{"id":10817,"date":"2018-09-16T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T04:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/?p=10817"},"modified":"2018-09-16T09:40:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T04:10:32","slug":"powertime-dancing-shiva-brings-equinox-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/powertime-dancing-shiva-brings-equinox-enlightenment","title":{"rendered":"Powertime: Dancing Shiva Brings Equinox Enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/nataraja-dancing-shiva-800X450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/nataraja-dancing-shiva-800X450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/nataraja-dancing-shiva-800X450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/nataraja-dancing-shiva-800X450-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/nataraja-dancing-shiva-800X450-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/nataraja-dancing-shiva-800X450-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Powertime: Dancing Shiva Brings Equinox Enlightenment<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Sunday, Sept 23 PDT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;The dance is a symbol, the symbol of movement. That is the dance. The dance is life, and life is movement. He is a still dancer. It&#8217;s a dance that carries stillness, which is the opposite of movement.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Dr. Pillai<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In many places in India,\u00a0<strong>people hydrate statues of Nataraja, the Dancing Shiva, on the Autumnal Equinox<\/strong>. According to traditional teachings, this brings the Archetype to life.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing the Dancing Shiva to life through hydration is said to\u00a0<strong>invoke blessings of enlightenment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a sense, you can say that the stillness is enlightenment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>HOW TO OPTIMIZE THIS POWERTIME:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chant Shiva&#8217;s Maha Mantra: Om Namah Shivaya<\/strong>. It&#8217;s pronounced ohm NAH-mah shee-VAH-yah. Dr. Pillai teaches that it can bring rapid enlightenment and remove your unwanted karma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chant the \u201cGiver of Joy\u201d Mantra<\/strong>. \u201cJaya\u201d means \u201cvictory to.\u201d \u201cShank\u201d means \u201cjoy.\u201d \u201cHara\u201d means \u201cgiver.\u201d The mantra below invokes Shiva, as the Giver of the Highest Joy, to be triumphant in your life.<\/p>\n<p>Jaya Jaya Shankara X 4 (JAH-yah SHAHN-kah-rah)<\/p>\n<p>Hara Hara Shankara X 2 (HAH-rah SHAHN-kah-rah)<\/p>\n<p>Jaya Jaya Shankara X 1<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/-P50187.aspx\">Join our Vedic priest specialists for Equinox Hydration Prayers<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0on Sunday, September 23 PDT<\/strong>. They will invoke the Dancing Shiva on your behalf. Enjoy the benefits from home via Vedic proxy (distance) technology, and watch it live via modern technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video below to learn how to perform Dancing Shiva Hydration Prayers at home<\/strong>. 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