Namaste all,
I'm creating this thread because I would like to know more about the Goddess Saraswati. As I was meditating today I had a peculiar vision - against the background of my eyelids I thought I could make out a bird of some kind, its wings flapping towards me. I thought it was a swan upon looking at it further, and at that very moment, my mind was flooded with thoughts of the Goddess Saraswati!
The rest of my meditation session was filled with thoughts of Saraswati, and as I emerged from it, for some reason I had the crazy idea that She might be my Ishta Devata instead of Ganesha.
Now I know all Gods in Hinduism are manifestations of the One Supreme, so I know I shouldn't think of Saraswati as being a separate Goddess. With all Gods being different forms of the One, I also know it's not "blasphemous" to switch whichever form you worship as your Ishta Devata. And according to Art of Living teachings (I follow H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in case you don't know) such visions should not have too much importance attached to them.
But the key there, at least to me, is not too much...I still think this warrants some consideration, without letting it totally affect my mind. Maybe I'm at a phase of my life now where the form of Goddess Saraswati might be more beneficial to my spiritual progress than the form of Lord Ganesha? Hinduism teaches there is more than one path to moksha, so maybe this path might be the best one for me now? I'm not 100% sure.
That's why I want to know more about Goddess Saraswati. If someone can point out some good sources on Her, I would appreciate it.
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