Here is one point of view:
It is well-known that spirits (good or evil) can enter
one's body and "possess" that person for short/long
durations of time, thus taking control of the person's
mental (and hence physical) faculties. Observance of
Nithyakarma AnushtAnams will lessen or eliminate the
"possession" by evil spirits.
(By extension, a person's Sookshma Shareeram or
"subtle" body, can, after death, enter/take another
body as its abode in the next birth).
Hence the "AVesham" that you refer to, if genuine, is,
in the writer's opinion, perfectly acceptable and
real.
Ashok Krishnamurthy
--- Sampath G <sampath_govindachari@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha
> Srimathe Nigamantha Maha Desikaya Namaha
>
> Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divyapadukasevaka Srivan
> Satakopa Sri NarayanaYatindra Mahadesikaya namaha
>
> Dear Bhagavathas,
>
> Recently I had come across some instances where ,
> people by virtue of their faith in deity , claim
> that at certain instances , the deity itself come on
> them and they start behaving as if they are Almighty
> and the priests start worshipping them , showing
> 'arti' etc. Some times persons become very
> ferocious and others looking at or near by start
> trembling.
>
> We have read in books that Alwars due to their
> immense involvement and dedication in Lord , forgot
> themselves and went in to a state of 'trans' . I do
> not know whether we could equate the present
> behaviour to that state of Alwars .
>
> While I am not questioning the validity or sincerity
> of the faith in Almighty by these kinds of persons,
> people even call them as blessed persons , I feel
> that such state in present day circumstances could
> be due to combining effect of the person's
> involvement and faith in respective demigods / God
> coupled with his poor state of health .
>
> Will some one clarify , whether such states are
> accepted in our srivaishnava culture or if so , the
> reason for such behaviour of those persons.
>
> This question is not to HURT any one's faith or
> deminish the level of faith in God or to question
> the validity .It is only to get clarified on a query
> , which I have been having for quite some time.
>
> Regards
>
> Adiyen , Ramanuja Dasan ,
>
> G.Sampath
>
>
>
>
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