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“Pillai Center gave me a rare and unique opportunity, the ability to feel peace and obtain faith during a tumultuous time in my life.

I had been extremely ill for a month and was unable to function which had lead to increased anxiety and depression. I slowly started getting better and began to reinsert myself into daily life. Then I got the worst news, my mother had passed away suddenly from a drug overdose.

My mother and I were very close and the shock of losing her when all signs had pointed that she was getting better had paralyzed me. I had started spiraling with the emotions of grief that took over my life. I immediately reverted back to being full of anxiety and depression and felt as though I had wanted to give up on life. It is not an easy hole to climb out of when you are so far into it.

The Pillai Center team and teachings had helped me to see that I have a purpose and am not done with this life.

I had been studying on and off with Dr. Pillai and his teachers for over a year, but because I was not dedicated, I had not built a solid foundation to handle these types of situations.

The opportunity arose for me to have a Maha Tarpanam performed for my mother to help her soul reach the highest realms. I was skeptical at first, however, I took the advice of a Pillai Center Teacher and the team who helped me and purchased the Maha Tarpanam.

The ritual needs to be performed at a specific time period after death, so I had to just sit and wait. So I went about my business and figured my part was done once it was ordered, and had actually forgotten when the Maha Tarpanam was to be performed. I also tried alternative methods for dealing with my grief which helped me to get through the day.

In comes the MIRACLE…

As I said before, I had been very skeptical and this caused me to struggle a lot with faith. One night as I lay in bed, I was overcome with an overwhelming sense of peace. This is abnormal enough for me that I had noticed it and even questioned why all of a sudden I felt everything was going to be ok.

I wake up the next morning feeling refreshed and again had notice there was a significant change I couldn’t quite pinpoint.

Then I check my email…..

I had gotten a report telling me that the Maha Tarpanam had been performed on my behalf the previous night around the time I started feeling better.

The impact was so jarring it took a little bit for me to register just how impactful this ceremony was in my life. I now have faith that the higher forces are out there and they can be reached through meditation and Fire Ceremonies; and am actively participating in home remedies, sponsoring certain Fire Labs, and joined Miracle School.

To go from zero faith to believing the possibility that things can change and the Archetypes are with me is a complete shift in the way I once viewed things.

I am eternally grateful to Dr. Pillai and his team of teachers that have helped set me on the path of my purpose. “

by Crystal S.

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