We can become "Ganesha".

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We can become "Ganesha"

Motivated by Sister Shivani's dscourse in brahmakumari,I would love to share this .

The story goes by like that - Goddess Parvati created Ganesha with the dirt of her body and once asked him to guard the gates as she went to take bath.At that moment Shiv returned home after 10 years of meditation and wanted to see partvati.At the gates ganesha did not recognise shiva and stopped him.At this shivji got angry and cutoff ganesha's head.When parvati came and explained evrything to shiva .Then he put the head of the first being that passed through.It was an Elephant that passed by and shiva cut its head and put it on ganesha's torso.Thus Ganesha was created.

So many questions might come into our minds when we listen to this mythological story...

How could parvati create a child out of her body dirt?

 
After 10 years in meditation how could Lord Shiva get angry so as to severe a child's head?

 If Shiva had so much power to put an elephant's head and put in chid's body why didn't he put ganesha's own head that he had cut?

 
so many questions and the answer is their somewhere in the story itself.

The child that parvati created from her own body is the "body-conscious soul".the body conscious soul doesn't recognise the father .When we are in body-conscious form,we are unable to know HIM.Then the head is severed ,here the head is the symbol of our EGO .When the Ego is severed only ,then the body conscious soul changes into soul-conscious state and we are able to connect with the almighty.We are able to connect to HIM once our EGO is zeroed.
The head of an elephant is again an amalgam of so many symbols.Big forehead is a symbol of wisdom.Big ears like a sieve .It means that one should always have ears big enough to take in good words and like a sieve filter unneccessary words and gossips.Big trunk shows one should be able to pullout most stubborn of our bad samskaars with this strong trunk at the same time have the skill to pick up finest of the needle too with the same trunk.
The big round stomach is a symbols that shows one should have the power to be able to keep everthing inside.If we start talking everything with everyone ,it might lead to lots of problems and fights.So keep talks to yourself and avoid gossips.
Ganesha is shown with four hands,In one of the hands ganesha has an axe and roap in other .There is lotus in one hand and one hand is open for blessing .Axe symbolises the power.The power to cut bad habits and negative thoughts ,roap means one should tie our desires .once we are able to do that,we would be like the lotus which is a sign of purity.
Ganesha has modak or a laddo near him,modak is a sign of success and prosperity ,which means with hardwork one will get success,however the way ganesha is never shown eating those modaks, but keeps it with him always.Same way one should not let success getinto us .
Ganesha is shown with one feet touching the ground and other leg folded.This symbolises that one should be grounded and not be in air with success and prosperity.
Last but not the least, the a tiny mouse is ganesha's carriage .Such a big form and such a tiny carrier .Mouse is a sign of vices.Even if theirs a small crack the mouse can easilty slip inside the house and the nobody comes to know about it. Same way our thoughts ,If one is not aware of checking on negative thoughts,we won't even come to know and it will corrupt our minds.

By inculcating all the qualities of lord ganesha we can ride on the this desire symbolic rat and control it.Each one of us can become "Ganesha" .