{"id":1760,"date":"2014-06-27T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2014-06-27T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:30:06","slug":"the-guru-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/the-guru-factor","title":{"rendered":"The Most Important Factor in Your Spiritual Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dr. Pillai describes the energy of the Guru, a cosmic principle embodied by authentic Spiritual Teachers charged by the Grace of the Full Moon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fmg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fmg.jpg\" alt=\"fmg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fmg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fmg-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fmg-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/fmg-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">What is the Guru?<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Guru is the most important factor in anybody\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>Guru is an energy.<\/p>\n<p>It is not a person. Although the person can embody this energy.<\/p>\n<p>Guru literally means &#8216;one who removes the darkness&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Darkness is responsible for ignorance and it is because of ignorance that we do not know what to do with our life, which also includes what to do to make money, what to do to get a relationship, what to do to get health.<\/p>\n<p>All of these things are in the domain of ignorance currently.<\/p>\n<p>The Guru can remove this energy of Darkness and bring Light instead.<\/p>\n<p>And that event happens during the Guru Purnima Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Spiritual Significance of the Guru Purnima Date<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>All of the Gurus descend into the Earth plane on this day.<\/p>\n<p>People who are now living in the Himalayas and other mountains, they look forward to this Guru Purnima Day.<\/p>\n<p>They have a chance to go and see these Gurus who have ascended. Because the Gurus come to the Earth plane they are benefited by the energy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gurufeet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gurufeet.jpg\" alt=\"gurufeet\" width=\"263\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gurufeet.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/gurufeet-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what is this &#8216;Guru&#8217; or Guru\u2019s <em>energy<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>It is the one that<em> is the energy of God<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #993300\"><em>Guru Bramha Guru Vishnu,<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #993300\"><em>Guru Devo Maheshswara<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #993300\"><em>Guru Shakshat Parambramha<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #993300\"><em>tas me Sri Guruve Namaha<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Guru is the Creator God, he is the Protector God,<\/p>\n<p>he is also the God who dissolves everything.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">Guru is the Means for Fast Spiritual Evolution<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>The Guru is everything and it is through his presence that one ever gets enlightenment.<\/p>\n<p>It is very, very difficult to get enlightenment without the Grace of the Guru.<\/p>\n<p>If one has the Grace of the Guru, then that person can&#8211;in leaps and bounds&#8211;progress in any area of life.<\/p>\n<p>I have personally not known anybody who has made great strides in their spiritual evolution without the Guru.<\/p>\n<p>The Guru is the key for spiritual evolution.<\/p>\n<p>On the Guru Purnima Day there is a special energy that comes from the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>The Moon is associated with giving us an enlightened consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>It gives us <em>Amrita<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Amrita on this day descends into your brain. It is generated within the Pineal Gland. It descends into different parts of the brain including the third ventricle.<\/p>\n<p>This <em>Amrita<\/em> or the elixir, is responsible for all of the super-normal powers. Omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence all happen because of the <em>Amrita<\/em> that gets generated through the Grace of Guru on this Guru Purnima Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Pillai&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The Guru Purnima Event of 2014 is coming up in just a few weeks! <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Dr. Pillai is sharing the blessings of the the Guru and a RARE Full Moon Amrita initiation in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<a href='https:\/\/pillaicenter.leadpages.net\/guru-purnima-amrita-initiation\/' class='big-button bigblue' target=\"_blank\">Click Here for Details<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who, or should we ask what, is the Guru? 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