The belief of God is not God.****

People are not aware of the fact that, there is no individual God can exist, apart from  the soul, the innermost self. The soul is  present in the form of  the consciousness.

Thus, the consciousness is the consciousness.  Consciousness is the true self.   If there is no consciousness, then there is no body, no ego, no universe, no religion and no conceptual God.  

People think that there must be a creator of this universe. If one thinks  ‘I’ as the self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks, the soul as the self, then there is nothing exists other than the soul,which is present in the form of the consciousness.

If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things beside himself and postulate a God, the creator. Body, God and world rise and set together from, and into, the soul, the innermost  self. If God is apart from the  soul, the innermost self, then He would be selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent.

The belief of God is not God. Holding belief as God is holding illusion as reality, because the belief is possible only within the realm of duality. Duality is mere illusion from the ultimate standpoint.  Without the belief of God the belief system holds no water.  Belief is not God. Belief needs the believer.  The believer needs to be born in this world. If the  believer is born than he is part of the illusion.   Without the believer there is no belief.  The believer and his world and his belief of GOD are the part of the illusion because the self is birth-less because the self is formless. The one, which is born, lives and dies, is not the self.    The innermost self is formless substance and witness of the falsehood (universe or waking or illusion), which is soul or consciousness, consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman or Christ.  ~ Santthosh Kumaar

Ish Upanishads:~ Vidya and Avidya both are hindrances to Self-knowledge, but Vidya is even worse than Avidya. The word Vidya is used here in a special sense; here it means worshipping Gods and Goddesses.

 By worshipping Gods and Goddesses you will go after death to the world of Gods and Goddesses. But will that help you? The time you spend there is wasted, because if you were not there you could have spent that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is your goal. Inthe world of Gods and Goddesses you cannot do that, and thus you go deeper and deeper into the darkness.

Avidya is Karma and therefore a hindrance. You perform Avidya - i.e., you perform Agnihotra and other sacrifices. This is a roundabout way of purifying the mind, and it is also groping in the dark. But it may not have as heavy a toll on your time and energy as the other. 

Ishopanishad "They are steeped in ignorance and sunk into the greatest depth of misery who worships the matter, instead of the All-Pervading God and those who worship things born of matter like trees, animals, man, etc. are sunk deeper in misery." 

Getting rid of the ignorance is necessary  in order to know and realize  what is truth and what is untruth. 

Katha Upanishad says:-

(Upanishads Nikhilananda)

Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch II-5 P-14)

It indicates that the one who is ignorant (darkness) of the true self (Atman) searches truth by accumulating knowledge of every path and practice and uncertain about the truth, and thinks every path leads towards reality. The ignorance of the true self leads one towards unreality or hallucination.

Whenever one talks of God, he refers it to his belief. Hence, any idea of God, he forms is entirely based on his belief. The belief is not God.  The soul, the innermost self is God.   And God has no reality apart from the soul, the innermost self. Hence,    the religious believers are unable to give proof of their God and are merely hallucinating based on their inherited belief.  The truth is hidden within the universe. Thus,  one must know the whole universe is created out of the soul, which present in the form of the spirit. And the spirit is God.

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

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No conceptual God can exist, apart from 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 the consciousness. Thus, the soul or   the consciousness is the true self.   If there is no consciousness, then there is no body, no ego, no universe, no religion and no conceptual God.

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 there is nothing exists other than the consciousness, which is the innermost  self.

If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things beside 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. (brahmano hi pratisthaham, ( 14.27)

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

The 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.  

In Vedas the God has been described as: ~

v  Sakshi (Witness)

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v  Chetan (conscious)

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v  Nirguna (Without form and properties).

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v  Nitya (eternal)

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v  Shuddha (pure)

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v  Buddha (omniscient)

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v  Mukta (unattached).

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 lower mind-sets, they are of no use for those who are seeking higher truth as indicated in the scriptures.   : ~ Santthosh Kumaar