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orkut - communities - messages: "Another question that I had raised in the Idol worship thread was ....

Should we waste resources for psychogical benefits and achieving oneness with GOD when we know some people are striving for survival?.

My ans:-
I think its choice one has to make.
My choice will be yes I will still advice to do the rituals like Yagna,Arti,SatyaNarayan Katha or similar rituals in other religions to be in a best pschycological state which in trun will help me to be in a postion to perform at my level best so that I can help others.Without these rituals my mind will be polluted with bad thoughts.I will not be in best pscychological state and I will not be performing at my best and hence could not help others.
You might say pschycological state can be improved by meditation etc. also yes I agree but it is more difficult path to be meant for all.May be you and I can follow miditation path what about millions of others who will find path of rituals more suitable for them because it directly plays with pscychology of human mind.

The power of these rituals is proven clearly when you can see eveen the poor family people do such rituals even after taking lot of pain in the effort.But you will never see a poor family person do meditation,he will say Me and my family don't have enough food to eat how will meditation help me?.
You tell him do this ritual to keep your mind happy and he will do it.

So I would say to be able to give Service to mankind one needs to keep himself in a good frame of mind and for that he constantly needs some pscycological triggers which he gets from worship of GOD in any of the forms or ways.

Like Swamiji said ...without helping ohers you can not achieve your spiritual goals.

I personally follow a simple Rule I donate a percentage of my earnings to others no matter how"