The meaning of ritual is 'a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order'. The question is why are we expected to follow rituals? Do they bring us any closer to God?
Sometimes I think a ritual makes life easy as it helps you avoid unnecessary delays, questions and makes work faster. However, on the contrary it makes you stick to the ritual and if it yield results then it might lead you being superstitious, possessive or rigid about it. Thus, limiting the degree of inquiry and evolution.
Why do people react when a ritual is not practised? Is it their fear of disrespecting God or the discipline being ignored. If the reaction is founded because of the loss of the regard for the ritual, even then I receive it with humility as the spirit was to maintain discipline. However, if the reaction originated because God was disrespected then I object to it as never ever in human history has God incarnated to defend rituals.
Each one of us have our own little Gods, lets free them from rituals and imbibe the emancipation and felicity exuding out of it!
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