Parvati is the Celebrative aspect of our consciousness.
Parvat means mountain: The Earth herself rising up in celebration.
Now Parvati was dirty, meaning, the celebration had gone out of life, feeling of sadness, etc had arisen, and she decides to take a bath (be alone)…
When you are not feeling good (your celebratory aspect is dirty), you say, give me my space, leave me alone…
The dirt that comes off her and she gives life to is the Ego…
She tells the Ego see that no one disturbs me while i am not feeling well…
dont let anyone come in!
Thats exactly what most people do when they are not feeling good: people usually isolate themsleves, feel separate from everyone and dont like others around them…
This is the significance of Parvati animating her ego and asking it not to let anyone disturb her because she is feeling dirty.
Lord Shiva is the protector of Parvati. So when He sees her that way with her ego standing guard, keeping the Bliss of the Self out, He does what any protector would do… Kills it!
Chopping off the head signifies killing the ego… Now, when you have had your ego trampled upon, you are going to feel even more hurt and bewildered, which is where Parvati flares up… to appease her and teach her, Lord Shiva replaces the child’s (ego) head with an elephant head.
The Elephant in Hindu mythology is held in great reverence.
The big head symbolizes Knowledge.
The eyes of the elephant are kind, full of compassion and innocence: the most beautiful in the animal Kingdom.
So Shiva replaces the head of ego (ignorance) with Knowledge and innocence! That’s not all, if you have ever seen an elephant walk, stately and strong, you can see that nothing can stand in its way!
So Shivji removed the ego and replaced it with Strength, Grace, Knowledge and innocence.
Lord Shiva then names the child, Ganesh. The Lord of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Ganeshji is the remover of obstacles…
Obstacles are there because there is no Knowledge and awareness… as soon as wisdom dawns, all obstacles and problems just vanish like dew in the sunlight…And really what obstacle can stand in the way of an elephant?!
He has a huge stomach which signifies an all accepting nature… He is the Lord of all kinds of groups (Gan means group), so He accepts everyone…
but He also wears a snake as a belt around the stomach, which means that He accepts you, but with the full awareness of a snake!
He has many hands, one holds a rope, another a poke and still another a modak.
He offers you the modak (sweet) of Wisdom and Knowledge and when you come near to Him to take it, He quickly ties you with the rope (probably while you are eating it)… meaning that once Wisdom has dawned, you can never really go back to whatever you used to be!
And it may happen that even having all the Knowledge and Wisdom, you may feel low, unhappy or miserable… then He pokes you (remember the snake? He accepts you as you are, doesn’t cast you away, but takes action after accpetance)…
to wake you up to Reality… And sometimes if the poking is too much for you and you try to run away (you can’t He has got you tied with the rope! ),
He gives you the sweet, the Knowledge and that brings you back to Him. And so Lord Ganesha binds you sweetly and firmly to Himself!
He is Vinayaka. The peerless leader. He reports to no one!
And the mouse?
The mouse nibbles the veils of ignorance that surround our consiousness, so that true Knowledge can get established in the Self. So, Lord Ganesha rides the mouse who eats away the anger, the ignorance and allows the Bliss of Knowledge to dawn…
Thus Lord Ganesha is the gift of Lord Shiva for Parvati to teach and nurture her to always be in her true nature… The Celebration and Bliss of the Self!
Parvat means mountain: The Earth herself rising up in celebration.
Now Parvati was dirty, meaning, the celebration had gone out of life, feeling of sadness, etc had arisen, and she decides to take a bath (be alone)…
When you are not feeling good (your celebratory aspect is dirty), you say, give me my space, leave me alone…
The dirt that comes off her and she gives life to is the Ego…
She tells the Ego see that no one disturbs me while i am not feeling well…
dont let anyone come in!
Thats exactly what most people do when they are not feeling good: people usually isolate themsleves, feel separate from everyone and dont like others around them…
This is the significance of Parvati animating her ego and asking it not to let anyone disturb her because she is feeling dirty.
Lord Shiva is the protector of Parvati. So when He sees her that way with her ego standing guard, keeping the Bliss of the Self out, He does what any protector would do… Kills it!
Chopping off the head signifies killing the ego… Now, when you have had your ego trampled upon, you are going to feel even more hurt and bewildered, which is where Parvati flares up… to appease her and teach her, Lord Shiva replaces the child’s (ego) head with an elephant head.
The Elephant in Hindu mythology is held in great reverence.
The big head symbolizes Knowledge.
The eyes of the elephant are kind, full of compassion and innocence: the most beautiful in the animal Kingdom.
So Shiva replaces the head of ego (ignorance) with Knowledge and innocence! That’s not all, if you have ever seen an elephant walk, stately and strong, you can see that nothing can stand in its way!
So Shivji removed the ego and replaced it with Strength, Grace, Knowledge and innocence.
Lord Shiva then names the child, Ganesh. The Lord of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Ganeshji is the remover of obstacles…
Obstacles are there because there is no Knowledge and awareness… as soon as wisdom dawns, all obstacles and problems just vanish like dew in the sunlight…And really what obstacle can stand in the way of an elephant?!
He has a huge stomach which signifies an all accepting nature… He is the Lord of all kinds of groups (Gan means group), so He accepts everyone…
but He also wears a snake as a belt around the stomach, which means that He accepts you, but with the full awareness of a snake!
He has many hands, one holds a rope, another a poke and still another a modak.
He offers you the modak (sweet) of Wisdom and Knowledge and when you come near to Him to take it, He quickly ties you with the rope (probably while you are eating it)… meaning that once Wisdom has dawned, you can never really go back to whatever you used to be!
And it may happen that even having all the Knowledge and Wisdom, you may feel low, unhappy or miserable… then He pokes you (remember the snake? He accepts you as you are, doesn’t cast you away, but takes action after accpetance)…
to wake you up to Reality… And sometimes if the poking is too much for you and you try to run away (you can’t He has got you tied with the rope! ),
He gives you the sweet, the Knowledge and that brings you back to Him. And so Lord Ganesha binds you sweetly and firmly to Himself!
He is Vinayaka. The peerless leader. He reports to no one!
And the mouse?
The mouse nibbles the veils of ignorance that surround our consiousness, so that true Knowledge can get established in the Self. So, Lord Ganesha rides the mouse who eats away the anger, the ignorance and allows the Bliss of Knowledge to dawn…
Thus Lord Ganesha is the gift of Lord Shiva for Parvati to teach and nurture her to always be in her true nature… The Celebration and Bliss of the Self!
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