I knew I had a leaf. I was at an evening seminar Toronto lead by an enlightened Siddha Master from India. He spoke of these mysterious leaves that promised to be destiny changing.
Although the logic of it seemed improbable, my gut feeling was that I had a leaf and I was going to India to find it. I knew I had a leaf.
Within 4 weeks I was at the entrance to a ‘Nadi House’ where the leaves were waiting. I’d since learned that written on these leaves was the story of my soul; what was my past, present and the future of my journey. The system itself was referred to as Nadi Astrology and I was at a Nadi Reader’s house to experience ‘something’ that was truly amazing. The anticipation was a mix of anxiety and excitement.
I was ushered into a small room filled with heady incense and the sweet aroma of chai tea. The Nadi Reader had bundles of ancient palm leaves on the desk in front of him. He ceremoniously unwound the string that held the seemingly fragile writings together. The actions were so reverent. He pondered over the first leaf for a moment and then began to ‘read’. I couldn’t understand a word as the language was the almost lost old Tamil that was written and spoken in prose. I was swept away in its charming intoxicating spell only to be urged to consciousness as the translator asked me if I had 3 brothers.
I obliged with the terms of agreement only to answer yes or no to the Reader’s questions. I said no. He flipped to the next leaf in the bundle and started to ‘sing’ again. The translator asked if my mother’s name started with ‘pa’. I said no. Again, the reader flipped to the next leaf. Was I born on a Tuesday? Yes. Did my father work as a doctor? No… on to the next leaf. It went on for about 45 minutes like this. Yes or no. Yes or no.
Then yes, yes, yes, yes….was this my leaf? All the answers were yes!
My leaf had been found. The next step was to have the leaf and all its’ ‘chapters’ translated and go and do the remedies.
…To Be Continued…


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