Me too!
I would say, definitely not that. Our conception of Lord Ganesha is the play of the 3 gunas. He points beyond himself to the Unnameable, the Unmanifest but Lord Ganesha is a manifestation of divine grace and if we are drawn to him we should accept him as he appears to us.
I would say, certainly Lord Ganesha is a most auspicious manifestation of Ishvara.
I can only speak from my own experience - that I have been happy not knowing what obstacles need to be removed and I just move forward in simple faith that Lord Ganesha will reveal and remove those obstacles that need removing. Very often the mind is deceptive. We think we know what are the obstacles and we want them removed, when in fact the things we see as obstacles are either:
1. not true obstacles but tricks of the mind
2. mere superficial expressions of something deeper, which is a true obstacle.
Om Shanti
Vannakkam: This is. I view as perhaps a confusion of two (or more schools) For those who don't consider Ganesha as Ishvara, but as a Separate God from the Supreme, this is true. Ganesha is easily accessible because He's not Ishvara. He's a separate divine being, created/emanated by Siva, for the pure purpose of being closer to worldly stuff.
However, for those who consider Him as another aspect of the Supreme (Smartas, for example) I don't see how he'd be any different in terms of accessability.
Of course I could be wrong.
Aum Namasivaya
Namaste ale,
Regarding this God says in Bhagwad Gita :
Na Kartritvam, na karmANi loksya srijati prabhuh |
Na karmaphalasanyogam svabhAvstu pravartate ||
===> God is not the creator of "doership" or the "actions/Karmas" in this world and He doesn't take part in deciding the association of Results with the Actions. It is the Nature that works.
OM
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
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