If you believe in Hinduism, you have to accept the basic precept that we are born with at least three debts pitru deva and manava or bhutha. We cannot deny our indebtedness there and so the concept that we need not be thankful cannot be fully right. We enjoy the products of earth we breathe the air and is it that we need not be thankful because we did not ask for air etc?
We cannot simply live even a moment without divine mercy and help from others. We cannot ignore that fact simply saying that we did not ask for it.
Moreover, the pricing system in nature is so unbalanced. We can never give back in equal quantity the real value of anything or any favour we have received.
A benefit is a benefit whether we get it by asking for it or have received it free.
As for reporting --we have to appreciate that even though a government or a higher authority can often learn about the developments below them still they demand reports and feedbacks. The same ratio might apply in respect of our transactions with the Maker too.
If we are attempting to reach a stage where we need not thank God then we either are playing god or we are just atheists.
In the case of an atheist, the very concept of god is irrelevant.
We chant Gayatri and worship Sandhya three times a day because it we feel that our energy level is waning and our batteries call for constant recharging.
Even sannyasins have to offer worship of Sandhya even when they have no attachments in life.
I am not able to agree to the idea that we need not be thankful to God because he is sustaining us even if we do not ask for it.
A newborn child does not ask its mother to look after it. Is that a reason that when he grows up he need not be thankful to the mother?
