I think of the Tibetan tradition of turning your cup upside down as you go to sleep at night and then turning it right side up when you wake up. It’s done to remind us that each day in a new moment and a new opportunity.

Fair enough. I’m just a poseur incense lover.

Now I love me some incense in Church, temple or bedroom but that seems a bit…much.

It’s the difference between true devotion and empty ritual.

Yes!! The attachment to a spiritual self-image hampers us and makes truly good things harder to do. When we just want the egoistic side of “spirituality” he hamper everything we claim to want to do. When we can be compassionate and see ourselves or God in every other being it becomes natural.