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Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.  Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation   25. Experiencing the Divine within God is residing in our body together with our soul (life force within).   However, the our soul does not know that form of God that is within the body! Our Saint Thirumoolar sings about this nicely. உள்ளத் தொருவனை உள்ளுறு சோதியை உள்ளம் – soul (Life force); ஒருவனை – the God who is incomparable; உள்ளத் தொருவனை – the incomparable God who is within the soul; உள்ளுறு சோதியை – that effulgent God who is in the form of light. உள்ளம்விட் டோ ரடி நீங்கா ஒருவனை 1 ஓரடிநீங்கா – God who is not even away by a step from the soul உள்ளமுந் தானும் உடனே இருக்கினும் 2 Though God and the soul are residing together உள்ளம் அவனை உருவறி யாதே The Soul does not have the vision of the form of the God! The soul is residing in the body without knowing the God who is also within.   உள்ளத் தொருவனை உள்ளுறு சோதியை உள்ள...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.  Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 16. How is the human body related to the life force within the body ? After explaining clearly about the impermanent nature of the human body, our saint Thirumoolar moves to explain about type of relationship between the human body and the life force within. ஐவர்க்கு ஒருசெய் விளைந்து கிடந்தது   செய் – paddy field; we call them in two categories, wet land for growing food or dry land for grass. ஐவர்க்கு - five persons. Here he refers to the five senses in the human body and calls them five potters.   ஒருசெய் – one field has grown full of weeds – these have grown due to the consequences of past karma. Here the field is the human body that we have in this life – it is the temple that holds the life force. ஐவர்க்கு ஒருசெய் விளைந்து கிடந்தது ஐவரும் அச்செய்யைக் காத்து வருவர்கள் In each of us, our body is the field in which our five senses (namely, ...

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.    Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 15. That Illusory Youthfulness   The human body is impermanent. Once the body perishes, all the life principles within also decay immediately. Therefore, our Saint Thirumoolar reminds us that while the body is alive, we should make every effort to use the life principles within us to realise our true nature, the indwelling divinity. Now, he moves on to explain the illusory nature of youthfulness. During this phase of life, forces of desire are bustling in a person. What we fail to acknowledge is that this youthful phase in one’s life is but a short period that will soon go away very quickly! Using the body’s strength and attractive features, human beings are tempted to dwell deeply in worldly desires,  spoil their body and regret later!  Our Saint Thirumoolar laments at this sad situation! He strongly recommends that when a person has a strong body, t...