By keeping the mind creative and focused, the intellect or wisdom sharpens. This intellect is that sustains the whole mind. Without intellect there is no order of the mind. There are thousands of thoughts, but it is the intellect that sustains the mind to be in order, otherwise random thoughts will only be chaotic.  

    Everything in this universe has a specific pattern and there is Intelligence in every bit of creation. This intelligence that is manifested in the creation has beauty in it.  This intelligence is represented by Vishnu and beauty that is present as the core (heart) of creation is represented by his wife Lakshmi.

We seek intellect (wisdom) in us when there is a crisis and needs restoration of order. Then the intellect (wisdom) manifest in us, like the avatars of Vishnu that comes often to restore order.

      It is very difficult even for the most learned (pundit) or any genius to comprehend this cosmic knowledge (Brahma-gyana) of Consciousness. Hence the smart  Rishi's symbolized these aspects as stories for the most intellectual person as well as a layman to grasp the secret of the cosmos. These stories are 18 in number compiled by the greatest Genius Sage Vyasa as "Puranas".  He used such an brilliant approach of using a real event in history to convey the same message through his historical work, the Mahabharata, the biggest literary work ever composed. 

  In Vedic tradition the main Trinity Gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva  are the symbolism of the Mind, Intellect and Awareness.  Brahma is the creator God, Vishnu the sustainer and Shiva the destroyer. All the three originate from the Supreme Para-Brahmam, the Pure-unconditional Consciousness.

                                                Brahma is the Mind.

       Brahma is the creation God. He creates and decides the life-span of  everything. He is the script writer of the whole event. Interestingly he is not worshipped in temples. His first son is "Manu", which means the mind and from it derives the root word for Manusha (Man in Sanskrit) and also Man in Latin.

   Any creation is constrained by time and space. This is why in Vedic-Mythology (Puranas), the creator god Brahma is personified with four heads (see picture on left). Three heads represents the three axes of space (Length, height and breadth) and fourth represents time (adapted from the book "Journey to the Source, decoding matrix trilogy").  

Why is Brahma not worshipped, though he is the creator God?. 

  Seldom does Hindu's (those who practice Vedic tradition) think about this fact. Brahma has only few temples. The reason is that Brahma is the symbol of Mind and we do not honor (worship) any human being who just thinks thoughts. Respect is given not to an individual just thinking thoughts, but someone who has made a difference with that thought to himself and the beings around him.  This means that just having a thinking mind is no big deal and creating progeny like Brahma creating beings is not worthy.

    What is worthy is to have a creative mind which we call artistic. Hence Brahma's wife Saraswathy  is worshipped in all temples in India. She beholds Veena , a musical instrument and Vedas a representation of knowledge in her hands. She also has rosary beads a means to divert the wandering mind to the concentration/stillness state of Awareness. Hence she is worshipped as the Goddess of learning which requires concentrating mind.

   Since Brahma represents the actively thinking mind and his wife  Saraswathy represents the creative useful mind, she alone is worth of worship.

Continue to read about the second trinity god Vishnu.