The Karma theory is a reality for those who believe in the experience of birth, life, death and rebirth and the world as a reality.+

Sage Sankara says clearly, that the universe is not real. He says that Brahman and Atman are one. The ultimate and the Absolute Truth is the 'Self', which is one though appearing as many in different individuals. The individual has no reality. Only the ‘‘Self’’ is Real; the rest, mental and physical are but passing appearances, then it indicates the form (waking) is unreal the formless is real (Soul). Therefore, only Atman is real because there is no second thing other than Atman.

Sage Sankara also clearly mentions that:- The path of religion, the theory of karma, 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 or the ultimate 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.

Sage Goudpada says: ~ The merciful Veda teaches Karma and Upasana to people of lower and middling intellect while Jnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

It means the people who follow religion and worship Gurus and conceptual God and believe in karma theory are lower and middling intellect. 

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In this modern world, people are sharp enough to understand and assimilate the ultimate truth or Brahman or God. Thus, it is high time to discard the lower knowledge and move ahead to realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman or God in truth.

Religious people believe the Karma theory is universal. The Karma theory is a religious and yogic fable.

The Karma theory is a universal theory for those who believe the dualistic illusion as a reality. Karma is a reality only for those who believe the false self (ego or you) is the real 'Self' and the false experience (waking or universe) is a reality.

The Karma theory is a reality for those who believe that experience, form, time, and space as a reality. Karma theory is a reality for those who believe in an individualized God. 

The Karma theory is a reality for those who believe in the experience of birth, life, death, and rebirth and the world as a reality.

The karma performed in the dream becomes unreal when the waking takes place. Similarly, the waking karma becomes unreal when wisdom dawns. The karma theory is a universal theory when the karma is limited to waking experience alone.

The wisdom dawns when you (doer of karma) realize you are not the 'Self, but the '‘Self' is the formless Soul. Thus, all theories based on you (form) a falsehood, because, the Soul, the Self is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

If the 'Self' is not the waking entity but the Self’  is the formless Soul then how anyone can accept the theory of karma, which is based on a false self within the false experience.

Thus, whatever theories are based on the false self (waking entity or ego) and false experience (waking or the world) is bound to be a falsehood.

Karma is a reality only for those who are stuck with the reality of practical life within the practical world because they have accepted the world in which they exist as a reality.

Without knowing what witnesses the coming and going, of the three states how can one say the karma theory is a universal theory when the karma is limited to waking experience alone.

If the 'Self' is not you (waking entity) but the 'Self' is a formless Soul then how anyone can accept the theory of karma, which is based on false self within the false experience.

Thus, whatever theories are based on the false self  (waking entity or you) and false experience (waking or the world) is bound to be a falsehood.

Karma is a reality only for those who are stuck with the reality of practical life within the practical world because they have accepted the world as reality.

What is the doer, what is the enjoyer, what is a cessation of thought and rising of thought, what are immediate perception and its result, to the Soul, the 'Self', the ever impersonal?

What is the world, what is meant by the aspirant for liberation; what is the contemplative man and what is a man of knowledge; what bondage and what is liberation to the Self'', which is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

What is Prarabdha Karmas, what is even liberation in life, and what is that and where is liberation at death for the Soul, the 'Self', which is ever attributeless.

The nearest state to understanding the Soul by itself is to eliminate the whole waking experience, as in deep sleep. Once this is grasped one has to understand that the three states are Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. 

Whether the karma theory existed prior to Buddhism is not the question. Karma theory is based on form, time, and space whereas the ultimate truth or Brahman is based on formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. Thus, one has to decide whether the 'Self is the form or the Self' is formless. 

If the 'Self' is the form then karma theory has value but if the 'Self' is formless then the karma theory has no value.

Deeper-self’-search reveals the fact that the karma theory is meant for those who are immersed in worldly life thinking of the individual life within the particle world as reality. In the Atmic path, the karma theory becomes a great obstacle in realizing the truth. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar

The idols are symbols of personal Gods with form and name and attributes. All idolized Gods are not God in truth.+

The idols are symbols of personal Gods with form names and attributes. All idolized Gods are not God in truth. Worshipping such a god keeps one permanently in the prison of ignorance.

God has to be realized not worshipped. All beliefs and worship, rituals are meant for the ignorant populace. First, one has to realize what ‘God’ supposed to be is in actuality.

Hindus are idol worshipers of a large number of Gods and Goddesses whereas in the Vedas the God has been described as: ~

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

God in truth is the Atman, the Self. Atman is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not accept any other God other than Atman not worship other than Atman. Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Nothing is real but God. Nothing Matters but love for God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything.

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

Rig-Veda 1-164-46 and Y.V 32-1 clearly mention that God is “One”.

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, 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.

Thus, it refers to a formless and attriubuteless God, which is the Atman (Soul), the Self within the false experience. Thus, it indicates clearly all the Gods with form and attributes are mere imaginations based on the false Self. Thus, Atman or Soul, the ‘Self’ is God in truth.

The Vedas do not talk about idol worship. In fact, till about 2000 years ago followers of Vedism never worshipped idols. Idol worship was started by the followers of Buddhism and Jains.

There is logic to idol worship. Vedas speak of one God that is the supreme Self i.e. Atman or Soul but Hinduism indulges in worshiping 60 million Gods.:~

Yajur Veda indicates: ~

They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc (Yajurveda 40:9)

Those who worship visible things born of the Prakriti, such as the earth, trees, and 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.)

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 the material then nothing has to be accepted as God other than consciousness.

Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know ‘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 ‘Self’. In reality, there is no duality, no differentiation. Only Atman exists.

God is not a part but God is whole. God pervades everything and everywhere in the universe because the universe is nothing but an illusion. Seeing God as a part is ignorance.

Sage  Sankara:~ VC- 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 (verses-6)

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

Santana Dharma has no founders whereas Advaita and qualified Advaita and Dwaita and all other sects and castes identified as Hinduism are identified with their founders.+

Religion is regarded as sacred and real by the common people, by the wise as false, and by politicians as useful.

The caste system, which is so integral to Hinduism, was also not practiced in Vedic times.

There is hardly any evidence of a rigid caste system in the Vedas. It is argued that the purushasukta hymn of the Rig Veda (X.90), which is often referred to give giving religious sanction to the caste system, was a later interpolation.

The Vedas, however, speak of various classes of people, which appear to have been names of professions, and they were not hereditary.

The very concept of castes by birth, upper/lower castes, superior/inferior castes, outcastes, untouchables, Dalits, etc.—is clearly prohibited by Rigveda.

The term Hindu religion is totally a new name that cannot be found in any Indian literature prior to 1794 A.D.

Out of the five Indian religions of Buddhism, Jainism, Saivism, Vaishnavism, and Sikhism; Saivism and Vaishnavism were brought under the Varnashrama principle.

After naming the discriminating principle of casteism of Manu Dharma as Hinduism, the religions of Saivism and Vaishnavism, which were enslaved to the caste-discriminating principles, were given a new name as ‘Hinduism’! Thus, the Hindu religion is different from Santana Dharma or Vedic religion.

The term Hinduism came into existence under British rule. Hinduism is the caste-discriminating principle of Varnashrama Dharma based on the Book of Manu.

As we peep into the annals of the religious history of India we find that Santana Dharma or Vedic religion was not the religion of the Hindus: ~

Every one of the great religions in the world, except our own, is built upon such historical characters; but ours rests upon principles. No man or woman can claim to have created the Vedas. They are the embodiment of eternal principles; sages discovered them.

Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion was not the religion of the Hindus, nor were the Vedic people Hindus, nor will the Hindus of today approve the replacement of the term ‘Hinduism’ with Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion. None can say exactly when the Aryans became Hindus because neither the name Hindu nor its major beliefs and practices existed in the Vedic times.

To this, one must add the marginal place the Vedic gods occupy in today’s Hindu pantheon. In addition, as we have seen, the Vedas themselves are not attractive to most of today’s Hindus as sacred texts. The Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, and Manusmriti, may have more to do with the Hinduism of today than the Vedas.

Thus, it is clear that there is no direct ancestry of modern Hinduism traceable in the Vedas, though it does have some influence on it “The Vedic corpus reflects the archetypal religion of those who called themselves Aryas, and which, although it contributed to facets of latter-day Hinduism, was nevertheless distinct”.

Indian populace wrongly believes that Hinduism is an ancient religion because they are unaware of the fact that Hinduism is not the Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion. The people in India believe in Varnashrama Dharma or caste discrimination.

The people of India have to be liberated from the stranglehold of casteism to realize their original religion is not Hinduism which is full of different castes and creeds but the Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion. The people should be educated about the historical truth of the religion of the Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion.

Out of the five Indian religions, Saivism and Vaishnavism were already enslaved to Varnashrama Dharma i.e. caste discrimination. The people of India began to use the newly originated common name of ‘Hinduism’ to denote Saivism and Vaishnavism. The context and substance of the term Hinduism; coined by Sir William Jones is different from the context and substance of the term ‘Hindu religion’, which was substituted erroneously and used by the people to denote Saivism and Vaishnavism.

The term Hinduism came into existence under British rule. Hinduism is the caste-discriminating principle of Varnashrama Dharma based on the Book of Manu.

After 1750 A.D., Europeans captured certain parts of India and started ruling those areas. The capital of then British India was Calcutta the present-day Kolkata.

The Britishers were duty-bound to administer justice to the people living within their dominion. Thus, they set up courts of justice. They needed laws to administer justice through the courts.

To administer justice to the Christian citizens of India living within their dominion, there was Christian Law, based on Biblical principles.

To administer justice to the Muslim citizens of India living within their dominion, there was Islamic Law, based on Quranic principles. But to administer justice to non-Christian and non-Islamic citizens living in British dominion, there was no law book. This created problems for the Britishers.

At this time, Sir William Jones was appointed as the chief justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta. Local pundits made Sir William Jones believe that the book of Manu was the law book for the people of India.

Sir William Jones believed pundits and translated the book of Manu from Sanskrit to English. Thus, based on the laws of Manu, a law was formed for administering justice to non-Christian and non-Muslim Indians of the British dominion and this law was called as the Hindu law.

The principles of the book of Manu which was used for drafting the Hindu Law were called Hinduism. The basic principle of the book of Manu is caste discrimination.

The name coined by Sir William Jones to denote caste-discriminating principles is Hinduism. It is not a religion. It is a way of Life. It is the way of life of the Indus people.

In this, a historical false perception crept in. That is when they called the terms Christian Law, Muslim Law, and Hindu Law, both Christian Law and Muslim Law were associated with the Christian religion and Islamic religion. But concerning Hindu Law, a false perception of religion was wrongly attributed to it as if it was also associated with a ‘Hindu religion’ which was not there.

The seekers of truth must realize that Hinduism has nothing to do with Spirituality because Hinduism is based on the matter whereas Vedic religion or Santana Dharma is based on the Spirit(Atman).

The word Hindu holds all the castes together. By removing the Hindu tag from castes all the present minority religions become the majority and all the Hindus belonging to the castes become a minority.  

The Government of India and the Indian Judiciary must bar all caste systems and abolish all the religious-based laws introduced by the British Raj for their divide-and-rule policy.   The uniform civil code is very much necessary. Religion has to be kept away from democracy. Democracy is always secular.   

There is a need for deeper research to realize Vedas and Vedic religion is nothing to do with present-day Hinduism. 

The word Hindu is a misnomer. The correct word should be Sindhu the people belonging to the Indus valley. The ancient peoples of the Indus Valley or undivided India called Hindus by Muslim Invaders.  

It is time for the Govt of India to replace the word Hindu with Shindu or any other suitable word to recognize the Indian populace and secular India because the word  ' Hindu' originated by the Muslim Invaders. 

Peep into the religious history: ~ 

The Supreme Court of India correctly pointed out Hinduism as a religion, incorporating all forms of belief without mandating the selection or elimination of any one single belief,“ It is a religion that has no single founder, no single scripture and no single set of teachings. It has been described as Santana Dharma, namely, eternal faith, as it is the collective wisdom and inspiration of the centuries that Hinduism seeks to preach and propagate,”  ---Hinduism has no single founder or scripture. 

The Supreme Court failed to observe the preset Hinduism is not ancient Santana Dharam or Vedic Religion. 

Santana Dharma or Vedic Religion has no founders whereas Advaita and qualified Advaita and Dwaita and all other sects and castes identified as Hinduism are identified with their founders. 

All of these castes have non-Vedic Gods and rituals barred by the Vedas. The dualism came only in the 12th century. The orthodox Advaita and Dwaita are based on the Abrahamic framework. Both Advaita and Dvaita schools are based on Vedas and they condemn each other with Upanishads and Puranic citations and try to prove they are right and others are wrong. The orthodox Advaita is nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman because they worship idols, human worship, and symbol worship and indulge in non-Vedic rituals barred by Vedas.

As one peeps into the annals of  Indian religious history, Hinduism is not an ancient Sanatana Dharm or Vedic Religion. 

Upon close examination we discover that the religion of the Vedas was not the religion of the Hindus, nor were the Vedic people Hindus, nor will the Hindus of today approve the replacement of the term ‘Hinduism’ with ‘Vedic Religion’. None can say exactly when the Aryans became Hindus because neither the name Hindu nor its major beliefs and practices existed in the Vedic times. To this, one must add the marginal place the Vedic gods occupy in today’s Hindu pantheon. In addition, as we have seen, the Vedas themselves are not attractive to most of today’s Hindus as sacred texts. The Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagavad Gita, Puranas, and Manusmriti, may have more to do with the Hinduism of today than the Vedas.

Thus, it is clear that there is no direct ancestry of modern Hinduism traceable in the Vedas, though it does have some influence on it “The Vedic corpus reflects the archetypal religion of those who called themselves Aryans, and which, although it contributed to facets of latter-day Hinduism, was nevertheless distinct”.

The caste system which is so integral to Hinduism was also not practiced in the Vedic times. There is hardly any evidence of a rigid caste system in the Vedas. It is argued that the purushasukta hymn of the Rig Veda (X.90) which is often referred to to give a religious sanction to the caste system, was a later interpolation. The Vedas, however, speak of various classes of people, which appear to have been names of professions, and they were not hereditary.

“The very concept of castes by birth, upper/lower castes, superior/inferior castes, outcastes, untouchables, Dalits, etc. are clearly prohibited by Rigveda:~Santthosh Kumaar

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many, but the Soul is one.+

The Soul is not limited to an individual. The individuals are many, but the Soul is one. The individual exists within the universe.

The Soul is the cause of the universe and it, itself is uncaused. The Soul is not within the human body. The universe is created out of single stuff. That single stuff is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, whatever the universe contains is bound to be the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness.

Even Rig Veda: ~ The Atman(Soul) 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)

Like an ornament made from gold is Gold, that which is born out of consciousness is consciousness. Like gold is a permanent thing, in ornaments made of gold, similarly, the mind, which is in the form of the universe is born out of consciousness, is consciousness in its essence.

Deeper self-search reveals the fact that you are not the Self, the world in which you exist is the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness, but consciousness is specifically not an entity or identity or a thing within the world in which you exist. But it is the cause of the world in which you exist and it, itself is uncaused.

The Soul is hidden within the world in which you exist. The nature of the Soul is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Thus, it is necessary to realize the world in which you exist is created out of a single stuff, which is consciousness.

The consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. Thus, God in truth alone is real; the world in which you exist is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. ;~Santthosh Kumaar 

Love is a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya. Reality is nondual whereas love implies duality.+

The path of love is the path for humanity; therefore, it is the individualized path. The path of love is limited to the physical structure; it cannot transport one to the ultimate end.

Love is a reality within the dualistic illusion or Maya. Reality is nondual whereas love implies duality.

People think love is the means to Self-realization, but they are unaware of the fact that love and hate are made of the same stuff. Love is not the means of the Self –realization.

Love is very much necessary in practical life within the practical world. Love implies duality. Whatever is of duality is a falsehood. Thus, love is a reality within the falsehood. Lover and love cease to exist in reality because the duality is not a reality.

The experience of practical life within the practical world is a reality within the waking experience, but the waking experience itself is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. Thus, lover, love, and the world are one, in essence.

The path of love is religious because religion is the path of individuality. The ‘Self’ is not an individual to love or hate.

In reality, there is no second thing that exists other than consciousness. Thus, there is no duality whereas love implies duality. The ‘Self is the fullness of consciousness. The Soul, the Self, is a formless, timeless, and spaceless existence.

Humanism is limited to practical life within the practical world. The path of love is the path for humanity therefore, it is an individualized path.

The path of love is limited to the physical structure, it cannot transport one to the ultimate end.

The seeker has to realize that, from the standpoint of the Soul, the Self, the practical life, and the practical world are merely an illusion.

Meher Baba said: - To love God as he ought to be loved, we must love for God and die for God, knowing that the goal of life is to know God and find him as our own Self.

To realize God is to attain liberation from the bondage of illusion.

Live only to find and realize your true identity with your beloved God.

The energy that is expended in mere thinking, taking, or writing is like steam that escapes through the whistle of a railway engine …

That is why the sages have always insisted on practice rather than theory. This applies particularly to those who want to know and realize God.

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~ It means one has to know and realize the Self is God in truth and identify it as his true identity to find liberation from the bondage of the illusion of birth, life, death, and the world (duality). The goal of our life is to find and realize our identity with our beloved God, which is our innermost Self. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar