So far we have been dealing mainly with the externals of worship, and it is to be feared that some highly refined and sensitive souls might have been displeased there by.
These worthy persons wish to have the kernel, the very essence of the fruit of worship, without having to deal with any shell or bark, skin or other outer coverings.
If one do puja (offer flowers, water, food, scents; and praise to a person or an image of a divine being) and upasana, simultaneously using speech and thought; he utters words, mostly mantras and slokas and his mind turns to their meanings for most of the time.
Occasionally he may be merging himself in the object of worship mentally – attaining Poorna laya, or feeling perfect bliss and forgetting all ideas of his self being the actor.
The ordinary man has to remember that his gentle plant of devotion has to be grown; Bhajanas and other ceremonies must be followed for a long time before attaining full fruition of Bhakti.
"I draw to Me, My man from far off or even across the seven Seas to Shirdi, like a sparrow with a string fastened to its feet"-Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian Spiritual Guru-God 