![]() He is intimately part of His creation, He is in every thought, every part of the body, every person in front of you, in your breath, in your heart. This is to show that God is smaller than the smallest, and bigger than the biggest. He who rests in the Soul, He who rests in His creation. That’s to remind us that we cannot control God, that we are so infinitely small.Ģ. ![]() Like looking at a mountain, you can’t conquer a mountain. This knowledge that God is beyond His creation is meant to invoke awe in us. God is still beyond that because He is not bound by His creation. Once talking to Guruji, he said, “No, creation is infinitive and God is creating new creation. You might think that creation had an end. That means that God is beyond creation, but creation is infinitive and is infinitely creating new creation, so God is infinitely beyond the infinite creation. Which means that God is present where other things are not present. ![]() Whatever you think of, big or small, God is already there, and even beyond it. This means that everything and everywhere at any time is God. The Atma rests inside God (all creation is inside God). Nara is the drop and Narayana is the ocean.ġ. The difference between the Soul and God is not in quality, but in quantity. Now, what is eternal in humans? It is the Soul, the Atma. Nara means also human, like Narasimha, which means Man-Lion. Whatever is eternal is Divine and the other way around, whatever is Divine is eternal. Nara means imperishable or eternal which is a quality of the Divine. “Namo” means also ‘I give my respect, my salutation’. For example, Om Namo Narayanaya and OM Narayana Namaha are both correct. It’s the same as Nama or Namaha, and it depends where the word is in the sentence (just grammatically). The “e” is pronounced like “ay” in the word “way” or “hay”.What does “OM” mean? ( >klick here) What does “Namo” mean? All “a” are pronounced like the “a” in the word father. The pronunciation of this mantra is relatively easy and straightforward. If you do japa, the mantra is usually repeated 108 times or in multiples of nine and can be chanted with mala beads. It can be chanted once or used in the repetitive way known as japa. Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha is a common prayer to invoke Ganesha, but it is also calming and grounding all on its own. They all follow the mythology involving the many gods in Hinduism. There are several stories as to why he has an elephant head. He is usually shown riding or accompanied by a rat, which is a demon that he has subdued. The fourth hand is often seen in giving the gesture of granting a boon or holding a sweet treat, a laddu. In three of his hands he is holding, a hatchet, a lasso and sometimes a conch shell. He is always seen with a single tusk and each of his hands are holding something symbolic of his virtue and power. ![]() Ganesha is imaged as a short, stout, elephant headed god with four arms. As a result, he is extremely popular in India for those that practice Hinduism worldwide. Ganapati or Ganesha is the Hindu god mostly recognized as the remover of obstacles and the grantor of success. Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha is used to invoke the blessings of Ganapati and avail ourselves of his peace, knowledge and prosperity.
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