My helping spirit is my father. If I need to contact any other spirit, it is only through him that I contact them. Whenever I want to communicate with my father, I used to pray in my mind. After offering incense and camphor, I follow the writing method to communicate with him.

The concept of ‘spirit’ induces fear in many people. How did you take this as a profession?

Like any common man, I was also afraid of spirits initially. In the preliminary stages, I just gathered facts about spirits. Later I came to know about both good and bad spirits and the precautionary methods to safeguard from bad spirits, which are very vital for any medium slowly. I gained expertise in contacting only good spirits. So after that, I took it up as a profession.

Do you remember your first exposure to spirits? How did you feel then?

Yes, I do and that was in 1984. My first exposure to spirits was through automatic-writing method. One night around 09.00 p.m. (as per the traditional procedure), before an oil lamp, I came in touch with a spirit named Damodaran. My hands suddenly became weak and numb. I was watching my hands (as a third person), as if they were not mine. Then my hands started shivering. The pen in my hand started moving automatically. The words were not clear. It took about an hour to get 15 words, mostly of ‘yes’ or ‘No’ type. I asked doubts relating to spirits themselves to Damodaran. My family was witnessing this incident doubting whether I was moving my hands myself. But it was not so. My first exposure was with fear, thrill, interest and also confusion, as it used to be for any new Medium (a medium is a person who acts as a go-between and is able to receive messages from the spirits).