Love for that which he/she worships is the determining force behind the worshiper. The worshiped is usually a God, Saint, or idol, which is a representation of God or Saint. Since envisioning God is problematic and limiting, an idol is used as a neutral figure with no personal ideology or human traits, which is a good representation of the unknown. To love and to be loved is very strong in the worshiper, and the only thing that could rise above that, is their love for a Saint or God. The worshiper loves too much in their life, and finds an easy outlet for that love by worshiping another (any other). They loose their identity easily in life to the one their in love with, but every time it ends up unfulfilling and hurtful. So many problems and hateful people in the world they are disenchanted by what they see. Looking for an outlet that doesn’t backfire all the time, they focus their high energy love towards a religious (spiritual) figure that won‘t disappoint, because it's God. The new freedom to love as much as they want, they are smitten and very emotional, wanting more of that and less of this, they dive into this new love head first with a passion. Eventually, after some time the emotions subside down to an intense longing that consumes them all the time. Not looking back or caring what others think of them, they give it everything and surrender all, and in doing so, they unconsciously creates a feeble identity that's solely based on what is loved. This external worshiping takes them further away from their life of problems, and away from the personal identity, giving up everything for the cause. Like a teenager in his first love they can’t think about anything else but that, the outside world is unnoticeable, totally blinded by love. They may see a saint wherever and whenever they worship, and relish the idea of being one with it. They return day after day to the temple of worship to meditate and pray for release, but day after day nothing happens. They know going back to the world is not an option, and out of frustration they surrender the last bit of the ego and worldly attachments. They accept death as a friend, and see it as the only release left, and invite it in unconditionally, because it doesn't cross his mind to hurt himself. Take my life please, I'll give up anything so I can be one with you, I have nothing left to give. They then become ripe for the picking, by giving up everything there's nothing left to hold on to, and they fall from the tree of life. They become That, which they worship, totally enmeshed in that divinity, they are one with it. Uniting with it, they then see the Divine Reality that waits within them.

I myself, found it hard to love another more than myself, so I took the way of the Soul Searcher. I knew I could learn how to apply myself to the path and make it a routine, and when it became a way of life with me I fell in love with it. Meditating on my Self (the soul) and contemplation on one topic over and over again actually made thoughtless existence and meditating easier, so you feel a progression that compels you to continue. The way of the worshiper is a valid way which works, but I was only able to touch on it, since it's not the path I took..