Invoking The Divine...    

I commence this journey by invoking the God of auspiciousness and wisdom- Lord Ganesha.                           

                                             Om ek-dantaay vidh-mahe,

                       Vakratundaay dhi-mahi,

                   Tanno Gaj-mukh Prachodayat

We pray to the one with the single-tusked elephant tooth (ek-dantaay) who is omnipresent (vidd-mahe). We meditate upon and pray for greater intellect (dhī-mahi) to the Lord with the curved, elephant-shaped trunk (vakratunḍāya). We bow before the one with the single-tusked elephant tooth (tanno danti) to illuminate our minds with wisdom (prachodayāt).