In plain words
Man must experience this Gaṇapati principle. Ever since the age of the Vedas the Gaṇapati principle has been proclaimed and taught. The Ṛg Veda, and the Taittirīya Upaniṣad as well, have taught the Gaṇapati principle.
The Indweller Is the God of Gods
In every human being the Gaṇapati principle is shining, and as the inner voice it keeps on teaching. Man ignores this teaching, sinks into a lowly state and debases his humanness. Running after things impermanent and material, he falls prey to unrest, despair and dejection. What man has to achieve is not physical learning, not worldly power, not material joy. All these belong to the path of pravṛtti. Whatever is gained on the path of pravṛtti is impermanent, all of it passing! Man must not lose his human values for their sake. He must make nivṛtti his very support, and not take pravṛtti as the main thing.
The body is made of the five elements; the body must fall, sooner or later; the indweller is free of all ill; consider: for the indweller birth and death and the marks of the fetters of delusion do not exist; seen truly, this indweller is the God of gods; consider it in your mind: He is the very form of the Ātma!
But man today takes the body alone as the main thing, forgets the indweller and wastes his time. How can one who has wasted his time make the body fruitful? The Vedas, Śāstras, Itihāsas and Purāṇas have spoken of humanness in glowing words. Man keeps on reading them. But what is the use of reading? Is he able to understand? Precisely because he does not put them into practice, he cannot reach fulfilment.
The Food Offered to Vināyaka: Its Inner Meaning
On the holy day of Vināyaka Caviti it is the custom of the people of Bhārata to make kuḍumulu, uṇḍrāḷḷu and other dishes of flour and offer them to Gaṇapati. You must recognise the inner meaning of this. They mix rice flour, sesame flour and jaggery, cook it over steam without oil, make it into balls and offer it to Vināyaka as naivedya.