Shiva's Play in the birth of Ganesha

Mythology, the "myths" particularly in religions and cultures. For the people with

"average" or I would say "unexplored" intelligence, these are stories which they may believe or disbelieve. According to me believing or disbelieving, both are insane, both are useless, both will not get you anywhere, both are blunders of human minds for ages. Actually, as per my understanding, some of these stories (not all, depends upon the source and its authenticity), are encrypted with deep wisdom and can be decoded by the people with certain level of Intelligence. 

Let's discuss one of the most famous stories when Shiva (a God described in Hindu Culture who mainly represents Consciousness) cuts down the head of His wife Parvati's (Goddess Shakti who stands for the Energy) son and then replaces it with an elephant-like head. 

Once Parvati, being a woman, felt the desire for a child, but Her husband Shiva, was in deep meditation and He used to remain in His meditation for years and no one knew when He would come out. So Parvati couldn't wait for Him, and with Her powers, manifested a child out of Her energies (mythologically, it is said to be the dirt of her body but I interpret it as Her Energies) and satisfied Her desire. 

Once She went in a cave to have a bath and directed Her child, Ganesha, to keep everyone from coming in. So it happened, in the meantime, Shiva came out of His Samadhi and rushed back to meet Parvati. There He encountered Ganesha who stopped Him from going in. He tried talking to Ganesha but what He saw Ganesha was just acting as per His Mother's directions without any exception. So He cut Ganesha's head. Then He placed the head of one of His elephant-like gannas (As per Sadhguru from Isha Yoga Center) and made Him come alive once again.

Now some people say, "Oh Shiva cut the head of Ganesha due to His anger, if He was Trikaaldarshi He could have seen everything, He should not be worshiped." And I smile and say, "Then don't worship Him at all. He shouldn't need anyone's worship or devotion or love if He's God He must be complete within His own self, right?" and I never drop the wisdom on the heads of the people who are not ready for it. 

Now comes the wisdom part, Before, Parvati Herself manifested Ganesha with Her powers, He had all the elements of Shakti (Energy) but didn't have any trace of Shiva (Consciousness) so that is why He could not understand Shiva when they talked. He just acted like an energy robot working as per the directions of his mother with no intelligence in His own and felt like who has taken an identity programmed to create obstacles. So Shiva played this Play(Leela) and cut down Ganesha's head and then replaced it with the elephant-like head of His Ganna who are said to be the extensions of Shiva Himself. This way Shiva infused His Chaitanya (Consciousness) in Ganesha and made Him come alive in real sense. Now Ganesha is Consciousness and Energy, the son of Shiva and Shakti both. This way Shiva brought Ganesha to life.

Energy is the force, if not combined with Consciousness, can be very destructive and destroy the whole Universe. Even Goddess Kali was a destructive force before She touched Shiva by stepping on Him. Goddess Kali, the fierce energy, became worshipable only when She touched the Consciousness, Shiva.  

Before that Ganesha was the obstacle-maker as programmed by His mother's directions, now with the Consciousness, He is transformed into the Obstacle Removing God. Then Shiva declared Ganesha to be worshiped before the worship of any other God or Goddess because invoking Him would destroy all the present and upcoming obstacles and the act would be a success. Shiva appointed Him as the in-charge of the Gannas (celestial beings or angels) thus called Him Ganapati. Since we all know Energy can never be destroyed, so the energies of the beheaded one were still there, so Shiva directed Him to create obstacles on the path of the people doing wrong in this world. So it is said that worshiping Ganesha would destroy the obstacles on the path of the devotees doing good karma and create obstacles on the path of the beings trying to harm the devotees and thus He would protect the devotees. Then, Ganesha expanded into the God of Good Fortune and the bestower of Enlightenment. 

Thus, this is How Shiva played the Play which ultimately brought well-being to All through His act of "destruction" since He is also known as the God of Destruction. But as Yogiraj Satgurunath Siddhanath describes Shiva in an interview put on His YouTube channel Youtube link, "He is the destroyer of the Ego and the redeemer of the Soul."

It also suggests that the Power and Intelligence must go side by side, if unconscious people are made powerful, they would only create a destructive mess because only that is what they know. And as per their perception, they think they are doing great. This is what is going wrong with all the societies, religions, and politics in this world. 

So this is the wisdom I could decode from this mythological story by the divine grace. As per my understanding, all these Gods and Goddesses represent the infinite aspects of the Ultimate Divine being. The obstacle removing and Fortune bestowing aspect of the Infinite Intelligence is invoked and worshiped as Ganesha, the wisdom and art blessing aspect of the Infinite Being is invoked and worshiped as Saraswati. But the wisdom is encrypted in such a way that it could pass thousands of years without losing its essence. The ones who are receptive shall receive it. I hope it was a fun and enlightening read for all of you. May God bless You.