GROWING UPWARDS TOWARDS THE ROOTS
Ganpatipule has a special significance because he is Maha Ganesha. The Ganesha at Muladhara becomes Maha Ganesha in the Virata that is the brain that means it is the seat of Shri Ganesh. That means Shri Ganesha governs from that seat- the principal of innocence. As you know very well it is placed at the back in the region of optic thalamus and it is the giver of innocence to the eyes. When He incarnated as Christ it is here in the front at Angya, he said very clearly that "Thou shalt not have adulterate eyes". It is a very subtle saying which people don’t understand what is the meaning of the word. Adultery means impurity in a general word. Any impurity in the eye thou shalt not have. It’s very difficult. Instead of saying that you get your realization and clear your back Angya, He has said it in short form "Tthou shalt not have adulterate eyes" and people thought it is an impossible situation. He was not allowed to live long; actually his public life is limited to three and a half years only.
So whatever He has said has a very great significance, that your eyes should not be adulterants; when there is innocence there is no adultery. It means there is no impurity. For example, with our eyes we see something and we want to possess it. We start thinking. The thought starts like a chain one after another, and then we get into the web of horrible thoughts, and then we become slaves of those thoughts. Without even our knowledge our eyes are turned to things which are very gross and take you downward. As Shri Krishna has said that the tree of awareness rose upside down such that the roots are in the brain and the branches go downward. Those who have gone to materialism have grown downward, those who have gone towards divine have grown upwards towards the roots. The main root as they call it is innocence - is Shri Ganesh - and he becomes Maha Ganesha in Ganpatipule; here he is surrounded by the father principal - the guru principle of the sea - the ocean, the Indian ocean.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Jan 1, 1986
