OmniLight Invocations 365

Entrance to the site of the radiant symbol (Jothi or orb of light) of OmniLight in the Sathiya Gnana Sabhai (1872), or Hall Of Truth-Knowledge, designed by Ramalingam.

Arutperunjothi Agaval: Couplet: 33

துரியமுங் கடந்த சுக பூரணந்தரும்

அரியசிற் றம்பலத் தருட்பெருஞ் ஜோதி!

In

The

Mystic

Consciousness-Space

Of

Maximal

Excellence

And

Fullness

Of

Bliss,

Beyond

Turiya

Or

Pure

Consciousness,

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 cognates “அம்பலம்” (Ambalam) and “சபை” (Sabhai), is the public hall, or assembly, 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 Tamil expression “துரியம்” (Turiyam) (Sanskrit: तुरीय – Turiya) refers to the extraordinary fourth state of pure consciousness or awareness beyond the three states of ordinary consciousness: waking, dreaming, and dreamless deep sleep. This couplet affirms that there is a supernal blissful state of consciousness beyond even the Turiya state.

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