PAINTING NANDHI click on image for a larger view and more information (these are prints of the original paintings)
Babaji	Yoga Breath
Serene Depth	Kundalini
Tapas Mountain	Supreme Self
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The paintings of Nandhi kindle insight into the Inner Self while revealing the ancient yogic practice of the Tamil Siddhars, the perfected Beings who attained the body of light. Nandhi's journey into the mystical realms of the Siddhars began 14 years ago in South India, when, as a young, healthy man, he experienced the sudden shocking sure knowledge of his impending death. He struggled and resisted fiercely initially, but soon realized that in this matter, he was powerless. As soon as he had reached this point of inner surrender, a knock was heard on the door of his home. A young saint (holy man), whom Nandhi had never before seen, stood outside and announced that he had come to save Nandhi from his karmic death and instead to initiate Nandhi into the path of light. Nandhi followed this saint into the forest and through a series of rituals felt the forces of subtle truth awaken within. His journey into the eternal had begun. Innumerable experiences with the Divine have marked Nandhi's journey from that moment. His path has been made more clear by several realized spiritual teachers, but it was in Thiruvannamalai, a sacred mountain in South India, that he met his guru, Ayya (which means "father"), who was practicing a very austere meditation in his mountain cave. Ayya initiated Nandhi into the path of Siddha (meaning the attainment of perfection through divine grace), and Nandhi was blessed with the vision of God Himself in the form of the sacred mountain Thiruvannamalai. He describes this amazing, transforming vision as "the two eyes immersed in the splendor of splendors, which the mind can only know as the blissful awareness in the state of samadhi, when the third eye opens and sees the universe within with the only experience being indescribable joy beyond comparison".