Man has to evolve. He then has to help others evolve too. Agathiyar in his 5 tenets revealed at the assembly of the sages and seers during the Tamil Sangam, listed the things to do to achieve this. Vashisht Vaid in his blog https://holysageagathiyar.com/ sheds some light by sharing the revelations of Agathiyar. Agathiyar addresses the soul's prime duty and reason to take on a physical body.
In reading through Vashisht Vaid's blog, we come to understand that the reason for taking human birth over and over is because of the yearning and desire of the soul to become liberated from the tie and bond it has with the physical body and the breath. The purpose of human incarnation is to gain the "maximum number of spiritual experiences." These experiences are beneficial and vital for the expansion of consciousness. This was echoed by Goddess Ma when she told us the path of the Siddha was one of learning from experiences (Padipinai).
We see the limitation imposed by humans on themselves and therefore remain at their current state of consciousness that they divine because of false pride and ego. This is where we hear Tavayogi classify man as peat, charcoal, and petrol while Bhagawan Ramana classifies them as wet coal, charcoal, and gunpowder. Annie Besant classifies man as one taking on "the coarser vibrations of the lower world and adapting to it" and the other taking on "a subtler nature and staying in front of evolution." In the documentary movie "Samadhi - The Pathless Path", we are told the same too.
"Some like dry wood need just a spark to light up. Others require more preparation as in wet wood that needs some time to dry out before they ignite. They need teachings, practices to loosen the bonds of the self-structure to become free of samskaras."
What are these spiritual experiences that Agathiyar speaks of and how is that beneficial for an expansion of consciousness?
Vashisht Vaid writes,
"There are also five types of main works, which should be dutifully performed upon daily basis, by the evolving humanity during the given term period of their incarnated lives, of which the number 1 work [prathma karma] is to find out the very reason, for which they came over to exist in this human form life on planet earth [prithvi greha]. They all can easily find out that basic reason [moola karanam], by dutifully sorting through their spiritual books of evolving human societies, which widely exist in the shape of various holy treatises, widely scattered and easily available since the ancient times [pracheen kaala], as well as by venerably asking relevant questions to their learned seers, sages, and prophets, etc., to help them find out the answer to this most important question. Upon knowing the reason to be here, he should choose the kind of "work [dainik karma]" as a livelihood, that which would also "greatly advance his reason [karanam] to be’’.
"The number 2 work [dvitiya karma] for a human being, is to devoutly meditate upon the one and only unknowable universal father lord, who apart from vitally creating his numbered soul [ankit atama], also gracefully provided him various quality attributes [gunas], to survive and righteously perform his various duties [dharma parayan kartavayas], toward the vital basis of manifested matrix [paripancha]."
I was surprised to learn that we are all given a number. This we saw in Disney's "Soul".
So here we are asked to give thanks to the divine. And so religion started.
"The great sage Agathiyar added that since then all the human souls got permanently numbered, for the basic reason of equal opportunity for all human vital existences, according to their already attained spiritual experiences, which they all dutifully attained, while gradually evolving from the lower kingdoms [mineral, plant, animal etc.] of manifested matrix [paripancha], so that they all according to their given frequency numbers, could also gracefully play out their dutiful human life roles, during the incarnated cycles of their reoccurring cyclic lives [reincarnations], gracefully working as the different duties co-creators, to vitally aid all types of spiritual aspects, in this ongoing established evolution, and also get benefited, by properly fulfilling their five main duties during their cyclic lives, in this ongoing evolution of planet earth, and get finally liberated [mukta] for their further ascensions in the invisible ethereal web [adrishya akasha jaal], through gradually increasing higher conscious states of time and space relationships, till they all themselves finally achieve the two highest universal worlds tapah loka [brahmanda vaikuntha loka] and satyam loka [brahmanda shiv loka] of this infinite universe [brahmanda], and thus get spiritually qualified to vitally carry out much higher conscious roles, in the unknowable and non-explainable worlds of para brahmanda [outfinite universe], during their distant brilliant future."
Ramalinga achieved a subtle body. So did the Siddhas and saints. Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri and Yogi Ramsuratkumar told their followers and devotees that they could do more in the subtle form or "higher consciousness" without the limitation of the physical body.
"As all his family relationships and all of the works related to his physical form, are still a part and parcel of this ever-changing illusory matrix [maya paripancha], in which illusion [maya] some appears to be near and dear and some as enemies, while in the true reality of this universe no one is a friend or an enemy, as all such occurrences are pertaining to previous life’s various actions and reactions [karmas]." Here we can relate to Neale Donald Walsch's "The Little Soul and the Sun" where the souls agree to help each other experience the ways it can be special.
"Always at the end of a cyclic life, pertaining to the incarnated life cycle of all human beings [samastha manushya], the embodied vital consciousness [jeeva atama] of physical world form [bhautik sharira], by forcefully leaving behind all so-called life relation aspects of this dense matrix [bhautik paripancha], have no choice but to continue their forward journey’s, once again all alone, to move forward in the unknown and unchartered territories of higher or lower dimensional world’s [urdhava and adho lokas]."
This "embodied vital consciousness or jeeva atama" was explained to us by Agathiyar recently. The Atma keeps both the body or Udal and the breath or Uyir under its control in a secretive, subtle manner. This subtlety stays from 1 to 5 Varagai (an ancient time count) with the child before it's veiled. In revealing this fact Agathiyar says that he cannot as yet tell us the reason for it to be veiled. Nevertheless, the Atma will return unto him depending on his actions.
ஆன்மா உடலையும் உயிரையும் தனது கட்டுப்பாட்டுக்குள் வைத்துக் கொள்ளும் ஒரு சூச்சமம். இந்தச் சூச்சமத்தை பிறந்த குழந்தைகள் 1 முதல் 5 வராகை வரையிலும் உடன் இருந்து மறையும். மறைத்தலின் காரணம் இன்னதென்று இப்போது உனக்குச் சொல்ல இயலாது. ஆனபோதிலும் ஆன்ம ஒருவரின் செயலைப் பொறுத்தே மீண்டும் அவனை வந்து சேரும்.
"The number 3 work [tritiya karma] for a human being is to dutifully pay respects and obedience to this physical world dutiful caretaker’s, which all caretakers especially include their physical world parents and grandparents [lokik pitris], who tirelessly raised them right from their incarnated birth with unselfish love, and also to the lunar forefathers [soma pitris], whose angelic hierarchies gracefully created their vital bodies and physical forms in their mother’s womb, from their father’s living sperm [shukranu] and mother’s living egg [andakosha], and also pay respect to all invisible angelic and demonic hierarchies [adrishya sura evam asuras], who as an integral part of their prescribed duties upon this planet earth, also dutifully support various types of life aspects, invisibly working among all incarnated human beings [samastha manushya jatis], upon this physical plane world [bhu loka] of planet earth [prithvi greha]."
Here we see again a resemblance to these words spoken at the assembly narrated in present times by Agathiyar to us. Just as creation is a result of the Pancha Maha Bhutam namely water, earth, sky, air, fire coming together, the body too is a product of these five elements. The Pancha Butham are derived from both the parent's body to produce the body of the developing baby. When the proportions differ, there appear defects in the baby. Here is where many forces determine and at times hijack the formula, and manipulate it driven by our karma and that of those who lived before us. The body or Udal is a combination of the Nun Uyir in certain proportions, present in the five elements taking on the form of a Pindam in the womb. Now we understand that the Nun Uyir is the life present in "the father’s living sperm [shukranu] and mother’s living egg [andakosha]." Agathiyar in defining the caretakers, besides "the physical parents and grandparents [lokik pitris], who tirelessly raised them right from their incarnated birth with unselfish love," includes "the lunar forefather’s [soma pitris], whose angelic hierarchies gracefully created their vital bodies and physical forms in their mother’s womb." Here I remember Dayananda Swami of Ooty whom Tavayogi and I met in 2005, telling me that the next time I came he shall already be among the stars.
"It is an essential work for all human beings to also dutifully support the invisible co-existing angelic hierarchies [deva dals], through the prescribed offerings of fire sacrifices [yajna]." Besides that in doing "These fire sacrifice offerings [yajna] of various prescribed products, gracefully shared by oral and written down traditions, gracefully compiled by the inner mind wisdom [anahatha mansa jnana –vijnana] of the great seers and sages [maha rishis, maha munis], since the very ancient times [ati pracheen kaala] of planet earth, all of these offerings through the inherent fiery heat support of flaming frequencies, which all are a part and parcel of the material fire [brahma agni], vitally create changes in their embodying matter, and thus gradually release those elemental essences [tatva saara], from their embodying matter [bhautik padartha], to exist as the string type smoke appearances in the atmosphere of troposphere [bhu loka akasha], which elemental essences [tatva saara] vitally nourishes and thus willfully support the life cycles of all these co-existing invisible beings and entities [adrishya arupa pranis], whose vital existence is also of utmost importance for their own human survival, so that they all can widely continue without undesirable mutations, in their this current form of human existence, upon this significant planet earth [prithvi greha] of our solar universe [aditya mandla]."
In saying that "The material fire [brahma agni], vitally create changes in their embodying matter, and thus gradually release those elemental essences [tatva saara], from their embodying matter [bhautik padartha]", Agathiyar implies the subtle changes that the fire does within us, releasing essential oils and substances into the air, and taken within us, as we inhale the smoke. The heat of the fire too causes transformation within those who sit around it. If Tavayogi took up this ritual in his ashram grounds to please Mother Nature after the advent of the Tzunami in 2004, Agathiyar told me that this sacrificial fire shall heal the Prapanjam and also erase our past karma. "The release of elemental essences [tatva saara], from their embodying matter [bhautik padartha], nourishes and thus willfully supports the life cycles of all these co-existing invisible beings and entities [adrishya arupa pranis], whose vital existence is also of utmost importance for their own human survival, so that they all can widely continue without undesirable mutations, in their this current form of human existence.’’ It makes me wonder if the whole world had taken up this fire ritual, could it have made the dreaded virus stop its "undesirable mutations"? Lord Shiva after the advent of the pandemic, had asked us to carry it out saying that it shall cleanse the air around us. We are glad that Tavayogi initiated us to do this ritual at home. We soon ventured into the temples that were Siddha friendly taking up their invitation to perform Siddha Yagam. All these gave us further experiences in the field and arena that were exclusive to the priestly kind. It is now a tool in our hands that we can conduct as and when the need arises.
"The number 4 work [chatush karma] for a human being is to dutifully aid and help, the ongoing evolution of all co-existing human beings upon this planet earth, as all human races widely living in their differentiated aspects of sub and branch races, upon various continents [vibhinn khandams] of this physical world [bhu loka]."
Here we are told how humanity got separated into "sub and branch races, traditions [prathas], casts [jati, prajatis] and creed [pranalis]".
"They all actually got vitally separated in the ‘ancient agamic times’ [agam purana kaala], by the immense oceanic body having deep waters of the one great ocean [maha sagara], upon this planet earth, and thus since then vitally living and gradually evolving in their various traditions [prathas], casts [jati, prajatis] and creed [pranalis], upon the faraway places of this planet earth, which tradition got vitally established by the spiritual contemplations of their exalted conscious prophets, seers and sages, and dutiful works of god conscious avatars."
Here we are shown how the divine too broke up the "tradition that got vitally established by the spiritual contemplations of their exalted conscious prophets, seers and sages, and dutiful works of god conscious avatars" by natural calamities of majestic proportions. We can now accept fully why Agathiyar had us break up the AVM group and all associated activities too. It is all God's Lila and plays. The world is his stage and we are mere puppets in his hands. For one who realizes this in life, he shall learn to follow the dictates of the divine and the masters without question.
"The number 5 work [pancha karma] for a human being is to dutifully aid and help, the ongoing evolution of all co-existing beings and entities, who all vitally exist upon the lower levels of the evolutionary ladder, also dutifully support the manifested matrix [paripancha], and many of the lower kingdoms, vitally exist like the minerals having precious and semi-precious crystals, who also having basic aspects of vitality, also gradually evolve by increasing in their sizes, in correspondence to the vital energies of celestial organs of time and space relationships, and many of whom get gracefully embodied in various types of jewelry to be prestigiously borne as specific remedies by evolving humans, and also various types of living herbs and plants of the plant kingdom, especially the signature plants with magical and supernatural powers, get vitally planted gracefully in their houses and in their surrounding gardens, and various types of working and pet animals of the animal kingdom." Here we are asked to aid minerals, plants, and animals in its evolution too. Now we understand why we worship the stone, the plants and trees, and certain animals. Here we are to assist those from "other visible kingdoms [rupa pranis], who all during their own ascending evolution are upon this objectively manifested planet earth, finally, get vitally qualified to have a human tutorship, so that they all by being in close contact with the human race, being a part and parcel of the manifested matrix, can also learn about his evolutionary mind’s tonal frequencies, which gets vitally depicted to them through the tonal frequencies of their language sounds, and also through their vitally performed mental and physical actions – reactions, so that they all can also get qualified to become a human being, in some distant future evolutionary cycle, with the graceful attribute of an individualized mind and a numbered soul [ankita atama]. The number 5 work of incarnated human life, every incarnated human being of this planet earth, also unknowingly becomes a teacher [adhyapak] of some or many members of the co-existing lower kingdoms, who also being a part of the illusory matrix [maya paripancha], thus also vitally becomes a vital part of his evolutionary life upon this planet earth [prithvi greha]. Such a training from a member of the highest species upon this physical world [bhu loka], thus greatly help the vital consciousness of all lower kingdom species, upon this evolutionary planet earth of our solar universe [aditya mandla], whose lower species vital consciousness till then vitally exists in a non-individualized manner, only as a very tiny part of their collective consciousness group container [samahuit chetna kalsha]."
"An incarnated human being [manushya] then vitally performs all these five works, then he gets a spiritual award of higher wisdom [rudra agni jnana – vijnana], which makes him vitally understand this basic fact [moola tathya], that in this flux matrix [chalaymaana paripancha] of physical world [bhu loka], a true love [satyam preeti] for any finite being or a material object cannot help him in his true goal of higher conscious ascensions, so his true love should only be vitally developed for the venerable grace of immortal controllers Lord Vasudeva Ishvara [Venkateshvara] and Rudra Maheshvara [Dakshina murthi], the two immortal lords of the two universal immortal worlds, widely known among all exalted conscious seers and sages as the highest universal worlds of tapah loka [para nirvana kshetra, vaikuntha dhaam, karam khandda], and the satyam loka [para param nirvana kshetra, shiva dhaam, sachcha khandda]."
Here finally we are taught to let go of all that we did earlier and settle in the Lord, with him and within him.
"When such a true understanding [satyam jnana] of true love [satyam preeti] gets vitally embedded and firmly rooted in the gradually evolving soul consciousness [chetna vriddhi atama chetna], through his very tiny investment of personality consciousness [jeevatama chetna], in this nursery school of spiritual learning [adhyatamic shishu pathshala], which is also the most dense physical world [ati bhautik sthool prakriti bhu loka], of the three worlds schools [triloka pathshala], vitally established for spiritual learnings [adhyatamic chetna pathshalas], in the segment of righteousness [dharam khandda], then the evolutionary soul [chetna vriddhi atama], after gracefully gaining the desired liberation [mukti], does not any more desire for salvation [moksha] in the next great world of enlightening wisdom [bodhi loka, maha loka, nirvana kshetra, gyaan khandda], which solar plane world of higher wisdom vitally corresponds to the universal world of intuitive wisdom [brahmanda maha loka, brahmanda bodhi or nirvana loka, brahmanda gyaan khandda] in our infinite universe [brahmanda], but instead want to quickly proceed further with an undiluted aim, and non failing attitude, first towards the next higher world of brahma loka [maha nirvana kshetra, jna loka, shramma khandda], which directly corresponds to the universal world of tree of life brahma loka [brahmanda jna loka, maha nirvana kshetra, sharamma khandda], and then faithfully still proceed further towards the next higher solar world of radiant heat [tapah loka, param nirvana kshetra, karam khandda], which also directly corresponds to the universal immortal world of vaikuntha loka [brahmanda tapah loka, param nirvana kshetra, karam khandda], and if possible then to also gracefully attain the highest solar plane world of satyam loka [shiva loka], which also directly corresponds to the universal immortal world of absolute truth [brahmanda satyam loka, para param nirvana kshetra, sachcha khandda, shiva loka], where he can gracefully receive all of the needed teachings, about the otherwise unknowable outfinite universe [para brahmanda]. "
Phew! It seems like the learning never ends. Agathiyar tells us that we are in a nursery school of spiritual learning which is also the densest physical world. Ramalinga Adigal in having traveled and traversed far, abd who speaks of numerous worlds, too says that there are numerous other levels of spiritual evolution that words cannot describe. Indeed we realize as we take baby steps that we know nothing of ourselves and the world around us. Just as the bank change as the rivers' waters pass by, our perception and perspective of things keep changing continuously cheating us and teaching us that we shall never know the real. What we need to do further is to build "the radiant heat [tejas tapah] of these spiritual experiences greatly expanding the holding sack of causal body [karanam sharira], making it possible for a quick release [mukti] of the bound soul [bandhit atama]."
