The religion and yogic path have to be dropped if one is seeking the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.+

The path of wisdom is only for those who are seriously in search of the ultimate truth, or Brahman or God in truth.

Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana is the mother of all knowledge; thus, it is not accumulated knowledge.

The religion and yogic path have to be dropped if one is seeking the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.

In the dream, the mountain, which is apparently insentient, and the material are nevertheless still conscious alone.

Whether living or dead, conscious or unconscious thought or matter, all things are appearances of one and the same consciousness. All these distinctions are seen by Gnani as only consciousness.

The invisible Soul is the Self. The invisible Soul is present in the form of consciousness.

The invisible Soul is the witness consciousness that experiences the action, the actor, and the world of separate things.

It is like a light that illuminates everything in a theater, revealing the master of ceremonies, the guests, and the dancers with complete impartiality. Even when they all depart, the light shines to reveal their absence.

Remember:~

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~ God Supreme or 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.

What is God like?

God is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. According to the Vedas, God has no image, nor God reside in any particular idol or statue. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Religious Gods are based on blind beliefs. God, based on blind belief, is not God in truth. The religious God cannot be considered as a cause of the universe because the invisible Soul, the Self, is the cause of the universe.

Without the invisible Soul, the universe in which you exist ceases to exist; it means the religious God is dependent on the invisible Soul for his existence. God in truth, is only the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

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

When the Bhagavad Gita says, God is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material, then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

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

Even 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)

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~ "He who worships the deities as entities entirely separate from the Self does not know the truth. For the Gods, he is like a pasu (beast)". (1. 4. 10)

No mantras help to get rid of ignorance. All the mantras and rituals are meant for the ignorant populace, which strongly believes, the world in which they exist is a reality. For one who wants to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana, the mantras will not help to realize the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space.

That is why Sage Sankara:~ VC~.61. For one who has been bitten by the serpent of Ignorance, the only remedy is the knowledge of Brahman. Of what avail are the Vedas and (other) Scriptures, Mantras (sacred formulae), and medicines to such a one?

VC- v6~ Let erudite scholars quote all the scripture, let Gods be invoked through sacrifices, let elaborate rituals be performed, let personal Gods be propitiated---yet, without the realization of one‘s identity with the Self, there shall be no liberation for the individual, not even in the lifetimes of a hundred Brahmas put together.

Sage Sankara goes on to say: ~A sickness not cured by saying the word “medicine.” You must take the medicine. Liberation does not come by merely saying the word “Brahman (God in truth).”

Brahman must be realized. Until you allow this apparent universe to dissolve as consciousness, until you have realized Brahman, how can you find liberation just by saying the word Brahman? The result is merely noise. Until a man has destroyed his enemies and taken possession of the splendor and wealth of the kingdom, he cannot become a king by simply saying, “I am a king.”

A buried treasure is not uncovered by merely uttering the words: “Come forth.” You must follow the right directions, dig, remove the stones and earth from above it, and then make it your own. In the same way, the pure truth of the Atman, which is buried under Maya and the effects of Maya. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar