~Swamiji asked me to share these old Ganesha notes~

[Guest guest]

Muktimaa wrote :

> One translation of "Guru" is "heavy". The elephant is the "heaviest"

> creature on the Earth.

 

Dear Muktimaa,

Thank you for sharing your insight. When I read of each person's

understanding it makes me marvel "Oh what a neat way of looking at

this idea" and adds one more ingredient to my own churning process.

Jai Maa

Nanda

[Guest guest]

Dear sister,

 

I'm glad you are not one to throw away old notes, thank you so very

much for sharing your wisdom. I was pleasantly surprised and happy to

see the baby Jesus/the divine child Horus association, because I have

been led to think along those lines myself these past few days. And

now you have added some fuel to the fire,

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

 

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote:

> Jai Ganapati Deva, dear family of Light!

> i was looking in a drawer this morning for something, and lo and

> belold, i came across some old notes i had written a very long time

> ago about Lord Ganesha. i sent them to our dear Swamiji this morning

> asking Him if it would be appropriate for me to post them and i

heard

> back from Him in a very short time. He said: "Very appropriate.

> Please enlighten the family. Thanks."

>

> Wow! i deeply thank dear Swamiji for His continued guidance! Jai

> Ganapati Swamiji!

> Here are the notes:

>

>

> LORD GANESHA

>

> Why is He depicted with an elephants head? Why is He sometimes

> depicted sitting on Parvati's lap, and called "Her son?" Why is His

> Vahana [vehicle] the mouse or rat? Why is He shown holding a broken

> tusk or tooth?

>

> *I had never felt satisfied with most of the explanations found in

> books, etc.[*muktimaa's note to Swamiji--This was before i had any

of

> Your books....smile.]

>

> One day, in the early 1980's i was in a deeply meditative state,

when

> i started drifting into a lucid dream state. Suddenly, all the

> questions i had been asking myself about Lord Ganesha started to be

> answered very clearly.

>

> One translation of "Guru" is "heavy". The elephant is the "heaviest"

> creature on the Earth. The human, as well as our "Inner Guru" helps

> to remove our spiritual obstacles. Ganesha is known as a "God of

> Prosperity" and "Remover of Obstacles." Of course, again, that is

why

> He has an elephant's head; because the mighty elephants trunk

removes

> obstacles from our path.

> Ganesh, [as the Guru] is Shiva and Parvati's Son. [The Son of God.]

> Ganesha's vehicle is the humble mouse because the Guru must be as

> strong as an elephant, yet as humble and gentle as a mouse. Also, if

> you have ever had a mouse try to find it's way in to your abode, you

> know that it is relentless! It will not give up until it reaches

it's

> goal. It WILL find a way.

> Lord Ganesh holds a "broken" tooth, showing that we must ever be

> ready to sacrifice for Truth and Wisdom. It hints at the "law of

> Karma". [An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.]

>

> Also, the form of Ganesha represents the Holy Sound Vibration of

AUM;

> He is the Word made flesh and the Lord of Light.

>

> Ganesha is always invoked first, because we must always honor our

> inner and outer Guru first in all of our prayers and undertakings;

> for He is the "Dispeller of Darkness", which is another translation

> of the word "Guru."

>

> Ganesha, [i believe] is the same archetype as Horus in the Isis,

> Osiris, Horus Egyptian trilogy. He is also baby Jesus in the Joseph,

> Mary, Jesus trilogy. And as i mentioned before, as "Dispeller of

> Darkness" He is "Lord of Light". Aum.

>

> Jai Chandi Shree Maa! Jai Ganapati Swamiji! Jai Thakur

Ramakrishna

> Deva! Jai Ganesh Atharva Sirsham Sankalpa!

> muktimaa

[Guest guest]

Very, very helpful. Please please thank Guruji for sharing his inner

experience with us.

 

steve c.

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote:

> Jai Ganapati Deva, dear family of Light!

> i was looking in a drawer this morning for something, and lo and

> belold, i came across some old notes i had written a very long time

> ago about Lord Ganesha. i sent them to our dear Swamiji this

morning

> asking Him if it would be appropriate for me to post them and i

heard

> back from Him in a very short time. He said: "Very appropriate.

> Please enlighten the family. Thanks."

>

> Wow! i deeply thank dear Swamiji for His continued guidance! Jai

> Ganapati Swamiji!

> Here are the notes:

>

>

> LORD GANESHA

>

> Why is He depicted with an elephants head? Why is He sometimes

> depicted sitting on Parvati's lap, and called "Her son?" Why is His

> Vahana [vehicle] the mouse or rat? Why is He shown holding a broken

> tusk or tooth?

>

> *I had never felt satisfied with most of the explanations found in

> books, etc.[*muktimaa's note to Swamiji--This was before i had any

of

> Your books....smile.]

>

> One day, in the early 1980's i was in a deeply meditative state,

when

> i started drifting into a lucid dream state. Suddenly, all the

> questions i had been asking myself about Lord Ganesha started to be

> answered very clearly.

>

> One translation of "Guru" is "heavy". The elephant is the

"heaviest"

> creature on the Earth. The human, as well as our "Inner Guru" helps

> to remove our spiritual obstacles. Ganesha is known as a "God of

> Prosperity" and "Remover of Obstacles." Of course, again, that is

why

> He has an elephant's head; because the mighty elephants trunk

removes

> obstacles from our path.

> Ganesh, [as the Guru] is Shiva and Parvati's Son. [The Son of God.]

> Ganesha's vehicle is the humble mouse because the Guru must be as

> strong as an elephant, yet as humble and gentle as a mouse. Also,

if

> you have ever had a mouse try to find it's way in to your abode,

you

> know that it is relentless! It will not give up until it reaches

it's

> goal. It WILL find a way.

> Lord Ganesh holds a "broken" tooth, showing that we must ever be

> ready to sacrifice for Truth and Wisdom. It hints at the "law of

> Karma". [An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.]

>

> Also, the form of Ganesha represents the Holy Sound Vibration of

AUM;

> He is the Word made flesh and the Lord of Light.

>

> Ganesha is always invoked first, because we must always honor our

> inner and outer Guru first in all of our prayers and undertakings;

> for He is the "Dispeller of Darkness", which is another translation

> of the word "Guru."

>

> Ganesha, [i believe] is the same archetype as Horus in the Isis,

> Osiris, Horus Egyptian trilogy. He is also baby Jesus in the

Joseph,

> Mary, Jesus trilogy. And as i mentioned before, as "Dispeller of

> Darkness" He is "Lord of Light". Aum.

>

> Jai Chandi Shree Maa! Jai Ganapati Swamiji! Jai Thakur

Ramakrishna

> Deva! Jai Ganesh Atharva Sirsham Sankalpa!

> muktimaa

[Guest guest]

, "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...>

wrote:

> Very, very helpful. Please please thank Guruji for sharing his inner

> experience with us.

> steve c.

 

Namaste, dear Steve ji!

i am a little embarrassed. i am sorry if i was not clear in

expressing that these were my old notes that i had found. [Not

Swamiji's.] i wrote to Swamiji and asked Him if He thought it was

appropriate for me to post my old notes that i had found...well you

know the rest. Blush.

 

>

> , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...>

wrote:

> > Jai Ganapati Deva, dear family of Light!

> > i was looking in a drawer this morning for something, and lo and

> > belold, i came across some old notes i had written a very long

time

> > ago about Lord Ganesha. i sent them to our dear Swamiji this

> morning

> > asking Him if it would be appropriate for me to post them and i

> heard

> > back from Him in a very short time. He said: "Very appropriate.

> > Please enlighten the family. Thanks."

> >

> > Wow! i deeply thank dear Swamiji for His continued guidance! Jai

> > Ganapati Swamiji!

> > Here are the notes:

> >

> >

> > LORD GANESHA

> >

> > Why is He depicted with an elephants head? Why is He sometimes

> > depicted sitting on Parvati's lap, and called "Her son?" Why is

His

> > Vahana [vehicle] the mouse or rat? Why is He shown holding a

broken

> > tusk or tooth?

> >

> > *I had never felt satisfied with most of the explanations found

in

> > books, etc.[*muktimaa's note to Swamiji--This was before i had any

> of

> > Your books....smile.]

> >

> > One day, in the early 1980's i was in a deeply meditative state,

> when

> > i started drifting into a lucid dream state. Suddenly, all the

> > questions i had been asking myself about Lord Ganesha started to

be

> > answered very clearly.

> >

> > One translation of "Guru" is "heavy". The elephant is the

> "heaviest"

> > creature on the Earth. The human, as well as our "Inner Guru"

helps

> > to remove our spiritual obstacles. Ganesha is known as a "God of

> > Prosperity" and "Remover of Obstacles." Of course, again, that is

> why

> > He has an elephant's head; because the mighty elephants trunk

> removes

> > obstacles from our path.

> > Ganesh, [as the Guru] is Shiva and Parvati's Son. [The Son of

God.]

> > Ganesha's vehicle is the humble mouse because the Guru must be as

> > strong as an elephant, yet as humble and gentle as a mouse. Also,

> if

> > you have ever had a mouse try to find it's way in to your abode,

> you

> > know that it is relentless! It will not give up until it reaches

> it's

> > goal. It WILL find a way.

> > Lord Ganesh holds a "broken" tooth, showing that we must ever be

> > ready to sacrifice for Truth and Wisdom. It hints at the "law of

> > Karma". [An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.]

> >

> > Also, the form of Ganesha represents the Holy Sound Vibration of

> AUM;

> > He is the Word made flesh and the Lord of Light.

> >

> > Ganesha is always invoked first, because we must always honor our

> > inner and outer Guru first in all of our prayers and

undertakings;

> > for He is the "Dispeller of Darkness", which is another

translation

> > of the word "Guru."

> >

> > Ganesha, [i believe] is the same archetype as Horus in the Isis,

> > Osiris, Horus Egyptian trilogy. He is also baby Jesus in the

> Joseph,

> > Mary, Jesus trilogy. And as i mentioned before, as "Dispeller of

> > Darkness" He is "Lord of Light". Aum.

> >

> > Jai Chandi Shree Maa! Jai Ganapati Swamiji! Jai Thakur

> Ramakrishna

> > Deva! Jai Ganesh Atharva Sirsham Sankalpa!

> > muktimaa

[Guest guest]

, "henny_v_i" <HvI@S...> wrote:

> Dear sister,

>

> I'm glad you are not one to throw away old notes, thank you so very

> much for sharing your wisdom. I was pleasantly surprised and happy

to

> see the baby Jesus/the divine child Horus association, because I

have

> been led to think along those lines myself these past few days. And

> now you have added some fuel to the fire,

 

Jai Maa, dear Henny ji!

i thank you so much for sharing in this wonderful Synchronicity! It

was a lot of fun to come across these notes and it brought back the

Bhava that i felt at the time of writing it. It is even more fun to

share it and get such wonderful feedback! For this i am truly

grateful!

Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Thakur! Jai Ganapati Deva!

Your sister always,

muktimaa

>

> >

>

>

> , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...>

wrote:

> > Jai Ganapati Deva, dear family of Light!

> > i was looking in a drawer this morning for something, and lo and

> > belold, i came across some old notes i had written a very long

time

> > ago about Lord Ganesha. i sent them to our dear Swamiji this

morning

> > asking Him if it would be appropriate for me to post them and i

> heard

> > back from Him in a very short time. He said: "Very appropriate.

> > Please enlighten the family. Thanks."

> >

> > Wow! i deeply thank dear Swamiji for His continued guidance! Jai

> > Ganapati Swamiji!

> > Here are the notes:

> >

> >

> > LORD GANESHA

> >

> > Why is He depicted with an elephants head? Why is He sometimes

> > depicted sitting on Parvati's lap, and called "Her son?" Why is

His

> > Vahana [vehicle] the mouse or rat? Why is He shown holding a

broken

> > tusk or tooth?

> >

> > *I had never felt satisfied with most of the explanations found

in

> > books, etc.[*muktimaa's note to Swamiji--This was before i had

any

> of

> > Your books....smile.]

> >

> > One day, in the early 1980's i was in a deeply meditative state,

> when

> > i started drifting into a lucid dream state. Suddenly, all the

> > questions i had been asking myself about Lord Ganesha started to

be

> > answered very clearly.

> >

> > One translation of "Guru" is "heavy". The elephant is

the "heaviest"

> > creature on the Earth. The human, as well as our "Inner Guru"

helps

> > to remove our spiritual obstacles. Ganesha is known as a "God of

> > Prosperity" and "Remover of Obstacles." Of course, again, that is

> why

> > He has an elephant's head; because the mighty elephants trunk

> removes

> > obstacles from our path.

> > Ganesh, [as the Guru] is Shiva and Parvati's Son. [The Son of

God.]

> > Ganesha's vehicle is the humble mouse because the Guru must be as

> > strong as an elephant, yet as humble and gentle as a mouse. Also,

if

> > you have ever had a mouse try to find it's way in to your abode,

you

> > know that it is relentless! It will not give up until it reaches

> it's

> > goal. It WILL find a way.

> > Lord Ganesh holds a "broken" tooth, showing that we must ever be

> > ready to sacrifice for Truth and Wisdom. It hints at the "law of

> > Karma". [An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.]

> >

> > Also, the form of Ganesha represents the Holy Sound Vibration of

> AUM;

> > He is the Word made flesh and the Lord of Light.

> >

> > Ganesha is always invoked first, because we must always honor our

> > inner and outer Guru first in all of our prayers and

undertakings;

> > for He is the "Dispeller of Darkness", which is another

translation

> > of the word "Guru."

> >

> > Ganesha, [i believe] is the same archetype as Horus in the Isis,

> > Osiris, Horus Egyptian trilogy. He is also baby Jesus in the

Joseph,

> > Mary, Jesus trilogy. And as i mentioned before, as "Dispeller of

> > Darkness" He is "Lord of Light". Aum.

> >

> > Jai Chandi Shree Maa! Jai Ganapati Swamiji! Jai Thakur

> Ramakrishna

> > Deva! Jai Ganesh Atharva Sirsham Sankalpa!

> > muktimaa

[Guest guest]

no problem it is still very cool! i love hearing your experience! it

is all one, guru speaks MANY WAYS! jai muktimaaaaaaaaa!

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote:

> , "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...>

> wrote:

> > Very, very helpful. Please please thank Guruji for sharing his

inner

> > experience with us.

> > steve c.

>

> Namaste, dear Steve ji!

> i am a little embarrassed. i am sorry if i was not clear in

> expressing that these were my old notes that i had found. [Not

> Swamiji's.] i wrote to Swamiji and asked Him if He thought it was

> appropriate for me to post my old notes that i had found...well you

> know the rest. Blush.

>

>

> >

> > , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...>

> wrote:

> > > Jai Ganapati Deva, dear family of Light!

> > > i was looking in a drawer this morning for something, and lo

and

> > > belold, i came across some old notes i had written a very long

> time

> > > ago about Lord Ganesha. i sent them to our dear Swamiji this

> > morning

> > > asking Him if it would be appropriate for me to post them and i

> > heard

> > > back from Him in a very short time. He said: "Very appropriate.

> > > Please enlighten the family. Thanks."

> > >

> > > Wow! i deeply thank dear Swamiji for His continued guidance!

Jai

> > > Ganapati Swamiji!

> > > Here are the notes:

> > >

> > >

> > > LORD GANESHA

> > >

> > > Why is He depicted with an elephants head? Why is He sometimes

> > > depicted sitting on Parvati's lap, and called "Her son?" Why is

> His

> > > Vahana [vehicle] the mouse or rat? Why is He shown holding a

> broken

> > > tusk or tooth?

> > >

> > > *I had never felt satisfied with most of the explanations found

> in

> > > books, etc.[*muktimaa's note to Swamiji--This was before i had

any

> > of

> > > Your books....smile.]

> > >

> > > One day, in the early 1980's i was in a deeply meditative state,

> > when

> > > i started drifting into a lucid dream state. Suddenly, all the

> > > questions i had been asking myself about Lord Ganesha started

to

> be

> > > answered very clearly.

> > >

> > > One translation of "Guru" is "heavy". The elephant is the

> > "heaviest"

> > > creature on the Earth. The human, as well as our "Inner Guru"

> helps

> > > to remove our spiritual obstacles. Ganesha is known as a "God

of

> > > Prosperity" and "Remover of Obstacles." Of course, again, that

is

> > why

> > > He has an elephant's head; because the mighty elephants trunk

> > removes

> > > obstacles from our path.

> > > Ganesh, [as the Guru] is Shiva and Parvati's Son. [The Son of

> God.]

> > > Ganesha's vehicle is the humble mouse because the Guru must be

as

> > > strong as an elephant, yet as humble and gentle as a mouse.

Also,

> > if

> > > you have ever had a mouse try to find it's way in to your abode,

> > you

> > > know that it is relentless! It will not give up until it reaches

> > it's

> > > goal. It WILL find a way.

> > > Lord Ganesh holds a "broken" tooth, showing that we must ever

be

> > > ready to sacrifice for Truth and Wisdom. It hints at the "law

of

> > > Karma". [An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.]

> > >

> > > Also, the form of Ganesha represents the Holy Sound Vibration of

> > AUM;

> > > He is the Word made flesh and the Lord of Light.

> > >

> > > Ganesha is always invoked first, because we must always honor

our

> > > inner and outer Guru first in all of our prayers and

> undertakings;

> > > for He is the "Dispeller of Darkness", which is another

> translation

> > > of the word "Guru."

> > >

> > > Ganesha, [i believe] is the same archetype as Horus in the

Isis,

> > > Osiris, Horus Egyptian trilogy. He is also baby Jesus in the

> > Joseph,

> > > Mary, Jesus trilogy. And as i mentioned before, as "Dispeller

of

> > > Darkness" He is "Lord of Light". Aum.

> > >

> > > Jai Chandi Shree Maa! Jai Ganapati Swamiji! Jai Thakur

> > Ramakrishna

> > > Deva! Jai Ganesh Atharva Sirsham Sankalpa!

> > > muktimaa