Worship with Form and Beyond Form
A talk in Hindi, with an English summary.
Talk in Hindi · 7 min · 18 August 2023 · समाधि — नेत्र तंत्र
Summary
A student asks: we learn as children learn — A is for apple — so we worship God in forms we can picture: Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva, Durga. How does that relate to the formless consciousness “free of all attributes” that was just described?
Yogi Shri answers that every way connects. You begin with the senses: hearing, seeing, touch. In a temple, when you offer flowers, perform arti and sing, the act turns into energy, and you experience love — you have moved from the senses to energy, the shakti level. Going on from that energy is what makes the direct, shambhava level possible. Worship of a chosen form is not set against the formless; it is a road towards it.
Key points
- We learn through forms, and that is natural.
- Devotion turns sense experience into energy.
- From energy, the formless becomes possible.
- Each road connects: senses, energy, the direct.