Santhosam Podcast: Guiding Light of Spiritual Wisdom

In the 24th Velvi discourse, Gurumahan unveils the timeless mystery of creation, revealing how the Primordial Source, the Self-luminous Shiva Jyoti resting in supreme stillness before the birth of the Universe, manifested as the countless lights that make up all of existence.

Before the Universe came into existence, it existed in absolute stillness, supreme peace.
Within that infinite peace, there was only one Life. If we are all individual souls, then every one of these individual souls has emerged from that One Infinite Life. The entire Universe is now filled with waves of consciousness and vibrations of pulsating energy. But before these waves of vibration arose, the Universe rested in profound silence. The one and only Reality that existed in that supreme stillness is the Primordial Source, the Supreme Truth (Meipporul).
This Supreme Reality remained completely absorbed within itself, resting in perfect stillness. That is why we call it Shiva. That is why we also call it the Shiva Jyoti. It is the Self-luminous Reality. Yet, in that state of absolute peace, its radiance remained unmanifest, hidden within itself. Consider a simple matchstick made in Sivakasi. Fire is already present within it, but it remains dormant. When the right conditions arise, a bright flame emerges from it. Now consider a firework. What exists within it? It carries the inherent potential and intention to express many different colours. When the right conditions are created, the colour that is meant to appear manifests accordingly. If it is designed to produce green, green light emerges. If it is designed to produce yellow, yellow light appears.
Likewise, every object possesses its own vibration and intrinsic awareness. Think of a sparkler. The moment it is ignited, countless sparks burst forth. In the same way, the entire Universe emerged like innumerable sparks from the Primordial Fire, even though everything had already existed in an unmanifest state within it. Similarly, when a firework rises upward and explodes into a magnificent display of many colours, it offers a glimpse of the emergence of the Universe.
That is why the Universe originated from one Infinite Light. The countless radiant sparks that emerged from that Eternal Flame are this entire Universe. Therefore, everything that has arisen from that Divine Light is itself a light. That Primordial Source is the Divine. Therefore, everything born from the Divine is, by its very nature, Divine.

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In the 24th Velvi discourse, Gurumahan unveils the ancient wisdom of the Moola Shakti, the Primordial Source of all creation, and reveals why just one minute of true connection is enough to awaken infinite peace, wisdom, power, and bliss.

The Primordial Source, the First Cause, and the Supreme Reality that pervades everything was realized thousands of years ago! The moment your awareness unites with this Moola Shakti (Primordial Power), you naturally attain vastness of mind, unconditional love, supreme wisdom, limitless power, boundless bliss, perfect beauty, and profound peace. From this very state of peace, the entire Universe emerged, and it is to this same state that you must return. That is why all of humanity continually seeks peace and happiness. This is also why we bless the world by saying, "May all beings live in bliss." Your true nature is joy, and this Peedam awaits you so that you may rediscover that eternal joy.

When you establish a connection with the Maha Shakti, the Primordial Source within you, you gain the power to accomplish whatever you truly aspire to. You can manifest what you sincerely seek and receive what you ask for in the right way. Today, many psychologists in the Western world have begun to recognize this principle. They teach various methods of self-development and mental conditioning to help people align their minds with this Primordial Power and achieve their goals. Yet the foundation of all these principles has always existed in the timeless spiritual wisdom of Bharath.

You may ask, "How do I reach this Primordial Source?" Just as you approach a generous benefactor to receive what you need, approach your mother for nourishment, your father for support, and your Guru for wisdom, you must learn how to approach the Moola Shakti itself. When you connect with that Primordial Source, everything becomes possible.

You do not have to undertake severe austerities. You need not meditate for 21 days as I did, or even for a week, a day, or an hour. I ask for only one minute. If you establish a true connection with the Moola Shakti for just one minute, that alone is enough. From that state, everything flows naturally.

Does electricity require an hour to pass through your body? The moment you touch it, you experience its power instantly. In the same way, O mind, the moment you touch the Moola Shakti, the Eka Jyoti, the Suyam Jyoti, it immediately draws you into itself. That single moment of divine contact transforms everything.

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In the 24th Velvi discourse, Gurumahan reveals that Nirvikalpa Samadhi is the highest spiritual attainment, where the individual transcends the body, mind, intellect, and even the Divine Light to merge completely with the Primordial Source, realizing the True Self in its absolute state of oneness.

I teach you to turn your Bhakthi inward, transcend the gross physical body, the subtle body, and even the body of intellect. Then realize the Atma as the Paranjothi, the Supreme Divine Light. Do not stop there. Go beyond that Divine Light, transcend even the Pranava (Om), the primordial cosmic sound, and finally unite with the Moola Shakti, the Primordial Source, the Absolute Power. This is to become one with the Origin itself.

The Yoga Shastras call this state Samadhi. Samadhi has many stages, including Prajñāta Samadhi, Asamprajñāta Samadhi, Vikalpa Samadhi, Savikalpa Samadhi, and Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Among them, Nirvikalpa Samadhi is the supreme state in which the individual merges completely with the Primordial Source, without any sense of separation.

In that state, there is no attachment, no pleasure, no pain, and not even the awareness of oneself as a separate individual. That is the state of the True Self (Thannilai). Every living being must attain this state.

O seekers of knowledge, come! Go beyond the intellect and realize your True Self. O those who have attained Mei Unarvu (True Awareness), establish the radiance of higher wisdom while abiding in that state of Self-realization. That is why this JnanaPeedam exists to nurture and bring forth many Mahans who will illuminate the world.

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In the 24th Velvi discourse, Gurumahan reveals why Vallalar promised to return and unveils the divine mission of the Paranjothi, to awaken the True Knowledge (Mei Arivu) within every seeker and lead humanity to the Deathless Great Life.

Vallalar discovered the means to open the Inner Eye (Netrikkan). That is why he raised a flag of yellow and white Through that flag, he called out to humanity, "Come! If you wish to become a great human being, if you wish to attain the Divine that dwells within you, if you wish to behold the Arutperunjothi shining within you, then journey inward through this subtle Nadi."

A yellow and white veil covers the space between your eyebrows. Just as a temple acharya draws aside the curtain before the sanctum to reveal the deity, a realized master who has attained Self-knowledge can show you how to remove this inner veil and open your Inner Eye. When you open it, you will realize the Lord who dwells within you. You will behold the One Divine Light, the Shiva Jyoti, the Self-effulgent Jyoti.

Vallalar repeatedly called, "Come! Come!" But people did not listen. They remained satisfied with external forms of worship. They believed that worshipping God in a form was enough. I tell you that true wisdom is to realize God exactly as God truly is. Just as a mother tells her child, "Speak exactly as things are," you must realize Reality exactly as it is.

Knowledge is of two kinds. One is Apara Jnana (worldly knowledge), and the other is Para Jnana (Supreme Knowledge). One is Vijnana (scientific knowledge), and the other is Mei Jnana (True Spiritual Wisdom). It is this Mei Jnana, this Supreme Knowledge, that leads you to every other form of knowledge.

Among the sixty-four arts, the highest is Saagaa Kalai, the Art of Deathlessness. This is the true spiritual art. Your physical body is subject to death, but the Arutperunjothi, the Divine Supreme Light, never dies. That is why Vallalar called humanity, "Come and live the Deathless Great Life."

People could not understand his message because they remained attached to bodily existence and had not yet developed the spiritual maturity to realize the state of deathlessness. Out of boundless compassion, Vallalar declared, "I will return." Why did he say that? Not because his work was unfinished, but because he saw humanity suffering without knowing the Truth. He wanted to awaken this inner awareness in every human being.

That is why Arutperunjothi has now manifested as the Paranjothi. Paranjothi Mahan quotes, "My purpose is not to perform miracles. My purpose is to awaken the Mei Arivu (True Knowledge) that already exists within each one of you. Once that inner knowledge awakens, your own direct experience will complete the entire spiritual journey".

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Gurumahan, in the 24th Velvi discourse, quotes "You Have Never Seen Yourself" and reveals Guru Nadi as the subtle pathway to knowing thy Self.

If one human being born into this world can attain the highest spiritual realization, then every one of you can certainly attain it. Let me give you an example. If I tell you that I will give one crore rupees to anyone who reaches Thirumoorthi Hills at 3:00 a.m. without eating or even drinking water, who among you can do it? Many of you can, especially those burdened with debt. When you see no other way to clear your debts and I show you one way, you will gladly remain without food for a day or even two days just to receive that reward. For the sake of material gain, you naturally develop Vairagya (detachment).

Look at a mother. She willingly embraces pain and sacrifice to give birth to her child. Wherever you place your deepest feeling and desire, you develop the detachment and endurance needed to achieve it.

Now tell me, why do you go to the temple? You have the darshan of God, but is that enough? Most people visit temples to seek wealth, prosperity, and worldly blessings, and they stop there. But is that the purpose of human life? Ask yourself instead, "Who is God? I truly want to see God."

You stand before a mirror and say, "I am looking at myself." But the mirror smiles and tells you, "You are not looking at yourself. You are only looking at your eyes, your nose, your face, and your body. You have never truly seen your real Self."

Just as an external mirror reflects your body, there is an inner path through which you can see your true Self. Although your body contains thousands of subtle energy channels (Nadis), with 101 principal Nadis and 10 major Nadis, three are especially important. Among them lies the most subtle and supreme channel, the Guru Nadi. It already exists within you. Travel through this Guru Nadi, and you will behold your true Self.

Do not confuse this Guru Nadi with the Nadi that reveals past lives. I am speaking about the subtle channel that lies between your two eyebrows. That is the Guru Nadi. That is the inner eye (Netrikkan). Unless you open this inner eye, you cannot truly see yourself.

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Gurumahan, in the 24th Velvi discourse, reveals the power of Vairagya, the key to self-realization.

Many people ask,
"Gurumahan, what do you do inside (Pranavalayam)? We can't even sit for one hour. Do you simply sit there? Don't you sleep? Don't you feel hungry?"

Yes, hunger comes.

"What about thirst?"

Yes, thirst comes too.

Pleasure and pain belong to the body's sensations. Hunger, thirst, urinating, passing stool, and sleeping all belong to the body.

As long as you identify yourself as the body and remain bound by its sensations, these bodily experiences keep driving and influencing you.

But once you transcend the body, you go beyond these bodily sensations.

When you abide in the state of the Paranjothi Atma (the Supreme Self of Divine Light), and realize, "I am the one who operates this body," the body no longer affects you. The intellect observes the pleasure and pain experienced by the body.

But the Atma remains beyond them, untouched by both good and bad.

One can explain this in words.

But to truly experience it, one essential quality is required: Vairagya (detachment).

Yes, Vairagya is essential.

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In the 24th Velvi discourse, Gurumahan reveals what lies beyond the inner Divine Light and reveals the Upanishadic path to the Supreme Source.

In the previous century, seekers searched for God everywhere. They searched in every temple. Finally, they searched within themselves.
They realized the truth expressed in the words, "O Moon, tell me the secret by which one realizes oneself and attains bliss." They discovered that secret. Going deeper and deeper within, they realized that the Ātma (Soul) is a radiant being of light. But the journey does not end with seeing that inner light. One must ask: What lies beyond that light? Imagine a person wandering helplessly in darkness. We show that person a light, and he walks toward it. As soon as he sees the light, he finds his path and reaches his destination.
Is that enough? No. We must also express gratitude to the One who revealed that light. The One who guided us stands beyond the light itself.
Therefore, the seeker prays: "O Supreme Lord who dwells beyond the light, I long to behold You." As the seeker moves beyond the inner light, another reality unfolds. There, the sacred Pranava, the Omkara (Om) vibration is experienced.
When one transcends even that divine sound, what remains? There exists the all-pervading Cosmic Thought that fills the entire Universe.
Whose thought is this? It is the thought of the Supreme Reality, the Primordial Essence, the Original Power (Moola Shakti). This Primordial Power itself shines as radiant consciousness.
Within every human being, life exists inside the body. When that life becomes illumined, it is known as the Ātma, the enlightened soul. Where did this soul originate? It emerged from the Paramātma, the Supreme State that exists as the Primordial Essence, Primordial Power, and Infinite Cosmic Energy (Mahā Shakti). That is why the ancient wisdom first instructs humanity:
"Go beyond the body. Enter within." When you transcend the body and journey inward, you will behold the Ātma, which shines as the Supreme Divine Light (Paranjothi). Does the journey end there? No. Many Vedas and Upanishads describe the realization of this inner light. Yet one of the profound revelations of the Upanishads is the discovery of what exists beyond that light .
Beyond the light is the Tharparam, the Supreme Reality beyond all reach. Saint Arutprakasa Vallalar attained this exalted realization through deep contemplation. As he repeatedly reached toward the unattainable Supreme and fixed his awareness upon It, he realized:"I discovered within myself the Here, the Beyond, and the One Supreme Reality that unites both." The Supreme Light that Vallalar realized is 'Love itself'. That same Divine Light is 'Compassion itself'. Therefore, that Light has expanded everywhere in the Universe as the Infinite Supreme Compassion. To understand this all-pervading cosmic expansion is science.
To realize the Primordial Source behind that universal expansion is True Spiritual Science (Mei Ariviyal). Today, the land that reveals this profound spiritual science to the world is Bharat (India).

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In the 24th Velvi discourse, Gurumahan reminds us that we are all Light beings. Born from the Supreme Light, our true identity is not merely the physical body, but the Divine Light that shines within every one of us.

Everything that emerged from the Divine Light now shines as light itself. That Light is self-existent. No one lit it. It is the Self-effulgent Light, the highest, supreme Light, known as Paranjothi.

That Paranjothi radiates as the *Light of Grace (Arul Jyoti)*. The Light that encompasses and transcends everything is also called Shiva Jyoti. All that exists is That One alone; therefore, it is the *One Light (Eka Jyoti)*. Yet, that One has manifested as countless lights.

When that Light vibrated, it became Nada Jyoti (the Light of Divine Sound). As it expressed itself, it became Bindu Jyoti (the Light of Divine Manifestation). Thus, the Paranjothi, which was once the One Light, now shines as all lights.

Therefore, every one of us is Light. Everything that has emerged from the Divine Light can only remain Light.

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Gurumahan reveals the cosmic origin of Tamil, in the 24th Velvi discourse.

Mayan declares in his Ainthiram, "The noble Tamil is the source that governs the world."

Do not look upon Tamil as merely a language. Tamil existed even before stone and earth came into being. Before stone and earth appeared, Light came into existence, and with that Light, Tamil also emerged.

The very origin of the Universe is Tamil. That is why Tamil is expressed through the five sacred syllables: Ith, A, M, I, Zh. From Ith, the primordial fire, from the primordial light, the stillness began to move and harmonize. It then manifested as the Pranava Nada (Om). From that Om emerged its very essence as Divine Light.

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In the 24th Velvi Discourse, Gurumahan Reveals Why the World Needs Bharath More Than Ever.

I speak of this truth: humanity has achieved great scientific progress in the external world, but if you truly want happiness and lasting peace, Bharath must show the way. Wherever people are born in this world, Bharath exists to guide them toward peace. Speaking about peace is easy; living it through your thoughts, words, and actions is the real achievement. Our ancestors did not merely preach, they lived what they taught. That is why this sacred land gave birth to such extraordinary souls. If Bharath lives, the whole world will live. For the world to flourish, Bharath must flourish. And for Bharath to flourish, Tamil Nadu must flourish.

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