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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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