Saluting and invoking Sri Ganesh

Other than the joy of self-giving – Man perfects the offering and refines it And develops it But also distorts and betrays it With his wanting to be heard, heeded, Satisfied and established… Sri Ganesh you seem to hold In the light The best of this offering, While mirroring The depths of the heart And teaching the way To Oneness. Today your presence is so fine, So highly cultured, So profoundly Elegant In its nurturing Of the tender fire. Aum. (30-03-10) Gentle Ganesha You, of all beings, have Most closely seen and known The obscurest forces and intents That make of humanity A pawn and a place of misery – And your appearance is now The token and the sign Of the victory in man Of a more auspicious and Harmonious future – So exquisite is Your knowing dance, Sri Ganesh, That rests on the luminous strength And reach Of Your offering… (13-05-10) * 3-38

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