Chaturthi and Ganesha

The 4th lunar day is the celebration of Ganesha. Ganesha is a symbol for intellect.

Ganesha is known to be the chief of the Ganas who are celestial beings: Yakshas, Nagas, Bhootas, Piśācī are a few of them.

Ganas I have read are a symbol for the nervous system.

Ganesha guards Kundalini energy in the root chakra or Mulādhara and has the form of omkāra that is the Pranava or AUM).

The intellect rules together with awareness the physical body.

The genetic energy of the Mulādhara has the function to regulate other endocrine glands and the nervous cells. So between intellect and the genetic energy is a close connectivity.

Being mindful (smirti) of how we use the energy in the Mulādhara has a direct impact on the intellectual prowess and ultimately on the finesse of discernment of which the quality of one's life depends but also of one's descendants as well.

Spiritual practice is beneficial in children the most when is done by the parents with a pure intent before conception as it is inherited by the child.

Vajrapani in the picture that comes in the Jonang tradition is portrayed as trampling Ganesha …

I relate to this as the the “Seven-Point mind training” by Chekawa Yeshe Dorje line that says:

“By meditating on illusions as the four Buddha bodies, emptiness is protection unsurpassed.”

Transcending the intellect is by being mindful of how we express in Mulādhara that keeps the intellect sharp in the first place and provides virya, stamina to keep going.

One mudra that benefits the nervous and endocrine systems is Ashwini Mudra.