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G A N E S H A - T H E G O D W I T H E L E P H A N T H E A D 
PART 4Amazed, all the ones present at the competition saw that instead of going into the cosmic space, Ganesha flew around Shiva and Parvati, and then returned to the starting point, kneeled at his parent's feet and said: "I fulfilled my task. I toured the universe." All the gods and semi-gods said as one: "It's not true! You are nothing but a lazy boy!". Ganesha turned over to Vishnu and said: "I know that you understood the significance of my actions, but in order to make everyone understand I will say these: I fulfilled my task to tour the universe, as all this phenomenal world of forms and names is only a manifestation of my Divine Mother and Father. They are the source of all there is. I went for the source, the truth, the essence of all existence and phenomena. I know that this world is an ocean of relative existence, that it is illusory, and that it makes no sense to give up the ultimate reality to tour an illusion. My brother is still touring the universe. When he reaches the truth, it will be the same truth that is one, and compared to whom the rest is but an illusion, including me and you." This statement lit a spark of authentic understanding in his listeners, who were amazed and delighted with his wisdom. Applauding his refined judgment and his enlightening action, the gana-s had accepted the "fat" Ganesha as their lord. While Vishnu was placing the mark of victory (tilak) on Ganesha's forehead, Kartikeya returned from his journey. He was very upset and contested Ganesha's victory. Then the gods told Kartikeya about Ganesha's subtlety and wisdom and added: "you turned your attention to the matter, which is illusion. You did go around the phenomenal world, whose existence is relative, and therefore you were not able to perceive the truth directly. 
Ganesha showed us that the entire universe is but a manifestation of the ultimate truth. This is the source. The phenomenal universe is maya, the illusion."Kartikeya realized just then that he also had been fooled by maya, that his rush into the world of ever-changing phenomena had been in vain. He had chased a mirage. Kartikeya had behaved just as any other mortal who take the world of names and forms as reality, and the title of Ganesha was offered to the one whose wisdom had passed beyond the material existence. Also, Vishnu decided that beginning with that moment on, all beings should invoke Ganesha's grace in the beginning of all their actions, because thus they would not have to deal with various obstacles in achieving their beneficial goals, and their path will be smooth and without hardships. GANESHA'S YANTRA The meditation and focus on Ganesha's yantra grants a state of inner balance. The background is intense green. The green is obtained from the mixture of the warn yellow and cold blue, consequently the green is a color of balance. Focusing on the green color, we produce its complementary color, red. Anyone noticed red from a distance even, as it is the symbol of life, inspiration, revolution, and freedom from rules and limitations. The eight-petals red lotus represents the eight aspects of Prakriti (the primordial nature): 1. akasha 2. air 3. fire 4. water 5. earth 6. sattva 7. rajas 8. tamas 
The yellow star represents the balance between the masculine and feminine energy, and is was created through the superposition of a masculine triangle pointing upwards and a feminine one pointing downwards.The male triangle pointing upwards represents the vital masculine essence, the elixir of immortality. The color of this triangle is the same with Ganesha's skin. Bindu, the point placed in the center of the central triangle represents Ganesha himself. Meditation on this bindu is the main purpose of yantric worship. Its color is golden, attractive and calming at the same time.
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