Ganesha is the first sound, OM, in which all
hymns were born. When Shakti - (Energy) and Shiva (Matter) meet, Sound
(Ganesh) and Light (Skanda) are born. The number FOUR is the principle
message of swastika. Ganesha's head symbolizes atman. His big body
represents the earthly existence of humankind, but also maya -
"illusion of this world". His elephant head indicates that He is the
wisest and most powerful Being among animals; His wide ears indicate
that He is able to hear anything in the universe...
This
God wrote Mahabharata as a scribe when the sage Vyasa dictated this old
Indian epos to Him. He has a trident on His forehead, which some
authors consider to be a link to Atlantis, as it is also Poseidon's
symbol (Greek god of the sea). Swastika is in His right hand; the mouse
at the bottom of His body indicates that He can get secretly anywhere.
Skanda
Very interesting is the fact that some ancient manuscripts, or
preserved oral heritage of various tribes contain information about
"mythical twins" in reference to the beginning of the world - Creation
of life. Allegedly, also the Hopi Tribe has a prophecy about the Twin
Warriors... In the culture of the Toltecs, Quetzalcoatl was considered
the God of the morning star and his twin brother, Xolotl, the God of
the evening star... Skanda (but also Subrahmanya, Kumara, Arumugan,
Shanmugan, Murugan, Guha...) belongs to the Shaiva system. ... Ramayana
has chapters on His birth. The Sanskrit epics and Puranas seem to
indicate that He was the eldest son of Shiva, as the tale of Shiva's
marriage to Parvati indicates.
Skanda,
the second son of Shiva, and the younger brother of Ganesha - but some
scholars oppose this view and consider Skanda to be older than Ganesha,
is also known as Kumara, Karttikeya, Shanmukha, Subrahmanya, and He has
many other names. His weapon is a spear and He is considered to be a
war God. He has a strong support in South Asia (South of India - Indian
state Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Singapore...)
Followers of this God
consider Him to be an Avatar of Lord Shiva. All incarnations are
manifestations of the One Supreme God. They also think that Lord Skanda
and Lord Krishna are one, and as evidence they use this verse from
Bhagavadgita (Chapter 10), where Lord Krishna says this to Arjuna: "
Senaninam Aharn Skandah ,"- "Of the Generals, I am Skanda."
Sadkona Yantra
Yantra is a symbolic visualization of a deity; yatras often look like a
matrix with geometrical lines and when we visualize it in our mind, we
clear the path on our way to God (mantra is a sound, usually a holy
word, a syllable, or a sequence of such words we repeatedly pronounce,
most frequently in Sanskrit.).
Skanda
emerged from the light of the six Shiva's sparks, which flashed from
the Lord Shiva's Third Eye, and Skanda Yantra is almost identical to
the famous hexagram - the "Jewish Star", or the Star of David. The Seal
of Solomon also contained the hexagram image - the "yantra" of the
Biblical God YHVH (the word "yantra" is not used in Jewish-Christian
religions, though).
The Seal of Solomon was a magical signet ring
said to have been possessed by King Solomon, which variously gave him
the power to command demons, or to do other miraculous things. The
God's name - Tetragrammaton ("word with four letters" - YHVH) - was
written on it. The identify of the holy depiction of the God Skanda's
symbol with the Jewish and Christian God, too - Sadkona Yantra - gives
a strong tinge to any argumentation in favor of the fact that humankind
has one common history and that the same God spoke to Jews and to other
people on this Earth in ancient times.
It is known that Ganesha
had esoteric worshippers who worshipped Him like linga. This cult was
one of the few PRIMARY tantric traditions. To say it very simply,
tantra is worshiping of God; it is derived of a "dialogue" or
"communication" between Shiva and Shakti when they "go crazy" in love;
this way of knowing opens a secret door both for our mind and body.
vAmAchArA tantra or black magic
You can see demons every day on TV. Guns, guns, and guns. Politics is
not any exception. If anybody is stumped to death, an hour later
someone else is killed. Do you think that it is not possible to lose a
navigation ability in distinguishing between the "evil" and the "good"
in the era of Kali Yuga the entities of which, mostly governed by those
who hypocritically proclaim Christian values, want to make of you an
image of themselves?
The
cult of Ganapati has many hidden mysteries. In ancient times, the
origin of this cult could be traced to the era of Sage Yajnavalkya, who
is distinguished both in the Shrutis and in the Smritis. Then one of
the important leaders of the cult was girijAsuta, who founded the
Mahaganapati sect. The other great Acharya was Herambasuta, who founded
the vAmAchArA cult, which may seem very obscene for most Hindus.
"Gana"
means a group or host. Ganapati was decapitated and reanimated by
Shiva, who returned home from outside, but Ganesh - created by the
Shiva's consort, Parvati - wanted to stop Him. Shiva got infuriated and
severed Ganesha's head with His trident. Parvati demanded that Shiva
restore Ganesha's life, but Shiva could not find the head. Instead, it
was an elephant that came into His view. After decapitating it, Ganesh
received a new head and was reanimated.