Yonder Spirit

I discovered that to be aware of what is happening around you and what you are doing is actually a sign that the people is spiritual. Sometimes they even don't know how much spiritual they are..
Being spiritual is acting and giving out the result. Spiritual persons have certain characteristics and they can be easily identified but observing their actions. It is more like a title like 'Shiva' itself.

Difference is the stability. Difference is the balance. The midpoint.
Without difference the world would fall on one side and soon it will become Evil!

Personally I feel the word 'Evil' is a harsh word used to mention the 'Different than Normal' people or ways or things... There is No Evil thing in World. Everything are relative.

If someone is kind we say they are good. If they are not kind then Evil! Imagine if the world is full of only good people, you think all problems will be solved out? No!  Earth wont be balanced if everyone are good. We need some people to think in a way very different than the normal and hence born the 'Contrast Nature' which balances the normal. Since we cant accept them we call it Evil!

Nothing is Evil. Being different is no Evil! Universe will be in imbalance if there is no 'so called' Evil. Even those are obviously necessary for the Universal Balance, hence, it is harsh to refer 'Different' things or people as 'Evil'. Both of them are needed.

First of all I would like to say that Idol worship has a great advantage and significant importance in passing on the spiritual information down many years through generation after generation. Idols deal with Symbolism.  I will list out the importance of idol worship as far as i know...

1. It is easier to memorize a picture rather than memorizing a large paragraph of 50 lines. So our ancestors designed God's form as Statues to make easier to learn the form of Gods.

2. Looking closer to Idols we can note each idol has specific standing/sitting pose, finger positions, ornaments, colors, direction, size, shape, etc...  Each part has a separate meaning behind it. For example: Considering the statue of Lord Shiva, he sits in Padmasana with chin mudra (actual meditative pose), His blue neck indicating Vishudhi Chakra (Throat Chatkra-blue color), Eye on forehead meaning the Third-Eye (Pineal Gland), etc.. Likewise each Idol represent each important parts in Human Body, in fact the idols remind us of Human body more than reminding God!

3. The ancient Puranas described Gods in Sanskrit verses, but how many us know Sanskrit language? But to understand the idols we need not know any language! Idols can be exposed to all people of all language and culture and the message expressed is always the same.

4. If the information are passed through books and ears then certainly at one point the information transmitted could bear errors and thus leading to misinterpretation. But the Idols can last long for many thousand years, even more than ancient palm leaf books, thus the information is never altered from its original form and we are able to extract the information again exactly as it was designed to deliver.

5. Idols can be created by incorporating Sacred Geometry in 3 dimensions and so Idols could have the property of influencing its environment in positive way.

There are lots of reasons, far than a normal man can comprehend. As of now, if we cant see the Idols as Gods then lets see Idols as Interpretation of Human Body . Idol Worship is more a Symbolism!

One of my Master gave a nice explanation to this question today.

It is Being yourself! Being Human! No more than that...!!!

And it has no objective or desire behind it. It is a goalless Spontaneous want to feel our self and to realize the truth that we are not this body, we are not this mind.

Years ago i was very obsessed with the Third Eye concept, of course now also, but it was only last year i discovered that all these times the ancestors were referring the Pineal Gland as the Third Eye!

Today one of my master asked me to sit in padmasana and breath profoundly, to keep my palm over my tummy and observe what happens when I inhale and exhale. I should observe and say whether my tummy expands or contracts when I breath in. This is a small test to check whether you have a clear thinking ability...
If you are reading this you also can sit comfortably, close your eyes and observe and check the results below...


Result:
While Inhalation: If your tummy expands then you have clear thinking! So this means while Exhalation your tummy should contract..

Contrarily if your tummy expands while exhalation and contracts while inhalation then something is wrong with you!!

Dont worry if your results are negative! Just let it go.. Do meditation and Pranayama.. You will become alright in no time! Stay Happy and Healthy!!!