Main purpose of worshipping Absolute or God is to shed arrogance of mind, which can entice any person into building false ego as a doer of work or duty or acquirer of great knowledge leading to tremendous achievements and respect in life.
Bargaining of worship for fulfilment of worldly gains is like selling gold as scrap. Many would question that if one would not request God for better life than whom should one? For them, a midway is, pray twice - once with a list and second time without a list of jobs to be given to God.
God has declared that He knows our past, present and future and already doing the best for us in every respect. Thus there is no need to ask. If one insists, then God directs the beggar-devotee to one or more of 330 million demi-gods/goddesses/angels to attend and Himself turns away. (Reference: Srimad Bhagwad Gita).
'Four kinds of people remember God on this earth. First, who are unhappy with life. Second, who bargain worship for business-like worldly gains. Third, who try to define God by acquiring knowledge and understanding (intellectuals). Fourth, who simply love "Me"/God and always seek God's company. Out of these four types of devotees, only the fourth category, those who love "Me"/God alone acquire "Me"/God. (Bhagwad Gita).
Practically uneducated and yet celebrated devotee like Saint Kabir sang 'World has died reading scriptures, and yet no-body realized God; four-lettered word, LOVE, whoever has understood, is indeed the realized-one' ("Pothi pud-pud jug mua, hua na pandit koi; dhie akshar PREM ke, padhe so pandit hoi").
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