OUR WORSHIP-MEDITATION ETC MUST OOZE WITH SACRED SENSITIVE SENTIMENTS
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‘Upasana’ means to sit in close proximity. Upasana of God means to sit in close proximity to him. This is the hunger of our soul and it must be appeased. If a calf does not reach by its mother’s side (cow) how can it drink milk from her udders? If a baby does not latch on to its mother’s chest how shall it get cuddled lovingly by her? Without touching Paras (touchstone) how can a piece of iron get converted into gold? Without getting exposed to fire how can ordinary ores get converted to precious refined chemicals? Without coming close to Almighty God the thirst of our soul can never get satiated. If River Ganga were not conjoined to the Himalaya Mountains it would not be flowing unobstructed as it is seen today. Without joining to the main power station electric wires in our house cannot light bulbs etc. Without the touch of the fingers of a musician a musical instrument cannot emit sweet soulful tunes.
Worship of God is that very requirement of our soul as is life force required by our body. Of what use is our body if it has no life force? If God’s divine light does not enter our soul it shall remain an orphan and handicapped only. The shiny luster of moon is but a reflection of sunlight because moon by itself does not possess any light of its own. Our soul devoid of God’s subtle presence in it strays aimlessly akin to a human beast in a demeaned, downfallen, helpless and lowly state. A living being’s supreme good fortune is that God and his soul live in close proximity. Separation from Almighty God is considered more down fallen, demeaned and rotting state than a wife who has lost her husband due to death.
By itself Almighty God is closest to us. In every pore and in every breath of ours he vibrates divinely yet our ill fate is that we have turned our face away from him. God is near us but we are running far away from him. This is the only cause of all our lack and pain bestowing sorrow. The process of worship, meditation etc gives us a golden opportunity to sit close to God and by opening our heart wide we can converse with him subtly. This then is the goal of worship, meditation etc called Upasana. http://shriramsharma.com/THIS%20BEAUTIFUL%20PLANET%20EARTH%20BELONGING%20TO %20ALMIGHTY%20GOD%20SHALL%20NO%20LONGER%20REMAIN%20DEMEANED.htm Many people are seen to complete the Karmakand or ritual aspect of worship yet sacred sensitive sentiments or Bhavasamvedana that must mandatorily conjoin to it is not seen at all. Such acts can only be called Puja or worship rite but not Upasana at all. Without Puja we can succeed in Upasana yet without the latter we can never succeed in Puja. The shadow of Upasana is Puja. Without Puja we can succeed in Upasana yet without the latter, if we do Puja it becomes only a dry routine daily act. Hence no spiritual goal can be attained from it. It is for this reason that people carrying out actions devoid of sacred sensitive sentiments or Bhavasamvedana can only become Pujaris or priests. Devotion to God is very much conjoined to sacred sensitive sentiments or Bhavasamvedana. Where deep rooted Bhavasamvedana is lacking it can be compared to our body devoid of Prana or life force.