The ignorant populace is not in contact with the God in Vedas and Upanishads.+

The ignorant populace is not in contact with the God in Vedas and Upanishads; therefore, they believe their inherited belief of God as real Gods.

The seeker of truth must know the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

The seeker is not concerned with the ordinary concept of God, but he is only concerned with the truth of God.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter: ~ “All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship many Gods. (7- Verse -20)

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ “Brahman (God) is the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself’.

Thus, it refers to formless and attributeless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the ‘Self’ within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly that all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’. Thus, Atman or Soul, the ‘Self’ is God in truth.

The Vedas do not talk about idol worship. In fact, till about 2000 years ago, followers of Vedism never worshipped idols. Idol worship was started by the followers of Buddhism and Jainism. There is logic to idol worship. Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme ‘Self’ in i.e. Atman or Soul, but Hinduism indulges in worshiping 60 million Gods.

It indicates clearly that all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imagination based on the false ‘Self’.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says: "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from him does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

Religious Gods are mythical Gods. Mythical Gods are not God in truth. Religion is meant for the ignorant populace that believes and worships mythical non-Vedic Gods as real God and indulges in non-Vedic rituals and activities.

From the Vedic perspective, all your religious Gods are non-Vedic Gods based on the imagination.

Religious Gods are based on blind belief. belief is not God. Religious God cannot be considered as the cause of the universe because the Soul, the ‘Self’ is the cause of the universe.

Without the Soul, the Self, the universe in which you exist, ceases to exist, it means the religious God is dependent on the Soul for his existence. God in truth is only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

How can you worship God? That implies two ~ the worshipper and the worshipped- whereas the God in truth is nondual. One can worship his idea of God only or realize his unity with it when he can’t worship it as apart.

When Upanishads and Vedas declare that “God is the form of the Athma, and God is indeed Athma itself,” then why accept another God in place of the Atman or worship other than the Atman.

Even the Bhagavad Gita says: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When Bhagavad Gita says God is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material, nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the innermost Self. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

Even Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman." (10:48, 5)

Sage Sankara’s supreme Brahman (God) is Nirguna (without the Gunas), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without attributes), and Akarta (non-agent).

Sage Sankara says: ~ Atman is Brahman (God in truth). The Atman alone is real. He declared this Advaitic truth, which is the ultimate truth to the whole world, many centuries back.

Thus, the Atman, which is present in the form of the consciousness, is real and eternal, and the world in which we exist is merely an illusion. : ~

Manduka Upanishad: ~ “All indeed is, this Brahman; This Atman is Brahman (God in truth). (verse-2)

While Brahman (God) lies behind the sum total of the objective universe, some human minds boggle at any attempt to explain it with only the tools provided by reason. Brahman (God in truth) is beyond the senses, beyond the mind, beyond intelligence, beyond imagination. Indeed, the highest idea is that Brahman is beyond both existence and non-existence, transcending and including time, causation, and space, and thus can never be known in the same material sense as one traditionally 'understands' a given concept or object.

Yoga Vasistha: ~ "Teachers, interpretations of sacred texts, the force of religious merit--none of these lead to the realization of that Ultimate Truth (God in truth) which is revealed in the clear reflection of the heart, engendered from contact with the good." : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The seeker of truth must know the difference between the religious God and the Spiritual God.+

The seeker of truth must know the difference between the religious God and the Spiritual God.

Religious Gods with forms and names belong to dualistic illusion, whereas the Spiritual God is the Spirit.

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ It has been said that God is the Supreme Spirit.

The Bible says: ~ God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in Spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)

God in truth is not physical. God in truth is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is the cause of the world, and the Spirit itself is uncaused.

In Spirituality or Adyathma, the ultimate truth is God. The Atman is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

From the standpoint of the Spirit, the form, time, space, and name are merely an illusion. The Spirit alone is real, and all else is an illusion. In Atmic reality, the Spirit (God in truth) and matter (the world in which we exist) are one.

The Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness (Spirit), which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When the Bhagavad Gita says that God is considered the all-pervading consciousness (Spirit), which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material, nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth." The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the ‘Self. In Atmic reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

The Vedas confirm God is Atman (Spirit), the ‘Self.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the ‘Self. ’ May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman." (10:48, 5)

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God, there is no truth."

Chandogya Upanishad: ~ Sarvam khalvidam brahma ~ all this (universe) is verily Brahman. By following back all of the relative appearances in the world, we eventually return to that from which it is all manifest – the non-dual reality.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second

Hindus assert their religion is monotheistic, even though they honor many Gods, including Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer. Hindus claim these various Gods are all manifestations of the oneness of the universe. Hindu religious practices vary from place to place, but they frequently include yoga, physical and mental discipline to harmonize body and Soul, and ritual bathing.

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

Rig Veda declares God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why to believe and worship in place of real God.

Belief in multiple Gods, the worship of idols, the worship of images that are not God, the worship of sacred images, ancestor worship, pilgrimage, priest craft, the belief in avatars or incarnations of God, and the hereditary caste system all lack Vedic sanction.

Hinduism indulges non-Vedic beliefs such as idolatry, ancestor worship, pilgrimages, priest craft, offerings made in temples, the caste system, untouchability, and child marriages. All these lack Vedic sanction, therefore, Hinduism is not Ancient Vedic religion or Sanatana Dharma.

Realizing the universe is created out of single stuff and that single stuff is the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness, leads to non-dualistic or Advaitic awareness. Self-awareness is freedom or Moksha. Moksha is unity in diversity in the midst of duality.

It is very difficult to talk to people about the ultimate truth or Brahman because everyone thinks he knows the ultimate truth or Brahman.

This I know business is dangerous. And whatever his reached conclusion is second-hand stuff. Therefore, accepting accumulated knowledge without verification will lead the seekers to hallucinated realization based on the ego.

One may have some flashes of truth when someone tries to indicate it through fewer words. But it takes us nearer to the Advaitic truth, not realization. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Advaita means oneness. Oneness is the key to unfold the mystery of the dualistic universe.+

Lord Krishna: People did not care for Advaita; they wanted religion; hence, Advaitic wisdom got lost. That is why Lord Krishna calls it "the supreme secret.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ Oneness (Advaita) is the Secret of Everything.

Oneness means Advaita. By identifying the Soul hidden by the universe as it is through Advaitic wisdom, oneness arises.

Sage Sankara said: ~ Liberation will never come without realizing the Oneness.

Oneness is the nature of the Soul, the Self. Oneness means Advaita or nonduality.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ The universe rises from the Soul, and the Self is like bubbles from the sea. Thus, know the Self to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

Advaita means one without the second.

The ‘Self is one without the second.

The Soul is one without the Second.

The truth is one without the Second.

God is one without the Second.

Advaita means one without the second.

The ‘Self is one without the second.

The Soul is one without the Second.

The truth is one without the Second.

God is one without the Second.

Remember:~

Advaita means oneness. Oneness is the key to unfolding the mystery of the dualistic universe.

Truth is one

The Soul is one

The Self is one

Brahman is one

Consciousness is one

God is one.

Truth, Soul, Self, Brahman, consciousness, and God in truth are one and the same thing.

Only hold on to the Soul and drop everything Don or hold on to the ‘I’ you will be lost in the dualistic illusion if you hold on to the ‘I’ because the ‘I’ itself is ignorance.

As long as you believe the ‘Self’ is the ‘I’, then the illusory experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality. But if you realize the Self is not you, but the ‘Self’ is the Soul, then the Soul, the Self becomes free from the cage of ignorance.

Remember this:~

The world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. The illusory world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness.

Hold on to consciousness mentally, drop the illusion, and rest in consciousness. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

God cannot be called “He,”, and you cannot call God “She".+

God in truth is hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. God in truth means eternal existence hidden by the illusory form, time, and space. God in truth expresses in two ways, dual and nondual.

God in truth is the unmanliest source of the dual. The manifested dual existence is merely an illusion.

God in truth cannot be called “He,”, and God in truth cannot be called“She, because He or She personifies God whereas God in truth is not a person because God in truth is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

For centuries the word ‘He’ has been used for God. God is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is present in the form of consciousness.

If you really want to go deep into the phenomenon of God, Then God does not exist at all ~as an individual because God in truth pervades everything and everywhere. God is only a presence.

In other words, there is no religious God but only consciousness. Consciousness pervades and permeates the world in which we all exist.

Once you start thinking of God as consciousness, your whole outlook on life, on religion, on love, will be totally different. The real existence consists not of the dualistic illusion but of a nondualistic reality.

God in truth is not physical. God in truth is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is the cause of the world and the Spirit itself is uncaused.

From the standpoint of the Spirit, the form, time, space, and name are merely an illusion. The Spirit alone is real and all else is an illusion. In Atmic reality, the Spirit (God) and matter (the universe ) are one in essence.

The Bhagavad Gita: ~ ‘Brahmano hi pratisthaham’ ~ Brahman (God in truth) is considered the all-pervading consciousness (Spirit), which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27).

When Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness (Spirit) which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the ‘Self’. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

The Vedas confirm God is Atman (Spirit), the ‘Self’.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the ‘Self’. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

Rig Veda says God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why believe and worship in place of the real God.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God there is no truth."

Chandogya Upanishad: ~ Sarvam khalvidam brahma ~ All this (universe) is verily Brahman. By following back all of the relative appearances in the world, we eventually return to that from which it is all manifest – the non-dual reality.

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God in truth) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as It is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is no distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

Sage Sankara: ~"That which permeates all, which nothing transcends and which, like the universal space around us, fills everything completely from within and without, that Supreme non-dual Brahman (God in truth)."

Thus, truth realization is Self-realization. The Self-realization is God-realization. God -realization itself is real worship.:~Santthosh Kumaar

Nothing exists without the Soul, the Self because everything is created out of the Soul, the Self, which is God in truth.+

The Soul, the ‘Self’ is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. The Soul, the Self is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in the universe because the universe is nothing but consciousness.

The ‘Self is not this body the Self is the Supreme Soul. The universe hides the Soul. The Soul itself is God. Nothing exists without the Soul because everything is created out of the Soul, God.

You don’t recognize the ‘Self’ because you are blindfolded by the dualistic illusion. The Soul, the Self is hidden by the universe, which is a dualistic illusion or Maya.

Those Gurus say you are formless; you are birthless without knowing the Self is not you but the ‘Self' is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Those Gurus who assert the Self as you are still ignorant of the 'Self' hidden by the universe, which is the dualistic illusion or Maya.

You are not the Self because you are bound by birth, life, death, and the world whereas the Soul, the Self is birthless and deathless because, it is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

If you think the Self is you then you are not a wise seeker you are ignorant because your existence is limited to the domain of form, time, and space.

Guru says simply surrender to God without knowing what God is in actuality. There is nothing to surrender. The surrender implies duality. The duality disappears when the Advaitic wisdom dawns.

Those Gurus say surrender to Guru belongs to religion and yoga is not spirituality. religion and yoga have nothing to do with spirituality.

To realize the ‘Self' hidden by the dualistic illusion, you have to realize the dualistic illusion is made of single clay. And that single clay is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. Knowledge of the single clay is Self-knowledge o or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Mentally reduce the world in which you exist into the waking experience and waking experience into mind and mind into consciousness by perfect understating of ‘what is what’.

When you realize ’what is what’ you will realize everything is nothing but consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. When there is unity in diversity in our understanding then there is stillness in the midst of diversity.

The Soul, the Self is existence itself. The Soul, the Self is existence without the illusory division of form, time, and space. The Soul, the Self is the fullness of consciousness. The Soul, the Self is Advaita one without the Second.

The Soul the Self is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. The Soul, the Self is God the Advaita. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Consciousness is the ultimate truth, Consciousness is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.+

People think the Soul is within the body therefore, they are God. People study Vedanta and they under the delusion and conclude that they declare:~ "I-Am-Brahman", but they fail to realize the fact that Brahman is everywhere and in everything! The existence of Brahman is not limited to his physical identity because it is the very essence of form, time, and space.

What is the use of saying ‘I AM GOD’ without knowing what God is in actuality? You are not the Self, so you are not God. The ‘Self is the Soul, which is present in the form of the Spirit. The Spirit is God.

The Vedas confirm God is Atman (Spirit), the Self.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman the innermost self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

The Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in spirit and in truth (John 4:24)”,

God means the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth is the Spirit. God in truth is not physical. God in truth is the Spirit. God in truth is the Soul, the Self. God in truth is birthless and deathless because God in truth is formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Birth, life, and death happen within the illusory world, which is created out of God in truth which is present in the form of the Spirit.

The Spirit is the root element of the universe. The Spirit is present in the form of the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

Do not accept any other truth other than consciousness. Consciousness is the ultimate truth,  Nothing is real but consciousness,

Nothing matters but to realize the ultimate truth. Consciousness is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

From the spirit, the universe comes into existence. In the Spirit, the universe resides. And into the Spirit, the universe is dissolved. The Spirit is the parent of all that is there is.

In Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ It has been said that God is Supreme or Supreme Spirit.

If God is the formless spirit, then how does man know God created the world? There is no proof. If man had seen God creating the world, he could admit it, but how could he have seen God before he came into existence? (i.e. were created). : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Whatever belongs to the domain of the ‘I’ is an illusion.+

Whatever belongs to the domain of the ‘I’ is an illusion. The Advaitic Gurus of the East and West hold the ‘Self’ as the ‘I’ is a great error because ‘I’ itself is the cause of the dualistic illusion.

The ‘I –centric’ Gurus, spiritual pundits, and learned are called children because a child takes whatever it thinks as truth. The question never occurs to children “Is what I have seen or thought really the truth?"

Chandogya Upanishad: One who meditates upon and realizes the Self discovers that everything in the cosmos-- energy and space, fire and water, name and form, birth and death, mind and will, word and deed, mantrams and meditation--all come from the Self.

The universe in which we exist will not remain a reality when wisdom dawns. The universe is merely an illusion created out of consciousness and there is conscious awareness of unity in diversity because there is no second thing exists other than consciousness.

Sage Sankara: ~ “VC~ All this universe which through ignorance appears as of diverse forms, is nothing else but Brahman (Consciousness) which is absolutely free from all the limitations of human thought.

The universe is the product of ignorance. The ignorance is present in the form of the ‘I’.

The mind itself is the matter. The mind is present in the form of the ‘I’. The ‘I’ is present in the form of the universe. The universe appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (nonduality).

If the mind itself is the matter then: ~

The ‘I’ is bound to be a matter.

The universe is bound to be a matter

The form, time, and space are present in the domain of the matter.

The three states are bound to be in the domain of the matter.

The individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is in the domain of the matter.

The illusion is bound to be in the domain of the matter.

The duality is present only in the domain of the matter.

The Soul is present in the form of the Spirit: ~

The matter is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The mind is an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The ‘I’ is an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The form, time, and space are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The three states are merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

The duality is merely an illusion created out of the Soul, the Spirit.

In Atmic reality, the mind and Soul are one in essence. That essence is the Soul, the Spirit, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, the Soul, the Spirit alone is real and eternal.

Remember: ~

Chandogya Upanishads: ~ “This universe comes forth from Brahman and will return to Brahman. Verily, all is Brahman. A person is what his deep desire is. It is our deepest desire in this life that shapes the life to come. So, let us direct our deepest desires to realize the Self.

Ashtavakra Gita: ~ “The universe rises from the Soul, the innermost Self like bubbles from the sea. Thus know the ‘Self’ to be One and in this way enter into the state of dissolution."

Sage Sankara said: ~A. A~ 88. When the whole universe, movable and immovable, is known to be Atman (consciousness), and thus the existence of everything else is negated, where is then any room to say that the body is Atman?

Sage Sankara: ~VC~ if the universe is true, let it then be perceived in the state of deep sleep also. As it is not at all perceived, it must be unreal and false like dreams.

That is why Sage Sankara's declaration: ~ “Brahman is the truth The World is Unreal everything is Truly Brahman and nothing else has any value.

The ‘Self’ is not the mind. The mind is present in the form of not the world in which we exist. The world appears as waking or dream (duality) and disappears as deep sleep (non-duality). The ‘Self’ is the Soul. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Thus, diversity is created out of a single stuff. That stuff is consciousness.

Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman because there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. From the standpoint of the Soul, the form, time, and space are one, in essence.

In Spirituality, God means the ultimate truth or Brahman. Self–realization is truth-realization. Truth-realization is God-realization. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar