Spiritual evolution is achieved by yoga and striving. Devotees perform tapas, holding pots of fire, meditating for long hours, rolling around the temple in hot sand and carrying kavadi. Devas bless their efforts from the inner planes, while the baser worlds remain below and apart.§
Dhārmika Jīvanam§
धार्मिक जीवनम्§
Section One§
Right Living
Saṁsāra, the transmigration of life, takes place in one’s own mind. Let one therefore keep the mind pure, for what a man thinks, that he becomes: this is a mystery of Eternity.§
Maitrī Upanishad 6.34. UPM, P.103§