When Tavayogi instructed me to start doing the Homa, a smaller scale of the Yagam in my home to coincide with the larger annual Yagna or Sarva Dosa Nivarana Yagam that he carried out at his Kallar Ashram grounds, although I did as instructed, I was not fully committed into doing it as I had several questions on my mind. What has burning dried twigs, dried fruits, dried seeds, dried flowers in a fire pit got to do with healing the universe and its people? Won't this amount to adding on to the pollution, my logical mind continued to question the move.
Then I am told that the age old traditional of fire sacrifice that has gone into oblivion in public, only to be carried on on occasions by the temple purohit, was still continued by nature through its act of starting forest fires. This was natures way of feeding the sacrificial fire.
Agathiyar told me to carry on the Homa ritual for the sake of the Prapanjam or universe. Tavayogi took the cue from the tsunami that hit the shores of India and many other places to personally carry out the Maha Yagam, roping me to do it simultaneously in Malaysia too. This were the reasons both Agathiyar and Tavayogi gave me to encourage me to carry on. I did as told.
Just as we feed the flame that is burning in our stomach, appeasing our hunger immediately with satvic food is tantamount to feeding the sacrificial fire. Would we then consume the meat from dead carcasses within to satisfy our taste buds and hunger?
From https://siththanarul.blogspot.com we read about another message regarding this mystery of healing nature and caring for it, from Agathiyar. Again the question crops up how can burning herbs bring rain to an otherwise barren and dry land, breaking the spell of drought and extreme heat?
இன்னொரு அகத்தியர் அடியவருக்கு, தனிப்பட்ட வாக்குரைத்த பொழுது, சூரியனில் எற்பட்ட மாற்றங்களால்தான், தமிழகத்தில், இத்தனை கடுமையான வெயிலும், தண்ணீர் பஞ்சமும் இருக்கிறது எனவும், அதற்காக நாம் கீழ்காணும் மூலிகைகளை, வாங்கி, பொடித்து, தினமும் காலையிலும், மாலையிலும், அவரவர் வீட்டில், தூப புகை போட்டு, முக்கியமாக, இது சித்தர்களுக்கு சமர்ப்பணம் என்று கொடுத்துவிட்டால், நிச்சயமாக, நாம் கொடுக்கும் மூலிகை தூபத்தை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டு, வெம்மையிலிருந்து காப்பாற்றுவோம்! என வாக்குரைத்துள்ளார்.Agathiyar in a reading for a devotee, recommends that certain herbs be dried, powdered and burnt in a sacrificial fire, giving them up as a sacrifice to the Siddhas while carrying the thought that our selfless act was for the good of the universe, would bring positive results.
இதை கேட்ட அடியவர், ஒரு வெம்மை நிறைந்த நாளில், அகத்தியப்பெருமான் கூறியதுபோல் செய்ய, மறுநாளே, வெம்மை குறைந்து, அன்று முழுவதும், மேகம் குடைபோட்டு வெப்பத்தை குறைத்ததாம். வேண்டிய மூலிகை பொருட்கள்:-
1. கஸ்தூரி மஞ்சள்.(Kasturi Manjal)
2. வெண் கடுகு. (Ven Kadagu)
3. பச்சை கற்பூரம். (Pachai Karpuram)
4. மஞ்சள் தூள். (Manjal Thul)
5. நாய் கடுகு. Naai Kadagu)
6. மருதாணி விதை. (Marutaani Vithai)
7. சாம்பிராணி. (Sambrani)
8. அருகம் புல். (Arugam Pul)
9. வில்வ இலை. (Vilva Elai)
10. வேம்பு இலை, குச்சி. (Vembu Elai, Kutchi)
11. வன்னி இலை, குச்சி. (vanni Elai, Kutchi)
12. கருங்காலி குச்சி. (Karungkaali Kutchi)
13. பேய் மிரட்டி குச்சி. (Pei Miratthi Kutchi)
14. வெண் குங்குலியம். Ven Kunguliyam)
15. அகில். (Agil)
16. சந்தனம். (Santhanam)
மேற் கூறிய இரு விஷயங்களையும், "லோக ஷேமத்துக்காக" என்று வேண்டிக்கொண்டு செய்தால், "எப்படி வாழ்ந்தால் இறைவனுக்கு பிடிக்குமோ, அப்படி வாழ்ந்துவிடு" என நம் குருநாதர் அடிக்கடி கூறுவது, எப்படிப்பட்ட நிலை என்று அனைவராலும் உணர முடியும்.As I pen this post, I remember something I used to do in my childhood days to keep away the rain.
Rain, rain go away
Come again another day.
Rain, rain go away
Little Johnny wants to play.
I would prick a dried chili to a Natural Coco Broomstick and plant it to the ground. The rain would immediately stop. How was that possible?
We revisit Vashisht Vaid's blog https://holysageagathiyar.com/ where Agathiyar sheds some light on the souls prime duty and reason to take on a physical body. Among these pancha karma or 5 tenets, a human being has a duty to aid and help the ongoing evolution of all co-existing beings and entities who all vitally existing upon the lower levels of evolutionary ladder, supporting the manifested matrix [paripancha]. We assist many of the lower kingdoms: the various types of living herbs and plants of plant kingdom, especially the signature plants with magical and supernatural powers, in their Parinama Valarchi, by planting them in our houses and in our surrounding gardens. This applies to the various types of working and pet animals of the animal kingdom that we raise and keep among ourselves.
"The great sage Agathiyar then gracefully further disclosed for the gathered seers and sages of Tamil Sangam, that all such above mentioned few examples of other visible kingdom’s [rupa pranis], who all during their own ascending evolution’s upon this objectively manifested planet earth, finally get vitally qualified to have a human tutorship, so that they all by being in close contact with the human race, being a part and parcel of the manifested matrix, can also learn about his evolutionary mind’s tonal frequencies, which gets vitally depicted to them through the tonal frequencies of their language sounds, and also through their vitally performed mental and physical actions - reactions, so that they all can also get qualified to become a human being, in some distant future evolutionary cycle, with the graceful attribute of an individualized mind and a numbered soul [ankita atama]."
"The great sage Agathiyar then gracefully further added for the gathered seers and sages of Tamil Sangam, that thus through this ‘no. 5 work’ of incarnated human life, every incarnated human being of this planet earth, also unknowingly becomes a teacher [adhyapak] of some or many members of the co-existing lower kingdom’s, who also being a part of the illusory matrix [maya paripancha], thus also vitally becomes a vital part of his evolutionary life upon this planet earth [prithvi greha]."
"Such a training from an member of the highest species upon this physical world [bhu loka], thus greatly help the vital consciousness of all lower kingdom specie’s, upon this evolutionary planet earth of our solar universe [aditya mandla], whose lower specie vital consciousness till then vitally exists in a non individualized manner, only as a very tiny part of their collective consciousness group container [samahuit chetna kalsha]."
Simply put Agathiyar says it is our duty as a human to care for the beings of the lower levels of evolutionary ladder including those in the animal, plant and mineral kingdom. By planting, the various types of living herbs and plants of the plant kingdom, especially the signature plants with magical and supernatural powers, in their houses and in their surrounding gardens, the constant interaction between man and plant, as the plant is watered and cared for, some or many members of the co-existing lower kingdoms, who are also being a part of the illusory matrix [maya paripancha], thus also vitally become a vital part of his evolutionary life upon this planet earth [prithvi greha]. So is it with having various types of working and pet animals of the animal kingdom with us. We tend to help each other. The plants and animals provide sustenance for us while we through our interaction, thought, feelings and speech raise them to a higher level preparing them to take on the human birth in the future.
It is said that the trees would bend as Agathiyar approaches them and reveal their secrets to him. This is how Agathiyar began to compile the medicinal benefits of the plants. A fallen tree trunk gave way to the entourage returning from the peak of Pothihai hill, after having a darshan of Agathiyar. To the surprise of Dyalen who was walking ahead, the tree trunk sank further into the ground allowing, the entourage to pass over rather then having to find another way around the huge fallen tree.
How do we tell time? From https://theconversation.com/plants-can-tell-time-even-without-a-brain-heres-how-121840 we understand that,
We are surprised by new research on plants and animals that share and help each other, the plants that are way ahead helping their slower neighbors and the same in the animal kingdom. This is what Agathiyar commands us to do as humans too - the fortunate helping the unfortunate.
Submit to change although “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
It is said that the trees would bend as Agathiyar approaches them and reveal their secrets to him. This is how Agathiyar began to compile the medicinal benefits of the plants. A fallen tree trunk gave way to the entourage returning from the peak of Pothihai hill, after having a darshan of Agathiyar. To the surprise of Dyalen who was walking ahead, the tree trunk sank further into the ground allowing, the entourage to pass over rather then having to find another way around the huge fallen tree.
How do we tell time? From https://theconversation.com/plants-can-tell-time-even-without-a-brain-heres-how-121840 we understand that,
The brain contains a master clock that keeps the rest of the body in sync, using light signals from the eyes to keep in time with environment. Plants have similar circadian rhythms that help them tell the time of day, preparing plants for photosynthesis prior to dawn, turning on heat-protection mechanisms before the hottest part of the day, and producing nectar when pollinators are most likely to visit. And just like in humans, every cell in the plant appears to have its own clock.
But unlike humans, plants don’t have a brain to keep their clocks synchronize. So how do plants coordinate their cellular rhythms? Our new research shows that all the cells in the plant coordinate partly through something called local self-organisation. This is effectively the plant cells communicating their timing with neighboring cells, in a similar way to how schools of fish and flocks of birds coordinate their movements by interacting with their neighbors.
Previous research found that the time of the clock is different in different parts of a plant. These differences can be detected by measuring the timing of the daily peaks in clock protein production in the different organs.We are told elsewhere that just like a single plant might have different nature or tanmai in its root, stem, twigs, flowers and fruits, the time of picking the organs contribute to the nature of the herbal preparation. Hence this is said to be the difference between the commercially harvested herbal plants where modern machinery bulldozes through the farm collecting everything from the roots to the leaves at one go, and those that are hand picked by the Siddhas medicine practitioners at different times.
We are surprised by new research on plants and animals that share and help each other, the plants that are way ahead helping their slower neighbors and the same in the animal kingdom. This is what Agathiyar commands us to do as humans too - the fortunate helping the unfortunate.
When the number of clock proteins in one cell peaks, the cell communicates this to its slower neighbors, which follow the first cell’s lead and produce more clock proteins too. These cells then do the same to their neighbors, and so on. Such patterns can be observed elsewhere in nature. Some firefly species form spatial wave patterns as they synchronize their flashes with their neighbors.
This might explain how plants are able to continuously adapt their growth and development to cope with changes in their environment, which scientists call “plasticity”.Maybe we ought to have this nature of plasticity in us too. Agathiyar has constantly told us to cultivate tolerance or Sagippu tanmai. Lao Tzu has told us to go with the wind.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. - Lao TzuMore possibilities turn up if only we learn to let go. The hidden potentials and talents come up to the forefront if we choose not to be selective.
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try the world is beyond the winning. Things arise and she lets them come; things disappear and she lets them go. She has but doesn’t possess, acts but doesn’t expect. When her work is done, she forgets it. That is why it lasts forever.
Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself. The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself.
If you want to become full, let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, let yourself die. If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve. If you want to be given everything, give everything up.
- Lao TzuBy going within, the right action arises. “Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?”
Submit to change although “New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
“Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner.”"The great leader is he who the people say, ‘We did it ourselves.'" Tavayogi was one great leader to. He pointed the way and let us work towards achieving it rather than spoon feeding or gifting us. Today we can proudly say that ‘We did it ourselves'. We are not a clone of him. He did not stamp his mark on us but let us grow, bloom and flower, each a personality by its own. Each carrying an experience unique to him.
“If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.”
“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.”(Source: https://www.purposefairy.com/77177/33-life-changing-lessons-to-learn-from-lao-tzu/)