We may especially need help with balance during this two week period called Mahalaya or the time that the ancestors are close to the earth plane. The ancestors can upset or bother us at this time so we have to continue to offer the tarpanam to them. Learn how. AstroVed and Pillai Center are still offering services for the last half of this time period. Learn more. Sucharita gave us lively insights on the Mahalaya Paksha.
Sucharita tells us to pay attention to signs that come to us from other dimensions. Be aware that the ancestors are constantly trying to thwart us in our forward progress. They want to be fed! And they will bother us until we pay attention to them.
Navaratri or the Nine Nights of the Goddess is coming up. She tells us that the Goddess energy needs to be woken up inside of all of us, both men and women. Read about this event in the “Upcoming Events” section below. The Goddess energy is the energy that is caring and wants to create comfort and abundance in our lives. This is the motherly unconditional love that we all desire. The first three nights are for Durga (energy and power), 2nd three nights are for Lakshmi (abundance) and the 3rd three nights are for Saraswati (wisdom).
Important Upcoming Events:
The final week of Mahalaya (Ancestors’ Fortnight) Sept 17 – 30, 2016
All your ancestors will be with you during these two weeks, and they can bring you gifts if they are in a good place. This is the second week of the Mahalaya Paksha. Your tarpanam offerings help ancestors to move into higher planes of light and end their suffering. Make sure to offer tarpanam at least once a day. Learn how. Read about the benefits available from our ancestors on the 10th through the 14th moon on Pillai Center.
Pradosham – Tuesday, Sept 27 @ 4:04 p.m. EDT – Wednesday Sept 28, 2016 at 5:02 p.m. EDT The 13th moon is called Pradosham and this is an especially good time to remove karma. Dr. Pillai says that everyone has a choice to live his/her old karma or create a new one. Because they do not know the technology to change their old karma, they simply live their old karma until they die. Roll lemons, limes and coconuts around the head and shoulders and let them absorb the negative karma. Cut the limes or smash the coconut to destroy that karma.
Ganesha’s 14th Moon – Thursday, Sept 29th 2016 Ganesha is very powerful and present on the 4th and 14th moon phases. Call on him to remove your obstacles by chanting his mantra, Om Gum Ganapataye Namaha. Roll and break a coconut to remove obstacles and karma.
Navaratri or Nine Nights of the Goddess Oct 1 – 9, 2016 The ancient Sanskrit text dedicated to the Supreme Goddess, called ‘Shrimad Devi Bhagvatam’, considers Her greater than the Trinity (archetypes Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva). Navaratri is the power time when Goddesses descend to the Earth plane in different forms each night. This is a very important time to do participate in powerful ceremonies because the Goddess, the divine feminine archetypal energy that is behind success and manifestation, is available in abundance. Both Pillai Center and AstroVed offer rituals for this important event. AstroVed lists the 10 forms of the Goddess that will be invoked and what their energies are. (LINK)
New Moon and the last night of Mahalaya Paksha – Friday, Sept 30,2016
If you missed any of the first 13 days, the New Moon is highly recommended. This is also an essential day for doing Tarpanam for those who died due to weapons or accidents. Dr. Pillai says “There is a gift-giving time from the ancestors to their descendants living on this earth plane. The ancestors who passed from the earth and living in another plane are invoked to give abundant blessings. This 2-week period is very critical for you, for everyone. Even the enlightened yogis and rishis wait for this time, which comes only once a year, to get blessings from their own ancestors.” Learn more.
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