Follow-up Question to Swamiji about Building a home temple

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Follow-up question for Swamiji about Building a home temple

532--Q&A WITH SWAMIJI- Building a home templeSwamiji's

response:Spend more time in worship than in making the space. The

deities willface south or west, the worshipper will face north or

east. Try to finda space that can be dedicated only to worship.The

havan kund is a little more involved. Have you been practicing

thehoma as yet? If not, start with the beginner's homa in the Hanuman

Pujabook. Then move up to the more advanced in the Shiva Advanced

Book.Also watch the video CD How to Draw the Yantra and Enkindle the

SacredFire.That's a lot to start with.

Dear Swamiji ~ I currently am living in a 30 foot travel trailer. All

of the space is taken up with push out sofa and dining table,

sink/stove, shelves/closets, bathroom, bedroom with about a foot

worth of room to walk around the bed. I am hoping that this

circumstance will change, but for the forseeable future this is what

I have. My altar is on top of a bureau in the "living room" because

that was the only place I had to put it. There is no space to build a

home temple. At the moment, my bed has become my place of worship

because I can in and sit there and shut the door, leaving the tv and

my hubby and the dogs in the other room. Also, as I mentioned in

another question to you some time ago, I am very ill and often have

to do my reciting/chanting/worship reclining in bed.

 

So my question is, in my circumstance, what do I do? If someone like

me is in a situation where they cannot make an altar what do they do?

Perhaps your first comment, "Spend more time in worship than in making

the space" is actually the answer. If it is, I hope you will let me

know. And thank you so much for your time ~ Linda