Well, I put the word "Worship," maybe, in a slightly different way than it's known. In general, the word "Worship" ... for many people means worshiping God, worshiping the Divine. For me, Worship is to face life without any sense of contradiction, disorder or conflict.
So, Real Worship – I put it this way – is to face life without the sense of an ego identity clashing with what life is, with what life represents and provides, here and now, in this instant. In this sense, Worship is being One with Reality, being free of this false "I," this false center, this false identity.
Ramana said that the true devotee is the Sage, the true devotee is the Sage. The One who is giving Real Devotion, one who lives in Real Worship, is this unique Consciousness, without any separation between what It is and anything else.
So, this Real State, this Natural State, One without a Second, this is also called Advaita or Advaita (pronounced in English), is this Natural State of pure Consciousness. I would call it Real and True Devotion. I would call it Real and True Worship.
So, to worship the Divine is to stay in your Being, aware of the Reality That God is, of That which You are. This is Real Worship. A Life without conflict, a life without contradiction, a life without suffering; a life in Peace, in Love, in Intelligence, in Freedom.
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