1. Arrangement of Temple Altar at Home

2. Understanding the science behind worship
Helps perform the worship with concentration and faith
Concentration helps awaken spiritual emotion and understand principles behind the worship
Ritual done as per science of Spirituality/worship brings maximum benefit
Imparting the science to the curious new generation helps build their faith, bring them closer to Spirituality and preserve Dharma.

3. Altar at home – direction and material
The altar should be facing east west direction. 
The altar should be of Sandalwood or Sagwani, as its has more capability of attracting and dissipating sattvik frequencies. 
Colour of altar: wooden as shown  
Shape of altar: as shown
The frequencies of Action (kriyā-laharī) of God are aligned in the East-West direction. Their movement is in the space between these two directions.
The South direction is associated with the region of Death (Yamaloka), the subtle basic raja-tama frequencies and distress.

4. Altar at home – Arrangement
Lord Ganesh in the center.
Male deities to the right of Lord Ganesh.
Female deities to left of Lord Ganesh.
If one has Guru then one can place the picture of the Guru on the right side along with other male deities.
Activation of Jiva's chandra naadi helps imbibe tarak chaitanya frequencis, and activation of surya naadi helps imbibe marak chaitanya frequencies.
Pictures of Female and Male Deities together
When the female deity is on the left side of the male deity she represent the savior form and thus the male deity can be considered as the predominant deity in that picture. Vice versa is also true.

5. Significance of worshipping Lord Ganesh
He is the controller of all directions. Hence worshipping Him first opens all directions for deities to arrive.
As Lord Ganesh ties up the negative energies in His pash, they cannot obstruct the worship.
Lord Ganesh is able to understand both “language of sound” and “language of light” and hence He is able to easily translate and reach our prayers to Deities.

6. The Three Subtle Basic Components pervade our entire existence and the world we live in.
Depending on which one of the three subtle components is predominant within us, it influences how we:
React to situations
Make decisions
Make choices
Live our lives.
Thus they influence all of creation, whether the physical, psychological or spiritual realm. From the smallest physical particles to even our thoughts!

7. Sattva component is the most subtle or intangible of the three subtle basic components. It is nearest to divinity.
Predominant Sattvik personality - Happy, content, virtues like patience, perseverance, ability to forgive, spiritual yearning etc.
Tama component is the basest of the three.
Predominant Tamasik person - Lazy, greedy, attachment to worldly matters etc.
Raja component provides fuel to the other two, i.e. brings about the action.
So depending on whether a person is predominantly sattvik or tamasik the subtle basic raja component will bring about actions pertaining to sattva or tama.

8. Characteristics of three basic components

9. They are intangible particles but when active and accompanied by energy, they are perceived (via ESP) in a wave form.  

10. Sattva, Raja, Tama in relation to our Personality
Sattvik person
Rajasik person
Tamasik person
Personality defects
Complete control on emotions, thoughts and actions
Angry, jealous, proud, egoistic, bossy, attention seeking, greedy, going to any extent to fulfil worldly ambitions and desires, worrying, day dreamer
Lazy, inactive, depressed, extremely selfish, not thinking about others, even harming them when fulfilling one’s selfish ends, irritable

11. Sattva, Raja, Tama in relation to our Personality
Sattvik person
Rajasik person
Tamasik person
Virtues
All virtues, truthful and lawful, tolerant, serene, stable intellect, not egotistical
Industrious but directionless efforts in terms of spiritual growth
None
Main way of gaining happiness
Acquiring knowledge, skills, helping others, meditation, increasing spiritual level. Finally goes beyond happiness-unhappiness towards Bliss
Gaining authority, worldly possessions
Eating, drinking, sexual intercourse, etc.

12. Sattva, Raja, Tama in relation to our Personality
Sattvik person
Rajasik person
Tamasik person
In relation to others
Living to serve society and help people grow spiritually. Here growing spiritually means in a more universal sense
Self-centred or helping others with a lot of ego about the help being given
Harming others. Most tamasik – harming society at large in the name of religion or some ideology
Sleep
4 – 6 hours
7 – 9 hours
12 – 15 hours
Spiritual Energy
High
Slight
Very low