Why does Ganesha hold sweets in his hand?

Answer 1

GANESHA/ VIGHNESHWARA - THE HINDU GOD OF OBSTACLES:

Ganesha, the elephant headed Hindu god, can

1. Introduce an obstacle in the path of an undesirable activity

2. Remove the obstacle in the path of a desirable activity

3. With the combination of the above two abilities, enable us to execute an activity at any time we wish

4. Enable us to barter the mighty power of a socially unacceptable activity for the small power of a socially acceptable activity.

THE COMPETITIVE BLOCKADE:

All the above abilities of Ganesha are due to a mechanism called Competitive blockade.

If two thoughts try to enter our conscious mind at the same time neither of them can succeed.

However, the more powerful thought speeds up and thus succeeds in manifesting as action.

However, if we have Voluntary force, we can make the two come at precisely the same time, as long as we wish or as long as we have Voluntary force.

THE LOTUS FLOWER:

The lotus in the hand of Ganesha symbolizes the Voluntary/ Manual force.

Originally associated with Brahma, because he symbolizes Voluntary force, it can be found with Vishnu, Shiva and the consorts of all the three.

Thus, the lotus in the hand of Ganesha symbolizes Voluntary force, which he needs to alter the timing of the obstacle to make the obstacle effective or ineffective.

Answer 2

Ganesha symbolizes the mechanism called Competitive blockade:

Competitive blockade/ Vighna:

If two thoughts try to enter the conscious mind at precisely the same time it would lead to Competitive blockade. Then, not only these two thoughts but no other thought can enter the conscious mind. This would lead to abolition of all movements, emotions feelings and thoughts, resulting in false peace and false self-control.

This is the easiest way of having peace and self-control, though both are false. Thus, competitive blockade is a boon for a person who has no means to control his body and mind and have peace.

The secret of Ganesha's might:

If the blockade fails then there would be exchange of emotions between the blocking thought and the thought to be blocked. This enables us to barter the small power we have for our task, for the mighty power of a socially unacceptable activity.

Thus, Ganesha enables us to execute a mighty task with a small force.

Requirements for Competitive blockade:

Certain entities are a must for competitive blockade.

They are,

1. The thought to be blocked - symbolized by Ganesha's head

2. The blocking thought - our task

3. Voluntary force - symbolized by sweets (modakas or laddoos)

4. Unwanted part of mind - symbolized by Ganesha's protruding belly.

Ganesha trunk with a sweet:

Ganesha's elephant's head with a sweet in his trunk is enough to represent him because it symbolizes Competitive blockade.

The Voluntary (manual) force:

This is a small and transient force. Often this is all we can afford when we want to execute a mighty task.

The great advantage of Voluntary force is that it is directly under our control.

Competitive blockade is normally an accident and soon the dominant thought succeeds in entering the conscious mind. However, if we have Voluntary force, we can make the thought to be blocked and the blocking thought to come at the same time so many times that the two start coming together on their own (involuntarily, automatically).

Thus, without Voluntary force competitive blockade is impossible.

Thus, the sweets (modakas or laddoos) in a bowl that Ganesha holds in his hand is symbolic of voluntary force, which is a must for initiating Vighna, which (the Vighna) he would remove after it is bartered for a mighty force.

Answer 3

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