Rituals that are performed with the desire of attaining salvation also help a man to achieve growth and progress in this world.
You should discover your own reality and not thwart yourself. For you have the self as your only friend, or as your only enemy.
The third eye is associated with alertness and awareness. When you are alert, awake, more into knowledge, then naturally the energy has moved from the lowest chakra to the highest. You know when you are very alert and awake the sexual energy has transformed itself into a different quality of consciousness.
There are many people who fast, whose fast is nothing but hunger and thirst. There are those whose prayer is no better than wakefulness and hardship. The eating and drinking in case of the former and sleeping in the latter’s case is a far better option.
