The sole aim of performing
rituals (of daily worship) and reading scriptures is to attain and
enhance excellence within. The Supreme Being, i.e. God cannot be enticed
into doing us a favour by material offerings or flattering words. All
the conscious (i.e. living, life-force) and unconscious (i.e.
non-living) elements of the universe as well as even God Himself is
bound and governed by His Divine Law or the Cosmic Order. If God starts
returning favour to anyone who praises Him or taking revenge on anyone
who insults Him, the cosmic regulatory mechanism would disintegrate and
the whole world would slide into a state of complete anarchy. In
reality, such things never ever happen. It is a popular misconception
that makes people to seek to entice God, to disobey the Divine Law and
to think that their offerings can win them God's favour. Such childish
thinking should better be got rid of at the earliest.
Worship
is merely a kind of exercise, endeavour or training that helps our
field of consciousness to receive and get enriched with excellences. The
more one equips his/her consciousness with excellence, the more he/she
would excel, progress and become eligible to attain divine status. The
main purpose of Upasana (daily worship) is to connect the individual
soul with the Supreme Soul. The (individual) soul represents our inner
being which the hub of our feelings, beliefs and aspirations. The
Supreme Soul (God) represents the pre- eminent ideals. Do remember that
the Supreme Soul (God) isn't a person, form or a named entity but the
sum-total of all the excellences, virtues and everything that is good in
the world as well as the aggregate of all the individual souls.
-Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
Translated from - Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya’s work
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