Every action requires to have positive and negative side of views and I personally believe that our surrounding plays a big role on how we interpret certain things in our life. There is a says that, if we plant a mango seed we will have a mango tree, so for sure whatever we absorb it will come out as our action.
What is possess? Some said that it’s a desire to have something, we have been controlled by a spirit or evil, imagine yourself have a great power, an unhealthy pattern of thinking, some said it as a personality disorder disease and so on.
But as per my research and understanding possession can be categorized as negative and positive. Positive possession helps the individual to be possessed by the good characters of someone else and follow their ideology and way of life. This leads to their betterment in life. While negative possession has become a major issue in this modern culture as it may lead our life to endless miserable.
“He was possessed by “Lord Murugan”, have we been heard this before? I am sure not. Normally we heard and seen people will get possessed by “God Sanggili Karuppar”, “Goddess Kaali” and “God Ayyanar”. As we know God Murugan classified as child God and his appearance looks so calm. The people who get possessed by God Murugan have less attractions to show off if they get possessed. If they possessed by “Goddess Kaali” then fears, anger, blood, fire, sharp equipment, shouting voice easily get attracted by people. It is a way to make people to see us.
Here the surrounding and environment plays a vital role. We may not hear the stories of ghost and gods that appear and walk around the village anymore as we all are now living in high rise, gated and guarded community. This stories all are made up by people who lives in an environment which surrounded by same minded people. But, how do they know each and every details of this God? How the God walks? How the God talk? or how the ghost make sound? The answer lies within them as this type of community were raised in the same environment as their ancestors were. We all know the famous saying “child see; child do”. They just followed unconsciously as they see their older generation do.
This type of possession from Gods and ghost are not seen in meditation centers such as Baba Centers and other places visited by the most educated community people. Does this mean educated community have no connection with God? The ghost doesn’t like the educated community? Are those rituals only works in villages? So many questions, but there is only one answer. Whatever we let into ourselves will eventually come out. So be wise in letting anything inside ourselves. Choose the positive and good environment for ourselves and future generation.
By Archanah Gopalan, TTC
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