According to Dr. Pillai, we should live a ‘200%’ life – 100% spiritual and 100% material.
This is why he chooses to stay at places like Four Seasons, owing to its exquisite service and hospitality which is the physical or material side of the trip. The spiritual aspect is then realized through the tours he makes to various parts of Egypt.
“I like Four Seasons. In my future trips to Egypt I will definitely stay in Four Seasons. I have a special experience from Four Seasons Hotel Toronto. When I went there the second time the waiter came and greeted me by my name. He said, ‘Welcome Dr. Pillai.’ I was shocked and I asked him how he knew my name.”
“He explained, ‘If you stay with us one time we are prepared to greet you on your next visit. The front office told us that you are here so we wanted to greet you.’ It was amazing! It had never happened to me anywhere in the world. I stayed in many Four Seasons hotels in America and England, but I think the Toronto one is the best”, recounts Dr. Pillai.
He believes that Four Seasons is a perfect environment for meditation because it is calm and comfortable and nothing can bother the guest. This is part of Dr. Pillai’s revolutionary teaching of living a fully material and fully spiritual life at the same time.
“I have always said that God is not poor so why not live both spiritual and material lives. We need to understand that to be religious or spiritual doesn’t mean we should be poor. That is why I used to tell people don’t go to the Himalayas go to Four Seasons you will have better meditation”, emphasizes Dr. Pillai.
