In Quest of Light

Paul Newman, an English theologician and poet, sought of God the mellowness to place every step forward in quest of the Light.

Lead Kindly Light
Lead Thou me on
Amidst the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on
yet one step enough for me

Our elders lit up lamps in various ways to comprehend the Lord who is in the form of an Eternal Light within and also without.

Deepamangala Jyothi Namo Nama. Jyothi Jyothi Jyothi Sivam, Jyothi Jyothi Jyothi Param.

Poigai Azhwar (a Vaishnavite saint) visualized this Earth as a Lamp, the Oceans as Ghee, the Sun as a wick, and sought the Light in the Cosmos.

Vaiyam thagazhiya Vaarkadale neyyaaga VeyyakkadhironVilakkaaga Seyya Sudaraazhiyaan Adikke Sootinen Sonmaalai idaraazhi neengugave enru.

Boothathazhwar (another Vaishnavite saint), envisaged Love as the Lamp, Devotion as the Ghee, Heart as the wick and lit up the Lamp of Wisdom.

Anbe thagazhiya Aarvame neyyaaga Inburugu Sindhai idu Thiriya Nanburugi Gnanachudar Vilaketrinen Naaranarkku, Gnanathamizh purindha naan

Peyazhwar (another Vaishnavite saint), enlightened by the wisdom of the saints gone before him, that which is present outside is present within too, comprehended the Lord with his inner mind and revelled in the bliss of having seen the Lord’s glowing form within.

Thirukkanden Ponmeni kanden Thigazhum Arukkan Ani Niramumkanden Serukkilarum Ponnaazhi kanden PuriSangam kaikkanden Ennazhivannanpal inru.

It is that bliss which we must seek. Realize the concept our elders attempted to instil in us that “the human body is a temple, and the heart is the sanctum where the Lord resides”

Oonudambu Aalayam, Ullam Perunkoil.

If you comprehend this, you become a Gnaani.

The Atma is in the form of a Jyothi within us. But we imagine that the soul is that within and the physical form contains it. Only Jyothi is real