Swamiyee Saranam – 3

 

It has been half a month since I undertook this austerity.  The search for the truth behind that divine power as different roads and as put me in limbo!  Whatever it is, whatever the story behind I don’t mind as my search is more on how to reach that divine power and not what the story of that divine power was.

Keeping the search aside, the days as becoming quite interesting as many strange things happens around.  Firstly, the mala around the neck triggers the empathy towards all the living being, not to judge but keep everything at the same level of love.  Every time I buy from the roadside flower vendors, who are mostly elderly women, I could see an extra bunch of flowers in my bag… out of love! Out of respect! Or out of affection on my lord Ayyappan?  I don’t know but their hand automatically pulls that extra bunch of flowers as if they offer it directly to their feet of Ayyappan.  Of course it gets to his feet.

I could understand the love and affection by the humans out of respect to the divinity but how does the animals express the same love!!!  Not just one time or two but most of the time in this half a month every time I walk on bare foot to the temple murmuring ‘Sarnam Ayyappa’ a dog lying in the side of the road walks to me looks at my bare feet.  The dog walks with me till the end of the street, which is its boundary, and runs back into the street.  This just not happened in my street but in other streets too where I pass to the temple.   To my wonder not one dog that walked with me had came near and sniffed.  

Only thing I understood is when you decide to go into god mode, not to harm any living beings, not to judge anybody, be sincere to what you do then you can identify that divine power and the all beings around you will become divine and identify you as divine.  The real meaning of ‘Thatwamasi’ will be reveled, you are what you are searching for! Swamiyee Saranam Ayyappa!