The Siddha is describing the qualities and characteristics of a person who lives a happy life. Such a man serves his father and mother, gods and unannounced visitors.
A guest is called athithi in Sanskrit. One who lands up at our doorstep without mentioning a date or thithi through a letter or a phone call is an athithi. A happy man worships the Guru. He is filled with compassion, is pure of mind and body and practices control of the sense organs all the time.
From such an attitude, goodness is born and this protects the people eternally. Such qualities are seen in a good person at all times. Such people are also endowed with peace of mind as a result of good actions.
All people who practice these values in life accrue good actions. When they live their life this way, they never wander to the wrong path in life at any point of time. These are the people who keep this world going in its path. The yogi and the liberated soul enjoys a greater place in life than even such people who are good and do good.
When a person lives such a life of dharma for a long period of time, they are liberated in due course from the grip of modification and change which is the nature of this world. A living being always meets with situations in life every day according to his actions of the past. It is only because of this reason that they have arrived in this world with a mind that reacts to all the modifications and changes around.
People have this common doubt about what is the mental affirmation that precedes assuming a body by an individual.
It was the creator who first created his own body, created the three states of existence— waking, dream and deep sleep—and all the worlds and other creatures. He first created nature after creating his own body and then filled nature with his own presence. All that has been created in this way is destructible and it is called Kshara. That which transcends this creation, has been before it, through it and will remain even after creation ends is called Aksharam or the indestructible.
The transcendental presence, the created world and the creator are a combination that creates all the variety and duality in this world.
The ancient texts talk of the creation of this world by the creator—the master of all beings—with the whole lot of beings, plants and animals. The grand creator of this universe instituted time which initiated change and modification. This caused beings to undergo change and also return to creation again and again in the form of rebirths.
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