Self-Realization is Truth -Realization. Truth- Realization is God -Realization.***

When one becomes aware of the fact that , all the three states are unreal on the base of the soul, the innermost self, then he becomes aware of the fact that, whatever seen, known, believed and experienced as a reality within the waking experience as a person is mere mirage. Thus his experience of the world and belief of God is a mere mirage on the standpoint of the soul, which is the true self.  Thus it is necessary to learn to view and judge the three states on the base of the soul,  in order to realize the fact that all the three states false. 

Only after realizing the three states are illusory one can say the world is an illusion, not until then.  

Religion, dogmatically assumes god's existence which is based on individual perception. One has to realize the fact that whatever is based on individuality is bound to be an illusion. Thus the physical body and the experience of the world and belief of god are part of the illusion. In reality no second thing exists other then Atman. Thus Atman alone is reality which is formless substance and the witness of the illusion (three states). 

All the Gods appearance through vision is mere hallucination on the standpoint of the soul, which is the true self.  Thus all the claims about the appearance of god are not truthful on the base of soul as self.  Even if God appeared to any one cannot be taken as real since the waking experience itself is unreal. Thus whatever is based on individual and the world is bound to be a reality within the illusory waking experience. The waking experience is impermanent, which appear and disappears. The permanent is the formless substance and the witness of the three states. 

No doubt the mystic had a vision, but it is his individual experience within the illusory experience (waking).  Wherever there is individuality there is duality. Wherever there is an experience of duality the unreality bound to exist as reality. Therefore there is need of careful observation to assimilate what is real and what is unreal in order to acquire self knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

The Seeker has to consider the waking/dream/astral is also a vision.  The question is, what is it that witnesses these visions (waking/dream/astral).  One gets deluded if he views and judges the reality on the base of waking entity, which is limited to waking experience alone.   When one does not know the truth, he can only guess, imagine, hence doubts and questions and discussions arise. 

People say God is light, or   god is light within.  Some people think God is energy and they are separate from that energy. Some contend that God is sound and say, they hear the divine sound, sound inside in their meditation. Some say God is fragrant smell and that beautiful scent comes in their meditation as the presence of God. All these differences of opinion, they can be endless, show mutual contradiction and general error, that is lack of certain truth. The seeker has to realize the fact that if one sees a Light he is seeing it as a person, person is the cause of duality, and therefore there is no reality in his claim. 

 Yajur Veda:- 

"They are enveloped in darkness, in other words, are steeped in ignorance and sunk in the greatest depths of misery who worship the uncreated, eternal prakrti -- the material cause of the world -- in place of the All-pervading God, But those who worship visible things born of the prakrti, such as the earth, trees, 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.]

"Na tasya pratima asti"
"There is no image of Him."[Yajurveda 32:3]

"Ekam evadvitiyam"
"He is One only without a second." [Chandogya Upanishad 6:2]

"Na casya kascij janita na cadhipah."
"Of Him there is neither parents nor lord." [Svetasvatara Upanishad 6:9]

"Na tasya pratima asti"
"There is no likeness of Him." [Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:19]

"shudhama poapvidham"
"He is bodiless and pure." [Yajurveda 40:8]

"Na samdrse tisthati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam."
"His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye." [Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20]

All this is referred  to Atman   the innermost self . Atman is ultimate truth or Brahman  ultimate truth or Brahman itself is god. Thus the Atman which is in the form of consciousness is God. Thus Self-Realization is Truth -Realization. Truth- Realization is God -Realization.  

Only through deeper inquiry, analysis and reasoning on the base of the soul as a self, one becomes aware of the fact that, the individual gods propagated by religions does not exist in reality.  God is impotent, incompetent or lacking in intelligence--if he exists! However, all Religions are nothing but imaginations, because religion and its idea of god are reality only on the base of ‘I’, which is the false self.

It is not possible anyone to know God other then his inherited belief.  If anyone performs worship and meditation on God, it is only he is worshiping/meditating his inherited belief. The belief is not God. When the believer and his experience of the world are part of the illusion, then whatever he believed within the illusion is bound to be an illusion. Thus, it is necessary for the seeking mind to make sure of the fact that, ‘I’ is not the self, in order to assimilate and realize the self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. 

Isa Upanishads indicates that: By worshiping gods and goddesses and going to the world of gods after death is of no use.  The time one spends in ritualistic practices is wasted; one can spend same time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is the main goal.

One cannot reach the non-dual destination by glorifying god and goddesses and by doing that, one goes deeper and deeper into darkness. It surely indicates the fact that, the seeker of truth has to drop the worshiping god and goddess in order to get Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.