Namaste,
1. I usually pray at my altar atleast once daily and I have two shivling pictures among the other various statues and items residing there. Knowing the external act of Puja is to create an environment for internal changes I mentally offered milk to both shivlings just like I would in a mandir. Would this be considered a superior, equivalent or inferior practice to pouring milk over a shivling with a pure heart in physicality? I would imagine it is purely down to you opening up your consciousness and flowering into Siva with genuine intent. So physicality or mentality is irrelevant. Would you agree? I ask because I have trouble concentrating doing it in physicality in a Mandir while others are behind me waiting to do the same and so forth and thus I can't give my all to the act.
2. Is Japa considered as a genuine practice that could take you into Dhyana? I had two seperate sessions set for myself one for Japa and one for attempting Dhyana without anything. I was wondering that since I do mental japa would that be considered a good avenue for going into a state of Dhyana? Or would I still require a session only dedicated to only Dhyana.
Thanks.
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