A brief account of various incarnations, or manifestations, of the Vedic gods: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti, and Ganesha; their iconographical symbology, mythological stories, and accompanying deities.
The important thing is how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free from matter, body and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.
-Swami Vivekananda