I can't remember how many temples I had climbed to find my real self. I would take one good look at something written about some place of worship and the next moment I would go there to see if I can somehow get to solve the problem that I had. Ofcourse, at first, the visits were in the form of prayers. Later, I just hoped that I will somehow get enlightened. Looking back now after more than a decade of such visits, I cannot say that it was a bad idea even if it meant blowing up a lot of money, none of which that I had earned. I had been to many holy places and used to bring some piece of material or photo or book from there. Maybe those visits purified me, if not were enlightening. Those visits inevitably involved the burning up of a lot of bad karma in the literal sense since I could feel my body getting all heated up. It took me out of my comfort-zone. Perhaps that's the best outcome of all those travels to the places of worship.