Welcome back to The Boundless Mind.  In today's episode, we have a meditation drawn from A Mindful Evening, followed by the continuation of our Nine Gates series.  This episode focuses on Lord Ganesha, the remover obstacles and god of new beginnings.  We learn about the philosophy of mantra practice and begin working with some Ganesha mantras.  Theme music by Tommy Rooster.  Intro voiceover by Kimberly Hash Devries. Zafir Daar on piano. Hafiz Shahbaz Rasheed on tabla. Recorded with a Rode Podcaster microphone on a System 76 Lemur laptop running Ubuntu Linux. Support open source software!  Follow me on Twitter @daviddillardwri .  Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/boundless . Website: heartchakrasociety.org.