SATSANGH/ CONTD. WHY DO IDOL WORSHIP? THE BEGINNER HAS TO START WITH IDOL WORSHIP. ONE CAN EASILY FOCUS HIS DEVOTION INTO THE VISIBLE DEITY WHICH IN FACT IS MERELY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ABSTRACT POWER SUPREME GOD. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THE FAITHFULS MIND BECOMES A LITTLE MORE EDUCATED SPIRITUALLY. HE CAN VISUALISE THE PRESENCE OF THE DEITY WITHOUT LOOKING AT IT. EVEN WHEN HE IS NOT SITTING BEFORE THE IDOL HE CAN SEE IT THROUGH HIS MINDS EYE. A LITTLE MORE TRAINING TAKES HIM TO THE LEVEL WHERE HE SEES GOD BEHIND THAT WORSHIPED DEITY. A SMALL CHILD AT PRE-PRIMARY LEVEL HAS TO BE TAUGHT HOW TO COUNT BY USING STICKS OR PEBBLES, BUT AS HE ENTERS HIGHER CLASSES, HE USES OTHER EVOLVED DEVICES FOR COUNTING. ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE PHOTOGRAPH OF OUR ANCESTORS IS SOMETHING TO HELP US REMEMBER THEM. ISNT IT? SHASTRAS DEFINE THE VARIOUS LEVELS AS MURTI POOJA, PARTHIV POOJA, MANAS POOJA AND SATVIK POOJA.. PARTHIV POOJA IS THE WORSHIP OF SYMBOLICS. HERE THE DEITY IS IN SYMBOLIC FORM AS LINGAM IS SYMBOLIC OF LORD SHIVA. SHRI YANTRA IS SYMBOL OF GODDESS LAXMI......................
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