\n\tDear Jeff,<\/p>\n
\n\tThat is a great question!<\/p>\n
\n\tI think the point is to learn to recognize God as the Doer in everything and in everyone, so that our worship and reverence IS<\/em> to the Divine.<\/p>\n \n\tYou may have heard the story of the orchestra that played for Yogananda. Technically, they played perfectly, but when he was asked how he liked it, he slightly rebuked them for playing for him as a person, rather than with devotion to God.<\/p>\n \n\tEven those highly evolved on the spiritual path personify God into human terms in some fashion; the Masters endorse this practice. It is how we behave towards that personification that matters most. <\/p>\n \n\tWe can’t get stuck in the form because God, ultimately, is formless as well as being in everyone and everything at all times.<\/p>\n \n\tSwami Kriyananda talks about how the Hindu religion has been incorrectly recognized as worshiping idols because of their many gods. He points out that these gods are representatives of the many attributes of the one God. It is therefore “ideal worship” rather than “idol worship.”<\/p>\n