The answers of Agastya Muni to the generic questions posted by devotees can be found here. The readers are requested to send their spiritual experiences related to the Siddhas to GnanaBoomi at Gmail dot com. Though the experiences are unique and personal to them, it can shower some light or guidance to those who read them. Thanks!

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I began to do the practice of daily Parayanam (recitation) after praying to Ganesha and Hanuman everyday, while waiting for the next Thursday’s narration. It grew through the grace of Agastya Muni. I could sense that whatever I undertake, there was an excitement, an urge in carrying them out and the tasks were successful through His grace. Through someone, if for this world a merit can be done for other beings, if above all the God’s grace is readily available, all I wanted is to pray for that grace. I felt it is ‘God’s grace’ that the current mentality is called.

Happiness is a natural state, but it does not stay for long days or time. It takes time for one to realize that God has kept this as a testing device. One does not realize how much balance he will lose if he feels so much of happiness, but others will. In fact, mistakes committed when someone is in a normal state or even feeling sad is nothing compared to the mistakes done when someone is extremely happy. Therefore, it is important to have the balanced state of mind. This truth is taught in the 62nd and 63rd Sarga of Sundara Kandam.

Defeat will not go near those who read these two Sargas. They won’t fear anything. Obstacles will disappear. In addition, those whose horoscope has Rahu, Kethu and Guru on the 8th house, those who suffer due to Ashtama Shani, Ashtama Rahu will be relieved of their difficulties. Those who are admitted in the hospital will be relieved of the fear of death. The surgeries related to heart and brain will succeed. Those who suffer because of thieves, fire, natural calamities will be relieved too.

Those who recite the 64th Sarga – those whose Maha Bukthi or Dasha happening with Rahu, Kethu, Sevvay, Shani or Surya in their Kalathra Sthana will be benefitted with all their difficulties removed and their marital life will blossom. Those who do not have happiness in marital life, those who think of getting separated, those couple who are separated because of business or work, those who fear if their love life will come to an end, they can recite this Sarga thrice everyday. All their problems will be taken care of. The marriage that seemed like an impossibility will happen, the separated one will be reunited, The Sevvay and Kalathra dosha will disappear. They will experience bliss in their marital life.

Those who worry for small things, those with 7 1/2 Shani, Ashtama Shani, Arthashtama Shani in their horoscopes, those horoscopes with Chandra and Kethu, those with Chandra Bukthi in Kethu Dasha, those who suffer due to Chandrashtama every month, the husbands who are separated from their wives, those who are desperate to get divorced, those who worry because there isn’t a good news from the far away land, those who have obstacles in having a cordial relationship, those with Kalathra dosha, Sevvai Dosha, should read the 64th and 36th Sarga continuously everyday. All the obstacles will disappear if they do so.

Those who have lost any hopes in life, those who suffer from 7 1/2 Shani, Ashtama Shani, Arthashtama Shani, Viraya Shani, Jenma Shani, Paadha Shani, Suya Bukthi in Shani Maha Dasha, Surya Bukthi, Kethu Bukthi, Chandra Bukthi, Rahu Bukthi, Kethu Bukthi in Chandra Dasha, Kethu Antharam, Rahu Bukthi, Rahu Antharam, Shani Bukthi, those with horoscopes where Sevvay is with Kethu in 6th house, those with Kalathra Sevvay Dosha should read the Sargas 66, 67 everyday, thrice in the morning. Their difficulties will change miraculously then. Their very fate will change.

The Maha Muni paused the narration for that day.

I placed the Nadi in Sri Rama’s holy feet and sat down for meditation.

~ to be continued…!

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The answers of Agastya Muni to the generic questions posted by devotees can be found here. The readers are requested to send their spiritual experiences related to the Siddhas to GnanaBoomi at Gmail dot com. Though the experiences are unique and personal to them, it can shower some light or guidance to those who read them. Thanks!

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“People of this world will not reform. Do not worry about them. Focus on what you must do.” – said the other Siddhas. But Bhoga did not listen. The people should not perish, they should live here forever. His thirst increased.

“Bhoga! You are going against the divine will. This is not good. Learn everything except the Sanjeevani which brings back the dead. That’s what is good for you.” – said the Siddhas but Bhoga did not listen. I will do whatever it takes and learn this Mantra or will get it through the God’s grace. His ancestors are from Tamil Nadu but they had migrated to China long back. His parents were doing a laundry business there.

He was named as Bo – Yong. Another theory states that Bhoga was born in Tamil Nadu itself and His parents migrated to China only after His birth, and He transmuted himself in to the body of Bo-Yong. As these happend thousands of years back, we don’t have the authenticity of such information. The book ‘Agasthiyar Panirendayiram’ (Agasthiyar 12 thousand) has a song that goes ‘The Bhoga who is greatest of the Siddhas is from the heavy land of China’. He stayed in China and came back to Tamil Nadu after His parents’ demise. He wanted to have the darshan of Siddhas staying in Mount Meru and Himalayas. His main mission was to share the rare herbs hidden in the treasures of mountains all across India and to prevent any disease from attacking the public.

He taught the Munivars and Siddhas in Himalayas on how to make gold. He did so because these men do not get attached to material things and will spend this on the welfare of others. While He stayed in Himalayas, many a students came to visit Bhoga and became His disciples. There were 63 of them including Pulipani, Karuvurar, Sattai Muni, Idaikadar etc., Bhoga disliked the one quality in humans, of not sharing one’s knowledge to others. He arranged for all 63 of His disciples to know everything He knew and to spread them all across the country. He had taught them on how to fly in the sky, to float in the water, the Kayakalpa medicine that helps the body to remain intact and healthy for a very long time.

He tested them too and the students cleared them as well. They then went to the lengths and breadths of the country and tried teaching the public what they learnt. The ignorant masses but didn’t pay heed to such knowledge. Bhoga felt sad but did not give up. He thought that by teaching them about Sanjeevani, they could be made interested in learning the other Siddhis. When He expressed His desires to the other Siddhas, they said what’s been given in the beginning of this post. Bhoga was restless after the Siddhas refused to teach Him the Sanjeevani. He cried profusely that He will give up His life if he will not be taught this skill. The other Siddhas consoled him stating, “if we decide to give up our lives just because what we desired did not happen, there won’t be anyone left in the world. Not everything we want happens. Death is something that the almighty has decided to happen for all humans at a certain time. It is not good to cross this decision. You may incur the wrath of the Lord if you do so. Change your thought to commit suicide. You are a learnt physician who knows everything including Kayakalpa. Why don’t you teach the humans about these and make them live a healthy life? Forget about living forever and teaching it to everyone. The Gnani does not dwell in what is impossible.”

Bhoga left for Mount Meru half-hearted. There He found Kalangi Siddha’s samadhi. When He offered His respects to it, many Siddhas appeared before Him saying, “O Bhoga! We are the disciples of Kalangi Siddhar. Souls like Rama, Pandavas, Dridhrashtra, Harishchandra, Ravana came here and tested what we have learnt. We are staying here since long. What do you want?”

Bhoga mentioned to them that He wanted to learn the Sanjeevani art where no one will ever die, with great respect and humbleness. They pointed him to a place where there were countless rare gems were found. They pointed him to another place where there were lots of gold. His heart felt happy, He thought about the common people even at that time. An ordinary person would greedily take away all he could and try to earn the title of ‘world’s richest’. But Bhoga requested the other Siddhas thus:
“O Siddhas! These are lying here as waste. It looks like there will be more left even if we give away these to all the people in the world. They will live happily with these, why is it getting wasted here?”

The Siddhas gave a grief-filled laughter. “Bhoga! Why are you worrying about the humans? They don’t respect people like us who think of spirituality, neither they search for the grace of Lord. Here you are worrying about such ungrateful humans to get benefitted with these materials here. They don’t deserve to get them.” – and they disappeared that instance. Bhoga felt sad thinking “I was thinking of getting all these wealth to the humans and forgot about the greatest of the wealth – health and to make them live forever. This wealth changes one’s mind like anything. It makes us forget our duties.”

At that time a light appeared and came through Bhoga, it’s light was blindfolding. He covered his eyes with his hands and looked in between in the direction of the light. It came from an ant-hill which was almost the height of a full grown man. He walked towards the ant-hill. He heard breathing from that ant hill. Bhoga sensed that the breathing is not that of a snake but of a human who is perfected. He realized that this person must be a great Tapasvi and that He could learn the art of Sanjeevani from Him. So He sat down in meditating about this person right there deciding that He will wait. The heat of this meditation touched the Tapasvi inside the anthill where He came out. He was a person who knows everything past, present and future. He woke Bhoga up saying ‘O Bhoga!’

Bhoga was surprised, “Swami, how do you know my name?” for which the Tapasvi said it is not difficult for Siddhas to know each others. Bhoga wanted to know how long he was doing this penance for the Tapasvi asked which yuga it was. Bhoga replied, “Kali Yuga”. The Tapasvi exclaimed on how fast the time runs, I have been meditating since beginning of Dhvapara Yuga and a full yuga is gone. Bhoga, I know your wish as well. First, eat the fruit of that tree there and quench your hunger. As soon as Bhoga ate the fruit, he felt very light as if he was floating and he sat down as it is. The Tapasvi handed over a doll to Bhoga saying, “this doll will answer all your questions.” – and went in to the anthill again. Bhoga asked the doll on how to live without getting defeated by death. The doll spoke everything about the birth till death but said that it cannot share the knowledge of living forever in spite of it knowing it due to the law of creation and disappeared. Bhoga felt depressed but he did not give up. Bhoga climbed up the Mount Meru one day where he saw rocks of gold, due to the rare herbs being used by the rishi-munis. He could not withstand the brightness and was about to fall down. The rishi-munis held him.

“Bhoga, we are living here for four yugas. We appreciate your sincerity and perseverance in making the humans live. The Sanjeevani is here in a cave. We shall show you and also teach you the mantra. Bhoga’s joy knew no bounds. They entered a particular cave which contained this herb which was not touched by dust, shining due to the radiance of making one live forever and bring back the dead. The rishi-munis explained the usage of Sanjeevani to Bhoga in detail. Bhoga became the personification of gratitude. He prostrated at the feet of these holy men thanking them profusely for their help and bid farewell. His joy did not find any limit where he jumped and danced out causing the place to tremble. Many a Siddhas appeared before Bhoga and addressed him thus: “Bhoga, it is during happiness that one should remain calm. You have disturbed our penance with your dancing and shouting. Our penance which happened for many yugas has become useless for which we will curse you. We curse you that you will forget the usage of this Sanjeevani for which you spent all your life’s effort, just as we are standing helpless with all our penance going for nothing.” Bhoga was devastated.

“O Siddhas! What have I done? I did a great mistake. Please don’t! Please don’t! You have the responsibility of sustaining this world too right? Please do not punish the people for whatever happened between us here. Please forgive me, please forgive me!” – but there were no one to listen to his cries for the Siddhas had disappeared. Bhoga was broken apart for he kept lamenting about his mistakes and fell unconscious. This drama was orchestrated by the almighty to show that the world is governed by Him and there is a reason for everything. But why did He then create Sanjeevani, a question may rise. The answer is known only to Him.

A bird flew near Bhoga and went in to the cave. This bird is Anda Bagiranda Bird. It plucked a leaf from a herb and made Bhoga inhale its fragrance. Bhoga woke up. It said, “Bhoga! Do not worry about what happened. There are countless Siddhas doing penance here and your movement may wake them up. It is enough of what you have learnt all the while. Help the people life healthy with this knowledge. Do not make another mistake of waking the other Siddhas up and end up lose whatever remaining you know. The person who is contended is the wise one.” Bhoga flew back to Podhigai hills and sat for meditation. Goddess Parvathi appeared in his meditation and said, “Bhoga, grieve not. It is my task to create and destroy the world. Go to Pazhani hills and worship my son Muruga!” and disappeared. Bhoga reached Pazhani and found Lord Subramanya in the form of Dhandayutha Pani wearing just the loin cloth. He instructed Bhoga to make the Nava-Bashana idol of himself and instructed Him on the ways He should be worshipped there in detail.” Bhoga felt very happy and did what the Lord mentioned, and was doing regular Pooja and Abisheka. Those who got those prasada lived a healthy and long life. This is why a lot of people visit Pazhani
Malai.

Bhoga then reached Thiruchengodu near Namakkal. It is said that he made the ArdhaNareeshwara idol in Nava Bashana there as well. He flew to China frequently as well. Pulipani Siddha went to China and brought Him back. He had many disciples such as Konkana Siddha, Idaikadar, Kamala Muni, Machcha Muni, Nandeesar etc., He came back from China and stayed in Pazhani, eventually attained Samadhi here in Pazhani.

~ to be continued…!

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The answers of Agastya Muni to the generic questions posted by devotees can be found here. The readers are requested to send their spiritual experiences related to the Siddhas to GnanaBoomi at Gmail dot com. Though the experiences are unique and personal to them, it can shower some light or guidance to those who read them. Thanks!

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Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

We have reached the final episode of the experiences with Sundara Kanda narration. Let us pray to Lord Agatheeshwara and enter His words. Agatheeshwara clarified many a things clearly that can be made easy by the humans. I expected eagerly, what is He going to say new today? I sat in Lord Rama’s shrine on that Thursday morning. The Maha Muni said:

“A man can plan anything according to his needs. But only through the grace of God does the plan succeed. In most cases, what happens is just opposite to what was planned for many and when that happens, they wonder why, we had planned it properly and get confused. But in reality, it is the God almighty who diverted it. That too is because He knows this diversion is for this human’s good only. But the human does not understand this, but they criticize the rishis, Siddhas, his time and even the Lord. That is why the Lord orders us to keep a lot of things hidden as ‘deva rahasya’. The loss is not for the Lord you see. It is for the human who is supposed to rise up.”

These words did not sound like just words to me. Something has happened. Is it that the Lord has taken back the approval of narrating the Rama Katha? I realized that it is true indeed by what He said next.

“Though we began as Rama Katha, the Lord ordered to stick with Sundara Kandam. Once it was done, the Lord ordered, “O Agastya, whatever should reach the humans have reached. Let’s finish it here.”

“Hence, let me narrate an incident and then let me tell you something good, who helped the message of the Lord to be passed on to the humans at the end.”

“As per the horoscope, those who are suffering because of the grahas like Kethu, Shani, Rahu, Sevvaay, Surya in their Kudumpa Sthana, Sukha Sthana, Kalathra Sthana, Ayul Sthana etc., those whose marriage is getting delayed, even those who are married but are not able to experience the happiness the married life gives, those who have difference of opinion between spouses and suffer due to this, sevvaay dosha, kaala sarpa dosha, kalathra dosha, those who suffer through the doshas which follow them generation after generation, those who suffer due to ashtama Shani, ashtama Guru, those who long for their love life not getting successful, those who are not having the blessings of bearing children, those who suffer so much due to the wickedness of their enemies, all these to get rid of their problems, they should recite all the 68 Sarga with a lot of faith everyday is the greatest Parikara.” – and He paused the Rama Katha with Sundara Kanda.

I remained silent waiting for Him to say something Himself. I threw away any question that came in my mind. He spoke Himself after a while.

“Let us complete the Rama Katha at a different time, in the future. Be patience till then. So far the Agastya’s kavya has come out well. Our blessings!” – when He blessed, He did so with Rama, Seetha, Lakshmana and Anjaneya being present. Recall how you looked up when taking notes, after experiencing a cool breeze, subtle aroma of Sri Thulasi and Sampangi, that’s when they left this place. Every week when you take notes, Sri Rama Himself was seated in the place you’ve kept His idol with the others seated closeby when We were narrating. When this narration gets published in a book form, whoever gets them and recites all the Sargas with devotion, they will have an armour around them. The house in which it is kept will be wealthy in all aspects. No harm will come near them. Frequent surprising things will happen.” – He blessed and concluded.

I realized that I have taken notes all these days at the holy feet of Sri Rama without realizing anything. If one has to learn, they must learn under such a guru. Every Siddha will come. To realize is our Karma Vidhi.

Those who want to read all the Sarga of Sundara Kanda (typed in Tamil with sounds in Deva Nagri), please click below and select ‘Sundara Kandam’. It is so very simple.

https://www.valmiki.iitk.ac.in/sloka?field_kanda_tid=5&language=ta&field_sarga_value=1

Thus concludes Maha Guru Agastya’s Sukham Tharum Sundara Kandam series.

We thank the Maha Guru for allowing us to publish in the Siththan Arul blog and pray to Him that all His devotees may live a happy and blessed life.

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Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

The answers of Agastya Muni to the generic questions posted by devotees can be found here. The readers are requested to send their spiritual experiences related to the Siddhas to GnanaBoomi at Gmail dot com. Though the experiences are unique and personal to them, it can shower some light or guidance to those who read them. Thanks!

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Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

This article is from the Tamil original seen at https://siththanarul.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/643.html

Even the devotees who live by the words of Agastya Muni will be tested. As He says, every test should be looked upon as an experience, here is a compilation of one such experience. They started everything, tested and granted their blessings as the reward for patience. If the Lord himself partakes in the game of Siddhas, what else does one need, we may think.

One of my relatives fell sick. The doctors recommended surgery as the only way out. While getting confused on what to decide, I thought we should ask the Kotakanallur Pachchai Vanna Perumal himself, as I frequent his temple for darshan. I sat in my pooja room and meditated, where a word came “Come here! I shall give the medicine.” As there was a holiday on the last day of the week, I got three days off. Let’s go, I decided. Eventually, couple of my friends (Shri Sathish and Shri Shridharan) called me up and mentioned about their visit to Podhigai Hills to have darshan of Lord Agastya and they are planning to visit Kotakanallur enroute.

I said I will meet them in Kotakanallur on Saturday and thought let us give whatever we could to Podhigai Hills for Agastya’s abisheka and encourage them on their visit. I collected the abisheka items (Vibuthi, sandalwood powder, javvadhu and other fragrances. I took permission on Wednesday afternoon and proceeded to Tirunelveli. The items were a bit heavy. I was doubtful if my friend will ask me to reduce the items due to their weight. I thought he may say, “it is very difficult to even carry my own weight, this is very heavy. Can you please reduce the items?” Will the Lord Pachchai Vanna Perumal ask for this sandalwood powder? I thought. But nevertheless, I collected everything and kept them.

I reached Kotakanallur on Thursday morning. I stood in front of the Lord and prayed, “Here I am as you asked me to come. Hereafter it is your grace. Please bless.” The priest gave the prasad and went inside again as if he remembered something. He had a ball kind of thing in yellow. He said:

“Take this, I took this when I did the Thirumanjanam for Perumal today. Who will come for this, I thought and I heard – ‘someone will come in 2.5 nazhigai, give this to him.”

I received it with all due respect and took it to both my eyes as if worshipping. I smelled the purest of Virali Turmeric. I thought this must have been the medicine and I kept it safe. I told the priest that I am going to Srivilliputhur tomorrow and will meet him that Saturday. “Please get my friends a good darshan, I will come here before 10 in the morning.”

I then proceeded towards Sri Villiputhur. I met one of my friends who took me to several other friends. After meeting all, we returned to my friends house and while seating, a person said: “Here, bring your hands. Take this, and ask to eat this as well”. and put a small piece in my hand.

“What is this?”

“This is the Chandan that adorned the chest of Lord Balaji in Tirupathi. You know Goddess Mahalakshmi is in His heart. This is a rare medicine by itself.” and additionally, “Here, this is the Perumal Theertham.” and gave a bottle. The smell of Pachchai Karpooram (green camphor) was intense. I felt, “Only for these the Lord has asked me to travel all along. There will definitely be a cure.” and kept them safe. Then I went back to Kotakanallur on Saturday and met those two friends whom I had promised to meet.

“Very good darshan, the Lord blessed us. Come along, let us go again and have darshan.”

“I have some items for Agastya Muni’s abisheka. Let us see them and then get in.” – I began to keep them out.

My friend said: “It is very heavy. It is difficult even to carry my own weight. Can you please reduce the items?”

Further, he glanced the items kept out and said, “Please keep the sandalwood paste out. Let the Vibhuthi be in.”

I looked towards the shrine and thought: “Can’t you say straight if you want the Sandalwood paste? Should you make me embarrased and get them? Plus, O Agastya Muni, please forgive me. The Lord is asking for the sandalwood paste which I had collected for you. Please accept the rest of the items and bless everyone.”

We had a wonderful darshan, did pradakshina and spoke about Podhigai to my friends and placed a request.

“After the abisheka, please get a little of Abisheka Oil and Vibuthi as prasad. You can send it after you reach Chennai, its enough.”

It will take around 4 to 5 days for them to reach back Chennai after the abisheka, climbing down etc., “I thought it is ok if it takes the time. Agastya hardly runs any courier service for this to reach the next instance, one has to wait for everything.” I thought and bid farewell to my friends. I met the priest and gave him the sandalwood paste to be used for the Sunday’s abisheka.

I prayed towards the direction of Podhigai hills, “O Guru, your children are coming to you with abisheka, pooja. Please accept their prayers.” I went back to the temple next morning (Sunday) and found that the abisheka had been over. There was a screen in front of the shrine.

The priest welcomed me saying: “Welcome, just move the screen lightly and see inside. The Lord seems very happy today. I did the abisheka with the sandalwood paste you gave. There is a good amount of paste still sticking in His idol, see.”

“That’s great. Where did I come? It was Him who brought me here. He did all this drama and got the paste which I had collected for Agastya Muni.” – I said. The priest gave the prasad, a sandalwood paste ball and turmeric. I received it with utmost devotion and kept thinking about the happenings and came back to my place, met my relative and asked him to eat all the medicines the Lord had given.

The operation was scheduled for Tuesday, he got admitted the previous Sunday. He took the medicines before Monday evening. The operation happened successfully and the relative crossed the danger. The abisheka in Podhigai happened on Monday as well, so special. Whatever happened thereafter took me to a great surprise.

Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

The answers of Agastya Muni to the generic questions posted by devotees can be found here. The readers are requested to send their spiritual experiences related to the Siddhas to GnanaBoomi at Gmail dot com. Though the experiences are unique and personal to them, it can shower some light or guidance to those who read them. Thanks!

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Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

This article is from the Tamil original seen at https://siththanarul.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/646-2.html

When what the mind thought happens as it is, the mind becomes happy. If the result happens otherwise but still favourable, the mind ‘accepts’ it. When it goes completely opposite, the mind becomes troublesome, feels sad. As far as me, whatever happened so far itself is a great blessing and I was at peace without expecting anything more. As Lord Narayana organizes everything, no one can enter.

I was affirmative that the Podhigai pooja prasad will reach only after 15 days but surprisingly, a friend who came down on Tuesday itself mentioned: “One of your former colleagues was in my group. He introduced himself where I asked if he knows you. He said he knows you very well and gladly accepted my request to hand over the prasad to you saying that his house is right behind your office. He gave that colleague’s number as well. I was surprised and recalled my sarcasm “Agastya hardly runs any courier service for this to reach the next instance, it will reach at the right time.”

“Who are you to make sarcasistic comments? See how fast I am” – as if He said so. As I stepped out of the office at 5 PM, the colleague stood there. A bag with the prasad, he smiled at me saying, “he asked to give it to you” and bid farewell. A aromatic sandalwood, vibuthi, turmeric, I opened the bag to see the items used for Agastya’a Abisheka. I stood still without knowing what to say. I realized that we are being watched, they do accept our offerings when given heartily. I did not get the oil used for abisheka but the vibuthi (holy ash) made that thought disappear (that vibuthi is still hanging in a bag at home, in the right hand of Odhiyappar’s vigraha). I kept the prasad safely.

In Sabarai Mala, when they close the sanctum sanctorum after a long time, they decorate Lord Ayyappa as a Siddha, apply vibuthi all over and put a screen before closing the door. When the door opens again, they take that vibuthi and distribute it to the devotees as prasad. One of our colleagues was placed in our Sabari Mala branch office. When he was about to go there, he asked me if I would like the Aravanai and Appam and that he could get it only after the Mandala period gets over. I had asked him if I can get the vibuthi that covered Lord Ayyappa. He agreed and by Wednesday, he gave a box full of that vibuthi (even this vibuthi is in front of Odhiyappar, till date).

The next day was Thursday. I had been to the temple in the evening for darshan. It was rather quiet with me and Pujari (of course the almighty too). I had darshan one after the other (at first Agastya, Lopamudra, then Vinayaka behind Agastya Muni, then Nagar, Krishna and then Odhiyappar). When I stood before Odhiyappar, He looked very different with vibuthi smeared all across his chest, head, his dhoti, his feet, everywhere. I asked him within, “What’s special for you O Lord today?” He appeared to be smiling where I looked closely and was reminded of the Vibhthi courier incidents happening for the past three days.

“O Odhiyappa! Can you give me the vibuthi either in your head, chest or in your dhoti which is fresh after a wash with kanji. I shall ask the Pujari once. Please arrange.” – I requested the Pujari who took a banana leaf, went to Odhiyappa and took the vibuthi from the head, chest and the dhoti and went in side the shrine of Agastya Muni. I was very surprised indeed, thanked Odhiyappar and went in to the shrine of Agastya and said within, “Don’t know what’s happening today to Odhiyappa, your guru has given me the Vibuthi. Please have an eye on Him.” I did namaskaram and came out.

I met my friend en route where I mentioned about the vibuthi incidents and said, “looks like this is a Vibuthi week, maybe there’s a real good beating awaits, must remain alert.” and came home. But when I thought about the whole thing, I felt like they are purposefully delivering the vibuthi to be handed over to that relative. Who will go there now, I am not sure but let me put this request to Agastya Himself, I thought. I prayed Him to show me a way. At around 8 PM when I came down to have dinner after my Mother called me, I saw one of my relatives sitting down. I welcomed him inquiring how everything is, as we had just met last Sunday.

“That person who got the surgery last week is recovering well and I thought I will visit him. I may not have come here. But I thought somehow I should come here to see you all and then go my way. So I came here without getting on to the next train.”

I smiled within and asked when he is going to meet our relative. He said he is planning to start the next morning. I mentioned: “Fair enough, I shall give some prasad. Please hand it over to him and ask him to consume it.”

“For sure! Please give it to me right away. I may forget if its tomorrow.” I spontaneously prayed & thanked within, “You have made a real swift arrangement. Thank you very much.” – I went to the pooja room and gave him the parcel which contained all three vibuthi’s. It reached him the very next day.

Friday – The theertha and chandan from Tirupathi Balaji
Sunday – The turmeric powder from Kodakanallur Perumal
Tuesday – The abisheka vibuthi from the saint of Podhigai hills
Wednesday – The abisheka vibuthi from Sabarimalai Sastha
Thursday – The abisheka vibuthi from Odhiyappar

As Perumal began to give the medicine, looks like every other form of almighty wants to give their share. I didn’t understand anything but felt overwhelmed with gratitude. After all these, something miraculous happened next week which I shall explain in the next post.

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Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

The answers of Agastya Muni to the generic questions posted by devotees can be found here. The readers are requested to send their spiritual experiences related to the Siddhas to GnanaBoomi at Gmail dot com. Though the experiences are unique and personal to them, it can shower some light or guidance to those who read them. Thanks!

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Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

This article is from the Tamil original seen at https://siththanarul.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/713-3.html

When we pray to Siddhas or Almighty and go in the path they show us, we will meet many surprises. Events may seem like there is a karmic connection somewhere even if they don’t appear as we wanted. Wherever I go, its a habit to pray to the Siddhas and the Almighty that “Let your presence be there guiding me, protecting me.” The events of the prasad distribution for the week as I had prayed to them, I felt I should visit Kotakanallur to have darshan of Perumal in the two days holidays I got. I put forth my request in my usual meditation session in the pooja room that evening after taking bath.

It is hard to believe, the answer came very fast, “Do not have to go anywhere. Just be seated here!”

I was surprised, “What an order, (He) never has said this before. Let us just do what they said. Let us not go anywhere.”

One of my friend came and asked if I wanted to accompany a trip to Podhigai hills to do abisheka to Guru Agastya during these two days off. I said:

“Please forgive me. I have been given different orders. They asked me to stay at home without going anywhere. I shall get some items for the pooja. Please take them and kindly bring me prasad. That’s enough. I cannot cross their orders. Let us see another time.”

These friends are known to my Father as well. I had prayed to the Siddhas only this, all these years:

“I should stay with my parents will their last breath. I should perform all the duties with Your grace. I should not leave out any duty missed out for my parents.”

My friends set forth to Podhigai that Thursday. That Friday night around 11, adiyen’s Father’s soul reached the almighty.

Had I gone to Podhigai, my entire family would have been in great distress. All the rituals would have happened only after two days as when someone is at Podhigai, there isn’t a way to contact them. The last rites were performed where my friends could come only that Sunday. They could not see my Father’s face or take part in the rituals.

“There! That’s the reason why I was ordered so. There is Karma. I had to stay. You didn’t have to see your friend or take part in his last rites. He got down in his stop. Let us continue our journey.” – the friends bid farewell. In the tenth day of the karma while seated quietly, a thought came:

“As Agastya mentioned in the Jeeva Nadi, a Moksha Deepa should be lit for Father. Let that soul attain salvation due to the almighty’s grace.”

I requested a person who had come for the 10th day’s ritual to get me the approval to put Moksha Deepa on the Kotakanallur Perumal’s temple. He asked what a Moksha Deepam is.

“It is a ritual. In the Isanya corner of a temple during Saturdays, a light should be lit around 6. The next day morning, all the items used in the ritual should be left in the river. I shall take care of the arrangements, please get me the approval.” – He agreed.

I didn’t say about this to anyone but only to a friend, “We may have to go to a certain place sooner. Be ready.”

Then after the 13th day’s Karma was over, when sitting down for Meditation and Japa, I placed a request to Agastya Muni to give His grace and approval for the Moksha Deepa to be lit. I did not mention this to anyone as I was convinced that whatever plans one make, it is the Almighty who carries out the way it should be. So I had decided to get on in full swing once I get the approval.

For two days, there wasn’t any reply and I began to worry if Agastya doesn’t want the Moksha Deepa to be lit? The Saturday I had planned to lit the Deepa is just 4 days away. I had to procure all the items.

I cried out loud in my mind, “O Sirs! What is this, can’t there be an approval or answer?” – I was stressed out as the day came closer. I guess they heard that loud cry. As I waited for an answer, Agastya sent out a detailed answer through a living person, who is an ardent disciple of Guru Agastya.

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Om Lopamudra Sametha Agatheesaya Namaha!

[stextbox id=”info” image=”null”]The Grace of Siddha series can be read here.[/stextbox]

The answers of Agastya Muni to the generic questions posted by devotees can be found here. The readers are requested to send their spiritual experiences related to the Siddhas to GnanaBoomi at Gmail dot com. Though the experiences are unique and personal to them, it can shower some light or guidance to those who read them. Thanks!

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Source – Siththan Arul

Pranaam devotees of Agastya!

Sri Gurunatha Agastya has given another opportunity to present a series of the grace of Siddhas’ for which my namaskaram to Sri Lopa Mudra Sametha Agatheeshwara.

Recently, I got an opportunity to talk to a few Vasi Yogi’s who are specialized in the Siddha Marga. They have clear cut answers for all the happenings of the human life. I submitted all the questions I had in mind through Agastya’s words of wisdom and was surprised at the way they received those questions and answered them. It was as if they taught me in the place of a teacher. As the conversation went by, I realized that whatever I thought I know is nothing from the way they explained things in a simple manner. So I crafted my questions carefully and noted down the answers and guidances carefully, which I will present in the coming weeks.

Today’s title is Prayer.

My question: O Sire, Lord Agastya has mentioned that there is nothing which is greater than, grander than Prayer. Can you please explain this in detail?

The answers they gave is compiled below.

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– The Lord Almighty gave a blessing to the mankind to purify himself, purify his karma. That blessing is Prayer.
– It can be classified in to two. 1. Prayer for self and 2. Prayer for others.
– In this Kali Yuga, 95% people do the first kind. Only 5% understand what the Siddhas said and follow the second type.
– When such a shortage is present, how can the world we rectified, sanctified?
– The reason for all the bad things happening in this world is man’s greed. But that will be taken care of by the Lord Himself.

How should this prayer be?

– It should be natural, just as a child asks the sweet from its father, the child knows it has the rights
– It should be without attachment. Even if the prayer is for one’s relatives, the thought approach should be ‘These are all your children, they have taken birth as friends and relatives due to their Karmic effects’ – just as we will pray for unknown.
– When praying for those who are in difficulty, pray ‘What you think is good for this Atma, please do that, and do that faster’

Most importantly,

– When someone prays for others, he/she dissolve their karma, they purify the stains that cover the Atma and begin to elevate themselves.
– Such a person’s prayers will take effect immediately as they continue to do so
– The Lord Almighty gives an opportunity for everyone to raise themselves up spiritually but the man who calls himself as having sixth sense does not understand this. It is the mankind who loses the opportunity, and who feels sorry for them is the Siddhas and the Lord.

My question: But the prayers are happening in the temples and in holy places. People indeed do their prayers in ways they know. Isn’t it enough?

“Good question. For a very thirsty person, how can a drop of water quench his thirst? Such small prayers aren’t enough to dissolve the amount of bad karma. How can 5% cross 95%?”

My Question: True indeed. How can one place their prayers to God? How should it be? How will such prayers cleanse the Atma? Can you please explain in detail?

“This is a good question too. But you have missed asking something. Can you think what that is?”

They gave some time to think but I could just not get it. I agreed I didn’t know.

“I said the Lord gives many opportunities for everyone right? If not all of them, you could have asked for a few examples right?”

I bowed my head down and requested them to explain a few examples.

He began to explain. Myself and the others around started to pay close attention.

~ to be continued…!

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Continuing the simple pathway to realization through Siddha Marga. “Make careful notes hereafter. One should give wholeheartedly. Only then it will bear its fruit even if reaches them. Anything given for the sake of it does not bear its benefits intended. This applies to the prayers submitted to the Lord as well, a reason why some prayers doesn’t become fruitful too. It is not a blame though. Humans are controlled by Kali, and he follows what others do in the material plane. They don’t do anything with total faith or mind. Just as they do any work in the material plane, let them do it with prayers also and see if it happens or not. It will.”

“What will you do when you spot a temple on the way?”

“I will enter the temple, have darshan and pray to the Lord”.

“What if you do not have the time to enter the temple, how will be your prayer then?”

“I will think of the Lord’s holy feet in my mind and pray, ‘please bless and protect every being O Lord'”

“Good prayer indeed. But still, have you observed what happens when you pray at that time, in that situation?”

“I have seen a human who looks just like me doing a sashtanga namaskaram in front of the Lord. But I will think that it is my mind that creates such an image, it is not real, and I will go my way.”

The wise man kept looking in to my eyes for a while.

He then looked around at the others and smiled, “That look-alike is nothing but one of the Shukshma Deha of yours. The body which is observing what is happening and to record. The body which follows you wherever you go!

You could pray when you see that body at the Lord’s feet thus: “O Lord, please take that Shukshma Deha and make me birthless, and offer the body to the Lord wholeheartedly. If the Lord is willing, he may dissolve the karma related to that Shukshma Deha or change it to another one. I am not saying that the Lord will dissolve every karma, he of course can. But he may will that you spend some in the same birth itself. There is another way to spend and dissolve all the karma and these shukshma bodies, much faster.” – he paused.

“Whenever you see a body prostrating in a temple, “Whatever form you have taken and whichever temples you are, these Shukshma Bodies are praying to you Lord. I thereby offer my namaskaram to you. Please take all these bodies and make me birthless.” – by praying thus, we could offer many a Shukshma bodies to the Lord himself, right?”

“Yes indeed. This is simple too. If this is true, then it is very easy for the mankind to cross the ocean of birth and death. They do not have to accumulate so much of hatred, grief and greed and suffer so much!” – I said.

“It is their doubt, disbelief, is this all possible, attraction towards material world, desire above all, are the blocks. They cause blockage to such simple things to be practised.

But even if someone tries to put this in to test, they have to face a potential danger, a test by the Lord himself.”

“How can a test from the Lord be dangerous? How can the man venture in to this then? You are showing a way and are mentioning it is too dangerous, how can the mankind be blamed for not venturing in to all these?” – my voice echoed frustration a bit.

“Humans always want everything to be easy. You do not know how much difficulty a Siddha goes through to get in to this path. The Lord has tested them like a gold in the fire.

Lord Shiva gave his abode to those who kept thinking his name, “Nama Shivaya” even when they were thrown in to the ocean or fed poison. Even if he gives a small portion of those tests to you people, none of you will fair. Such people do not have the eligibility to even question.” – he said very slowly but steadily.

I began to think if I had made any mistake or said anything wrong.

One of the others said, “Let there by debate, but let us not deviate. Let us continue the conversation. Please explain the test by the Lord and what is the danger too.”

~ to be continued…!

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“Pay attention here again – when you go to an interview, you may or may not get the job right? Just so, when a prayer is submitted to the Lord by offering the Shukshma bodies, it is up to the Lord whether to accept this offering or not. There are multiple stages, what types of karma can be dissolved, what can be reduced in this birth, in which birth one should go through certain karma etc., Even if He accepts all the Shukshma bodies, the pending karma will have to be spent in this birth itself. If in that case, a karma which was about to be spent in a future birth whose Shukshma body had been offered and accepted, that karma will probably be assigned in this birth to be spent, so a big disease or a problem may arise.

So when praying to offer a Shukshma body, one should be careful and be ready to accept whatever comes. It is not like offering the bodies and slide through the karmic ocean just like that.

The ‘opportunity’ of Moksha is only to those who do not have even a drop of debt. Watch, it is opportunity. But if we search for who such a person is, you wouldn’t find even one. Debt can be two ways, one that the mind perceives and one that is beyond the mind. To put it short, the mankind should yearn for not even a dirt of karma sticking to them. There are ways in Siddha Marga for this.

Being human, they are bound to either give or receive something or the other at all times. It is by nature. But this very thing is what becomes the gateway for accumulating karma. Plus his desires, thought, his perception and the likewise. If someone decides to live a honest life apart from all these, the world will put every possible dirty karma on to his head. If he remains silent thinking that whatever garbage is dropped in to him is only done to the almighty which resides inside him, the karma dropped automatically goes back to those who dropped it. Thus, his atma gets purified by only those who are dropping dirt on him. See how strange this punishment is, right?

“If you do not want to accumulate anything, when receiving anything, think ‘Narayanarpanam’. When giving anything, think ‘Shivarpanam’ and give. Nothing will bound you.”

I thought at once, “Ha, this sounds pretty simple!” but still asked, “What is the concept behind this?”

“Till the time one lives, everything belongs to Shriman Narayana, so when you receive something, say Narayanarpanam (Narayana + Arpanam – offering to Narayana). When giving, we offer it wholeheartedly, and with a wish that let them be happy. And everything in the end goes back to Lord Shiva. So when giving, it is Shivarpanam.” – he paused.

There was silence for a while everywhere. A temple bell rang from a distance gently permeating that silence. All four of them stood up and nodded me to stand up.

In a second, a huge snake went out from a bush nearby towards where the temple bell sound. I was shocked. Even shocking was a chillness in my back. When I regained my senses, one of the four put his hands on my shoulders and said, “quiet”.

He said, “Amma has gone to witness the pooja for the Lord. We can continue our discussion.” I suppressed the surprise and said, “We all can go to witness the pooja as well, can’t we?”

“I has to be experienced from where we are and not to chase it. If the eyes are closed and did focus, the same pooja can be seen within. If chased, then there may be blocks. Try if you want.”

“No no, I don’t want to do it. Whatever you say is just fine.”

He laughed, “Are you scared?”

“To tell the truth, yes!”

“I said when closed the eyes, one can see this pooja right, the Siddhas call it ‘Ul poojai”. Have you heard of the story where a certain person constructed a temple within his mind and the Lord gave precedence to his over the king’s temple. Have you heard that incident?”

“Oh yes! But I have always felt that there is some deeper meaning in it. But I couldn’t realize what it is.”

“Yes it is deeper indeed. To know it, we should witness it from a distance.”

“Please can you help me realize the deeper meaning?”

“The person while in meditation forgets who he is, where he is and becomes the thing he is meditating on. Nothing affects him which are happening outside for his attention is focussed on that point. At that time, he doesn’t even have a sense of his own body. The Lord wants the humans to attain this very state.

Those with the sense of body will have all sort of vibrations, distracting him. You saw the snake and realized how close you were seated to such a danger according to you. But the rest of them were just normal. It wasn’t a danger, not even an experience for them. Why is that?”

“Is it the mind focussed in a point, without any vibrations?”

“Fairly correct, but the actual truth is: It is the faith that “Everything happens as per His will” and that “Not even an atom moves without His will” and “He will take care of everything”. Those who attain this state of mind can do anything, his mind is focussed and everything appears to be normal.”

“To attain this state of a steadfast mind, can you please suggest where a man should begin, what practices he should follow?”

“You know the first lesson already. The very first lesson of Siddha Marga is – “To forget the face” – he paused.

~ To be continued…!

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“Should forget the face” – well this sounds very good. I have never heard of it. Kindly clarify this for me.”

“In Tamil, every word is good indeed. How we are gathering them as a garland is where the humans should put their focus. Only by speaking simple and peaceful words, the sanctity prevails around. Let me tell you about it later.

To forget one’s face is a penance. I shall explain it as simple as possible. Tell me this, how many faces does a man have?”

“Just one?”

“The face when described, is the place where the nose, eyes, ears, mouth, forehead, cheeks, chin reside. But a man has many faces. His thoughts, mind, his position, they give different faces. Based on their urges, echoes, he changes his face often. For instance when his child calls him Father, he appears like a Dad. When his wife calls, as a husband and so on. He puts on various faces.

To forget the face is not just these faces. He should also let go of the faces he puts on. He puts a kind of face in front of unknown persons. This should change. Simply put, he should see every Atma in one Bhava. Whatever feelings he has is there in other beings too. Man should get this understanding, plus, with an understanding of whatever is happening is because of the almighty’s will and therefore remaining silent. When required, help others, guide them in the right direction without expecting any returns and go on. He should live for all other atma. He should never expect, and should treat winning and losing equally and should accept things as they happen and proceed.

When one tests himself on the above in all circumstances and continues this as a penance, the mind subdues. His mind remains still and the beginning stages of Siddha Marga becomes very easy. When someone crosses this stage, the Siddhas themselves will guide him in the right direction. When someone decides to observe and thinks he should correct himself, ‘forgetting the face’ becomes easier. Inside him emanates the Brahmathvam. He then becomes a Brahmana.

The one who remains with the atma, there is nothing in this world to obtain other than realization – nirvana – moksha. The one who remains with the body gets karma, vasanas all the way till the end and beyond the birth.”

“What you are saying is true indeed. But how is this practical for those who dwell in this materialistic world where they have to put forth various faces. Is it possible at all to follow what you are saying?”

“Why not?! No one stops from doing the duties of this world or to put efforts in being well. Such efforts when falls under Dharma, the blessing of the elders and wise men will help one cross it. They only stop man from going down the path of Adharma. Those who follow Adharma does not even think that they hurt others.

Even now there are many Atma who follow the path of Dharma, performing their duties and accepting whatever comes as it is, in the Siddha Marga while remaining in their family lives. Their count is less, but it doesn’t mean they aren’t here.

To do all these, the Siththam should be still. If that happens, one doesn’t accumulate karma, sees everything as equal and can forget their face.

~ to be continued…!

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This is the 7th episode of the Simple advises of Siddha Marga series.

“Once the Siththam is stable, the Atma finds its way to salvation. That’s where the first seed of Siddha state is sown. For this, a man should reduce his external searches and ask questions within – why, what, how – and wait patiently, he will understand everything correctly. He can also understand the cause for everything that’s happening in the world. Only when there is a relation with the Siddhas, even for a minute, he can walk in this path. Do you know something? The Siddhas and the Almighty are ever ready and are very eager to guide such a man in the right direction. It is the man who doesn’t have time because his priorities are faced towards the worldly affairs. 

The one who controls his mind and keeps it between the eyebrows (Suzhumunai), he can listen to their voices, and can realize that the voices speak the truth when he witnesses them happening in the real world. He needs to have faith. Those who do penance search for secluded spots only for this reason. Whatever things happen after the penance, the end of penance will lead only to the ten-gate.”

“Please explain about the journey to these ten-gate in detail.”

“Keep this as a base. Whatever is being said, unless one realizes them himself, he cannot know for sure, right?”

“Yes.”

“Have you touched the head of a just born baby?”

“Yes I have”

“Why don’t you say how it will be?”

“The top of the skull will feel like its open with the skin covering it. When rubbed gently, we can feel there’s a small bump.”

“True! The Lord conveys a message to the mankind through the newborn everytime. The atma which got separated from him (or thinks it has separated from him) and lives the life governed by fate, attains salvation when such an atma leaves a body through the ten-gate. The wise men call this as Sahasrara. The Siddhas call it Dasavasal. This is because the human body contains 9 holes. He should gather the energy from all of these and drive it to the Dasa-vasal, the tenth hole. The open bump gets covered after one month of birth. The parents worry that it should cover faster and apply oil to cool it down. It normally gets closed down faster as well.

The intent of Vasi Yoga is to drive the atma by inhaling and exhaling the breath in a methodical manner all the way to Dasa-vasal. When one begins the practice and walks down the path, he gains control over the breath. He begins to realize the secrets of life, almighty, siddhas, things happening externally, internally, everything. As the time goes by, all the rare things becomes part of him. If all these are said, the man will get confused and so the wise men said ‘Watch the tip of your nose, watch your breath’. What to do, even this has become a big business now.” – he smiled.

“We can say this is due to the time now I think”

“No! One does a business by knowing what the other person doesn’t! Leave it! Let us get back on track. The chest of a person is called ‘Hrudaya Kamalam’. When one meditates his ishta devata on his chest and inhales, the Lord will make him realize his presence right where the man seated him, you know? If you can, try placing the simplest form of God, the Shiva Linga in your heart. You may feel the Linga form thrusting in your chest literally after sometime.

The wise men saw this in their meditation when they went through the Suzhumunai to the Dasa-vasal – there is a Linga hanging upside down and waiting to drive the atma to salvation. It means, the Lord Shiva himself is waiting to help man to salvation, we could say right?”

I was sitting quietly watching him with surprise. I had this question about ‘upside down Shiva Linga’ seen in a certain Siddha temple. The Avudai or the base is visible in the ground, Banam will appear buried inside. A Siddha himself made this linga thus. Whenever I cross this place, I think about the message the Siddha wants to convey. But I was answered in a more profound manner without even asked for.

“What? The moment you saw that linga, you began to research and now you have the answer. But you haven’t got the answer to your actual question yet, right?” – he shocked me by asking.

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Before we mention about the inverted Shiva Linga, I wanted to say something. When you publish this conversation, all those who read this should adhere the following points in their lives. Remember, we gave the permission to meet us after two long years of your follow up. At first we thought we would not share anything in detail. But we respected your good intention of sharing these things to a wider audience, so we explained them in detail. Let’s move on..

Those who have chosen the Siddha Marga are called “Siddha Vidhyarthi”. I share a number of things with you but I myself am a Vidhyarthi (student) still. Only this thought can elevate us. They stand away from the normal material life, practice Siddha way of life, purify their thoughts, focus their mind to a point and remain in meditation. They are affected by the thought patterns of others a lot. It is a hindrance to their meditation. Every human may get a chance to meet a noble soul in their lives due to their karma. Once done, all the conversation they had, information gathered, their presence, all these give a blissful state of mind. They forget themselves. But when they resume their life, they should focus in adhering to the wisdom they gained by meeting thous souls. But instead, they shouldn’t keep thinking about these souls. This creates a big hindrance for these souls’ meditation. It pulls them back and creates a block in their Siddha Marga. This is the reason, while they are being a Vidhyarthi, they stay away from worldly affairs and others.

Second, Siddha Marga is a method which completely shun anything that harm other beings. They should not even look in to the direction of those who think of harming other beings. For example the meat eaters. If one has the curse of Guru, they could remediate by doing service to some other guru in some other birth. But if and when one incurs the curse of a Siddha, there is no way out at all. It is the most dangerous of all. The almighty shows the presence of a guru’s curse in a person’s horoscope but hides any curse of Siddha if present. It is only known to the Lord and the Siddhas. Such a curse which cannot be found out easily, why risk incur it? One can make the guru feel blissful and ward off a guru’s curse, but the Siddha who is unaffected and unattached, how will one make them cool down? When will such be free?

Third, the Siddhas use Vamacharam (Atharvana Veda) only for medicinal purposes. They are well versed in all the prayoga. In spite of knowing when what to do, they do so only after getting the Lord’s permission. They are not only the dear children of God, but they are like the God’s right hand. Only through them the Lord is still doing all the miracles. The witchcraft and black-magics will vanish in front of them. The humans should never enter these paths. The humans are the reason why the Vamachara has grown so much now. Even if something like that is written in one’s karma, they should fight against it and live. They should strive to get the Lord’s grace and never use Vamachara against a jiva.

Fourth, in this place where the Lord himself has been Tamil, there is preaching against Him in Tamil itself. One should stay away from those who speak ill of the Lord. We should completely refrain ourselves from seeing such things and hearing such words. Even something is given, it gets completed only when someone receives it. So there should be none to receive such ill thought flow of the Lord, to receive. Just stay away and remove the circumstances out of your mind. Why should you be a witness?

In reality, impossible is impossible in our terms. The Siddhas protect the world by giving away so much. Do not think that whatever is given to you is just for you, pay attention that the Lord is placing a test in front of you.

The Siddhas opposed idol worship. It is also true that the same Siddhas themselves installed the idols in various places for worship. The child in the first grade uses books to read but these books are not useful when it reaches the university. The first grade lesson begins in the temple. Once grown spiritually, the temple will be used for others who reach the first grade but not to the spiritually grown. Know this.

Whatever one has got, even when it is given by the Lord based on his deeds, one should know the test in place. The Lord is quietly watching if the one who has is lifting the one who doesn’t.

The Lord may forgive the mistakes done unknowingly, but when one does a mistake after knowing, there is no forgiveness, but he gets punished immediately.

The answers to your questions are right there within yourself. Look for it and you will find. You will not get lost.

As the wise man went on with these gems, I was staring at him with bewilderment. What blew me out was the greatest of Siddha Marga wisdom were in such simple terms. He read my mind again and said, “the mustard is small but the spice in it?” – he smiled and paused.

~ to be continued…!

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He continued. The Grammar became Thirukkural!

Only those who felt hunger and pain can realize the pain and hunger of others.

Use Tamil, Lord Muruga who is Tamil himself, use it with gratitude and thankfulness. The Lord Subramanya will reside in your tongue. The Siddhas will be around you and protect.

For a good life, divine should reside in one’s mouth.

Control your senses and route it to the higher plane. But do not restrain or suppress anything or grow something, it is a future prison you are constructing for yourself.

As the Karma gets dissolved, just as the sand gets removed in the anthill, the almighty appears within you just as the snake comes out of the anthill.

Food, even when given as charity is Narayana Seva. The body without the Atma when given to Agni, is Shiva Seva.

There is nothing permanent in this world, except the Lord.

The thought becomes ripened when the divinity dwells.

One who searches for Subramanya in Panchathayana Pooja, he will be shown the Paraparam (almighty) easily.

Become the philosophy in Chin-mudra. The scattered life will come in control.

Grow like a rice grain. Bow down like it humbly. Within you will dwell the Shiva like the rice pearl.

Everywhere it is sweet that is bitter, spice that is sour.

Just how karma is hidden within a disease, karma dwells in hunger too. The karma-dahana happens in the stomach everyday.

As he went on, I was dumbfounded. I wondered if I could remember everything. He paused as if he read my thought again.

“Ok, let us see about the inverted Shiva Linga!”

“Shiva Yogis sit in meditation and meditate on the holy feet of the Lord in Sahasrahara. In the peak of this meditation, the holy feet disappears and a Shiva Linga appears. As they continue their meditation, the Shiva Linga slowly changes direction facing their inner body (inverted). This can be called as ‘ripened’ as if the rice grain bows down when it is ripened. We could also say that the Lord is turning towards the Thavasi due to the penance.

At a stage, when the Shiva Linga is completely inverted, for a nazhigai, drops of nectar falls inside the body from that Shiva Linga. It purifies the body. When this nectar has spread all across, the body will not even need air to breath. The inverted Shiva Linga talks just that – by saying indirectly ‘try if you can’. If you can, try to see the Inverted Shiva Linga in your shukshma during meditation.”

I felt this is the most difficult part of any Sadhana I have ever heard. It is those humans who walked down this path, persevered, stood by their sadhana and has become Siddhas as said by many a wise men, I realized.

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2018/07/762.html

“Let us pause this conversation right here and continue tomorrow. It’s become very dark now. You will be given a simple dinner. Have it and take some rest.” – He said.

I thought I will take that as an approval to stay with them for the night but a surprise awaited me. The food was served only to me. They just took tea and I didn’t feel like asking why. They are following a method and know what they want very well. I lied down in the place allotted to me and was chewing all that happened during the day in my mind. Before I knew, I had slept off.

It was 7 in the morning when I woke up. The body felt like it had the most peaceful sleep. I came out and saw the others were doing Vasi Yoga. The eldest wise man was in meditation. I went and stood next to him slowly and he opened his eyes.

Namaskaram, I said.

“Thiruchitrambalam” – he said.

“Go ahead and do what you have to do, take bath and come.” – he pointed me. The well water was cold, I started from the feet and all the way to the head, it was so refreshing.

When I stood before him, he opened a small bag and said, “Here is holy ash. If you have the habit of smearing it, do so.”

I applied the bhasm mixing with water in my forehead and in my body. It had a nice fragrance. I thought it must have been used for an abisheka in some temple.

“It is the bhasm used in the abisheka of Lord Muruga Peruman. It means that you have his grace as well.” and asked, “How come you got the thought of mixing it with water and applying it?”

“O Sire, I always apply the vibuthi (holy ash) mixing with water. I have seen many doing so also. I feel if we do so, it remains in the forehead for a long time.”

The other three had done their practices by now. The eldest looked at the youngest of all and nodded his head as saying ‘see you then’. The youngest one went down.

“Those in Siddha marga always apply vibuthi after mixing with water. I just wanted to know if you got this from someone as part of a deekshai.”

“When applying vibuthi everyday, say ‘Om Namah Shivaya! within and pray, “I am goiing to become just this (ash), destroy my ego and be present in me, make me realize it”

“Thanks very much. I shall certainly do it.”

“Stay here for some time. I shall be back within a nazhigai” – he took the other two and went out.

The mind started closely observing the silence around. The city dwellear that I was, this surrounding, the gentle cool breeze, a forest type of an appearance, the chirping of birds, the sound from the cow-herd from a distance, the huge mountain opposite, all these brought a serene peace within me. I did not feel like thinking or talking. If this is the nature, then why am I not getting this peace where I am, everything except the mountain is there too? Is this the noise that’s the reason?” I thought and sat down for meditation. I couldn’t think really.

I heard someone saying “Namashivaya” from a distance and woke up. All four of them were seated in front of me.

“Looks like you went deeper in meditation. I said I’ll be back in one nazhigai but it took 45 minutes. We waited for another 15 minutes and then only woke you up. How was the surrounding?”

“It was very peaceful.” – I said.

“You must have thought, “Why aren’t we feeling this in the city I think?”

“Yes indeed!”

“It is only when the atma within the man realizes that the truth becomes clear. Though there is nature, it is only when someone sits quietly in meditation and gives away good thoughts as rays, it receives it, amplifies it and gives it to those who ask for it. Those who receive it cleanses himself and everything around him. Whatever practice and meditation we do to the Lord, we offer it to the nature itself. We seldom expect. We just pray that it should reach everybody. Those who live in the city cannot realize these truths due to their lifestyle and the noise around them. How can they sit for meditation then? It is nature why you felt peaceful here. Every atma wants to be at peace, but the problem arises when deciding where to pick that peace from. They get stuck in it but instead if they search within, they can get the light. A lot of truths can be realized.”

“True indeed. But the man probably forgets it in their search for life.”

“It is him who decides what he wants to search right? It is all materialistic thing he searches for, so they are left with so much suffering. Those who eat idly when hungry is in the same earth as that of those who eat the air when hungry. The only difference is that those who eat the food accumulates a lot of papa karma. The thavasi eats the air, drinks water and cleanses the nature.”

“What?! The food that nature gives the man to sustain his life, he gets papa karma through this? Can you please explain this further?”

“Sure, listen with patience and understand.”

~ to be continued…!

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2018/08/764.html

“What is Karma? It is the effect of what is done. Karma gets added both through good and bad deeds. When will the effect of that Karma be fruitful, in which birth, how an Atma will experience is decided by the almighty. The karma of an atma gets dissolved by two methods. One is Karma Paripalana and the second is Karma Parivarthana.

What is Karma Paripalana?
It is the atma experiencing the effect of karma and dissolving it.

What is Karma Parivarthana?
An Atma’s Karmic effect is accepted by another Atma and going through its effect.

There isn’t a need of an example of an Atma experiencing its own karmic effects. Everyone gets doubtful about the second, how is that even possible! If we observe the lives of any wise man you know, we shall find out. Examples are: Ramalinga Adigal, Ramana Maharishi, Yogi Ram Surot Kumar to name a few. Not many understands what they did to the mankind. There are countless others like these one. It is because of these Mahans that the humankind is saved from many a disasters. This is true.” – he paused.

“Ok, let’s come to the point. We saw about the karma dissolving in two methods. We already saw that 95% of karma comes by either giving or accepting karma from others. Out of this 95, half of it comes from food, the remaining is through his deeds. If his deeds and food becomes pure, he can rise up. The circumstances in which food is cooked, how the food materials are procured, how it is served, the mindset in which the person eats it, all these determines his future, his good and bad effects. For instance, a non-vegetarian food will only increase the savage mentality in him. This is because, the body which is cooked contained an atma and it would have struggled to remain alive, its fight for life must have been present in the body. Such a body is eaten, how can one get Satvic mentality? One has to attain Satvic stage and remain in that state for him to get the feeling of divinity from the almighty. Only then can he progress right? Understand this too. Even if you eat vegetarian food, if the person who cooks it, serves it eats non-vegetarian, the dosha of this person will be shared with you, who eats this food. This is Karma Paripalanam.”

I was shocked at this. We could have accumulated papa even if we have searched for and found vegetarian food. How can we drill down so deep and live in this age? I wondered and asked him too.

“Please forgive if my question is wrong. How is it practical to find out if a food is linked to evil effects in such a world which has all sorts of people? Is the method you mentioned practically possible?”

“It is. Practically Possible.” – he said firmly.

I felt that he must have researched well, implemented it and must have succeeded as well. That is why he answers so firmly.

“Ok, I believe, but please clarify.”

“There is a saying in the Siddhas, “The Siddha is the one who can convert meat (karuvadu) to brinjal (kathirikkai)”. This is not a magic. Let us however see this later. Have you heard of the word ‘Aacharam’ which is used by a lot of people for so long?”

“Yes, those who are spiritual, those who does not lose their balance, those who follow a certain path are referred to be as ‘Aachara seela'”

“In the Achara, aa refers to the Almighty. Charam refers to dependability. It simply means “To be dependant on the Almighty”, a method of living which is as per the will of the Lord. In this way, living without hurting any being is also being in Aacharam, right?”

“Yes”

“Only when there is someone to eats or receives, the person who gives / does remains. If the one who eats corrects himself, where is the question of the giver? Unless individuals correct themselves by themselves, even those who are vegetarians, should take part in the effect of the papa directly or indirectly, right?”

“We cannot fix the society, unless the individual corrects themselves. How can the impure society give out a good generation?”

“Now do you understand? Why Siddhas refrained from living with the humans? They knew that their connection itself is prone to such sins. But they are waiting with a lot of hope that the humans will realize and fix themselves.”

~ to be continued…!

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Source – https://siththanarul.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post_12.html

Those who read The Sitthan Arul series by Shree Karthikyean may realize for sure that certain things happening in front of them are through the grace of Agastya himself. There are many experiences where He has guided, turn my life towards good, made me do good. This post is one such experience I felt.

I used to read the post published in Thursdays early in the morning and visit a temple of Agastya to pray. I and a couple of my friends go along in one of their car. If I am not able to, I ask my friends to visit and I go there in the evening alone for darshan. This is happening for years now. When going in the car, I think of many such experiences that Agastya gives to others and think often, “how great it will be if He gives me such an experience.”

I tell my friends that even if God appears before us and asks what we want, we should be very clear in what we want. I like to sit in meditation, through God’s grace. I have listened to the wise men saying that the peace one gets through meditation empowers them.

While being in meditation once, I prayed to the Maha Muni Agastya thus: “I pray for your grace and I should feel it as well. Please allow me.”

I have this habit of forgetting what I prayed for after some time, even done whole heartedly. I forgot about the above prayer eventually as well. Months passed by where I visited many sacred places, had darshan and while meditating, I just say “Requesting your grace.”

It was a Thursday 4.30 am. I read the Sitthan Arul as usual and felt very light. My intuition said that something is going to happen today. Once read, I took bath and sat down for mediation with mantra japa. After a few minutes of struggle, the mind, body and senses became quiet and I began to be in that state. While being so..

I heard someone telling me subtly in my right ears, “I will come there to receive the abishekha today. Just observe the surroundings before the abisheka and my idol during the abisheka carefully.”

I woke up and came out and realized it was Agastya himself who mentioned this in my ears. I became very alert. It began to rain heavily in a few minutes. I involved myself in the routine while staying very alert, I have to pay attention if any other information comes.

The temple I visit is about a 30 minutes drive from my home. The enroute is full of traffic. Here the Maha Muni stands with Lopa Mudra, there are other shrines for Ganapathy, Nagaraja, Krishna, Odhiyappa (Muruga) and Navagraha. The temple opens up at 5.30 and abisheka happens at 6 am. Nirmalya, Abishekha, Alankara, Pooja, all these take place where one can come out by 6.30 after receiving Prasada. We normally start from our place at 5.15 am.

That morning, my friend wasn’t seen till 5.40 and I became a little angry yet remained silent, deciding I shouldn’t spoil anything that is going to happen today. I felt that Agastya is testing me on how I deal with things. My friend came at 5.50 with a lot of ‘sorry’. I remained silent and handed over the bag to be kept inside. We started at 5.55. In normal days, the pooja will be over by 6.30, how can then we see or feel anything in the abisheka now? Agastya himself should do some miracle, we put every worry in His feet and remained silent.

As it rained well, the road was clean and without traffic as a lot of people didn’t come out due to the rain. The rain had made the air cool as well. My mind was quiet without any worry. I sat in padmasana pose in the back seat of the car and began to meditate. After a while, I didn’t know where I was. I was awakened by my friend after reaching the temple, only then I came back to this world. It was a bright morning, 6.30 am showed the time.

I was observing everything, remained silent and went inside the temple. The shrine was open, lamps lit but the abisheka hasn’t taken place as the big vessel with water used for abisheka was intact. No one was there. I was still silent but was actively observing everything when the temple in-charge came and said ‘the priest hasn’t come yet. I had opened the shrine myself. Just wait, he will come and do the abisheka.’

There is a small mandapa in front of the shrine where they keep all the pooja items. There is a small pathway between this mandapa and His shrine. It is where the steps to go into the shrine begins. I stood there and had His darshan saying, “Here I am! It is your turn to bestow your grace.” and stood there in the mandapa with my waist resting on it. My friends stood behind the mandapa. I hadn’t mentioned anything about what I heard that morning to them, I thought let them realize when it happens.

The priest came rushing in a while and entered the shrine to perform the abisheka. As he began to chant the Mantras…

A dense air form flew down, crossed my friends, climbed the mandapa and climbed the stairs and entered the shrine s l o w l y. Along with this came the aroma of Vibuthi, Kozhundhu, Panneer, Turmeric fragrances.

I was motionless and was looking at Agastya’s idol inside the shrine.

~ to be continued…!

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The priest who was doing the abishekha was startled as the fragrance entered the shrine. He looked out but couldn’t make out anything. He continued the Abisheka. He normally applies oil and washes it with water but for some reasons, he mixed a number of fragrances in the water and performed the abisheka.

As I was watching, I felt for a second that Agastya opened his eyes, smiled a bit and went back to Dhyana. While the abisheka was still happening, there was a light that came out of His right hand and spread out. Right after, the rays of sunlight touched His feet. Everyone including the priest noticed the sunlight and thought that it is the sunlight which caused ‘that’ light.

I got goosebumps as I kept watching. I said “Thanks so very much O Lord. This is enough” and I prostrated. For that moment, I felt an utmost satisfaction of achieving everything and felt what is there in life to achieve. The glimpse of the eyes opening made me yearn, and I prayed that I should get that darshan whenever I wanted.

Surprisingly, when my friend sent a picture of Agastya the next day, it appeared as if His eyes were open and were looking at a distance, thinking. The eyes appeared just as the human’s. We all would have been visualizing the temple and how the entire scene must have been, Agnilingam Arunachalam who runs the Sitthan Arul blog has kindly given the link for the picture of the Sanctum Sanctorum for everyone’s darshan.

The abisheka was done, alankara and deepa-aradhana happened where Agastya’s form appeared as it does normally. It was only the three of us witnessing the abisheka, where at least 10 people stand. The priest was minding his business and so was the temple in-charge. We realized that it is for His grace that we remained there.

The priest distributed the prasadam while still wondering where that fragrance came from. We were so silent that we did not want to speak anything. The mind was still. When we came out, one of the friends said slowly:

“When standing behind the mandapa, just before the abisheka started, I felt air descending down and entering the sanctum-sanctorum followed by a divine fragrance. Was it He?”

“Hmm.” – I just said and they understood everything. We all were so satisfied. There were a number of revelations following that incident:

1. If the wish is pure from the heart and is simple, He fulfills them for sure.
2. He is a very strict guru without any bias, but also is very merciful. Just as a Father who knows the minds of the children.
3. He makes situations favourable, purifies them and presents to us as a gift.
4. It is on us, to remain humble, discard ego and arrogance and follow His guidance.
5. What He expects from us above all is, “steadfast faith, bhakthi to the Lord, respect to the Guru and a lot of patience.”

I share the above as I realize to be very important to all those who read this series. When we were reading the Nadi in Nambi Malai, He said, “You are all my children” to those who were present.

We should think what we should do, how we should be for Him to say, “You are my son, you are my daughter” to all of us! Think!

~ To be continued…!

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Read the second part of the English version here.

பின்வரும் நிகழ்வுகள் ப்ரண்டன் சில மாதங்கள் கழித்து இரண்டாம் முறை வருகை தந்து ஸ்ரீ ரமணருடன் தங்கியது பற்றியது.

இவ்விடத்தின் ஒரு வித மர்மமான சூழ்நிலை மற்றும் சாத்வீகமான அதிர்வலை மெல்ல ஆனால் சீராக என்னில் படருவதை கவனிக்கத் தவறியதேயில்லை, நான் என்ன செய்து கொண்டிருந்த போதிலும். மஹரிஷி முன் சும்மாவேனும் அமர்ந்திருந்த போதிலும் ஒரு பேரமைதி நிலவுவதை நன்கு அனுபவித்தேன். கவனத்துடனும் பல முறை ஆராய்ந்த பின்னரும் சந்தேகமில்லாத தெளிவு ஏற்பட்டது, ஒரு எப்போதெல்லாம் இவரின் சமீபம் ஏற்படுகிறதோ அப்போது ஓர் பரஸ்பர ஈர்ப்பு உண்டாகிறது. அது வெகு செளகரியமாயும், எவ்வித சந்தேகங்களுமின்றி இருக்கிறது. என் பகுத்தாராயும் அறிவுக்குப் பல மடங்கு பெரிதான ஓர் சக்தி என்னை அதில் வியப்பிலாழ்த்தி கடைசியில் மூழ்கடிக்கிறது. ஒரு முடிவில்லாத விளையாட்டின் அங்கமே என் கேள்விகள் என்ற விழிப்புணர்வு உண்டாகிறது, முடிவில்லாத எண்ணங்கள், என்னுள்ளேயே ஒரு தெளிவான கிணறு இருக்கிறது, அது என் எல்லா தாகங்களுக்கும் ஏற்ற தண்ணீரைத் தரும் ஆதலால் கேள்வி கேட்பதை நிறுத்தி விட்டு என் சுயத்தின் நிஜ ஸ்வரூபத்தை அறிய முற்பட்டேனானால் போதும். எனவே நான் அமைதியாகக் காத்திருக்கிறேன்.

எனக்கு மற்றொன்றும் நன்கு தெரியும். என்னுள் திடீரென்று வியாபித்திருக்கும் இந்த உயர்ந்த அனுபவம் இம்மர்ம மனிதரிடத்திலிருந்தே வரும் ஒரு சிற்றலை தான். மஹரிஷி என்னிடம் ஒரு முறை சொன்னார், “மனிதனிடத்தில் இருக்கும் பெரிய தவறு என்னவெனில் அவன் தன்னை வலிமையற்றவன், பாவி என்று எண்ணிக் கொள்வது தான். ஒவ்வொரு மனிதனும் புனிதன், அளப்பறிய சக்தியுடையவன். வலிமையற்றதும் கொடியதுமானவை அவனது பழக்கங்கள், ஆசைகள் மற்றும் எண்ணங்களே, அவை அவனல்ல!” – இச்சொற்கள் புத்துணர்ச்சியைத் தூண்டுவதாய் இருந்தன. இவை வேறு யாரிடமிருந்தாவது வந்திருந்தால் ஏற்றுக் கொண்டே இருக்க மாட்டேன், மாறாக அதை மறுத்து வாதிடவும் செய்வேன். ஆனால் என்னுள் ஒன்று இம்முனிவர் சொல்வது தம்முள் ஆழ்ந்திருந்த ஆன்மிக அனுபவங்களின் சாரமாக அன்றி ஏதோ ஒரு தத்துவ ஞானி தன் கருத்தை எடுத்து விடுவதாகத் தோன்றவில்லை. மஹரிஷியின் வாழ்வு பெரும்பாலான மேலை நாட்டினருக்கு ஏதோ வீணடிக்கப் பட்டதாய் தோன்றாது, இம்மாதிரி ஒருவர் முடிவற்ற சுழற்சி போன்ற நம் வாழ்வை தூரத்தில் இருந்து பார்த்து அலசுவது வெகு நன்மையாய் இருக்கும். கானகத்தில் இருக்கும் தன்னை வென்ற ஒரு முனிவர் உலகாயதத்தில் சுழலும் ஒரு முட்டாளை விட எவ்வளவோ மேலானவர்.

ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் மஹரிஷியின் ஆன்மிக மேதமை பற்றிய புரிதல் அதிகரித்துக் கொண்டே இருக்கிறது. அவரின் அமைதியும் மற்றவர்களிடமிருந்து விலகியிருப்பது பழகி விட்டது. ஒரு நாள் முழுதுமாய் அவர் பேசும் வார்த்தைகளை எண்ணி விடலாம்.

நான் கவனித்த மற்றொரு விஷயம், மஹரிஷியின் வழிமுறை பண்பட்ட, புண்பட்ட ஆத்மாக்களுக்கு மெளனத்தின் மூலம், சீரான, தடங்கலற்ற அருட்பேரினை என்பதையும் கவனிக்க முடிந்தது. என்றாவது ஒருநாள் அறிவியல் இந்த மர்மத்தை விவரிக்கலாம்.

அவருடைய வெறும் இருப்பே பலருக்கும் ஆன்மிக உத்தரவாதத்தை, உற்சாகத்தை, நம்பிக்கையைத் தந்து வருகிறது. அனைத்திற்கும் மேலாக எந்த நம்பிக்கையைப் பின்பற்றுவோரும் இவரிடம் தம் நம்பிக்கை பற்றிய புதிய புரிதலும் பற்றும் ஏற்படுகிறது. அவருக்கு எல்லோரும் ஒன்றே, க்றிஸ்துவை க்ருஷ்ணருக்கு எவ்விதத்திலும் குறைவாக மதிப்பிடுவதில்லை அவர்.

மஹரிஷியின் அருகாமையில் தியானம் செய்யும் போது என் எண்ணங்களை மனதின் புதிய ஆழத்திற்கு செலுத்துவதைக் கற்றேன். இப்படி ஓய்வாக அமர்ந்திருக்கும் சமயங்களில் என் மனதினை அவர் தன் வளிமண்டலத்தின் பால் ஈர்ப்பது எனக்கு மறுபடி மறுபடி புலனாகியது. இம்மாதிரி தருணங்களே இவருடைய மெளனம் இவர் பேசுவதை விட எத்துணை முக்கியத்துவம் வாய்ந்தது என்பதை புரிந்து கொள்ளலாம். சில சமயங்களில் இந்த சக்தியானது எவ்வளவு பெரியது என்றால் அவர் என்னிடம் மிகுந்த சங்கடமளிக்கும் எதையாவது உத்தரவிட்டாலும் அதை செவ்வனே செய்து முடித்து விடுவேன். ஆனால் மஹரிஷி தன்னிடம் கீழ்ப்படியும் கூட்டத்தை உருவாக்குவதில் சிறிதளவும் நாட்டம் கொள்ளவில்லை, மாறாக அனைவரிடத்திலும் அளவற்ற சுதந்திரத்தையே விரும்பினார். இவ்விதத்தில் இந்தியாவில் நான் சந்தித்த பல ஆசான்கள், யோகிகளிடத்திலும் இவர் முற்றிலும் வேறுபடுகிறார்.

அவர் கூற்று இது தான்: “நான் யார்?” என்ற விசாரத்தை இடைவிடாது மேற்கொள். உன் சுயத்தை முற்றிலும் அலசு. உன்னுள் எங்கிருந்து அந்த ‘நான்’ எழுகிறது என்று பார். தியானம் மேற்கொள், கவனத்தை உள்நோக்கித் திருப்பு. அந்த உள்ளுணர்வைப் பின்தொடர், எண்ணம் மறையட்டும், மறைந்து உன்னை உன் இலக்கினை அடையச் செய்யும்.”

நான் என் எண்ணங்களினால் அலைக்கழிக்கப் பட்டு பின் மெள்ள என் மனதின் ஆளத்தினுள் செல்ல ஆரம்பித்தேன். மஹரிஷியின் அருகாமையின் பலத்தால் என் தியானங்கள் களைப்படைதல் குறைவாகவும் பயன் அதிகமாகவும் உருவெடுத்தன. ஒரு தொடர்ந்த எதிர்பார்ப்பும், வழிநடத்தப் படுகிறோம் என்ற நினைவும் என்னுடைய முயற்சிகளுக்கு வெகு உற்சாகமளிப்பதாய் இருந்தன. சில வித்தியாசமான நேரங்களில் உணரமுடியாத மஹரிஷியின் சக்தி என்னை நன்கு பாதிப்பதையும், அதன் விளைவாக என் சுயத்தை சுற்றியுள்ள எல்லைக்கோட்டை இன்னமும் ஆழமாக துளைக்க முடிந்தது.

இவரை நன்கு கவனிக்கையில் ஏதோ முன்காலத்தில் தங்கச் சுரங்கத்தைக் கண்டது போல ஆர்வமடைந்த குழந்தை போல் தெரிகிறது. ஏதோ தென்னிந்தியாவின் ஒரு மூலையில் ஆரவாரமற்ற இந்த சிற்றூரில் என்னை இந்தியாவின் ஆன்மிக பெரியோர்களில் கடைசியில் ஒருவரிடம் சேர்த்து இருப்பது மெள்ளத் தெளிவாகிறது. இம்மஹரிஷியின் இருப்பு இம்மாபெரும் நாட்டின் பண்டைய ரிஷிகளை என் அருகே கொணர்ந்தது போல் உள்ளது. இவரின் மிக அற்புதமான இயல்பில் ஒன்று மறைந்து இருப்பதாகவே தோன்றுகிறது. இவருடைய ஆழமான ஆன்மா, பார்ப்போரை இவர் உயர்ந்த ஞானத்தின் இருப்பிடம் என்று உடனே நம்பவைக்கும். சில சமயங்களில் இவர் ஏதோ ஒரு தொலைவிலிருப்பது போல் தோன்றுகிறார், சில சமயங்களில் இவருடைய ஊடுறுவும் பார்வை என்னை இரும்பு கிராதி போலக் கட்டி வைக்கிறது. என்னை நான் இவரிடத்தில் சரணடைய கற்கிறேன். எனக்கு இவரை மிக மிக பிடித்துப் போனதன் காரணம் இவருடைய எளிமை, அடக்கமான இருப்பு, இருப்பதிலேயே மிகவுயர்ந்த ஞானத்தின் இருப்பிடமாய் இருந்தும் இவர் இந்தியர்களை மிகவும் கவரும் சித்துகளையோ சித்தாந்தங்களைப் பற்றிய வியாக்கியானங்களையோ தருவதில்லை, மேலும் தன்னை முன்னிலைப் படுத்தும் எந்த செயலையும் இவர் செய்வதில்லை.

எனக்குத் தோன்றுவதெல்லாம், மஹரிஷியைப் போன்றவர்கள் சுலபத்தில் எல்லோருக்கும் கிடைக்காத, தொன்று தொட்டு வரும் தெய்வீக செய்தியொன்றை தரும் பணியைச் செய்ய வருபவர்கள். மேலும் இம்மாதிரி முனிவர் நமக்கு எதையோ வெளிப்படுத்த்வே வருகிறார்கள், நம்மிடம் எதையும் விவாதிக்க அல்ல! எப்படி இருப்பினும், இவருடைய போதனைகள் எனக்கு வெகு ஏற்புடையதாய் இருக்கிறது. இவர் எந்த அமானுஷ்ய சக்தியையோ குருட்டு நம்பிக்கையையோ வேண்டுவதில்லை. முக்கியமாக, இவர் பலரும் முயன்று, பிரவேசித்து சின்னா பின்னமான சித்து வேலைகளை அறவே தவிர்க்கிறார். இவர் சொல்லும் முறை தன்னாய்வு, எல்லோராலும், எங்கேயும், பழைய, புதிய என்று எப்படிப்பட்ட நம்பிக்கைகள் கொண்டவராயிருப்பினும் பின்பற்றக் கூடிய முறை, இதன் மூலம் ஒருவரால் தன் நிஜமான இயல்பை கண்டுகொள்ள முடியும். நான் மறுபடி மறுபடி உணர்வது இதைத்தான், மஹரிஷியின் மனதானது என் மனதுடன் தொடர்பு கொண்டு எதையோ தருகிறது, எங்களுக்கிடையில் எந்தவொரு வார்த்தைப் பரிமாற்றமும் இல்லாத போதும்!

ஆன்மிக ரீதியில் என் வாழ்வு அதன் உச்சத்தை எட்டுகிறது. நான் ஹாலுக்குள் நுழைந்து உடனே தியானம் செய்யும் நிலையில் அமர்கிறேன். கண்களை மூடிய உடனே அடர்த்தியான உள்நோக்கிய உணர்வொன்று என்னை வியாபிக்கிறது. என் மனக்கண்ணுக்கு முன் அமர்ந்திருக்கும் மஹரிஷியின் உருவானது மிகத் தெளிவாக மிதக்கிறது. அவருடைய மிக அருகாமையை உணர்ந்த நிலையை மட்டும் விட்டு விட்டு பின் அவ்வுருவம் மறைந்து விடுகிறது. இன்றிரவு மனங்குவிந்த நிலையை ஒரு சொடக்குப் போடுவதற்குள் அடைந்து விட்டேன். ஏதோ தடுக்கவியலாத புதிய சக்திமிக்க ஆற்றல் ஒன்று என் உள் உலகத்தினுள் என்னை அளவில்லாத வேகத்துடன் உள்ளெடுத்துச் செல்கிறது. அடுத்த கட்டத்தில் நான் என் மனதினை விட்டு, என் எண்ணங்களை விட்டு விலகிய நிலையில், நான் எண்ணுவதை வெளியில் நின்று பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன். ஒரு பெருமைக்குரிய, ஆனால் சாதாரணமான இயல்பான சிந்திப்பது என்பது இப்போது தப்பிக்க வேண்டிய ஒன்று என்பதையும், எப்படி அதனுள் நானே தெரியாமல் அகப்பட்டுக் கொண்டிருக்கிறேன் என்பதை அதிரவைக்கும் தெளிவுடன் கண்டு கொண்டிருக்கிறேன்.

ஏதோ அறிவு வேறு யாருடையது போல வெளியே நின்று அதன் ஒவ்வொரு செயலையும், எப்படி எண்ணம் உருவாகி பின் மறைகிறது என்பதைப் பார்ப்பது வெகு வினோதமாயிருக்கிறது. வேறொருவர் நம் மனதின் அடியாழத்தினுள் துளைத்து பார்க்க முடியுமென்பது அதை விடவும் வினோதம். ஏதோ ஒரு கொலம்பஸ் வந்து ஆளில்லா இடத்தில் தடாரென்று இறங்கப் போவது போலத் தோன்றுகிறது. கடைசியில் அது நடக்கிறது. நான் மிக அமைதியாக ஆனால் பெரும் உணர்வுடன் என்ன நடக்கிறது என்பதை அறிந்தவனாயும் இருக்கிறேன். என் உணர்வு நிலை குறுகிய ஒரு கூண்டுக்குள் இருந்து விசாலமான ஒன்றாக, அனைத்தையும் அணைக்கும் பேருணர்வாகத் தோன்றுகிறது. என் சுயம் என்பது இன்னமும் இருக்கிறது, ஆனால் அது மாறி விட்டிருக்கிறது, மிக மிக பிரகாசமான ஒரு சுயமாய் இருக்கிறது. இதனுடனுன் உணரப் பெறும் மாபெரும் சுதந்திரம் ஒன்று, இங்கும் அங்குமாய் அலை பாய்ந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் எண்ணம் என்பதே இல்லாமல் சிறையிலிருந்து வெளிவந்து சுத்தமான காற்றை சுவாசிப்பது போல ஒரு சுதந்திரம்!

உலகாயத ப்ரக்ஞைக்கு வெளியில் என்னை நானே கண்டுகொண்டேன். இதுகாறும் என்னைப் பேணி வந்த இப்பூமிக் கிரகமானது மறைந்து விட்டது. நான் ஒரு பெருங்கடல் போன்ற பேரொளிக்கு நடுவில் இருக்கிறேன். அவ்வொளிதான் முதற்பொருள், மற்றைய அனைத்து உலகையும் படைக்கும் முதற்பொருள் என்பதை நினைவற்ற நிலையில் உணரவே செய்கிறேன். இது விவரிக்க இயலாத முடிவேயில்லாத பெருவெளியில் வியாபித்து முற்றிலும் உயிர்த்துடிப்புடன் விளங்குகிறது. நான் ஒரு தெய்வீக இன்பத்தின் மடியில் இளைப்பாறுகிறேன். அமிர்தம் பருகியவன் போல நேற்றைய கெட்ட நிகழ்வுகள், நாளை பற்றிய கவலைகள் எல்லாம் மொத்தமாக மறைந்து விட்டன. நான் ஒரு தெய்வீக சுதந்திரத்தையும் விவரிக்க முடியாத பேற்றையும் அடைந்து விட்டேன். என் இருகரம் கொண்டு அனைத்தையும் அணைக்கத் தோன்றுகிறது. அனைத்தையும் அறிவது என்பது அனைத்தின் மேலும் அன்பைப் பொழிவது அல்லாது மன்னிப்பது அல்ல என்பதைத் தெளிவாக உணர்கிறேன். என் இதயம் முற்றிலுமாக மாற்றியமைக்கப் பட்டுவிட்டது.

சந்தியாகாலத்தில் மஹரிஷியைத் தவிர அனைவரிடமும் விடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டேன். நிறைந்த ஒரு மனநிலை என்னுள், ஏனெனில் பகுத்தாராய்ந்து விடை காணுல் இயல்பை ஏதோ ஒரு குருட்டு நம்பிக்கையிடம் தொலைக்கத் தேவையின்றி என் ஆன்மிகத் தேடலின் போராட்டம் இனிதே வெற்றியடைந்தது. ஆனால் மஹரிஷி முற்ற்த்துக்கு வந்த போது என் நிறைந்த மனநிலை திடீரென்று மறைந்து விட்டது. இம்மனிதர் என்னை வினோதமாக வென்று விட்டார், இவரை விட்டு விலகுவது என்பது மிகுந்த வேதனைக்குரியதாய் இருக்கிறதே. இவர் என்னைத் தன் ஆன்மாவுடன் இரும்புச் சங்கிலிகளை விடவும் கடினமான வஸ்துவால் கட்டி வைத்து விட்டார், அதே சமயம் இக்கட்டு அடிமைத்தளை போலல்லாமல் மனிதனை விடுவிக்கச் செய்யும் செயலே. இவர் என்னை என் தெய்வீகம் தோய்ந்த சுயத்துள் எடுத்துச் சென்று எனக்கு உதவியிருக்கிறார், ஜடம் போன்ற மேலைநாட்டினனான எனக்கு அர்த்தமில்லாத ஒன்றை உயிர்ப்புடன், ஆனந்த அனுபவமாக்கியிருக்கிறார். என் சுய-பரிணாம மாற்றம் முடிவடைந்தது.

~ தொடரும்.

அடுத்த பதிவில் டாக்டர். பால் ப்ரண்டன் மஹரிஷியைப் பற்றி நிகழ்வுகளை தன் பல புத்தகங்களில் எழுதியிருப்பது பற்றிய தகவல்கள் இடம்பெறும்.

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5 – மனு சுபேதார்

மனு சுபேதார் சுதந்திரத்திற்கு முந்தைய மத்திய சட்டப்பேரவை உறுப்பினராக இருந்தவர்.

காட்பாடியிலிருந்து திருவண்ணாமலை சென்று கொண்டிருந்த காரில் தனியாக இருந்த நான் என் கேள்விகளை எண்ணி சரிபார்த்துக் கொள்ள விரும்பினேன். ஒவ்வொரு கேள்வியையும் எப்படிக் கேட்க வேண்டும் என்று உருவேற்றிக் கொண்டிருக்கையில் அதற்கான பதில்களும் எனக்குத் தெரிந்திருந்ததை உணர்ந்தேன். மஹரிஷியை சந்தித்த போது ஒரு கேள்விகளும் கேட்கத் தோன்றவில்லை.

அவரிடம் நான் சேர்மனாக அஹமதாபாத்திலிருந்த சாஸ்து சாஹித்ய முத்ரனாலயா ட்ரஸ்ட் பதிப்பித்திருந்த ‘அவதூத கீதை’ மற்றும் ‘அஷ்டவக்ர கீதை’ பிரதிகளை சமர்பித்து அவர் கவனத்தை அவதூத கீதையின் முதல் வரியின் பால் கொணர்ந்தேன். அது சொல்வது: “கடவுளின் அருளால் மாத்திரமே ஒரு புத்தியுள்ள மனிதனின் பால் அண்டவெளியிலுள்ள ஒற்றுமை பற்றி அறியும் ஆசை எழுகிறது. அவ்வாசையே அவர்களை சம்சாரத்தில் இருக்கும் பலவித ஆபத்துகளிலிருந்தும் காக்கிறது.”

மஹரிஷி என்னை அளவுகடந்த கருணையுடன் நோக்கினார். பின் தன் உதவியாளர்கள் ஒருவரிடம் ஒரு புத்தகத்தை எடுத்து வரச்சொன்னார். அது நாபாஜி எழுதிய ‘மஹா பக்த விஜயம்’, அதைத் திறந்து படிக்கத் தொடங்கினார். (அவர் படிக்க எண்ணிய அதே பக்கத்தை மிகச்சரியாக திறந்ததை வியப்புடன் பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்தேன்). மஹரிஷி அதை மிகவும் ஆழ்ந்து அனுபவிப்பவர் போலத் தோன்றினார்.

தம்மைத் தொடர்பவர்களை வியப்பிலாழ்த்துவதற்காக சில குருமார்கள் மந்திர தந்திர சித்துக்களை நாடுவதுண்டு. மஹரிஷி மாறாக ஒரு நேர் வழியை உபயோக்கிறார். உண்மை என்பதை வெளிச் சொல்லிவிடுகிறார், அது மிக எளிதாக, அவர் எண்ணத்தில் உதித்ததாயும் அவரே அனுபவித்து உணர்ந்ததாயும் இருக்கிறது.

அவர் உங்களைப் பார்க்கும் பார்வையில் ஒரு கேள்வி தொனிக்கிறது, என்னைப் பொறுத்தவரை. அது கேட்பது, “நான் ஒரு ஒற்றுமையைப் பார்க்கிறேன், ஆனால் நீங்கள் வேற்றுமையை மட்டும் கவனிக்கிறீர்கள். நீங்கள் உங்களையே ஏன் நன்கு அறிந்து கொள்ளக் கூடாது, அறிந்து உங்களுடைய உண்மையான ஸ்வரூபத்தை உணரக்கூடாது? அதன் பின் உங்களால் உங்களுடைய நிஜ சுயத்துடன் ஒற்றுமை என்ற அந்த ஒன்றில் ஒன்றி இருக்க முடியுமே?” என்பதே அது. எவரொருவர் உண்மையான ஆன்மிகத் தேடலில் இருக்கிறாரோ அவருக்கு மஹரிஷியின் அருகாமை போல வேறெதுவும் உதவாது.

அவருடைய பார்வையில் ஒரு ஆன்மிக ரீதியான தொடர்பும் கனிவும் தென்படுகிறது, ஒரு மனிதரிடத்தில் சிறந்தது என்ன என்பதைப் பார்க்கிறது. மெளனமான அந்த மணித்துளிகளில் அவருடைய இருப்பு ஒரு சாதகருடைய ஆன்மிக ஏக்கத்துக்கு ஒரு ஊக்கியாக செயல்படுகிறது. அவர் பக்தர்களைப் பார்க்கும் அக்கனிவு மிகுந்த பார்வை ஒரு தாய் தன் குழந்தைகளைப் பார்ப்பது போலிருக்கிறது.

6 – வில்லியம் எஸ். ஸ்பால்டிங் (ஜூனியர்)

நியூயார்க்கின் வில்லியம் எஸ். ஸ்பால்டிங் (ஜூனியர்) மஹரிஷியை 1930களில் சந்தித்தார்.

மஹரிஷியின் முன் முதன்முறை அமர்ந்திருந்த போது ஒரு மிக சக்தி வாய்ந்த அனுபவம், அதை வார்த்தையால் விவரிக்க வேண்டுமானால் தொட்டு உணரக்கூடிய ஒரு தங்க பேரொளி என்று சொல்லலாம், மிக சக்திவாய்ந்த ஒரு ஆன்மிக சக்தி. அவரிடமிருந்து ஒரு மெல்லிய ஆனால் அடர்த்தியான ஆன்மிக உணர்வு வெளிப்பட்டுக் கொண்டே இருக்கிறது, அதை உணர்ந்த மறுகணமே கேள்விகள், வார்த்தைகள், தியானம் செய்யும் வழிமுறைகள், இவை எல்லாம் உடனடியாக மறைந்து விடுகின்றன. க்றிஸ்தவ சர்ச்சுகளில் ஒரு சில செயிண்ட்களுடன் ஒப்பிடப் படும் தெய்வீகம் பொருந்திய எதையும் சட்டை செய்யாத நிலையையும் மஹரிஷியிடம் காணக்கிடைக்கிறது. இதை வெளிப்படையாக ‘அலட்சியம்’ என்று நினைத்து விடலாகாது, மாறாக அனைத்தும் உணர்ந்த ஒருவரிடமிருந்து அனைத்தையும் ஆற்றும் சக்தியாக வெளிப்படுகிறது.

7 – க்ராண்ட் டஃப் (டக்ளஸ் அன்ஸ்லி)

க்ராண்ட் டஃப் (டக்ளஸ் அன்ஸ்லி), 1930 களில் சென்னை மாகாணத்தின் அரசாங்க உத்தியோகஸ்தரும், பண்டிதரும் ஆவார். இவர் 1880 களில் சென்னை கவர்னராக இருந்த ஸர். மெளண்ட் ஸ்டௌர்ட் க்ராண்ட் டஃப் இன் மருமகனாவார்.

மஹரிஷியை முதன் முதலாய் பார்த்த போது என்ன ஆயிற்று என்று தெரியவில்லை, ஆனால் அவர் என்னை நோக்கிய அந்த கணம் இவர் தான் உண்மையும் ஒளியும் என்பதை நான் உணர்ந்தேன். பல ஆண்டுகளாக தேக்கி வைத்திருந்த சந்தேகங்கள் அனைத்தும் இப்புனிதமானவர் பார்த்ததும் மறைந்து விட்டன. நான் ஆஸ்ரமத்துக்கு வந்த நேரம் குறைவானதாக இருப்பினும் ஒவ்வொரு முறையும் அங்கே இருக்கையில் என்னுள் அழிக்க முடியாத ஏதோ ஒன்று மெல்ல வளர்ந்து கொண்டிருந்தது.

உணர்வுகளைக் கடந்த, பரத்துக்குள் தன்னை முழுவதுமாய் கரைத்துக் கொண்டு விட்ட, பிறரின் நன்மைக்காக சில ஆண்டுகள் இப்பிறவியில் இறங்கி இருக்கும் ஒருவரின் நேரடி தொடர்பில் இருக்கிறேன் நான் என்பதைக் கண்டு கொள்ள வெகு நேரம் பிடிக்கவில்லை எனக்கு. (இக்கருத்து எப்படி இவருக்கு ஏற்பட்டது என்று கேட்கையில் உடனடியாக ஒப்புக்கொண்டார்) – என்னால் பதிலுரைக்க இயலவில்லை, எப்படி ஜன்னல் வழியே சூரியனை எப்படி பார்த்தாய் என்று கேட்பது போல, என் கண்கள் மற்றும் பிற உணர்வுகளின் மூலமாக என்று வேண்டுமானால் சொல்லலாம். எனக்கு சூரியனின் இருப்பு தெரிவதற்க்கு அல்ஜீப்ராவோ மற்ற அறிவியல் ஞானமோ தேவையிருக்காது அல்லவா, அது போல மஹரிஷியின் ஆன்மிக மேதமைக்கு எந்த ஆதாரமும் தேவைப் படவில்லை.

ஆஸ்ரமத்துக்கு வருகை தர முடிபவர்கள் வராமல் நேரங்கடத்திக் கொண்டிருந்தால் அதற்காக தங்களுடைய பின்னாளில், அடுத்த பிறவிகளில் தங்களையே நொந்து கொள்வார்கள். முன்னெப்போதும் இல்லாத வகையாக, மஹா பெரும் உண்மை, சத் – அறிவதற்கரிய பேறு நம் முன்னால் இவ்வளவு எளிதான உருவத்தில் அமர்ந்திருக்கிறது. இதோ நாம் தகுதி அடைந்திருக்கிறோமோ இல்லையோ, உண்மையை நெருங்கலாம்! வந்து போவதற்கான பிரயாணச் செலவை மட்டும் தரவேண்டும், அதற்குக் கிடைப்பது ‘தங்களுடைய சுயத்தைப் பற்றிய ஞானம்’.

(இது லண்டனிலிருந்து 1935 இல் எழுதப்பட்டது. ரமணாஸ்ரமம் பதிப்பித்த ஸ்ரீ ரமண கீதையின் முன்னுரையைப் பார்க்கவும்).

மஹரிஷி பிறரைப் பற்றி அசாத்தியமான உள்ளுணர்வு கொண்டவர். தன்னைச் சந்திக்க வருபவர்கள் பற்றி அனைத்தையும் அறிந்தவர். அவர் என்னைக் கவர்ந்ததன் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க காரணம் அவருடைய எளிமையும், மென்மையும், அமைதியுமே. எப்படிப்பட்ட மென்மை என்றால் மென்மைத்தன்மை என்பதையே கடந்த ஒரு மென்மை. என் வாழ்வின் மிகப் பெரும் நிகழ்வு நான் அருணாச்சலத்தின் முனிவரை அங்கு சந்தித்ததே.

இவருடைய கவிதையிலிருந்து:

அருணாச்சலத்தின் ரமணருடன்:

நான் தொலை தூரம் அலைந்திருக்கிறேன்: ஆம்
ஓரிடம் விட்டு மற்றொரிடமிருந்து மீண்டும் வேறோரிடம்
முனிவர்களைக் கண்டிருக்கிறேன், பெரும் மன்னர்களும் அரசிகளையும்
அன்புமயமான, அறிவார்ந்த, பிரமிப்பானவர்களை
ஆனால் இங்கு மட்டும் – அருணாச்சலத்தின்
ஆஸ்ரமத்தில் மட்டும்
எந்தக் கலப்புமற்ற ஆனந்தத்தை உணர்ந்தேன்
நான்! நான்! நான்!
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5 – Manu Subedar

Manu Subedar was a member of the Central Legislative Assembly in pre-Independence era.

I was alone in the car from Katpadi to Tiruvannamalai and wanted to go over my questions and revise them, if necessary. As I formulated each question, I found I knew the answer! So when I went and had the darshan of the Maharshi, I had really no question to ask. I presented to the Maharshi the Avadhoota Gita and the Ashtavakra Gita published by the Sastu Sahitya Mudranalaya Trust, Ahemadabad, of which I am the chairman, and drew his attention to the first verse of the Avadhoota Gita, which says: “It is only through the Grace of God that in men with knowledge is born a desire to experience cosmic unity, a desire which protects them from the great dangers of
samsara.”

With infinite compassion in his eyes the Maharshi looked at me and instructed one of the followers to bring a book. This was the Maha Bhakta Vijayam of Nabhaji. Bhagavan opened the book and began to read. (I noted with awe that the book opened exactly at the page where he intended to read.) The Maharshi seemed to relish reading the discourse. There are teachers who mystify in order to impress the pupil. The Maharshi, on the contrary, has the direct method. He discloses the truth and the whole truth in the simplest form in which he has not only formulated
it as a thought, but lived it as an experience. The look, which the Maharshi gives you, is a question. At least I
felt it so. The question is: “I see a unity, but you keep grasping at the variety. Why don’t you know yourself properly and realise your true self? You can then march on to the realisation of the unity of self with the Self.”

Nothing is so helpful as the august presence of the Maharshi for those who seriously intend to progress on the spiritual path. There is spiritual communication and kindliness in his looks, eliciting what is best in a person. His presence during the silent hour acts as a catalyst, enabling us to secure our spiritual yearning. There is grace and benignity in the way he looks at the devotees as a mother looks at her children.

6 William S. Spaulding (Jr.)

William S. Spaulding (Jr.) of New York City visited Sri Ramana in the 1930s.

As I sat in His Presence for the first time, the most powerful impression was that of what I can only call an almost palpable ‘golden radiance’, the visual effect of a tremendous spiritual force. There was an intense and subtle radiation that seems to flow from Him continually – and once having sensed this, words, questions, techniques of meditation, etc., seemed to dissolve immediately. The Maharshi also possessed to a high degree of that quality which is described as ‘divine indifference’, attributed to certain saints of the Christian Church. This must not be taken to mean what is generally associated with the term ‘indifference’, but rather as a beneficent, unfettered out-pouring of
healing radiations of a Realised Being.

7 Grant Duff (Douglas Ainslie)

Grant Duff (Douglas Ainslie), a scholar and a senior government official in Madras Presidency in the 1930s, was nephew of Sir Mountstaurt Grant Duff, Governor of Madras in the 1880s. I do not know what happened when I saw the Maharshi for the first time, but the moment he looked at me, I felt he was the Truth and the Light. There could be no doubt about it, and all the doubts and speculations I had accumulated during the past many years disappeared in
the Radiance of the Holy One. Though my visits to the Ashram were brief, I felt that every moment I was there I was building up within me what could never be destroyed.

There it did not take me long to see that I was in direct contact with one who has passed beyond the boundaries of the senses and was indeed already merged in the Absolute of his true Self, though manifesting here for our benefit for a few brief years. [When asked how he got such an impression, he frankly confessed] I cannot reply; as I should to one who asked me how I saw the sun on looking out of the window, by saying that I did so by the use of my eyes and incidentally of all other senses collaborating. I do not need any algebraic or other proof of the existence of the sun. I do not need any other proof of the divinity of Ramana Maharshi.

Should those who have it in their power to visit the Ashram delay, they will have only themselves to blame in future lives. Never perhaps in world history was the Supreme Truth – Reality, Sat – placed within such easy reach of so vast a multitude. Here and now through no special merit of our own, we may approach Reality. The sole difficulty is
that of paying for the journey1 but the reward is Knowledge of the Self. The Maharshi has extraordinary insight into other beings. He sees and knows everything about all those who come before him. The Maharshi has particularly appealed to me because of his extreme politeness and gentleness. He is gentle to a degree that surpasses gentleness.
My visit to the Sage of Arunachala has been the greatest event in my life.

Extracts from his poem:

With Sri Ramana of Arunachala
I’ve wandered far: Yes I have been
From land to land to land:
Sages I’ve seen, great kings and queens
The lovely, wise and grand.
But only there – at the Asramam
By Arunachalam –
Have I known that joy without alloy,
I am! I am! I am!
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~ to be continued…!

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