Further Upaya questions

[Guest guest]

Dear Shri Priya,

The first upaya for the colitis I began some days ago with honey in

the morning. Now I am to offer yogurt and later on saffron to a

deity in " any temple. " I am in Boulder, Colorado and as I am an

initiated swami and a pujari, I ask if my room (where I sleep in

someone's house) can be considered a temple, and I can make the

offerings here? I have a shrine or altar with representations of

deities: Shiva, Laxmi, Durga, Ganesh, Hanuman and Kali as well as

the saints of the Sacha Lineage. It is a very sacred place and

prayers and meditation happen there daily.

The second question is that in a few weeks I will begin the upaya

for the rejection issue, and you mentioned two objects to place in

certain locations in the house and one of them would go on for a

year. Beginning of August I leave for our Ashram in France and then

for the next 8 months or so I will move to different places- Demark,

Germany, India and so on. Does it disrupt the upaya if I don't have

a home and carry the objects with me (in planes, trains, cars etc.)

and then put them in their correct places wherever I temporarily

reside? Is the travelling time considered part of the year, or must

I subtract that time from the year?

I look forward to your responses and thank you for your time and

consideration. Sincerely, Samana