February 16, 2002

Last night, I had a very insightful and wonderful dream of Lord Skanda. I was seated in front of an altar. I recall that I was singing a song and crying. Tears were flowing like a river in spade down my cheeks. The song I was singing was Kanthar Anubhuthi! I remember looking at a picture of Lord Murugan’s feet. It was the picture from our altar room, where He is flanked both sides by Sri Valli and Devayanai. I was intensely focussed on Lord Skanda’s feet! I then wiped the tears off my face. As I was doing this, I felt the presence of someone beside me. I looked to my left and there was a person seated to my left! He was about 12-13 years old, fair-skinned, very pretty, dark black hair, and wearing pure white veshti. He (Skanda?) also had an aura around Him of golden light. As he turned to face me, I foolishly ignored Him and continued to place the target of my devotion at the altar on Sri Skanda’s feet. I then awoke.

I didn’t fully understand this dream until I read a book few months later, when I immediately linked what I was reading to this dream. In Karthikeyan’s Book, Kanthar Anubhuthi (God-Experience) of Saint Arunagirinathar. 2nd ed., the author writes: