Religious people think their
inherited belief in mythological God as
reality but they are unaware of the fact that their own existence within the universe is a reality within the dualistic illusion or
Maya.
All the Gods, people believe in and
worship are a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya and all belief-based religious
Gods cease to exist without the dualistic illusion or Maya.
The real God is
hidden by dualistic illusion or Maya. God is hidden by Maya because of the
dualistic illusion or Maya is created out of God which is Atman, which is God
in truth.
Vedas and Upanishads confirm that Atman,
the Self, is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness 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)
Even Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) is in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.
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. God in truth is only Atman, the innermost ‘Self’. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.
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 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.
Religious people believe the stories
of the Jesus who raised the dead and Krishna who picked a mountain as a reality
but Jesus who raised the dead and Krishna who picked a mountain within the
dualistic illusion. Whatever belongs to a dualistic illusion is bound to be an
illusion.
Mythological God and Goddesses are based on belief. The belief is
not God. The belief implies duality. From the ultimate standpoint, the duality
is merely an illusion. Thus, whatever one sees, knows, believes and experiences
within the dualistic illusion is bound to be an illusion.
Mythological stories are a myth. Whatever is based on myth is merely a superstition. Mythology was introduced in the past for the ignorant masses.
It has to be discarded as one progresses in his spiritual advancement.
There is a clear-cut idea of God
in the Vedas, Upanishad, and Bhagavad Gita. And also there is a clear-cut idea of
what not to worship as God in place of real God. Thus, it proves from a Vedic
perspective the Puranic Gods are not Vedic Gods.
Remember:~
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? -
Mythology breeds superstition, blind
belief, senseless rituals, and most irrational and gives them a divine outlook.
Swami Vivekananda: ~ If superstition
enters, the brain is gone. Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is
worse.
Mythological
contains stories of people with 10 with seven heads, etc., which are fables,
yet are taken seriously by pundits. All these stories are a reality
within the dualistic illusion. The waking experience is the dualistic
illusion or Maya.
Thus, whatever belongs to the
dualistic illusion is bound to be a falsehood. In reality, there is no duality
because there is only Oneness. That the
ancient sages had miraculous occult power and books related stories of their
feats are fairy tales were meant for children, women, and those whose minds had
not developed.
When ‘Self’ is not ‘you’ then whatever you have seen, known
believed, and experienced as reality is bound to be an illusion. Thus,
self-realization is necessary to realize your present the world in which you
exist is merely an illusion.
If the present world in which you exist is merely an illusion, then whatever you believe is real with the world in which you exist is bound to be an illusion. The real God is hidden by the illusion or Maya.:~Santthosh Kumaar
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