Why worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities.+

The seeker has to focus his attention on the Self or Atman, which is in the form of consciousness.    

Glorifying gurus’ form is erroneous because the body and the universe are a myth from the ultimate standpoint. 

Thus, indulging glorifying and worshiping of myth becomes the greatest obstacle in the pursuit of truth.  

Thus, the seeker has to identify the soul, the Self as a guru and proceed in his spiritual endeavor.   

The inner grace of the inner guru (Self) will guide until ignorance disappears and one realizes the body and the universe are merely an illusion created out of consciousness.   

Religious or yogic gurus propagate that, once a seeker identifies a Guru, he must totally surrender to the Guru and then from there onwards, the spiritual journey is fully the Guru's responsibility, not his... Hence, the importance of choosing the right Guru is necessary, but in pursuit of truth, the guru is not necessary, because the truth is not theoretical.  Truth has to be ascertained by the seeker on his own through a well-directed inquiry, analysis, and reasoning based on the true self, which will lead the seeker to his destination.  

People who worship the Guru as God in human form and there is a danger that they might establish a regular religious sect in his name.  This is an unhappy development of the religious movement.  

All these Guru-based paths are not meant for those who are searching for the ultimate truth or Brahman nothing but Brahman. 

The path of Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana has nothing to do with physical Guru. 

Hindu religious literature is full of such aphorisms as ' there is no higher deity than the Guru; the Guru is the ultimate truth and deity. 

God and  Avatars (incarnations) are secondary to the Guru in importance; there is no higher refuge, no higher target, no higher destination than the Guru; the Guru is God Himself; God and the Guru are one; he who makes a distinction between the Guru and God is ignorant and stupid; and scores of similar others. They abound both in Sanskrit and in modern Indian languages.

People are born in different sects and they remain as their followers. Most of the sect is founded by some gurus, thus the Indian belief system is a Guru Cult, i.e. believes in the worship of the Guru as the Supreme Deity.

When a seeker cannot get full enlightenment from his inherited belief system, then only he searches elsewhere and tries to enlighten himself further to clear the cobwebs of his understanding and seeks guidance on his progress.

The path of religion, the path of yoga, and the path of wisdom were intended for different classes of people. 

The wisdom is for the advanced seekers of truth. It deals with the nature of the ultimate Truth and Reality. 

It is meant for superior aspirants who have an inner urge to know the truth and it is not for those who are immersed in earthly desires.

Remember:~ 

Human worship is barred in Sanatana Dharma or Vedic religion. Ancient Sanatana Dharma or Vedic religion has nothing to do with Hinduism. 

Hinduism is a Group of castes founded by the different founders of the castes with non-Vedic beliefs, personal God, rituals practices scriptures, and codes of conduct.

If you are worshipping the human being as God you are worshiping ignorance as God. If you are seeking truth nothing but the truth you must restrain all such activities which block your realization of the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

From the Vedic perspective: Those humans who get worshipped as God are nothing but frauds, because, Rig Veda: ~ 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)

Vedas bar human worship: ~

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, bodies (human and the like) in place of God, are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow, and suffer terribly for a long time.":~ (Yajur Veda 40:9.)

Then why worship and glorify the Gurus and Yogis (human form) in place of God when Veda bars such activities and also warns people who indulge in such activities to are enveloped in still greater darkness, in other words, they are extremely foolish, fall into an awful hell of pain and sorrow and suffer terribly for a long time.

No one has ever seen God 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.

The Soul, the inner Guru reveals ‘what is real’ and ‘what is unreal” when the seeker is receptive and ready. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar