You should be thinking about how stupid you are... and how dishonest you are..... how cheating you are...... how unloving you are....... THEN make changes in your life to correct your mind. That is what Buddhism is all about, not bowing, not merit. 95% population in Thai is Buddhist..... 99% of those Buddhists know nothing about how to practice that in life. That is why Thailand is suffering along with all its people who "think to much".