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Dear Swamiji, My son asked me 2 questions which i cud not reply properly. i think he asked u the same questions, but reply not seen. may be unnoticed: 1. Bhramins says that Gayathri manthram has to be recited at Sathya lokam. Thats why after chanting Gayathri , they take 7 rounds (prathakshinam) to come back to earth covering 7 lokas ie; satya loka, thapa loka, jana loka, mahar loka, swarga loka, bhuvar loka and ultimately bhoo loka (earth). He asked how do they go to satya loka before chanting Gayathri. i told him it is only a superstition and Gayathri manthra can be chanted sitting anywhere. Swamiji, any other reason for this. 2. Before pooja starts, poojari make self pooja by doing vyapaganhgam, chandaz, manasa pooja of the diety for whom the pooja to be done. The reason said that a devine soul can do the pooja to a devine deity. This is ok. But after the pooja, the poojari is not come back to normal human state doing self vyapagangam, chandaz, manasa pooja. Means he is in devine state through out and if so next day morning before pooja starts, again the self pooja is whr reqd. i told him this is another superstition, anybody can do pooja to any deity provided his mind and body shud be purified. May be the self pooja is for that. Swamiji, is there any other reason apart? 3. You said that animals and trees hv natural evolution, but from human being onwards, it is soul evolution. If so pls advs trees and animals hv no soul and once we take human body, we need not go back to trees and animals.