The universe in which you exist hides God in truth.+

The universe in which you exist hides God in truth. God in truth is the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.

The religious Gods are man-made. Every religion has its own idea of God. He who thinks God is one and the Soul, the Self is another can never be able to understand, assimilate realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.

God in truth cannot be brought down to the domain of duality. There is only one being in reality and it is the Soul, the Self. The Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Thus, the Soul or consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman. Brahman is God in truth.

When one realizes the form, time and space are one in essence. And that essence is the consciousness, then he realizes there is no second thing exist other than consciousness. Thus, everything is consciousness. Thus, the consciousness (Soul) is God in truth.

Upanishads say in effect that ~ If you believe that ‘Self’ is one and God, is another you cannot understand Truth.

No conceptual God can exist, apart from the consciousness. People are not aware of the fact that there is no individual God can exist, apart from the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness.

Thus, the Soul or consciousness is the true Self. If there is no consciousness, then there is nobody, no ego, no universe, no religion, and no religious God in truth.

People think that there must be a creator of this universe. If one thinks physical entity or ego as the Self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks of the Soul as the Self, then there is nothing that exists other than consciousness, which is the Self. If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things besides himself and postulate a God, the creator.

The Body, the idea of the God and world rise and set together from, and into, the Soul or consciousness, the ‘Self.’ If God is apart from the ‘Self ‘, then He would be Selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent.

Bhagavad Gita: ~brahmano hi pratisthaham- Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material.( 14.27)

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. He pervades all beings and all directions. Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

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

Mythreyi Upanishad 2:26 says: ~ All those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and truth. The Vedas confirms God is Atman (Spirit), the innermost Self.

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

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

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

When Upanishad itself says: ~ 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. (Chandogya Upanishad).

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. 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 not a distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman and not just Its attributes. Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara is impersonal.

So, it clearly indicates that God is formless thus there is no scope for form-based God. The religion and its ideas of Gods, and its theories of karma, heaven, hell, papa, Punya, rebirth, reincarnation are based on the false Self (ego), within the false experience (waking). Therefore, they are meant for a lower mindset, they are of no use for those who are seeking higher truth as indicated in the scriptures. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar