Although he is known by many other attributes, Ganesha's elephant head makes him particularly easy to identify. Ganesha is a Hindu God widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles and more generally as Lord of Beginnings and Lord of Obstacles (Vighnesha (Sanskrit: विघ्नेश; IAST: Vighneśa), Vighneshvara (Sanskrit: विघ्नेश्वर; IAST: Vighneśvara)), patron of arts and sciences, and the deva of intellect and wisdom...
this story starts before leaving Canada in my "soul search" path; I was part of the amazing Toronto Yoga Conference and Show, beautiful event, "crazy" people, and all of them gathered in the same space, the good energy and the open portals to the Soul Dimension were more than I would have asked for, for my practice and also for all people that passed by; lots of healing have happened, lots of awakenings and a concentration of "signs" that the Universe started to send my way predicting my Bali trip before hand.
I happened to meet one of my "old" friends and "client" , all in one case LOL that sells Yoga clothing, beautiful organic, Canada made, good energy pieces imprinted with inspiring intentions: Funky Buddha Yoga Clothing ;)
I was looking for a Tshirt for my trip, something that I can wear to practice my yoga and meditation in Bali, and looking through the clothes I tell Suzanne that I am going to Bali in 3 days, and her face melts in a humongous smile and she goes : NO WAY! I lived in Bali for years! Where are you going?... and I say " I will be visiting Lembongan Island..." and her face and heart were ready to explode " No way!! I lived on Lembongan Island!!!!" ....
what a small world!!! and although big enough to carry all of us!
this is Lembongan Island!
did you notice the God in the picture??
so I ended up buying 2 TShirts with guess who??!! Ganesha :)
This was the FIRST TIME in my life that I heard of the name, first time I acknowledged the Elephant face, first time I felt like I wanted to wear a face on me.... Whoever knows me well they pretty much know my wardrobe: white with NO designs, dots, lines, ANYTHING on.....
So I bought Ganesha`s Tshirts from a person that used to live on one of the HUNDREDS islands of Indonesia, exactly where I was just going to go in my "soul search" trip.
Getting there, Ganesha was following my every step: streets, restaurants, resorts, markets, every place that I was guided to go to, it was everywhere... from all the Hindu Gods, and they are ALLOT!! she was the only one showing herself to me,... me - the Mother Mary ultimate Worshiper, the "nothing to do" with Hindu religion at all, except that Buddha said in common words "do not kill any living thing" and that includes cockroaches, rats or any other ants that might slip under your steps.....thing that in the world I live in my daily mortal life, it is not as sacred as it still is in Indonesia... Ganesha loves rats fyi....
And just so.....I fell in love with a "new" God!
and She showed Herself to me: on my chaotic, no idea where and what Temple chasing path, the Temple that happened to be "on my way" back from the Wholly Waters Tirta Empul, here it was... old as the world, unique in Indonesia, not known by many, the Very First Statue of Ganesha ever discovered in the Hindu world: The Temple of Ganesha...
and what happened after was a shiver on the back of my spine, in 40 degrees of heat I was feeling COLD, and good, and loved, and amazingly melting into the stone surrounding me! She was there, beside me, the Ancient Energy of a God does not need words to be described, does not have feelings to be compared to, it just IS, and continues to be by my side ever since....
and like this was just the beginning I ended up getting a wall-sized hand-painted Ganesha, and I could not get my eyes of a gorgeous Mandala that I had to get with that.... you can guess that the mandala was ... Ganesha`s Yantra!!!!!
AND this is the Wholly Water Spring that I CHOSE to pray for the World and get my blessings (when it came to the choosing point... :) ) ...
AND this story followed me all the way to the other side of the World: "Home".... coming back to Canada there are the news.... "A 500-pound statue of the Hindu god Ganesh was found in the parking lot of the Oakville Museum earlier this month. (Halton Regional Police Service)" ..... Yeah, that`s me, I live in Oakville!!! Of all places......
Not to mention that 2 weeks after my back to "homeland" I am asking myself about a statue that I used to see every morning in Bali, a statue that I never asked anybody who that is, I was just silently worshipping it, passing by every morning with a smile on my face and in my heart, that statue was "the place" where I had the feeling of HOME, a home that I did not find yet, a home that would once and for all bring PEACE to my wandering soul here on Earth, a home not like a house and a family, but a home like a space in my very Heart that needs to be filled with who I really AM.....
that statue was the place where I was practicing Yoga, and lost my dearest Petrified Wood crystal (revealer of past lifes master)....
the other day I was walking by the Lake, found a place on a cold Canadian rock by the water, and took some time to sit in meditation, under the shy sunshine fighting with the 8 degrees of stubborn cold.... opening my eyes there it was right in front of me, sinking it`s gorgeous head into the polluted waters to check whatever was left alive and somehow nourishing: a SWAN..... back my mind and soul went to the "home place" in Bali.... and here is why...
I bet you wanna know who that is... :) It is Goddess Saraswati, Ganesha`s sister.... and again for people who know me, ....Saraswati always wears white! ;)
Now that the Family starts to get together...sending Blessings to You!
with an open heart..... Namaste!
to be continued?? :)
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