God is only a settled fact for believers, but for non-believers Gods existence is problematic.

Bible says, that “God is a Spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24)”,

Yazur Veda also says, “Nathasya prathima asityasya nammahastha (32.3)”, God has no image and His name is Holy.

Mythreyi Upanishad 2:26 says, “Pashanalogamani moonmayavigrahashi pooja punarjanana bohahari mumusho tasmatati: swahdayarja nameva kuyarta hayacharam parihareta punarbhavaya”, all those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and truth.  

Mystic experience and aesthetic experience are  based on the individuality. The individual experiences are part of the falsehood because individual experiences are reality within the illusion. Whatever experienced as an individual is based on  the false self or ego, therefore it is bound to be falsehood.

It cannot be denied that the mystic feels bliss but whatever he experienced as bliss as an individual he has experienced within the illusion.  The self is not an individual  because self is formless.  the experience is possible only where there is body. If  the self is not the  body than how the  self  can experience the bliss without the body. Experience implies duality. Duality is mere illusion from ultimate standpoint.

The body and the world are one in essence. And that essence is formless consciousness[(soul), the innermost self . On the standpoint of the innermost self or soul , the physical  body and the experience of the world  ceases to exist as reality, because the physical  body and experience of the  world are mere mirage created out of consciousness.

People are caught up with the conceptual god propagated by the belief system.    God is only a settled fact for believers, but for non-believers  Gods  existence is problematic. 

The truth of the belief system  can only be proved by on the base physical strength or by imagination, or power of the weapon or by political power, never by reason. 

There are largest books on the subject of God but they offer only a ornamental  of words of fantasy.  People are  unaware of the fact that , God  of belief ceases to exist without the believer.  The believer  is the one who accepted his body as self and world as reality.   in the realm of truth the body and the experience of the world are mere mirage created out of formless consciousness(soul), the innermost self.  When the man and his world itself is mere illusion than whatever seen,known ,believed and experienced as person within the world bound to be illusion.  thus belief based God has no place in the realm of truth. 

Religious and Yogic truth is individual truth based on the ‘ego ’ as self which is the false self therefore it is not universal. The spiritual truth is universal on which the whole human experience that is including the universe is based.

How do the mystics or yogi know they have experienced the whole?

 Where is the proof they have seen it?

When they say “they know from experience” they merely mean “they think so.” If mystics experience bliss , they cannot be egoless, for who is having the bliss? And if they retain the ego they cannot know the Universal truth or Brahman , the whole.

There is need of definition before study because belief system  place belief of  God as  reality.  Intellectuals place it as the unknown reality. Every belief system  has  their own  idea of God. Every  believer has a different idea of truth. The fallacy of believers of different belief system appeal to scripture lies in the varying and conflicting interpretations of the same scripture which different men feel entitled to give or hold.

The yogi or mystic who sees or experiences something in his meditation which he takes as  ultimate truth only on the base of ‘ego ’ which is the false self”. The yogi and mystics experiences everything as a person therefore it is experienced within the illusion or falsehood.

 “If there is God"  -—prove it. If there is no god --prove it." Religionists dogmatically assume the existence of God and atheists assume there is no god.  Therefore they remain arguing within the scope of form,time and space whereas the ultimate truth is beyond form,time and space. 

Sage Sri, Sankara clearly suggests direct realization of truth is not possible through punditry or orthodoxy.  Why to follow the traditional path, which does not yield any fruit.  Therefore, Seeker of truth has to take the direct path and avoid losing precious time and effort loosing himself in philosophical studies and traditional path. 

When Sage Sri,Sankara declares:-  the world is myth and Brahman alone is real then why worships the  guru and gods of this  unreal world .  That is why Veda bars such worships and people who indulge in such activities will suffer and sink into darkness.  And Upanishads says self-realization is the human goal. Therefore, one has to strive only for self-realization or truth realization.      

When the self is formless there is no need for pada pooja [feet worship] of Advaitin gurus to get freedom. A guru, who preaches conduct as the means to freedom, believes in birth, life death and the world as reality, whereas the Advaitic sage Sri, Sankara declares the world as unreal.  Therefore, how actions performed in unreal world can get moksha or freedom. Therefore there is need to know the fact that, the self is not physical in order to understand and assimilate and realize the truth beyond physicality.

That is why Sage Sri, Gaudapada says that: - The merciful Veda teaches karma and Upaasana to people of lower and middling intellect, while Gnana is taught to those of higher intellect.

Sage Sri,  Goudapada suggests that, the religious paths and worship of guru and conceptual god are lower and middling intellect.  But in this modern world people are sharp enough to understand and assimilate ultimate truth or Brahman or god. Thus people who wants higher truth then it is high time to discard the lower knowledge and move ahead to realize the ultimate truth, which is Brahman or God.  

Upanishads:- They alone in this world are endowed with the highest wisdom who are firm in their conviction of the sameness and birthlessness of Ataman. The ordinary man does not understand their way. (Chapter IV — Alatasanti Prakarana 95-P-188 in Upanishads by Nikilanada)

If one is seeking truth  than he has to realize his true self is not physical but it is the soul or consciousness or  Atman. Atman or  consciousness is ultimate truth or Brahman.  Ultimate truth is God.  Thus Self-realization is Truth -Realization and Truth --Realization is GOD-  Realization.