Monday 17 March 2014

TEMPLE WORSHIP AND THE SACRED SPACE PART 3/4

In 2005 Tavayogi took me to Palani. We picked up my brother from Trichy. It was night as we arrived at Palani. We spent the night at a lodge and started for the temple on first light. Once the doors to the temple were opened, we stood in the presence of Lord Murugan. Again, as in 2003, I do not remember nor recall those moments at the Lord's sannadhi. Once I came around, we were already making our way out into the open, took a flight of steps and were at Bhogar's samadhi temple. Tavayogi sat down to meditate and we followed suite. After some time Tavayogi arise and made his way into Bhogar's samadhi chamber. An elderly priest showed the arati and started to explain about Bhogar and how his generation had been serving the sage. I looked around the room and again there were 4 priests as before, but this time around the path from Lord Murugan's sannadhi and this place was very 'different' from what I stepped in, in 2003. I walked over to the same spot I sat on my last trip. After a moment we all left the chamber via the exit door only to be met by one of the young priest who waited on us as we entered the chamber earlier. He had a tumbler in his hand. He handed it to Tavayogi, saying, "Abhisega milk." An immediate thought came to me that instant,"Oh my God! it was happening again!, I am receiving the Abhisega milk again." Tavayogi had a sip, and passed the tumbler to my brother who took a sip too. He handed it to me and I gulped the milk down, every single drop of it. Surprisingly there was no conversation between this priest and us. Neither did we say anything to each other regarding this unexpected turn of events.

Tavayogi and my brother went ahead while I began to lag behind. I was experiencing the same state of bliss that came over me in 2003. It was an immensely wonderful feeling, running through from head to toe, touching every cell in the body.  Tavayogi then turned around and stopped in his track. He looked at me and asked, "Yenna Magane?", meaning "What is it, son?" There was this gleam in his eyes, and a wonderful smile on his face as he asked me. I knew too well that he already knew the answer to his own question. He expected me to answer, I suppose, but I just walked up to him and laid my head on his chest!

Jnana Jyothi Amma commented as follows after reading the earlier post,


Shan, Do you remember I told you the same thing happened to me while I went to Palani with Dr.Ram and Balakrishan Menon last year ..??

This kind of feeling..."like ...moving/gliding" on air started as we were entering the Sanctum.

I just couldnt make it to the Sanctum and after that,waiting for that Cable car to take us downhill....I thought I would die. Ram was running hither and tither to get me some fluids....as I was totally loosing my Mobility...coz of Disorientation ..I told him ,I dont feel Dehydrated....but I could neither see nor move my limb.

It was only after I told you about the Miracle that happened at the Foothills, that I actually regained not on my my Composure..but also. my Consciousness...

Similarly the same thing happened again..but to an even greater Intensity at Nattadreshwarar 

Temple...that I had to cancel my tickets and travel the next day..

These Temples are High "ENERGY VORTEXES"..