OmniLight Invocations 365

An old photo of Siddhi Valaagam (சித்தி வளாகம்) or “Abode of Adepthood”, Mettukuppam, Vadalur, Tamilnadu, India. It was Ramalingam’s final residence and venue of his last talk in October 1873.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 25

சச்சிதா னந்தத் தனிப்பர வெளியெனும்     

அச்சிய லம்பலத் தருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

In

The

Singular,

Transcendent

Consciousness-Space

Of

Satchidananda,

Pure

Being,

Consciousness,

And

Bliss,

Abiding

In

Similitude,

OmniLight Of Supreme Compassion!

Notes:

Starting with couplet 14, these couplets refer to the higher spaces (Tamil: வெளி or Veli) and levels of consciousness in which the OmniLight manifests itself.

Another connotation of the Tamil expression “வெளி” (Veli), and its cognate “அம்பலம்” (Ambalam), is the assembly, or public hall, or intersubjectively accessible space. Hence, the “public halls” or higher spaces of manifestation of OmniLight described in these couplets are accessible by qualified persons or beings in advanced states of conscious experience.

The Arutperunjothi Agaval is Ramalingam’s magnum opus of spiritual enlightenment poetry composed in 798 couplets in 1872.