Travel from the Idol to the Ideal

"Someone once asked, "Swami, I have a beautiful Rama idol that I worship everyday. How long should I do worship?"

Somebody also added, "No, no, no! My Krishna statue is more beautiful. How long should I worship?"

Baba said, "So long as you have this body feeling, "I am this body", continue to worship. The moment you grow beyond that, the moment you realise that you are not the body, you don't need to worship any idols at all."

Swami says that we must travel from the idol to the ideal. But we are idle in between! So that is the tragedy. We are not supposed to be idle. Worship the idol and attain the ideal."

(From the book "Divine Reflections" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)