Saluting and invoking Sri Ganesh

the Realization of the One’s Truth in the world and cannot possibly be cheated or deluded by any being or any force, his constant and ever- watchful knowing and impassive gaze never wavering and subject to no other influence. And then he so often appears in the majesty of a great King or Emperor, unrivalled in his nobility. It is said that the psychic or soul element is only and exclusively active in the physical evolutionary world and particularly developed in some human beings, in a process that lasts through many lives. Thus, “gods” are not generally known to have a psychic existence, – all gods and goddesses being considered as perfect and, as such, removed from any necessity of progress and development of consciousness. But with Sri Ganesh it has been my experience, fairly early on, that there is a psychic resonance, a soul- recognition and this inward element has gently grown in the relationship, until it became natural to see him as willing to serve the Mother’s new creation with all his unique capacities and position amongst higher beings. Besides, Ganesh is known to be exceptionally free and unhampered by any sense of status, a kind of maverick yet fully and wholeheartedly accepted by all gods and generally all those human beings who become aware of his existence. This freedom gives him unparalleled abilities to move about and transcend barriers and borders – between species as between worlds and planes. He is also and often mainly referred to as the bearer of Aum, one with the Origin, which evidently gives him an exemplary authority…! And so, as for every myth, symbol or legend which contain true spiritual teachings, just as for every god and goddess, it is up to the seeker to delve higher or deeper, or to remain at a “safer” worshipping distance. But, for instance, if one understands the Shakti to be the Energy of the manifest world, the acting self of the One Absolute reality, and one understands it not merely with one’s intelligence but with the core of one’s being, then all these aspects and movements and pointers take on another dimension of meaning.

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What now follows is an ordering all those selected hymns according to the themes and aspects explored. This ordering is done for the sake of the reader’s access, but it is hoped that one will eventually find their complementarity and thus better appreciate the range and magnitude of Sri Ganesh’s reality.

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