How to visit temples

 

Kasaar Devi Temple, Almora, Uttarakhand

When parents take their children to temples, the mindset that is inculcated is usually one of the following:

1. The Big Boss mindset - God is presented as some Big Boss who is all powerful, ready to get angry and punish the inhabitants of this world. So one must be fearful in front of the Big Boss and also treat God as big and oneself as small.

In this mindset, the prime purpose of the temple visit becomes appeasing BB with ones conduct.

2. The Business mindset - God is presented as business-man or woman who is sitting there to strike deals. Offer a coconut and ask for a job or some such exchange.

In this mindset, the prime purpose of the temple visit is to strike a one-sided deal which makes no business sense.

Is there any other mindset one can go to a temple with?

Yes and that is the mobile-charger mindset.

In this approach, one views temples as power centers and oneself as mobile phones which needs charging from time to time. Participating in life drains ones energies and temples are places where you can go and sit for sometime to charge yourself up. There are some temples which are like turbo chargers(Shaktipeeth/Jyotirling etc) and can charge very fast whereas other ones are like normal chargers. All one needs to do then is sit silently (get plugged to the source) for some time and let the charger do its work. Not only does charging happens this way but negative energies are also cleansed just by virtue of being there.

Try this if you haven't. Next time you go to a temple, sit silently in the premises for some time doing nothing and letting the charger do its work.

PS. Originally published on September 28, 2017 on Facebook.