{"id":98,"date":"2013-08-30T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/?p=98"},"modified":"2013-08-30T12:00:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T12:00:13","slug":"smash-obstacles-and-achieve-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pillaicenter.com\/blog\/smash-obstacles-and-achieve-success","title":{"rendered":"Smash Obstacles and Achieve Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 10px\" title=\"Light Body\" src=\"http:\/\/media.pillaicenter.com\/images\/Blog_Ganesha.jpg\" alt=\"Light Body\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ganesha is the elephant-headed archetype who removes obstacles both inside and out. When you merge with Ganesha, he can take away difficulties of all types and open a path to achieve your goals and find success.<\/p>\n<p>Archetypes are very powerful on their birthdays and easy to access because their energy is radiating all around. The upcoming several weeks are an excellent time to invite Ganesha into your life.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Tips for Connecting with Ganesha<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find an image of Ganesha OR three dimensional statue that resonates with you to summon his presence.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 5px\">Close your eyes and imagine Ganesha there with you, ready to help you.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 5px\">Call him as you would a friend by saying his name.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 5px\">Ganesha\u2019s mantra is: Om Gum Ganapataye Namaha, Om Gum Ganeshaya Swaha<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 5px\">Repeat the mantra 108 times or multiples of 108 and allow Ganesha to help you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jai Radha shares 5 ways to connect with Ganesha on his birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100,"comment_status":"open","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":[3],"tags":[169,406],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archetypes","tag-birthdays","tag-ganesha"],"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>Smash Obstacles and Achieve Success - Pillai Center Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Invoking Ganesha helps you to successfully overcome internal and external obstacles. 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