Ganesha is Lord Shiva’s son and representative.

Ganesha is Lord Shiva’s son and representative. Shiva is Pashupati, or the lord of animals. Ganapati is the foremost of the animals, Shiva incarnate as the ruling principle in the manifest worlds. Both Ganesha and Shiva are Om. Shiva is Om in its transcendent state. Ganesha is Om in its state as underlying and ruling all other forces.

Lord Shiva represents the unbounded consciousness beyond the limits of the dualistic mind. Shiva turns the individual soul into Ganesha by taking it beyond the individual mind to the universal consciousness embracing the whole of existence.

When we surrender to Shiva as the non-dual state, we align ourselves with Ganesha and are no longer bound to our human conditioning. This requires the difficult sacrifice of the ego represented by the human head.

The trident, or the spear with three prongs, is one of the accessories of Shiva and symbolizes His three fundamental powers iccha(will), kriya(action) and jnana (knowledge). It also signifies His power to destroy evil and ignorance. As His weapon and instrument of punishment the trident represents Lord Shiva's manner of punishing the evil doers on all the three planes - spiritual, subtle and physical.

Trishul represents the three aspects of consciousness – waking, dreaming and sleeping, and it represents the three gunas – satva, rajas and tamas. Holding a trishul(Trident) signifies that Shiva (the divinity) is above all the three states – waking, dreaming and sleeping, yet is the upholder of these three states.

The divinity is beyond the three gunas, but it holds the three gunas together.

Shul means problems or suffering. Trishul means that which destroys all kind of suffering.

Three types of pain that arise in life:
1. Aadibhautik (physical)
2. Aadhyaatmik (spiritual) and
3. Aadidaivik (ethereal)

What relieves you from all the problems and suffering is the trishul. And it is in the hand of Shiva. Hence Lord Shiva is the destroyer of Suffering.

Damaru represents the Shabda Brahman. It represents OM from which all languages are formed. It is He who formed the Sanskrit language from the sound of Damaru. Sound of damaru is symbolic of rhythm of all creation..! ✨👁🔱🐘🏔🐍⌛️🌙💀📿❤️🌀🕉🙏🏻✨

Om Shri Ganeshaya Namah ~ Hara Hara Mahadev 🔱⌛️🔱