The "real" God or Goddess is beyond from, existing everywhere at once. It is the "real" deity to whom the devotee offers worship. The "real" source of electricity is the power plant. But you don't go to the power plant to get your electricity. You just stick your plug in an outlet in the wall. Because "living" electricity flows through the outlet, that outlet needs to be treated with respect. You don't just casually stick your fingers into it.
In the Hindu tradition, murtis are outlet for divine grace. The priest hooks up the system and divine energy starts to flow. Since time immemorial, Hindus have energized their spiritual lives using empowered images of divinity.
Speaking from my personal experience, I can report that occasionally a murti is so "juiced up" , it's as if a force surrounds it. You step within several yards of the statue and suddenly feel as if you're walking into a wall of pulsing energy. My guess is that is an objective rather than purely subjective phenomenon because usually everyone walking toward the murti feels the energy field at the same point.
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