It is, therefore, the opportune time to impress upon it the thought of righteousness which he should try to associate with all his daily activities. It is a sort of autosuggestion which plays an important part in improving one's conduct. By having a look at the burning fire in the morning one is animated to pass the whole day in some useful activities, and earn one's food through honest means. It strengthens his soul, and it is the soulforce which helps him surmount difficulties and problems which arise, now and then, in the course of life. Every Zoroastrian must give due place in his everyday life to honest work and industry.
Agriculture requires very hard work, and it is always praised in the Zoroastrian religion.
Again, in the Gathas it is said that there are two paths laid down - one for the worker and the other for him who does not work and Armaiti, the guardian angel of the earth, chose the industrious workman, and not the workless one. Zoroastrian religion lays stress on the purity of mind which, among other things, can be effected by being engaged in some activity or the other. When busy with some work, evil thoughts are not likely to get hold of one's mind. Idlers, more often, turn into anti-social elements harassing other members of society. Industry also leads to progress which is extrolled by the religion of Zarathushtra.