This was the day we were most eagerly waiting for!

We started the day with a journey to the divine birth place of Radha – Barsana – a charming village surrounded by hills from 4 sides. Here, Radha is known as ‘Ladli Ji’ or the beloved of the people, and the group was about to experience that soon.

As we climbed up to the top of the hill to reach her shrine, we were greeted by the sweet sounds of ‘Radhe Radhe’ chanted by devotees reverberating through the morning air.

It was so true what Dr. Pillai had shared with us, “Radha represents the creative principle, just go on saying her name and miracles will happen. You will see that you are able to go beyond your mind, and no meditation can give you this experience. Her name gives both material pleasure as well as spiritual transformation.”

In her presence, Dr. Pillai was received by the priest and honored with Radha’s offerings. Everyone enjoyed the stunning views from the hilltop temple, and this was the perfect setting to receive Dr. Pillai’s soulful teachings.

It was very reassuring for the group when Dr. Pillai told everyone that the soul was indeed receiving the energy and blessings of Radha, whether or not the senses could feel anything.

While we soaked in the vibrations of this vortex, we reflected upon how Radha holds the energy of absolute perfection – perfect beauty. Beauty is indeed power. No wonder, Radha represents the ultimate power, with the ability to control even God.

Blessed with Radha’s grace, it was fitting that we traveled next to Mathura. It is not only the sacred birth place of Krishna, but also mentioned in the scriptures as one of the 7 most holy cities in India.

“The power vortices in India can pull diseases and poverty from your body. I take people on trips to change their destiny. Changing the destiny of people is important to me”, says Dr. Pillai. He explained how a place of power doesn’t lose its energy and how multiple cultures build structures to utilize that power.

This was also the essence of the Trip so far – allow the subtle energy and the quiet power present in each location to shift you internally. By simply ‘being’ in each such spot, you can prepare yourself for the most lasting transformation.

This eventful day concluded on a dramatic note, with a Seminar by Dr. Pillai where he alerted the   group about the impending changes in the world. Every cloud has a silver lining; he revealed that the world will witness different aspects of Krishna during the Golden Age.

“Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya, Glanirva Bhavathi Bharatha,

Abhyuthanam Adharmaysya, Tadatmanam Srijami Aham”

So promised Krishna, in the Bhagavad Gita that whenever there is a decay of righteousness and a rise of falsehood, he will appear again. We all felt that, perhaps, now is the time.

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The magical journey continued as we headed towards the Pleasure Garden of Radha and Krishna – Vrindavan.

Dr. Pillai wanted the group’s first initiation into Radha-Krishna consciousness to be in the divine energy of this sacred city.

He had already declared, “Radha and Krishna are inviting us to their place of power, Vrindavan. I will absorb and transmit their energy of a Perfect Life to people throughout the world. The people with me on this Trip have the blessing of being initiated into the Perfection of Radha Krishna Consciousness, and welcoming the Golden Age from the Vortex of Perfection.”

As promised, all the participants experienced an empowering meditation from Dr Pillai in the heavenly premises of the ISKCON temple at Vrindavan.

Then, a 40-year old lady-devotee of Sri Prabhupada, Founder of ISKCON, addressed the group and provided an awe-inspiring tour of Prabhupada’s private quarters.

The best part of the day was when she led us with a heart-rending chant of this power-packed hymn, which Krishna himself revealed to sage Narada:

Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Fully soaked in the nectar of Bhakti (devotion), we proceeded to visit the wonderful temples of Vrindavan. Riding on speedy cycle-rickshaws, we whizzed through narrow streets while being greeted by wide, smiling faces of the onlookers.

The rich vibrations of Radha and Krishna’s love and perfection could be felt even amidst the apparent poverty. Peace and beauty emanating from this place went beyond the senses, straight into one’s soul. We were so thankful to this authentic city for giving us such a wholesome experience of life.

Thereafter, the group witnessed a rare sight in one of the temples. On one side, we were face-to-face with the oldest Krishna statue on earth, and on the other side, we had Dr. Pillai himself adorned in divine ‘prasad’ from the archetype. The mood soon turned festive.

“Bliss and ecstasy are going to be the keywords, and we are not going to accept anything else”, these words from Dr. Pillai stayed embedded in our hearts as we concluded yet another perfectly blessed day.

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Jai Jai Radha Ramana Hari Bol!

On this momentous Radha Krishna Trip, the first stop of the group was the ISKCON temple at New Delhi. It was as if Krishna had personally called everyone here to shower his grace upon them.

As we entered this beautiful temple, Dr. Pillai encouraged the group to form a dance circle. All the participants joined in the ecstatic dance, and felt deeply connected to the Divine Couple Radha and Krishna.

“How are we going to live the Radha Krishna consciousness? Just through dance and music. It’s a sacred music and sacred dance.

Just by repeating certain mantras, you will be transported to another level. All that you need to do is to dance and sing the glory of Radha and Krishna. Through that you can create a wonderful life”, says Dr. Pillai.

By immersing in the devotional chanting and dance, the participants felt that they were in a different realm of ecstasy. This totally rejuvenated them after the long hours of travel. Most importantly, they were able to let go of their inhibitions and ego.

Thereafter, the group received a special gift – fragrant flowers blessed by the deities themselves. This was followed by a magical ‘Sound and Light’ show, where everyone was treated to the transcendental teachings of Krishna from the divine text ‘Bhagavad Gita’.

As Dr. Pillai explains, “The Krishna of Bhagavad Gita teaches worldly action, and the Krishna of Bhagavatam grants inner perfection through dance and music. Both these aspects of Krishna need to come together for a 200% life – 100% material and 100% spiritual.”

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I am 63 as per the Vedic calendar and I was In India in the first half and second half in the US. And I live in both places travelling back and forth and learn a lot, and they complement each other and they are my part of my own growing up. What I found is India is wakening up, and I want to be in that process. I have a very important question, and I want to share it with my people. What is the strength of India? Our strength is our own spirituality and not the spirituality of the traditional, rather the one we get from gurus and the spirituality of different kinds that is understood in terms of science.

~ Dr. Pillai

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How to Stop Your Bad Luck?

This is a question I find people asking everywhere, whether I am in United States or Europe or in India, but in the West they use the word luck but in India people always talk in their own cultural terms, for instance, karma or planets.

I think the Indian understanding of luck is more precise. Simply by saying good luck, my luck is not that good that is why I did not get this job is not a precise understanding of what really is going on. It is more precise to talk in the terms of planets. The planets really play a vital role in managing time that is why I say that astrology is the study of time.

Time brings in like good fortune or bad fortune or up times or down times as they talk about time in United States. Everybody has some down time, it is very common expression. What is down time or up time, good time or bad time really is a description of the planets influence one one’s life. So, we got to take a look at it, what it means is becoming more conscious of what is happening. So, to go back to the question, how to stop my bad luck. It really means that the planets are not favorably influencing your life.

~ Dr. Pillai

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I am in Mount Shasta in the U.S. for 12 days, accompanied by a few of my students.

When I went to Mount Shasta for the first time, about 15 years ago, i was not greatly impressed. However, there was a global conference on Ascension taking place at the same time. About 3000 participants attended the Conference, and I was told that some Ascended Masters will come to the Conference quite surprisingly and invisibly.

I was elated to hear this because, according to Nadi Astrology, I had ascended many hundreds of times in my previous life times. This idea of ascension resonates with me more than anything else in this life.

My second visit to Mount Shasta was in June 2011; it was quite accidently chosen by some of my students. Nothing happens without a purpose. While in Mount Shasta for a few days, I had such incredible spiritual experiences that I decided to come back for this trip.

We are living during an interesting time in the history of planet earth. There are important political and financial shake-ups happening everywhere.

I intuitively feel that this is going to be a period of major change, as predicted by the Mayan Calendar and other astrological sources. The Mayan experts are now saying that the world can change (can it end?) as early as October 28, 2011, and we don’t have to wait for the December of 2012.

There is a lot of talk about it in the U.S. among the spiritual communities. I suspect and certainly am afraid that October could be a significant month. Even September. Maybe this is the reason why I am drawn to Mount Shasta.

I am writing this blog at around 5 am from San Diego. I woke up around 4 am and was drawn to a message from one of my students from Hong Kong about the September Alert by ‘Mahalas Astrology’. Somehow, I felt that I needed to know this information. I came to know that Comet Elenin will be coming near to the closest point of the Sun on September 11, 2011.

This September Alert also quotes the Revelations in the Bible, “And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the Sun, with the Moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars. She was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth.” This sign will be in our heavens on September 11-12, 2011.

According to the Vedic Calendar, September 11th is the Full Moon and it is my birthstar Purvabhadrapada. The Sun is in Leo, aspecting my sign Aquarius. Personally, it is a great time for me to acquire more knowledge and know-how on ascension.

NASA is not particularly worried about the Comet Elenin because it is too small in size. But, we need to take these astronomical happenings seriously based on what the world has been going through over the past 2 years.

“The Earth started crossing the Galactic Plane in 1998 and has continued since then moving into a higher vibration of space. If you take 1998 and add 13 years onto it, you get the year 2011. The number 13 is very important in the Mayan Calendar”, says Mahalas Astrology September Alert.

Finally, I want to bring to your attention some of the dates mentioned in the September Alert:

September 5th: We enter the 6th day in the Mayan Calendar which represents a new consciousness, ruled by Jupiter.

September 23rd: The 6th night representing Heaven on Earth.

October 11th: We move into the 7th day of Blue Monkey (is it Hanuman?) of pure wisdom.

October 28th: End of the old and beginning of the new consciousness.

This article was published in the Times of India on September 1, 2011.