Dear Ramanaduli,
All pujas, japas, meditation on a god's form are all activities only. But they
if properly done, become one pointed activity, which gives ekakrita -
single purpose activity and this in turns makes self inquiry easy.
What to do? Only with the mind, the mind should be destroyed, as
mentioned in Ashtakam, verse 5 by Sri Bhagavan.
Arunachala Siva.
Arunachala Siva.