Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa once said “There are many doors to God’s house, the main gate, the back door, even the utility entrance. No matter which door you enter through, you get in the house.”
Devotion to God is a direct path and the easiest way to self-realization. If one does not attain this deeper awareness through their faith, it may signify some errors in their practice that hinder spiritual clarity. This necessitates sincere introspection and modifications in our comprehension and deeds. The first step is to assess whether our devotion is authentic or contingent on the hope of rewards.
A revered teacher once said, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind." But do we genuinely apply this devotion to all facets of our interaction with the divine? We face internal struggles, with parts of ourselves hesitant to fully surrender to the divine in every expression.
There is ultimately one supreme spiritual being—whether embodied or not—pervading nature and all creatures. Some people often resonate with the physical forms of worship yet find it challenging to connect with the formless nature of their personal God. On the other hand, devotees of the formless may find difficulty in embracing its physical representations.
The next task is to recognize the divine within others, which when understood, helps us avoid causing harm through our thoughts, words, and actions. Finally, seeing ourselves as part of that larger divinity ensures we treat ourselves with kindness. Recognizing God in all things fosters a continuous and omnipresent awareness of the divine, both within ourselves and in our surroundings. Remain living in the state where you don’t feel the sense of other; come to a realisation those who were already dead, those who are presently living, the non-sentient things that you see around and that which is yet to born and yet to manifest, everything is God.