People think visiting gurus, saints and sages and yogis and indulging in god and guru glorification and yogic practice and meditation they get enlightenment.***

People think visiting gurus, saints and sages and yogis and indulging in god and guru glorification and yogic practice and meditation they get enlightenment. But all these are only for the people who are unable to investigate through  deeper self-search  about the reality of their true  existence.

The universe and the idea of god are dependent on the man for their existence. Therefore it is necessary to investigate one’s own existence to verify the existence of God.

Man ceases to exist without the mind. Therefore it proves that man, god, and universe cease to exist without the mind. And it also it proves that all these things together is mind.  Thus the experience of duality which present  as the universe. The universe appears as  waking or dream . Waking or dream  appears and disappears as deep sleep . It   means it becomes dual [matter] and non-dual [spirit] . Therefore it is for the seeker to discover and realize what is mind in order to unfold the mystery of his own existence.

People are thinking by killing the ego one can get enlightenment therefore they involve in all types of acrobats prescribed by the religious scriptures, gurus and yogis.  But is it is impossible to overcome the ego. Ego, man and the world, the idea of god and whatever known and seen are within the mind. And the mind is a universe and universe in turn is  Waking experience. Therefore one has to overcome the mind  in order to realize the innermost self  which I is formless Atman or consciousness.

It is very much necessary to know what mind is in order to know man and his experience of the universe and his idea of god and religion and whatever seen and known are part of the illusory experience which is present as Waking experience. The witness and the substance of the illusory Waking state is formless and non-dual that is Ataman or consciousness . 

The new gospel is that “God is not a believing experience”, “God is a feeling experience”—“God did not create man, Man created God can be accepted but only after they are able to answer who created man and the universe. 

Until unless they get the answer of this question simply believing God does not exist is a foolish venture based on personal belief therefore there is no difference between religionists and atheist because both are believers of belief.  Religionists believe that there is GOD and Atheists believes that there is no god. Thus truth cannot be viewed and judged on personal belief. Religionist have to prove their claim that god exists without their scriptures. And atheists have to prove how they are able to tell god does not exist.  Neither the religionists nor atheist can prove their claim of god and no god belief.  

No conceptual God can exist, apart from consciousness:

People are not aware of the fact that, there is no individual God can exist, apart from consciousness, which is in the form of consciousness. Thus the consciousness is the consciousness.  Consciousness is the true self.   If there is no consciousness, then there is no body, no ego, no universe, no religion and no conceptual god.  

People think that there must be a creator of this universe. If one thinks physical entity or ego  as self, then there is a creator, but if one thinks the consciousness or consciousness  as the Self, then there is nothing exists other than the consciousness, which is the true self. 

If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things beside himself and postulate a God, the creator. Body, God and world rise and set together from, and into, the Self/consciousness. If God is apart from the Self/consciousness, then He would be selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent. 

Ish Upanishads :-

Vidya and Avidya both are hindrances to Self-knowledge, but Vidya is even worse than Avidya. The word Vidya is used here in a special sense; here it means worshipping gods and goddesses. By worshipping gods and goddesses you will go after death to the world of gods and goddesses. But will that help you? The time you spend there is wasted, because if you were not there you could have spent that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is your goal. In the world of gods and goddesses you cannot do that, and thus you go deeper and deeper into darkness.

Avidya is Karma and therefore a hindrance. You perform Avidya - i.e., you perform Agnihotra and other sacrifices. This is a roundabout way of purifying the mind, and it is also groping in the dark. But it may not have as heavy a toll on your time and energy as the other. 

Ishopanishad "They are steeped in ignorance and sunk into the greatest depth of misery who worships the matter, instead of the All-Pervading God and those who worship things born of matter like trees, animals, man, etc. are sunk deeper in misery." 

Getting rid of the ignorance is necessary  in order to know and realize  what is truth and what is untruth. 

Katha Upanishad says:-

(Upanishads Nikhilananda)

Fools dwelling in darkness, but thinking themselves wise and erudite, go round and round, by various tortuous paths, like the blind led by the blind. (Ch II-5 P-14)

It indicates that the one who is ignorant (darkness) of the true self (Atman) searches truth by accumulating knowledge of every path and practice and uncertain about the truth, and thinks every path leads towards reality. The ignorance of the true self leads one towards unreality or hallucination.