![]() We cannot be doing many things at the same time certain things we do, and certain things we omit. It is not ordinarily possible to adjust oneself to all-pervading things, because we ourselves are not all-pervading. The all-pervadingness of God, which is the conclusion we drew from our investigations, requires of us a kind of adjustment which is commensurate with that character of all-pervadingness. We took a lot of time in trying to find out how this can be achieved, because while we are to some extent confident as to where we are located, we are not so confident as to where God is located. Religion is the placement of ourselves in the context of God's existence. All these are also a form of religion, but religion does not mean any kind of performance in this manner. We have seen that there are lesser degrees of religious awareness, which take the form of actual ritualistic performances, gestures in the form of music and dance, scripture reading, prayer, or chanting of a mantra or a formula in a holy sanctified place such as a temple or a church. ‘Positioning' is the proper word the adjustment of our whole being in respect of the being of God is the final requirement in the highest form of religious consciousness. ![]() ![]() We have been noticing in our observations that the apex of religious pursuit is the positioning of oneself in the context of the existence of God. ![]() Chapter 14: The Nine Forms of Worship of God ![]()
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