How I Contacted Siddhar Thirumoolar

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Update:
Many people wrote in the comments as well as in emails that they were looking for experiences similar to what I described in this article. I am compelled to post this update after I read Mr. Rajendrakumar’s unfortunate personal experience (see comments section) from practicing the mantra on this page without proper guidance. This article was written with the intention of sharing my experience only, but it was never my intention that it would be taken as a technique (I never gave the steps of using the mantra in this page). I did not write this article lightly. I deliberated putting this on my site for more than three months and put it up only after inner push. Also, note that this experience was more than couple of years old from the date of publication of this article. My only intention in writing this article was to express that the Siddhars are available on the inner planes if we need help. If you really want the proper technique of chanting the mantra, you need to go to http://www.SivaYoga.com/ and get it from them.

One size does not fit all. Not all techniques are for everybody. If you really want, try a technique for short periods of time (like, 5 minutes per day) for about three days. If the technique is not pleasant and give you joy, but causes distress, then the technique is not for you.

Please also note that if you are chanting mantra or doing a technique with an intention of having a particular spiritual experience, then that desire may be coming from ego which could cause physical and mental distress. You need to approach any technique with humility and surrender to the divine and let the divine give you whatever experience you need to grow.

Bhakthi or Surrender to the Divine is important. May be your first practice should be just that — Surrender to your favorite form of the divine. If you need to do a specific technique, you will be guided to it and you will not feel the conflicts created by ego at that point. This was the case with me.

Listen to your inner longing (this is not the ego’s desire to have an experience and feel good). Just because someone else is doing it or someone had some experience and you want to reproduce that experience, is the wrong approach. Having spiritual experiences is not the goal. Experiences occur on their own accord depending on what each person needs to learn and gain wisdom. You can derive inspiration from others experiences, but not try to replicate them.

Develop Self-love and Self-acceptance. When you develop these two, things will appear to you as needed for your evolution and you will not face any issues with your practice. With Self-love and Self-acceptance, you will also gain the wisdom of love and acceptance for others.

Be gentle with yourself. Treat your body/mind temple as you would treat a temple you visit — with love and devotion. If you are feeling uncomfortable and sick, then body is telling you to just stop. No guilt needed. Just stop.

In February 2005, I took initiation into Level-1 of Babaji’s Kriya Yoga and in April 2005, into Level-2. In Level-2, we were given a list of names of siddhas (meaning, “perfected beings”) and deities—all are infinite intelligences—and we were told the qualities of each intelligence. We were asked to choose based on what resonated with us and what qualities we wanted to invoke within ourselves, at that time. We got initiated into one mantra of our choice from that list. When they described the list, one of the descriptions was about siddhar tirumUlar (from now on I will use the more popular spelling and form, “Thirumoolar”). However, I did not take that mantra at that time, instead I got attracted to the mantra of Lord Muruga (also known as, skanda, kArtikEya, kumara, sanat kumara and subramanya). He is also known as, “The Lord of Siddhas.”

Muruga—The Lord of Siddhas

Mahavatar Kriya Babaji Nagraj

Siddhar Thirumoolar

Few months passed. Around early June 2005, I happened to be at my friend’s (he is also my music teacher) place, as he was giving a lecture-demonstration on Ayurvedic cooking. (yummy!) When we were all eating, he started talking to somebody and I happened to be nearby. I overheard him talk about how he got a message from Thirumoolar to do an internet search for a certain, “51 syllable Siva mantra,” so he can practice and teach to his music students. He had not started to teach that mantra, yet. This time, I strangely got attracted to the name “Siddhar Thirumoolar.” But, I did not ask about it. I felt, if I needed it, I would surely get it somehow. After that I forgot about it completely.

A couple of days later, I started to get this urge to find this mantra. I thought that I was just making it up. So, I ignored it. I kept getting this thought constantly. One week passed. I was just seeing, if that was just a random thought and would pass. But, it was not, and I could not resist it any longer. So, I googled, the terms, “51 syllable Siva mantra Thirumoolar.” The first site that popped up was, Thirumoolar’s Siva Yoga site. Here, I found the following mantra (also available in Tirumandiram (Vol 2, Verse 946)):

Om
Si va ya na ma
ya na va Si ma
ma va ya na Si
Si ya na ma va
va Si ma ya na
Om

For further details on this mantra and Siva yoga, visit the site. I practiced this mantra for about five minutes everyday, with the intent of contacting Siddhar Thirumoolar. Barely a week had passed. Then, on July 10, 2005, I had the following vision. I am quoting my journal entry below, with a few grammatical and spelling corrections.

Contact with Siddhar Thirumoolar (July 10, 2005)

Early this morning, I had a profound awakening from sleep. I didn’t know, if I was dreaming or awake. I saw red lasers emitting from my third eye. At the other end of the rays, there was a figure the half the size of my little finger. The figure was burning red surrounded by intense flames the color of the sun. I couldn’t make out who that was.

The figure said, “Your third eye is open and I want to enter.”

My head was already feeling burning hot from the flames from the figure.

I asked, “Who are you? Why should I let you in?”

Then, the figure said, “I am Thirumoolar and I want to help you.”

To that I said, “I surrender. Please help me.”

At that moment I saw my forehead split open. For a brief period I saw a bearded man in that opening. My head became unbearably hot. But, I was not afraid at all.

Then, the scene changed. I saw myself climbing the stairs in our home. My wife was coming down.

She asked, “Why are you like that?”

I replied, “Thirumoolar entered me. I am going to the pooja (meditation) room. I will talk to you after that.”

Then, the scene changed again. I found myself in Tiruchanoor (my native place in India). My father, my uncle and several other elders were sitting in a circle with piles of papers in front of them.

I asked, “What is all this?”

My father answered, “We are translating scriptures in Tamil to English.”

I nodded.

I was about leave and my father asked, “I forgot your guru’s name. What is it?”

I smiled and said, “Thirumoolar.” I left the room.

The vision ended there and no more after that.

In the morning, I was contemplating, if Kriya Babaji arranged for me to meet Siddhar Thirumoolar. A voice arose in me that said, “Obey Thirumoolar. He is also your guru.” I said to myself, “Okay.” The contemplation ended there.

Siddhar Thirumoolar is full of divine love and compassion. He is fiery in nature, like the brilliant sun, burning away the darkness of ignorance in me.

In few days after I got this vision, I received a message to get initiated into Siva yoga offered from the website mentioned above. As of writing this article, I have been initiated into and practicing Step-4.

I hope this article serves as an inspiration to any of you who are interested in contacting the great Siddhar Thirumoolar to ask for help on your path to self-mastery, enlightenment and ascension. Great ascended masters like him are available all around us to guide us in our quest for Truth.

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118 thoughts on “How I Contacted Siddhar Thirumoolar”

  1. dear guruji,

    i have read your articles and they are great beyond words.
    really spiritual interested persons like me it is most useful

    i am expecting more such articles in future also

    sundaram
    madurai

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  2. Simply Superb,

    I am very lucky and blessed to read this article and experiences, I Thank each and every one of you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Eyes full of tears when I read this.
    I thank my wife for referring this page.

    Keep sharing your experices. Thanks, Nanri

    OM Na ma Si va ya ! Si va ya na ma

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  3. U just dreamt a inception… Third eye is not the one which you think it is. Don’t misguide people saying “My third eye split open…………red laser………… ” You will pay for it….

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  5. Sharath,

    Inception is a very good movie. I enjoyed it and liked the “open ending” very much. :-)

    Sorry that you are having such bad days, that you had to come here, vent your frustrations and threaten me. I hope that helped you to have some peace of mind.

    Your criticism of me “misguide”ing people is unfounded, as I am NOT a guide to anybody. Each to his own. If you don’t like, what I write in my blog and you don’t resonate with it, move on to something else you like. Nobody is forcing you to read this blog or any other.

    Peace and light to you.

    Desika

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  6. Dear Sharath – Well done. really i appreciate your interest for the society

    Dear Desika –

    your reply to Sharath is Ridiculous and proves that you are not spiritual. Your blog is guiding people to madness. Learning and practicing meditation through web site or books will definitely lead to confusion and psychological disorders.
    please try to find out how many have already gone mad because of your blog writings and you will definitely stop this blog after knowing that.
    with good will
    Soorya

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  7. Hi Soorya:

    Again, I have not forced anybody to follow anything I say here. I never claimed to be an expert or guru and never claimed anything here to be a teaching. All I say in my blog is only my personal experience through my own practices. Follow your heart and never others. I have not judged you or Sharath or anybody else. You are judging me, nonetheless. These writings are coming out of my own experience and heart. If you want to read, fine. If you want to ignore, fine. Does not matter to me. Nothing given here is a teaching or anything like that. I don’t believe in one size fits all approach. Everybody is unique and they need to find their own path. I found mine and I stick with it. Even if everybody stops reading this blog, it is fine with me. I only follow my heart. Follow yours and don’t waste your precious time in attacking others.

    Whatever your agenda or motivation is behind your attack, may the peace and light be with you.

    Thanks,

    Desika

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  8. Hi again Soorya:

    I really need to thank you for your comment. The answer that came out of me in reply to your comment made me realize that I was attached to this blog at some level and that answer helped me dissolve that residual attachment.

    Thank you.

    Peace and Light,

    Desika

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  9. Soorya: thanks for enlightening him, in what is about to get him.

    Desika: I am not attacking even in a least sense. and you think I have no job? or What? beware my brother, karma what we get by being preposterous will never leave us until we repent on it sincerely.
    May be you can take my words in a good sense. If you really believe in deeds.

    Siddham is not a simple thing, that we can put in words to make people understand….even siddhas failed to deliver what they know. (VVV) and we ended up worshiping stones…

    “natta kallai theivam endru naalu pushpaam saatriye, sootri vandhu mununuvendru sollum mandhiram ethada??? natta kalum pesumoo?? naathan ulirukayil. Suta satti satuvam kari soovai ariyumo??”- Sithar Sivavaakiyar

    even if u had ur experience, is not that simple to put it in words. Think about it my brother.

    Refering to your blog, I accept its interesting to read different and a flying experience. but its not about interesting people.

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  10. Hi Sharath,

    Thank you. It was very hard for me to put my inner experience in words and still may not have conveyed it well. That seems to be the reason why Soorya, you and possibly some others have completely misunderstood my intentions. As I wrote in the update, my intention was never to mislead anybody or to suggest using this article as a technique to get some experience. It was only to say that Siddhars like Thirumoolar are there to help us when we understand their teachings in proper light. That’s all.

    When great siddhars have failed in that expression, as you put it, how can I presume to have succeeded? That would be arrogant of me. And, you are right that misunderstanding leads to ill-formed rituals. I never meant that anybody should blindly worship Thirumoolar or other siddhars (and if they do so blindly, then that is their level of understanding and I cannot judge them). In my inner communication with him, he specifically instructed me to avoid “blind” idol worship of him, other siddhars and deities. When there is divine essence in everything and everywhere — even the stones, then what is worship? Who is worshipping whom? Problems occur when we don’t see the divine within ourselves and others, and think that the divine is only in some idol or other sages we hold in high esteem. That is utter duality and not oneness that Thirumoolar taught me.

    I am not worried about or afraid of karma, as my intentions were and are pure. I have never written anything on this site that was not true for me.

    I have said everything I have to say on this topic and I won’t respond to similar comments anymore, since people understand others only through their own filters and they are solely responsible for those filters.

    Thank you for your concern for me.

    Desika

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  11. Dear Desika

    I wrote to you with some concern and with no intension of attacking you.
    Apologize if it had created an upset in you.

    I too wish you ‘may the peace and light be with you”
    Om Namasivaya

    regards

    Soorya

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  12. Hi Soorya,

    Your comment elicited a response from within that was expressed above, that’s all. There is no upset. In all my articles, I only try to reiterate independent mindedness and treading one’s own path without copying anyone else’s but maybe only deriving inspiration. One has to find the truth by one’s own efforts and I only express my truth. Point is that I cannot make everybody happy, it is impossible; no matter what I try to live my truth, and others need to live theirs. That’s what I was trying to say above.

    To me there is no difference between spirituality and materiality, since matter is condensed spirit — there is divinity in everything and everywhere. One only needs to see. I am grateful for your concern.

    Cheers,
    Desika

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  13. Veetil yogiramsuratkumar photo muun annaya villaku etruvathu sarriya, please tell the suggestion.

    By
    Ananthi Ganesan

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  14. Sir

    can this mantra be chanted by grihastaas?

    is there a fees for initiation?

    is it possible to get initiation in Chennai? the website doesnot have any address. only a contact email.

    tnx in advance

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  15. @Ananthi: I am not good at reading Tamil, especially the transliterated version. So, I don’t understand what you meant in your comment.
    @Kandhan: Yes, it can be chanted by anyone including grihastas. You need to go the Siva Yoga website for details. There is not fees for the initiations into the techniques. Siva Yoga Satsangs happen in Chennai, India, and you should be able to get all information from the Siva Yoga website–just send them an email with your questions.

    Cheers,
    Desika

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  16. Ananthi : Yogi ramsurat kumar is great yogi and praying him will give you only good things and goodwill.It’s the teachings we shld follow rather than just lighting him.

    Dear Desika ,
    I am really happy to hear the divine things. But you should know tamil better to understand thirumoolar more. He is Mahaavatar babaji’s Guru ,(Thirumoolar -> Bogar ->Kalinganathar ->Babaji )Guruji to all these .They belong to the famous 18 siddhars ,where you can see them in every sivan temple in tamilnadu .Thirumoolar gave thirumanthiram (has 3000 songs) which speaks about life,soul,body,athma .He came to meet agasthya and learnt tamil and wrote all the great things and thirumanthiram is already translated in english worldwide .But whats the reason you are saying to translate in english.Please be clear to state your ideas. God is in the state of no mind.Your travel should be from mind to no mind stage and thats what thirumoolar had said all along his life , a great saint who has lived for more than 3000 years. Osho will help you understand more about the saints but dont stick to any preachings expect shivam ,the one and only god of eternal

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  17. Anbe Sivam

    Its the spiritual life every human needs to live.Accept God and proceed with all trust and Confidence.when u believe yourself nothing is required.See god in each and every part of life.Nothing to argue and nothing to worry.We take nothing and bring nothing except blessing of God by the way of our life.All saints and Yogi are a great gift for us.Nothing wrong in practicing or trying out from person who says he has experienced some good vibrations.We humans are in a situation that , even if god comes and ask us to to do meditation or prayers we will never do.Instead if a actor says we will accept.There are few souls like desika who shares their experience .As he says if u wish do it , else leave it.There is no compulsion in this world.Live a life which u like.When we point on others there are rest 4 figures pointing us.

    Love is god…

    Seek god through love …

    Anbe Sivam

    Bala

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  18. Dear, Bandhu pranams just now gone through your article, which made us (friends) spellbound, we would like to know more of your experience with THIRUMOOLAR and KRIYA BABAJ., hope you can share this with us thtough the mail id., and we will be pleased if you can leave your address., so that we can come and meet you in person.,

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