{"id":7349,"date":"2016-09-25T13:34:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/?p=7349"},"modified":"2023-09-23T05:07:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T23:37:38","slug":"mahalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/mahalaya","title":{"rendered":"Mahalaya 2022: Ancestor Adventures Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">We may especially need help with balance during this two week period called <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Mahalaya<\/strong> <\/span>or the time that the ancestors are close to the earth plane.\u00a0 The ancestors can upset or bother us at this time so we have to continue to offer the tarpanam to them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zMR00BEX2xk\">Learn how<\/a>. AstroVed and Pillai Center are still offering services for the last half of this time period. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astroved.com\/us\/specials\/mahalaya-amavasya\">Learn more.<\/a> Sucharita gave us lively insights on the Mahalaya Paksha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Sucharita tells us to pay attention to signs that come to us from other dimensions.\u00a0 Be aware that the ancestors are constantly trying to thwart us in our forward progress.\u00a0 They want to be fed!\u00a0 And they will bother us until we pay attention to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Navaratri<\/strong> <\/span>or the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astroved.com\/us\/specials\/navratri-pooja\">Nine Nights of the Goddess<\/a><\/strong> is coming up.\u00a0 She tells us that the Goddess energy needs to be woken up inside of all of us, both men and women.\u00a0 Read about this event in the \u201cUpcoming Events\u201d section below.\u00a0 The Goddess energy is the energy that is caring and wants to create comfort and abundance in our lives. This is the <em>motherly unconditional love<\/em> that we all desire. The first three nights are for Durga (energy and power), 2<sup>nd<\/sup> three nights are for Lakshmi (abundance) and the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> three nights are for Saraswati (wisdom).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Important Upcoming Events:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The final week of <span style=\"color: #800080;\">Mahalaya<\/span> (Ancestors\u2019 Fortnight) <\/strong><strong>Sept 17 \u2013 30<\/strong><strong>, 2016<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"> 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.\u00a0 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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zMR00BEX2xk\">Learn how<\/a>. Read about the benefits available from our ancestors on the 10<sup>th<\/sup> through the 14<sup>th<\/sup> moon on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/mahalaya-amavasya.aspx\">Pillai Center<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Pradosham<\/span> \u2013 <\/strong><strong>Tuesday, Sept 27 @ 4:04 p.m. EDT &#8211; Wednesday Sept 28, 2016 at 5:02 p.m. EDT<\/strong> <strong>The 13<sup>th<\/sup> moon<\/strong> 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.\u00a0 Roll lemons, limes and coconuts around the head and shoulders and let them absorb the negative karma.\u00a0 Cut the limes or smash the coconut to destroy that karma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Ganesha\u2019s <span style=\"color: #800080;\">14<sup>th<\/sup> Moon<\/span> &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Thursday, Sept 29<sup>th<\/sup> 2016 <\/strong>Ganesha is very powerful and present on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> and 14<sup>th<\/sup> moon phases. Call on him to remove your obstacles by chanting his mantra, <strong><em>Om Gum Ganapataye Namaha<\/em><\/strong>. Roll and break a coconut to remove obstacles and karma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Navaratri<\/span> or Nine Nights of the Goddess <\/strong><strong>Oct 1 \u2013 9<\/strong><strong>, 2016<\/strong> The ancient Sanskrit text dedicated to the Supreme Goddess, called \u2018Shrimad Devi Bhagvatam\u2019, 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.\u00a0 (LINK)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>New Moon and the last night of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/specials\/mahalaya-amavasya?utm_source=PCBlogs&amp;utm_medium=Blogs&amp;utm_campaign=mahalaya_amavasya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahalaya Paksha<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong> \u2013 Friday, Sept 30,2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u>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.<\/u> Dr. Pillai says <em>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/mahalaya-amavasya.aspx\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Click <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sundays_with_sucharita_Meditation_September_25_2016.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here for the Meditation<\/a><\/strong><\/em> audio and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sundays_with_sucharita_Discussion_September_25_2016.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Here for the<\/strong><\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sundays_with_sucharita_Discussion_September_25_2016.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong> Discussion<\/strong><\/em><\/a> audio.<b> <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/SundayswithSucharita.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up<\/a> <\/strong>to receive call-in details and weekly practice tips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Contact\/Personal Coaching with Sucharita<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">If you are interested in scheduling one-to-one <strong>Personal Coaching with Sucharita<\/strong>, you are welcome to send a request to: <a href=\"mailto:sucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sucharita@pillaicenter.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">FREE Mini-Astrology Reading When You Donate $30 or more to Tripura Foundation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Enjoy the grace of contributing to Tripura Foundation&#8217;s programs to uplift the poor to a higher standard of living. When Sundays with Sucharita attendees donate $30 or more, you are eligible for a FREE 20-minute astrology reading with Radha via Skype or telephone. You will learn the 5 things Dr. Pillai says everyone should know about your birth chart &#8211; your <strong>ascendant, birthstar, moon sign, sun sign<\/strong>, and <strong>primary &amp; secondary planets that are currently influencing you<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripurafoundation.org\/donation\"><strong>Donate to Tripura Foundation<\/strong><\/a> and forward your email receipt to: <a href=\"mailto:sucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sucharita@pillaicenter.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com\">sundayswithsucharita@pillaicenter.com.<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahalaya, the Ancestors&#8217; Fortnight, continues this week and Navaratri starts on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[60,92,169,318,338,407,441,455,531,565,624,696,1034,1193,1241],"class_list":["post-7349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sundays-with-sucharita","tag-abduction","tag-ancestors","tag-birthdays","tag-dr-pillai-2","tag-elephant","tag-ganesha-deity","tag-goddess","tag-golden-age","tag-initiation","tag-karma","tag-light-body","tag-meditation","tag-siddhis","tag-vedic-astrology","tag-wealth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Mahalaya | Mahalaya 2021 | Mahalaya Amavasya | Dr.pillai<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mahalaya Amavasya (new moon) is a good time to satisfy your ancestors&#039; souls so that they can attain contentment. 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