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there you have worshipped god. Whenever there is love all that you do reaches god.
You can worship your beloved... sometimes you can even worship yourself with great love, because god is there too. God is everywhere. Whenever you look with deep loving eyes, he is revealed!
If eyes are not with love, then eyes are blind to god. Only people who have love flowing in their eyes can see god... and there is no other way to see.
So I would like you to become a real worshiper... not concerned with any ritual. Each one has to find his own ritual. There is no need to repeat a particular prayer: you can just sit on your bed and have a good chit-chat with the almighty, with the whole. Sometimes you can talk, sometimes you can simply remain silent; sometimes you can talk, sometimes you can listen. Mm? the wind blowing through the trees or the wind knocking on your door, a child laughing or even dogs barking...
From everywhere comes his message, in every stone is his sermon, in every silence is his music; one just has to be lovingly receptive....
Literally the word 'upasika' means to sit close by. Metaphorically it means worship; literally, the actual word means to sit close by. Mm? that is the meaning of worship: to sit close to god. Whenever you sit close by, wherever you feel god very close -- maybe in the silence of the Himalayas, or in the noise of the market... wherever you feel he is and suddenly you become aware of his presence -- it is worship. You are close by.
God is always close... sometimes we are also close to him. He is always close, we are not always close. He is always within reach, he is just around the corner. Whenever we are available, we have a contact with him.
So now try it: in different moments, in different situations, sometimes looking at the stars, feel close. And suddenly you will be close, because he is close; only your receptivity is needed!
Listening to music... Here people are meditating, so just sitting by the side looking at the meditators, suddenly he is there! Whenever you look for him, he is there! whenever you look for him, he is there!
We miss him because we don't look. We miss
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