Indian Traditions
Being · Indian Traditions · 450 CE
Ganesha
Gupta Period to Present (5th Century CE)
The elephant-headed remover of obstacles and patron of intellect, beginnings, and arts.
Who they wereGanesha embodies the supreme intellect that clears both material and psychological obstacles, his broken tusk symbolizing self-sacrifice for wisdom (writing the Mahabharata) and his mouse mount illustrating mastery over desire.
The FindingTrue wisdom surmounts obstacles by combining intellectual gravity with humble, nimble adaptability.
Symbol · Indian Traditions · 1577
Ajna and the Third Eye
Sat-Cakra-Nirupana (1577)
The two-petalled brow chakra of inner command, intuition, and non-dual perception.
What it meansIn classical Tantra, Ajna holds the sacred syllable Om where the Ida and Pingala nadis merge into Sushumna; Western occultists later synthesized it with Descartes's pineal gland.
The FindingIntuitive insight awakens when dualistic tensions dissolve into steady, concentrated awareness.