{"id":126740,"date":"2019-04-16T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zelfkennis.nu\/ganeshas-beeltenis\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:08:34","slug":"ganeshas-image","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mixalis.staticdata.nl\/en\/ganeshas-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Ganesha’s image"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The interview below with Ganesha discusses the many spiritual properties of this ancient Hindu deity. Ganesha's words are adapted to the present time. Ganesha is the Remover of Inner Obstacles.<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>

\"Ganesha<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Interview with Ganesha<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Good day, Lord Ganesha.
How wonderful that I may interview you!<\/em><\/p>\n

But of course. And you can just call me Ganesh.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, thank you! Could you tell me who you are?<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019d be happy to.
I am, as the god of knowledge and wisdom, the son of \u015aiva and P\u0101rvati, who together symbolize the unity of all. Shiva stands for subjective consciousness, and P\u0101rvat\u012b for the energetic material. As a god, I remove obstacles and have thus become the patron of travelers on the path to self-realization. I\u2019m also known as \u00c9kad\u0101nta, One\u2011Tusk<\/em>, and as Vign\u0101hartha<\/em>, which means \u2018remover of obstacles\u2019, in both the physical and spiritual sense. I\u2019m also called Mangal Murti<\/em>, the benevolent<\/em> one. I have many names and am very ancient, more than eighteen hundred years old.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow! That\u2019s impressive! And what exactly do you do?<\/em><\/p>\n

When one turns to me for any work, especially spiritual work, obstacles dissolve and success is achieved in that Work. I always feel happy when I bestow my blessings, even if I\u2019m honored or offered little. People say I\u2019m the friendliest god and love to freely give my blessings. Well\u2026 that\u2019s true!<\/span><\/p>\n

You are popular! I notice you now appear in everyone\u2019s homes, or by a pond in the garden.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, that\u2019s true. My appearance is beloved. But what matters for me as a deity is, of course, what I stand for. If that doesn\u2019t also have value for the owner, they might as well place a garden gnome.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed\u2026<\/em>
I see you\u2019ve taken on the form of some kind of elephant.<\/em> But quite an odd one, since there\u2019s so much more to you.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s correct. I may appear<\/em> as an elephant, but I represent much more. Obviously, an elephant like me doesn\u2019t roam the earth. But I didn\u2019t randomly choose an elephant\u2019s body. An elephant is large, powerful, majestic, and also calm and deliberate in its manner. But it also has the potential to destroy.<\/span>
My large head stands for intelligence and contains vast thinking capacity. My tusks, one of which is broken, stand for preserving what is good and leaving behind what no longer serves us. They are also weapons \u2014 one for defense and the other for offense\u2026 but I laid the latter down. My huge belly can digest much \u2014 the good and the bad \u2014 and my heart is big. My sharp eyes are focused and see everything, and with my large ears I can listen well to everyone, symbolizing my power of inner<\/em> hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do you mean by a great capacity for inner hearing?<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, that is the capacity to internally receive the highest and most refined information. True knowledge: information that cannot actually come \u2018from the outside\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aha! A kind of antenna, then?<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, you could call it that, but more like a very large satellite dish!<\/span><\/p>\n

I also see you have many more limbs than an elephant. I count four arms, and your hands are holding various things.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, my embodiment has four arms\u2014just as there are four directions in the world. With these, I offer various things to the whole world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Would you explain this fourfold offering to me, Ganesh?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Ganesha\"<\/a>Certainly. First, my lower right hand is in the gesture of greeting and blessing. I greet and bless the world and declare my loving peace. Just as Native Americans long ago showed their palms as a sign of peace, I show that I am completely nonviolent toward those who love the truth.<\/span>
But this hand also says more: viewed differently, it\u2019s also in a gesture of refusal. This shows that nothing untrue can ever reach me. With this, I keep all falsehood and projections from the world at bay.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s clear. And your hand behind that? I see you\u2019re holding an axe.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. It\u2019s the axe of the highest discernment. Like a surgeon\u2019s scalpel cutting away diseased tissue, it severs falsehood from the true and healthy. It frees the person from identifications, conditionings, and misconceptions by cutting through unnatural attachment. In short, it liberates the person from all tendencies that keep him ignorant, small, and selfish. I also sometimes use a rope to remove inner obstacles like these.<\/span><\/p>\n

And your upper left hand holds a beautiful flower.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, the lotus flower \u2014 the flower of pure love and beauty. A gift to the world of all that is good, pure, and beautiful and loving, for those who wish to receive it.<\/span>
I am often depicted seated on a great lotus flower, because this sacred flower symbolizes divine birth and purity. The lotus floats on water and self-cleanses, never clinging to soil or dirt. In the spiritual world, water stands for inner-flowing truth. Thus, the inner lotus blooms upon truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beautiful!<\/em>
Your other left hand appears to offer a bowl of something delicious. Is that correct?<\/em><\/p>\n

Exactly! My left hand also gives, offering all that is delicious and nourishing, all abundance, all that is pleasant \u2014 all the fruits of existence in truth. For there is abundance for everyone who can receive, for everyone who can relax clenched fists into open, receptive hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s it? What your image tells us?<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh no. This is just the beginning. I also have a trunk. A particularly handy limb with many beautiful attributes: flexible, multifunctional, breathing, and grasping. It is my fifth \u2018arm\u2019, and along with my other arms represents the five senses that bring understanding.<\/span>
For senses enable the experience of meaning<\/em> and make life the celebration to which all people are invited! \u2018Gadget\u2019 stands for \u2018instrument that makes possible\u2019. Just as a vessel enables sailing and a carriage enables transport, the senses enable the experience of meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n

And your legs?<\/em><\/p>\n

Good observation! In total I have seven limbs. Altogether they stand for the law of seven<\/em>, also known as the law of octaves<\/em>. Let me explain. Seven is a sacred number, expressed in a universal law recognizable in our creation. In music, this law is clearly visible in our seven\u2011note scales. All around the world people make music with seven notes, sprinkled with the remaining notes in the octave, which is subdivided into twelve parts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes\u2026 I was just thinking\u2026 there are indeed twelve notes?<\/em><\/p>\n

Indeed. The number twelve is also a sacred number and serves as a refinement and completion of the law of seven<\/em>. You know our time divisions: we don\u2019t have seven days in a week or twelve months in a year by accident\u2026 or two times twelve hours in a day, a dozen, a gross \u2014 it all expresses laws.<\/span>
But the law of seven<\/em> works alongside its visible manifestation as an esoteric path in our inner world. There is much more to say\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d love to hear more about that another time.<\/em>
I see behind your head a huge sun.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, that is the sun of the eternal light of Consciousness. This inner sun shines in every human, in every being. However, due to humanity\u2019s illusion<\/em> of separation, this sun is usually no longer experienced: there is too much shadow in one\u2019s mind. This inner sun of Consciousness truly gives everything power and energy! That will be revealed to humans as soon as they realize it\u2026 uh\u2026 who said that again?<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes haha, that was a Dutch philosopher\u2026 I also interviewed him\u2026
And what do I see there? You also have a large mouse at your feet!<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. His name is\u00a0Ma\u015bh\u012bka<\/em>, which means mask<\/em>. But actually he is a bandicoot<\/em>, a pouch\u2011rat, and looks like a very large mouse. He is dear to me, for he is my v\u0101hana<\/em>, my vehicle. He is always with me and stands for the personality and ego of the human \u2014 for all that a person acquires and learns during their life, from birth onward. These are all the acquisitions that enable a person, as an individual, to relate to the world, proceed in it, and act\u2026 in every situation and at every moment. Man cannot do without his mouse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why a mouse and not, say, a dog or a horse?<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, it aptly illustrates the relationship between the Self within the human and his personality. A tremendous difference in size, see? Yet a person, in his grand true state cannot do without a \u2018mouse\u2019, his personality, which serves him in navigating in<\/em> the world and with<\/em> the world, yet without becoming of<\/em> the world. But the mouse is stubborn, with its pointed wise nose\u2026 so every person must watch out for its stubborn tricks. Every single day! Despite all its fantastic qualities, it\u2019s still a very disobedient creature if it doesn\u2019t listen to its master! \u2018Mouse\u2019 comes from the Sanskrit word m\u016b\u1e63aka<\/em> derived from the root m\u016b\u1e63<\/em>, meaning \u2018to steal\u2019. It likes to run off with all my divine merits, haha, thinking they are its own merits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh really? Please explain that to me a little more.<\/em><\/p>\n

Okay, as the final point then.<\/span>
The mouse wants to be bigger than it is. To create this illusion, it identifies with all sorts of things, making it forget me, its true Master. Then it settles for its small stature. Or it thinks it is the boss of me. Then it thinks it can exist without me, which is absolutely impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is a little joke that illustrates this:
An elephant and a mouse go out together. At some point they come to a wooden bridge over a river. This bridge resonates beautifully with the elephant\u2019s heavy steps. Then the mouse suddenly exclaims in full enthusiasm to the elephant: \u201cI'm stomping really nice, huh?!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hahaha! Brilliant!
Where can I find you, Lord Ganesha, if I need you?<\/em><\/p>\n

Within you, young friend, within yourself!<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, thank you very much!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Questions and responses<\/a><\/div>

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\u00a9 Michiel Koperdraat<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/div>