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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.

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

Ganesha is a Universal god. There is not a single village or city in India without Ganesha’s statue sitting somewhere in a street corner or under a tree. Elephant deities are also commonplace in China, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil and Mexico. There is a Ganesha rock in Sedona, which indigenous Americans call ‘elephant’ rock.

However, Ganesha is not an ‘exalted’ deity. In most temples in India, he is represented as the doorkeeper. What this means is that he is the guard and hence he is close to human beings.

Ganesha is associated with the root or mooladhara chakra in the subtle body. This is the first energy centre and represents the earth element, providing a solid foundation for material life. That’s why Ganesha is the first god to be worshipped. Praying to Ganesha is believed to bring stability, enabling one to proceed with higher goals in life.

Yogis recommend seeking Ganesha’s blessings before embarking on a venture. Ganesha is known as Vignaraja, the one who rules over obstacles. He represents the energy that controls and removes obstacles. How does he do that? He has special intelligence, siddhi and buddhi, a fine sense of discrimination. These are presented as his consorts.

Ganesha is depicted with an elephant face and prominent ears. Elephants can process infra sound waves (below 20 Hertz). This allows them to sense danger and leave a place before the occurrence of natural disasters such as tsunamis and earthquakes.

‘Gam’ is the beej or seed mantra for Ganesha. In Tamil, there is a saying “Gammunu iru”, which translates as ‘Be still through Gam’. By chanting the mantra you can connect with inner silence and find solutions. It is common to see people tapping their temples with their knuckles when visiting a Ganesha shrine. This activates the frontal lobes, enhancing rational intelligence.

Ganesha symbolises quick thinking and effortless accomplishment. Once Ganesha entered into a competition with his brother Muruga (Kartik) and both of them decided to go around the universe. While Muruga undertook the journey on a peacock, Ganesha simply circumambulated his parents, Shiva and Parvati, and won the fruit of knowledge from them.

Once Ganesha wanted to know the most powerful sacrifice in the world. His father Shiva said, “You have to find out the most powerful person and sacrifice him.” Ganesha asked, “Aren’t you the most powerful person on earth? Shall I sacrifice you?” Shiva was startled, so he gave Ganesha a shortcut, “Whoever sacrifices a coconut is sacrificing Me, and this is the highest sacrifice.”

The three eyes of a coconut are said to correspond to the three-eyed Shiva. When you circle the coconut around your head, it energetically absorbs the lower vibrations in your aura. When smashed, the energy holding back your progress is forcefully disseminated. Breaking coconuts before Ganesha is a symbolic act of sacrificing one’s own life for renewal.

Talking about renewal, from today (Ganesh Chaturthi) onwards Ganesha himself is being renewed. According to the Hindu calendar, time is cyclical in nature. Every 60 years, Ganesha is known to appear in a different form. The Ganesha who is going to be active in times to come will be the Naramukha or human-headed Ganesha!

~ Dr. Pillai
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