To jaishreema on Ganesh in the Rudri

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jaishreema wrote:

I have been meditating on the meaning of the first verse of the Rudri

which is about Ganesh.I was forced to ask the question “Who is

Ganesh? Why is he the first one to be worshipped? And how does he

remove obstacles?†...This made me reflect on the story of

Ganesh...From this story, we can see that Parvati creating Ganesh

from her own dirt is Prakriti creating a body of five elements. When

Shiva, the Purush perceives Prakriti ,he faces the obstruction of the

five elements. The ensuing battle is the evolution of the conciousness

in the five elements until an evolutionary leap happens (here the

severing of Ganesh’s head). But this evolutionary leap generous

tremendous energy (releases the wrath of Parvati), which will create

chaos unless it has the right structure to support it (until Parvati

is pacified). So the evolutionary structure which is born, is the

head of Indra’s elephant which represents the conveyance of the

intellect. So Ganesh represents a human being’s evolutionary leap

through the control of the outgoing senses (Indra the ruler of

senses) to perceive the pure energy or intelligence within him.

....Therefore, Ganesh must be the first to be worshipped, or unless

this urge is awakened or created , nothing new can happen. ...Now

to explain the verse, “Gananam …garbhaddham†– what it means

is that, “I invoke the intelligence within me which is represented

by Ganesh, who takes the form of the desire towards the goal and is

the source of the energy to fulfill the goal. So I invoke him to

give birth to the goal of God-consciousness within meâ€

Dear jaishreema ~ thank you for sharing this wonderful understanding

about Ganesh and the first chapter of the Rudri. Today when I went to

the mailbox, my copy of the Rudri was there! I was so excited ... and

I don't know who else to thank besides Shree Maa and Swamiji because

whenever I order something, "somebody" puts a little extra in with

what I've ordered. This time it is a tape of Shree Maa singing, one

that I don't have, "In the Temple of the Heart." I am so excited,

even more so because, now that I have the book, I can keep up and

understand what is being discussed. Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda