Mythreyi Upanishad says: ~ All those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and truth.+

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

The religious Gods are manmade. 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, and realize the non-dualistic or Advaitic truth.

God 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.

Consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in all three states. Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman God in truth.

When one realizes the form, time and space are one in essence. And that essence is consciousness. There is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Everything is consciousness. Consciousness is God in truth.

The Upanishads say in effect that: ~ if you believe that you are one and God is another you cannot understand Truth.

No God based on blind belief can exist apart from consciousness. People are not aware that there is no individual God that can exist, apart from the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Soul, the Self, is present in the form of consciousness. If there is no consciousness, then there is no physical body, no ego, no universe, no religion, and no religious God based on blind belief.

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

People think that there must be a creator of this universe. If one thinks physical entity or ego as Self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks the Soul as the Self, then nothing exists other than consciousness.

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 innermost Self. If God is apart from the ‘Self ‘, then He would be Selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent.

The Bhagavad Gita: ~ 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:~ I God is the Supreme Spirit and has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

The Bible says: ~ God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God 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.

So, it clearly indicates that God in truth is formless; thus, there is no scope for form and attributes based God in Atmic reality. God in truth, cannot be seen directly by anyone.

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). They are meant for lower mindsets; they are of no use for those who are seeking higher truth, as indicated in the scriptures. :  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar