Saluting and invoking Sri Ganesh

AUM Invocation

NAMO It is Thine Thou only art

BHAGAVATE Let Thy Will be done. Thy Becoming. Thy Delight.

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Sri Ganesh, The Bearer of true Knowledge, The direct knowledge of The Soul. Sri Ganesh, The Son of Shakti, Her Own From Her own choice Independent of Ishwara And yet beloved son of Shiva too. When Ishwara bows to Ishwari’s Will. Ganesha travels the worlds, Removing the obstacles in the path Of those who seek The Mother.

(07-06-2004)

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Siddhi Vinayaka.

In the Vedic times it was Brihaspati, or Brahmanaspati, The Word, AUM.

In a Vedic ‘cry of the soul”, RAVENA, Brahma, Brihaspati, Brahmanaspati, This was Ganapati.

At a later stage, Ganapataye–Vinayaka was seen as the creator of obstacles, who must first be appeased and propitiated.

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