God is the Soul, the Self,
which is present in the form of consciousness. The consciousness pervades everything and everywhere in the universe because the universe is nothing
but a dualistic illusion or Maya created out of consciousness.
The universe is the product of
ignorance. It is the Soul that is in ignorance.
The Soul has to be awakened from its sleep of ignorance.
To
awaken the Soul, the Self you should realize the ‘Self’ is not you but the
‘Self the Soul by constantly remembering the Soul.
When the Soul the ‘Self wakes up in
the midst of the dualistic illusion or Maya the ignorance vanishes the Soul
sees itself as it is without the form, time, and space even in the midst of the illusory form, time, and space.
The Soul, the God is impersonal. The only way to
approach God is by acquiring the Advaitic wisdom of Sage Sankara.
Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God in truth) is
impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless),
Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta
(non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing
Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses.
Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute
of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described because the description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any
other than It. In Brahman, there is not the distinction between substance and
attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constituted the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman,
and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage Sankara
is impersonal.
Constant
remembrance of the nature of God leads to Self-awareness, which itself is
God-awareness.
Remember:~
Thus, the Soul is the Goal. The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth.
God is not he or she God is the Spirit. Do not physicalize God's worship. Such worships of non-Vedic Gods are barred by Vedas. All God with forms and attributes are not God in truth.
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.
The dualistic worship of "God” is only for the ignorant populace. The God in truth is only Atman, the innermost Self. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.
The Bhagavad Gita: ~ 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 Bhagavad Gita says, that 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.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter: ~ “All those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires, they worship many Gods. (7- Verse -20)
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:~ "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)
Max Müller says: ~ “The religion of the Veda knows no idols; the worship of idols in India is a secondary formation, a degradation of the more primitive worship of ideal Gods."
Hindus are idol worshipers of the large numbers of Gods and Goddesses whereas Vedas declare God is ‘ONE’ and that God is Atman.
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.
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)
Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.
Rig Veda declares God is ‘ONE’ and that God is Atman, then why believe and worship anything else in place of the real God.
Thus, Atman the ‘Self’’, is God. Thus, Self-realization is real worship. Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana is necessary to get realization. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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