Mentally reducing the dualistic illusion into nondualistic reality is Advaita.+

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana reveals the knowledge of the imperishable and the eternal Soul, which is the real ‘Self’. In Self-awareness, the Soul is free of the illusory experience of form, time,  and space.

The seeker has to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.     Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is like a boat crossing a river the river of ignorance.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is even greater wealth than the accumulated wealth in the practical world

Consciousness is the ultimate truth. There is no higher truth other than consciousness.  To realize this truth there is no need to follow any path. There is no need to follow anyone. There is no need to become a wandering monk. There is no need to renounce worldly life. Realizing the consciousness (Spirit) is the ultimate in spirituality.

There is nothing else to realize other than realizing there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Realizing the consciousness is second to none is truth realization.

Even if you search for million years you will only come to a final conclusion and realization that the world in which you exist is nothing but consciousness.

If the world, in which you exist is nothing but the consciousness,  then what else is there to realize other than realizing the consciousness alone is real and the world in which you exist is merely an illusion.
If the world in which you exist is merely an illusion the experience of the birth, life, and death that happens in the illusory world is bound to be an illusion.

If the world, in which you exist is an illusion then the division of the form, time, and space is merely an illusion because the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness is the Self.  the Soul, the innermost Self is the fullness of the consciousness.
Remember:~
Mentally Reducing the world, in which you exist to consciousness leads to Self-awareness. Realizing the consciousness as the ultimate truth is Advaita. That is mentally reducing the dualistic illusion into a non-dualistic reality is Advaita.
Sage Sankara has declared Advaitic truth 1200 years back but it is hidden and a chosen few will be able to discover the hidden treasure.
Even scientists declare in the future the world is nothing but the consciousness the Sage Sankara alone is qualified for the Nobel Prize, not the scientists because Sage Sankara declared it 1200 years back.
Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom has been lost: people misinterpret and falsify. Advaita is not a theory but Advaita is the rational truth, the scientific truth, and the ultimate truth. But nobody knows it. The teachers of philosophy and the Gurus or religion do not want to inquire into truth and have no time for it.
Sage Sankara’s Advaitic wisdom is nothing to do with religion.  Thus, all his religious teaching which is meant for the ignorant populace has to be bifurcated from his wisdom.:~Santthosh Kumaar  

Know the Atman as the Real God not that which people here worship in temples. Vedas, Upanishads confirm the Soul is the real God.+

Know the Atman as the Real God, not that which people here worship in temples.  Vedas, Upanishads confirm the Soul is the real God.

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

The existence of God or no God is only a belief. Belief is not the truth.  Religion imposed people to blindly follow their inherited belief verification. Religion is based on blind belief. Every religion has its own beliefs and dogmas. Religion discourages people to verify whether it is based on truth or not.

That is why 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.

Lord Krishna himself says that he can do nothing to make a man intelligent straight away. The adepts give Prasad, blessing, initiations, mantrams, etc. only to confer temporary peace of mind, to help one to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana. The capacity to receive it must first be inborn in man by evolutionary degree.

All sect-based beliefs are dualistic and unphilosophical nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.  In spirituality the ultimate truth is God.  The God of Vedas is nothing to do with the religious Gods.

Realize that God is the Soul, the innermost Self. Nothing is real but Soul which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Nothing matters but love for the Soul, which is the real God.  The Soul, the real God is everywhere and does everything.  The Soul, the real God is beyond form, time, and space.  The Soul the real God is everything. The Soul the real God alone is real and all else is an illusion.

Swami Vivekananda:~ This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you? -

To realize the Advaitic truth the seeker has to be free from all superstitions and orthodox contaminations. The seeker has to be dedicated to acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana alone.

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 innermost 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 believe and worship in place of real God.

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit 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.

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)

People who are stuck with the religious idea of Gods will never be able to cross the threshold of the dualistic illusion

Swami Vivekananda: ~ The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods?

Knowing this, stand up and fight! Not one step back that is the idea. ... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us! Death means only a change of garment. What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards. ... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune. You have cried to all the Gods in the world. Has misery ceased? The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods? ... The Gods come to help you when you have succeeded. So what is the use? Die game. ... This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, my Soul. You are infinite, deathless, birthless. Because you are the infinite spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. You are the entire world. Who can help you? - Swami Vivekananda  (Delivered In San Francisco, on May 28, 1900) -The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Gita II

Swami Vivekananda:~ This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you?

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

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad declares: "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) 

People who are worshipping religious Gods are hallucinating about their Gods of belief as truth.   They must know what God is supposed to be in truth according to their own scriptures.  First, they must know what is God without knowing the truth of God worshipping a false God leads to hallucination.

Kena Upanishad (6) Chapter I: ~  “That which cannot be apprehended by the mind, but by which, they say, the mind is apprehended- That alone know as Brahman, and not that which people here worship.

Kena Upanishad (7) Chapter I:~  That which cannot be perceived by the eye, but by which the eye is perceived-That alone know as Brahman, and not that which people here worship.

Kena Upanishad (8) Chapter I:~  That which cannot be heard by the ear, but by which the hearing is perceived-That alone know as Brahman, and not that which people here worship.

Kena Upanishad (9)- Chapter I:~ That which cannot be smelt by the breath, but by which the breath smells an object-That alone know as Brahman, and not that which people here worship.
By practicing religion or yoga or indulging in glorifying the religious God and Goddesses because God exists prior to the form, time, and space. The form, time, and space cease to exist as a reality when wisdom dawns. Thus, the Gods and Gurus have no place in the domain of the Advaitic reality. Advaita is the nature of the Soul, which is the real God. Thus, Self-realization is the only way to God-realization.

By worshipping the religious Gods and Gurus one will not get Self-realization or God-realization. :~Santthosh Kumaar

Nothing is real but Soul which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.+

Swami Vivekananda: This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you? - 

People who are worshipping religious Gods are hallucinating about their Gods of belief as truth.   They must know what God is supposed to be in truth according to their own scriptures.  First, they must know what is God without knowing the truth of God worshipping a false God leads to hallucination.

The existence of God or no God is only a belief. Belief is not the truth.  Religion imposed people to blindly follow their inherited belief verification. Religion is based on blind belief. Every religion has its own beliefs and dogmas. Religion discourages people to verify whether it is based on truth or not.

That is why Lord Krishna Says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know me 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.

Lord Krishna himself says that he can do nothing to make a man intelligent straight away. The adepts give Prasad, blessing, initiations, mantrams, etc. only to confer temporary peace of mind, to help one to get rid of worries, but not to confer Gnana. The capacity to receive it must first be inborn in man by evolutionary degree.

All sect-based beliefs are dualistic and unphilosophical nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman or God.  In spirituality the ultimate truth is God.  The God of Vedas is nothing to do with the religious Gods.

Realize that God is the Soul, the Self. Nothing is real but Soul which is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Nothing matters but love for the Soul, which is the real God.  The Soul, the real God is everywhere and does everything.  The Soul, the real God is beyond form, time, and space.  The Soul the real God is everything. The Soul the real God alone is real and all else is an illusion.

Swami Vivekananda: This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind does not befit you, the Soul. Self is infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because the Self is infinite Spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. Self is the entire world. Who can help you?

To realize the Advaitic truth the seeker has to be free from all superstitions and orthodox contaminations. The seeker has to be dedicated to acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana alone.

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

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

Do not accept any other God other than the Soul. The Soul is God in truth,  Nothing is real but the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Nothing matters but realize  God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is real and eternal and all else is an illusion.

Brahman is merely a word to indicate the ultimate truth or God in truth.  The ultimate truth itself is 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 believe and worship in place of real God.

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~    God is Supreme Spirit 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.

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

The 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)

People who are stuck with the religious idea of Gods will never be able to cross the threshold of the dualistic illusion. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

A smritis or code of conduct composed by Sage Atri defines Brahmin Hood very clearly.+

The one who has realized the Brahman (God) is Brahmin, not the one who is born in the Brahmin caste.

The Vedic system did not have a castes system.  Hinduism is nothing to do with the ancient Vedic religion or Santana Dharma. 

The caste system was a fake created in the name of Hinduism. This non-Vedic belief system called Hinduism has created hatred in the low caste Hindu for the higher caste. 

Hindus indulge in non-Vedic beliefs such as idolatry, ancestor worship, pilgrimages, priestcraft, offerings made in temples, the caste system, untouchability,, and child marriages. All these lack Vedic sanctions, therefore, Hinduism is not Ancient Vedic religion or Santana Dharma. 

All Hindus indulge in non-Vedic practice barred by the Vedas introduced by the different founders of the different sects of Hinduism at different times, whereas the Vedic religion or Santana Dharma is ancient and has no founder. Many followers of Hinduism do translate the Vedas to fit into Hindu thought by changing the translation to reflect the beliefs of monism, reincarnation, the caste system,, and the absence of animal and human sacrifice. However, these poor translators.

In the Vedic era, a Brahmin was a person who had acquired Self- knowledge or Brahma Gnana Atma Gnana. This was an extremely difficult path of the discipline of body, mind, and intellect, and people irrespective of their birth or class, who were dedicated to such an austere life, were recognized as Brahmins. 

A great example of this tradition (that a person becoming a Brahmin, rather than born as one) is the case of Vishwamitra, a warrior (Kshatriya), who became a Brahmin after attaining Atma Jnana or  Brahma Gnana or Self-Knowledge.

A smritis or code of conduct composed by Sage Atri defines Brahminhood very clearly.

"By birth, every man is a Shudra (an ignorant person). Through various types of disciplines (samskaras), he becomes a dwija (twice-born). Through the studies of scriptures, he becomes a vipra (or a scholar). Through the realization of supreme spirit (Brahma jnana), he becomes a Brahmin.”

The belief that people born in the Brahmin caste, automatically become Brahmins, is a much later concept in very ancient India.  Thus, Brahmin means not caste but one who has attained Atma Gnana or Brahma Gnana.  

The one who has realized the Brahman (God) is Brahmin, not the one who is born in the Brahmin caste. Anyone can become Brahmin by acquiring Brahma Gnana. 

The very concepts of castes by birth, upper/lower castes, superior/inferior castes, outcastes, untouchables, Dalits, etc. are clearly prohibited by Rig-Veda”.

A Brahmin is not a Brahmin merely because he is born out of a Brahmin mother’s womb. Nor he is a Brahmin merely because he is born in the Brahmin caste.  Brahmin is not Caste it is the state of God. Anyone can become a Brahmin by acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

A Brahmin has acquired Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana or one who is free from ignorance.

He has got rid of the ignorance; He has traveled beyond all bounds of form, time, and space. He is no longer tied to the illusory form, time, and space.  A person who has acquired Advaitic Gnana is a Brahmin, not a person who indulges in priestcraft.

A Brahmin has got rid of the strap of ignorance by acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.    A Brahmin is the one who freed himself from the dualistic illusion.

A Brahmin has broken all links with the illusory form, time, and space by acquiring Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Brahmin has taken off the cross-bar of ignorance. He has become aware of the truth is hidden by the ‘I’.

A Brahmin is abused and insulted by the ignorant. He is tortured, imprisoned,, and bound up by the ignorant. But he endures all these without being provoked or without losing his temper.

A Brahmin has patience as his power and his firm conviction about the truth, which is hidden by the ‘I’.

A Brahmin is free from the ignorance of his true existence. He is not the performer of religious worship and rituals. He is not a scriptural scholar. He is restrained.  He is fully aware of the fact that his individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

The Brahmin does not belong to any religion, caste, race, or nationality because he does not belong to the domain of form, time, and space.  He, even being within the domain of the form, time, and space is not of the form, time, and space.

The water does not get attached to the surface of the lotus leaf. The mustard seed does not get attached to the point of a needle. In the same way, the Brahmin does not get attached to religion caste, race, or nationality.  He is non-attached from the world in which he exists even though he is in the world; he is not of this world.

A Brahmin has become aware of the fact that the world in which he exists itself is an illusion created out of consciousness.  Brahmin is the one who is aware of the fact that Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana frees the Soul from the cage of the dualistic illusion.

A Brahmin possesses profound wisdom. He is full of insight. He is capable of discriminating the right path from the wrong path. He has reached the highest state.

A Brahmin is the one who has established the reality of his true existence. He is not attached to the world in which he exists.

A Brahmin is the knower of Brahman.  His speech is true. His words are well-meaning, constructive, and not harsh. By his words, he will not give offense to anyone. Nor will his words provoke people. He silently shares the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.    

A Brahmin is the knower of Brahman. He has no attachments to the ‘I’ - He has no spiritual doubts due to his right awareness, He has entered the deathless existence.  

 A Brahmin has traveled beyond form, time, and space and realized the true existence is formless, timeless, and spaceless. 

The Soul is like the moon at the full - spotless and free of blemishes. The Soul, the Self is pure, calm, serene, and exceptionally tranquil.

A Brahmin has crossed over the quagmire of passion. He has gone beyond the difficult terrain of the dualistic illusion that is hard to traverse and has crossed the boundaries of ignorance. He is fully and totally reached the other shore.

He is in self-awareness. His spiritual doubts are resolved. His quest is over He is no longer given to grasping. He is cooled.

A Brahmin is the one who has realized Brahman.  He has given up the bonds that bind him to humanity. He has gone beyond the bounds of form, time, and space. He is disengaged from all bonds of the dualistic illusion.

A Brahmin is the one who has given up the religion and religious idea of God and religious rituals. He has also given up yogic Samadhi and the practice of meditation. He has achieved total tranquillity of the formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. He has conquered the effortless reality with his mental effort.

A Brahmin knows the experience of birth, life, death, and the world is an illusion created out of the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.  He is not attached to the illusory experience of birth, life, death, and the world.

He has reached the destination which is beyond the illusory experience of life, death, and, the world. He possesses the knowledge of the essence which is the cause of the world in which he exists.

The path of truth is neither of Gods, nor of the religion, nor of the humans. All taints of ignorance are totally eradicated in the Atmic path. Those who tread the Atmic path have attained the highest spiritual knowledge.

He is a great Sage as he has realized the essentials. He has conquered the truth which is beyond birth, life, death, and the world. He is devoid of blemishes. He has washed away all the ignorance. He has awakened to the essentials.

He has his higher awareness. He has reached the state of a Sage. He has achieved the final perfection. :~Santthosh Kumaar 

Manduka Upanishads: - A Gnani bears no external mark, neither nudity nor the yellow robe has anything to do with him.+

A Brahmin by birth, a Yogi, a Sanyasi, a Swami, a Sadhu a monk, a wandering ascetic, is not a Gnani. These are all categories that belong to the religious landscape of different ideologies. 

Manduka Upanishads: - Even the Gods cannot find out who is a Gnani because he bears no external mark. Neither nudity nor the yellow robe has anything to do with him.

A Gnani cannot have the idea of renouncing the world or giving up something of the practical world because that would connote the idea of duality.  Duality is merely an illusion from the ultimate standpoint. Knowing no second thing at all there remains nothing to be given up.

If a seeker after truth receives the words of the wisdom from some source, that seeker must pay the source due respect and gratitude to get the grace of the Soul.

One does not become a Gnani by one’s matted hair. Nor does one become a Gnani by one’s clan. Even one’s birth in priest caste will not make a Gnani. One has to realize the Truth by acquiring Self-knowledge or Braham Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The matted hair and religious robes belong to the religion. Religion is based on the false self (ego) within the false experience (world). 

The one who has realized the Self is not the ‘I’ but the ‘Self’ is the Soul knows the religious robes and matted coiled hair is nothing to do with the Soul, the Self. 

The seeker who has realized the Soul alone is real and the world in which he exists is an illusion is worthy of the Advaitic Gnana.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana frees the Soul, the Self from experiencing the illusory experience of birth, life, death, and the world as a reality.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana make the Soul, the 'Self' unburdened and put down the illusory load of the form, time, and space.

Through Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or AtmaGnana the Soul, the 'Self' gets disengaged from the bonds of the illusory form, time, and space in which was imprisoned.

A Gnanis attention is fixed on the Soul and he sees the illusion as the consciousness, the one without the second.  : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The fear of the God injected by the religion was the root cause of worship, superstitions and dogmas.+

People who pursue a multitude of religious and yogic paths without being aware of the Gnanic path are not the yogic or religious path.

The hallucination created by religion such as personal Gods, heaven, hell, karma, sin when they start growing; takes on such a big dimension. The cinema is more powerful than real life, given that one can just exaggerate it the way he wants it. When the illusory process gets exaggerated, it becomes more powerful than life.

Religion breeds superstition because religion is based on blind belief.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “If superstition enters, the brain is gone. Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse.

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

The Upanishads say in effect that ~ If you believe that the ‘the Soul, the innermost Self’ is one and God (Brahman) is another you cannot understand Truth.

The religion preaches that God is one and the ways to God are many. It simply tries to lead them to darkness with its dogma and idea of many Gods, which is apart from the Self. 

People all over the world in the past and present accepted the idea of the existence of God.  The fear of God injected by the religion was the root cause of worship, superstitions, and dogmas.  The religious belief is passed on to the populace from one generation to the next generation.

Realizing the single stuff of which this universe in which you exist is made, is Truth realization or Self-realization or God-realization.

When the expression itself is illusory, then the evolution within the illusory expression is bound to be an illusion.  Thus, the evolution theory holds no water from the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self

The religion preaches that God is one and the ways to God are many. It simply tries to lead them to darkness with its dogma and idea of many Gods, which is apart from the Self.  

People who believe in the religious idea of God as a creator are deluded because they are unaware of the fact that, the ‘Self’ is not the form but ‘Self’ is formless consciousness. They will not be able to accept anything other than their practical experience in this practical world.  Therefore, people who are the deeply rooted conviction of their belief system are not qualified for the pursuit of truth. And seeker of truth should avoid discussion religious-minded people. 

First, you must know what God is supposed to be in actuality.

All the mythological stories are nothing to do with Vedas.  There is no mention of these mythological Gods in Vedas.

There is a clear-cut idea in the scriptures, what is supposed to be God. And what not to worship in place of God then why worship the belief of God, which not God.

That is why 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.

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

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 Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~  God is Supreme Spirit 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.

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

People, who worship the belief of God, are hallucinating that they become one with such God.

Vedas itself says: May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman? Thus, to know the real God Self-realization is necessary. Self-realization is God-realization. Self-realization itself is real worship. 

The seeker of truth stays away from religion. Soulcentric reasoning is a reliable method to reach the realm of the Soul, which is the ultimate reality. Unless one exercises his reason--there is no chance of getting the truth.

Sage Sankara founded his Advaita Vedanta either on reason independent of Sruti or on Sruti confirmed by reason."  

Sage Sankara:~ This (the unreality of duality) is borne out by the Srutis ... But it is possible also to show the unreality of the object world even from pure reasoning, and this second chapter is undertaken for that purpose. (Commentary on the Manduka Upanishad, II, 1)  

From the ultimate standpoint, there is nothing exist other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The universe is an illusion created out of consciousness; therefore its contents are also consciousness. Thus, the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is part of the dualistic illusion.  Thus, the dualistic illusion which appears as the universe is created out of consciousness.  Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar