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Food thus plays a fundamental role in allaying fear.
The elephant has access to a lot of food, thanks to its great size. And thanks to its size, it has no natural enemies.
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Our wealth and family, our possessions become an extension of our bodies. It is the fourth body — property that outlives the death of the other three. We hoard more and more property and thereby give ourselves meaning.
wealth cannot compensate for his fear of death.
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Kubera is called Pingalaksha,
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In nature, rats eat grain, snakes eat rats and mongooses eat snakes. Thus the mongoose is on top of the food chain.
Kubera has the mongoose as his pet. Ganesha has the serpent around his belly and the rat at his feet. The predator and the prey are thus in harmony. This represents the idea of heaven
land of the Pole Star, which represents a state of mind where there is no dependence on nature, no fear of death, no fear of scarcity or predation, only bliss.
Animals never overeat.
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North is the direction associated with the Pole Star, with stillness, hence spiritual wisdom.
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contentment. Unlike Kubera whose wives, Riddhi and Nidhi, are associated with material growth and wealth accumulation, Ganesha’s two wives, Riddhi and Siddhi (sometimes called Buddhi) balance wealth with wisdom. Siddhi means emotional and intellectual maturity. In calendar art, Ganesha is shown with Lakshmi instead of Riddhi, and Saraswati instead of Siddhi. The two goddesses, draped in red and white, are associated with wealth and knowledge. If
