானவனைப் பரம்பரனைப்
பராபரனைப் பதிஅ னாதி
ஆதியைச்சிற் றம்பலத்தென் அருட்பெருஞ்சோ
தியைப்பெற்றேன் அச்சோ அச்சோ.

http://www.thiruarutpa.org/thirumurai/v/T322/tm/assoop_paththu

Ramalinga Adigal reveals his utmost satisfaction and gratitude towards his Lord for appearing in his life.

மாலிலே மயங்கி மண்ணிலே அநித்த
வாழ்விலே வரவிலே மலஞ்சார்
தோலிலே ஆசை வைத்துவீண் பொழுது
தொலைக்கின்றார் தொலைக்கநான் உனது
காலிலே ஆசை வைத்தனன் நீயும்
கனவினும் நனவினும் எனைநின்
பாலிலே வைத்தாய் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

மதத்திலே சமய வழக்கிலே மாயை
மருட்டிலே இருட்டிலே மறவாக்
கதத்திலே மனத்தை வைத்துவீண் பொழுது
கழிக்கின்றார் கழிக்கநான் உன்பூம்
பதத்திலே மனத்தை வைத்தனன் நீயும்
பரிந்தெனை அழிவிலா நல்ல
பதத்திலே வைத்தாய் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

குலத்திலே சமயக் குழியிலே நரகக்
குழியிலே குமைந்துவீண் பொழுது
நிலத்திலே போக்கி மயங்கிஏ மாந்து
நிற்கின்றார் நிற்கநான் உவந்து
வலத்திலே நினது வசத்திலே நின்றேன்
மகிழ்ந்துநீ என்உளம் எனும்அம்
பலத்திலே நின்றாய் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

கூடவும் பின்னே பிரியவும் சார்ந்த
கொழுநரும் மகளிரும் நாண
நீடஎன் உளத்தே கலந்துகொண் டென்றும்
நீங்கிடா திருந்துநீ என்னோ
டாடவும் எல்லாம் வல்லசித் தியைப்பெற்
றறிவுரு வாகிநான் உனையே
பாடவும் பெற்றேன் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

உயத்திடம் அறியா திறந்தவர் தமைஇவ்
வுலகிலே உயிர்பெற்று மீட்டும்
நயத்தொடு வருவித் திடும்ஒரு ஞான
நாட்டமும் கற்பகோ டியினும்
வயத்தொடு சாகா வரமும்என் தனக்கே
வழங்கிடப் பெற்றனன் மரண
பயத்தைவிட் டொழித்தேன் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

நாடல்செய் கின்றேன் அருட்பெருஞ் சோதி
நாதனை என்உளே கண்டு
கூடல்செய் கின்றேன் எண்ணிய எல்லாம்
கூடிடக் குலவிஇன் புருவாய்
ஆடல்செய் கின்றேன் சித்தெலாம் வல்லான்
அம்பலம் தன்னையே குறித்துப்
பாடல்செய் கின்றேன் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

துதிபெறும் அயனோ டரிஅரன் முதலோர்
சூழ்ந்துசூழ்ந் திளைத்தொரு தங்கள்
விதியைநொந் தின்னும் விழித்திருக் கின்றார்
விழித்திருந் திடவும்நோ வாமே
மதியிலேன் அருளால் சுத்தசன் மார்க்க
மன்றிலே வயங்கிய தலைமைப்
பதிபதம் பெற்றேன் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

புரிசைவான் உலகில் பூவுல கெல்லாம்
புண்ணிய உலகமாய்ப் பொலிந்தே
கரிசெலாம் தவிர்ந்து களிப்பெலாம் அடைந்து
கருத்தொடு வாழவும் கருத்தில்
துரிசெலாம் தவிர்க்கும் சுத்தசன் மார்க்கம்
துலங்கவும் திருவருட் சோதிப்
பரிசெலாம் பெற்றேன் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

வேதமே விளங்க மெய்ம்மையே வயங்க
வெம்மையே நீங்கிட விமல
வாதமே வழங்க வானமே முழங்க
வையமே உய்யஓர் பரம
நாதமே தொனிக்க ஞானமே வடிவாய்
நன்மணி மன்றிலே நடிக்கும்
பாதமே பிடித்தேன் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

கட்டமும் கழன்றேன் கவலைவிட் டொழித்தேன்
கலக்கமும் தீர்ந்தனன் பிறவிச்
சட்டமும் கிழித்தேன் தூக்கமும் துறந்தேன்
சாவையும் நோவையும் தவிர்ந்தேன்
சிட்டமும் அடைந்தேன் சிற்சபை உடையான்
செல்வமெய்ப் பிள்ளைஎன் றொருபேர்ப்
பட்டமும் தரித்தேன் எனக்கிது போதும்
பண்ணிய தவம்பலித் ததுவே.

http://www.thiruarutpa.org/thirumurai/v/T328/tm/sivapunniyap_peeru

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