Deeper understanding is necessary to understand and assimilate the truth about Gods existence, to know what is supposed to be the God.

Moksha is freedom. Freedom is becoming free from experiencing the illusion or duality as reality by realizing the fact that, the self is not the form but self is formless.  It is   not possible to   realize this truth  without realizing the fact that, the individual self or ego is reality within the false experience.  Thus all the knowledge accumulated on the base of false self within the false experience  is false knowledge.  Thus whatever seen,known,believed and experienced as waking entity within the waking experience is falsehood.   

    

People believe in old myths propagated by their religion. Every religion has propagated its own myth. Every religious belief contradicts other beliefs. It is mere blind belief accepted as truth without verification and evidence.  This causes division. Modern science has exposed many Religious dogmas as myth. All these dogma were introduced in primitive era   before people had the benefit of modern science. Science attempts to objectively discover how life works, and religion makes one blindly believe and cast his  burden on the blind belief without verification,  to live in peace and harmony in worldly life.

 Seekers main aim is to investigate both dual and non-dual experiences to find and define the underlying truth in everything, thereby realizing what the ultimate truth is.  Because of so many beliefs propagated by belief system, people think seekers of truth are   atheists because they do not accept the belief blindly. Seekers of truth believe the religionist and atheists both are believers because religionist believe in the belief of god and atheists believe in belief of no god.  

Pursuit of truth is all about accepting uncertainty and open questions and seeking for the things that are certainty. Believers and nonbelievers   will not accept anything other than their inherited belief system or accepted truth.  Atheists feel there is no proof for god’s existence. So atheist chooses to just believe there is no such thing called God. And religionists just believe in the existence of their conceptual god.  A Gnani is one who is fully aware of the fact that, the existence or non-existence of God cannot be proven on the base of physical self.  Therefore Deeper understanding is necessary to understand and assimilate the truth about Gods existence,  to know what is supposed to be the God.

In Vedas the God (Soul/Atman) has been described as:-

The Self or Atman is God and God is Self or Atman.

  Sakshi (Witness)

  Chetan (conscious)

  Nirguna (Without form and properties).

The Soul/God further has been told as

  Nitya (eternal)

  Shuddha (pure)

  Buddha (omniscient)

   Mukta (unattached).

It means the ultimate truth is god.  That is Atman is Brahman.  That is the true self is ultimate truth.

In Advaita Vedanta: - Brahman is without attributes and strictly impersonal. It can be best described as infinite Being, infinite Consciousness and infinite Bliss. It is pure knowledge itself, similar to a source of infinite radiance. Since the Advaitins regard Brahman to be the Ultimate Truth, so in comparison to Brahman, every other thing, including the material world, its distinctness, the individuality of the living creatures and even Ishvara (the Supreme Lord) itself are all untrue. Brahman is the effulgent cause of everything that exists and can possibly exist. Since it is beyond human comprehension, it is without any attributes, for assigning attributes to it would be distorting the true nature of Brahman. Advaitins believe in the existence of both Saguna Brahman and Nirguna Brahman; however they consider Nirguna Brahman to be the absolute supreme truth.

Formless soul or Atman is the innermost  self.   The true self or Atman is in the form of consciousness. Therefore Consciousness  is ultimate truth or Brahman and ultimate truth or Brahman    is God.   

Atman or conciousness is not 'void'.

 Void implies to duality: the universe may not exist but the thought of the second is there. If one knows there is Void (emptiness/nothingness), then there is something there to be known and know. They are or have become consciousness.

Advaitin disagree with Buddhists who say, there is nothing - nonentity. Advaitin believe there is some reality, even though things are not what they appear to be. If one knows the truth, he will know what to do to find inspiration for action. Seeker of truth‘s subject is to know what is it that is Real.

Soul means Atman. Atman is not 'void'. Atman is in the form of Consciousness. Atman is not any void or emptiness. The thought that it is a void or something like a void will lead to doubts and confusion of pursuit of truth. The consciousness is basis of everything that exists. Whatever exists, it exists because of consciousness. Nothing can exist without consciousness. 

The 'Void' of emptiness of Buddhism is only a stage. It cannot be ultimate. It says there is really nothing. The mistake of Hinayana Buddhism is to jump to assumptions where Buddha kept silent.

When one says "Nothing is" what is the meaning of "is"? "Nothingness” is something which exists: one cannot prove that consciousness does not exist.

Has the Void a meaning? If so then it is only your imagination.  Buddha gave up yoga after practicing it for six years. He saw it could not yield truth.

Buddha gave up his austerities of yoga as impossible and useless. [Page.70/71 "Buddhism in Translation” by Warren]

Thus Buddha got enlightenment only after he gave up Yoga. Unless one exercises his reason--there is no chance of getting truth.

Buddhism has not proved the truth of Non-duality.  There is no doubt Buddha pointed out unreality of world. He told people they were foolish to cling to it. But he stopped there. He came nearest to Advaita in speech but not to Advaita fully. 

Sankara was criticized for his views on Maya (illusion) without understanding him. He said that (1) Brahman [the Self] is real (2) the universe is unreal, and (3) Brahman is the universe. He did not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the ‘Self’ and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self. Hence Maya or illusion and reality are one and the same. 

The realists criticize the concept of illusion without understanding it. He said that

(1) Consciousness [the Self] is real

 (2) The universe or mind is unreal, and 

(3) Consciousness is the mind or universe, because universe or mind is mere illusion created out of consciousness.   

 One need not stop at the second because the third explains the other two. It signifies that the universe is real if perceived as the Self [consciousness] and unreal if perceived as apart from the Self [consciousness]. Hence illusion and reality are one and the same because both are one in essence. Realizing the essence, which is consciousness as the innermost Self, is Self-Realization or Truth- Realization of GOD- Realization. Thus Sri, Sankara‘s declaration is rational truth, scientific truth and also ultimate truth.

  Consciousness is not only the subject but also the substance of the object. The subject and object are one in its essence. The subject and object perception is possible only in ignorance. In reality there is no duality.  When the ignorance vanishes the duality vanishes and only the non-dual existence will prevail as ultimate truth. Thus the truth pursuit is to discover the fact that the subject is formless consciousness  and also the object is made out of the formless consciousness. Thus there is no second thing other than the consciousness in the experience diversity[waking] other than consciousness.  Thus everything in duality is appeared from consciousness and sustained by consciousness and finally disappears as formless consciousness.

 To understand such a simple truth, it becomes difficult task, since we have inherited or   accumulated the physical based dross.  Until we drop mentally all the accumulated dross, our subconscious will not become receptive or accept anything other than accepted truth.  Thus the FP blogs and posts are suggestions, we are injecting to the subconscious, and we go on reflecting on it, then the inner work will start, and the reasoning faculty starts analyzing with the new suggestions, with the old, and when it finds the un-contradicted truth, it will accept that as truth, and drop what is untruth.  When the suggestion suggest the consciousness  as innermost  self ,and consciousness  alone is ultimate  truth in every blogs and postings , when subconscious  is accepts this suggestion  on that base the it  will start analyzing through reasoning, and reject what is not Consciousness, and finally whatever prevails is the non-dual wisdom or Self-knowledge.  

If seeker isn’t able to understand this in the beginning of the truth pursuit, it is o.k.; he has to go on reading and reflecting on the F.P blogs and posting , until he creates a base mentally,   to replace the old base. Until he bases himself on the base of ‘I’, he has a different viewpoint, but eventually, he  will  become aware of the facts, and  he  will understand and remember what F.P blogs  have convey him, and becomes receptive and start assimilating the self -knowledge .

There is no other way to reach the non-dual destination other than rectifying the reasoning base from ‘I’ (form) to ‘I’-less (formless) base. Only when seeking mind is able to view on the base of formless base, all the confusions and doubts will vanish and he will
be able to assimilate the self-knowledge faster and better. 

Time cease to exist without the form and space.

Past, present and future means time. Time cease to exist without the form and space. Form, time and space exist together and disappear together.   Past, present and future are within the waking experience. The past, present and future of the dream gets over when waking takes place. The past, present and future   do not exist in deep sleep. The one which witness these three states is formless and apart. The past is mental and the future is also mental. 

When we constantly observe and be conscious of the formless witness, we become aware of the fact that the physical body and the world are also are consciousness, and realize the fact that everything is consciousness in the midst of the waking experience. Since we exclude the body and the world as a matter, and view and judge the worldview on the base of the matter [body] as self, we remain in ignorance the reality. Thus just think the deep sleep as the true nature of the self [ formless soul of consciousness ], where the  body, ego and the world are totally absent, then try to view and judge the waking or dream on the standpoint of the deep sleep as self, which is formless soul.

 If we think deeply in this line, we can ‘get the perfect understanding what is truth and what is untruth. The biggest obstacle in the truth pursuit is, we are fully immersed in the practical life within the practical world within the waking experience and we consider it as reality.  But we have to make sure our individual experience is part of the waking experience, and waking experience is mirage on the standpoint of our formless eternal identity.  Thus once we know the formless witness as our true self than the birth, life and death are mere mirage. The mirage is created out of consciousness, thus everything is consciousness and nothing exist other than consciousness.

Our body and the world cease to exist without the consciousness because there are created out of consciousness   but consciousness can exist with or without the body and the world.

Instead of indulging in the scriptural path, it is better to follow path of inquiry and reason which helps the seeker to enter the inner realm

Ish Upanishad says:-

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Those people who have neglected the attainment of Self-knowledge and have thus committed suicide, as it were, are doomed to enter those worlds after death.

 This is a condemnation of people who do not try to attain Self-knowledge. They are, in a real sense, committing suicide, for what can be worse than being a slave to sense enjoyment, completely oblivious of the real purpose of life, which is to be your own master? In order to be your own master you have to realize that you are identical with Atman, the true Self, that you are Pure Consciousness, ever free, without name and form, and unconditioned.

You are not subject to any modification, without beginning and end, beyond thought and speech. You are Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute. When you know this you are free. You no longer swing between birth and death. If you do not try to know who you really are, you are indeed committing suicide. You are inviting the ignominy of a slave's life in this world and a similarly unfortunate fate after death. , the Self, is one without a second, complete in itself. It never moves. It is always still, always the same, yet it moves faster than the mind. It is the power that moves everything, and it makes the whole world go the way it does. It gives

Those who mechanically perform sacrifices [avidya] go into darkness that is like being blind. But those who merely worship gods and goddesses [vidya] go into a deeper darkness. [IX]

"Blinding darkness' here implies ignorance. And those who worship gods and goddesses go into a deeper darkness because they seek rewards for their worship. As long as there is the sense of "I' and "mine' within us, there can be no Self-knowledge. When you say "me' and "mine' you automatically identify yourself with your body-mind complex. This shows that you are ignorant of your real Self, which is Pure Consciousness and which is also the Self of all. The sign of an ignorant person is in the way he uses the words "I' and "mine'. He says: "I am so and so. I own this much property,' and so on.

An ignorant person has many desires in his mind, and because of these desires he is born again and again. He has to have a body; otherwise he cannot satisfy his desires. But the more he tries to satisfy them, the more they grip his mind. This goes on endlessly. But it is given to a human being to think, reason, and discriminate. Thus he soon comes to realize that the path he has been following cannot give him peace of mind. He understands that he has to choose another path the path of renunciation. As long as he does not practice renunciation, he gropes in the dark like a blind man and he suffers.

There are two types of such people who grope in the dark. One type worships avidya (ignorance) that is, they mechanically perform the prescribed sacrifices without any thought as to why they are doing them. No wonder they grope in the dark. They are doomed unless someday the truth dawns on them that to save themselves they must seek Self-knowledge.

Worse, however, is the situation of the other type those who worship vidya. The word vidya ¸ usually means "knowledge', but here it is used to mean "gods and goddesses'. Some people worship gods and goddesses so that they may someday attain the same status. They may get their desire fulfilled, but this will only delay their liberation. That is why the Upanisad says that they will be in deeper darkness.

Scholars say that the path of avidya [performing aganihotra and other sacrifices] and the path of vidya [worshiping gods and goddesses] produce different results. Wise men confirm this. [X]

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 worshiping gods and goddesses. By worshiping 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.

To overcome the ignorance one has to inquire, analyze and reason. Until one believes in karma theory, he will remain ignorance. Until ignorance is there, he will remain experiencing illusion as reality.  Until illusion is there, he will remain ignorant of the fact that, the cycle birth, life and death are mere mirage.  Therefore, it is not possible for one to accept the fact that, world is illusion, unless and until he becomes aware of the fact that the physical body (ego or waking entity) is not the self, but the soul or Atman, is the true self.  Therefore, for those who believe the body as self, and refuse to accept the soul or Atman  as true self, find the law of karma as universal law and very sacred, because they have accepted their birth, life and death as reality without verifying  the validity of their  accepted truth.  

Instead of indulging in the scriptural path, it is better to follow path of inquiry and reason which helps the seeker to enter the inner realm. And as his inquiry matures, he will be able to realize the fact that, the karma was reality only on the false base, within the false experience, the formless witness of the false experience (waking or dream) is Atman and Atman is the true self. And he will be able to understand the real meaning of the illusion. 

It is foolish to argue without understanding the truth of the true existence on bases of the god, religion and scriptures or sun moon and the stars

There is an invisible yet no less profound sense of order that connects, binds and governs the visible universe  in which the man lives in. As human being who tends to be wholly absorbed in the business of worldly engagement, man is seldom conscious of its existence. It usually takes a crisis for one to look beyond the limitations of human wisdom and abide in the invisible infinite. Sensing divine order in worldly disorder is the beginning of spiritual quest.

The spiritual path is often stated by self introspection that leads the seeker to unfold the untruth or unreality of his present experience of perception of his human existence and of the universe which appears as  Waking experience.

All wisdom of the scriptures and the holy books is replete with questions from the seeker in why the infinite created so much misery and pain in its creation. The answer too is invariably the same and there is a profound meaning in the response; the infinite is simply is. It is unaffected by the individual human experience.

The formless self that is Atman projects the illusory universe and  mistakes that illusory projection as reality. That which keeps changing cannot be real. Not being able to experience the truth the invisible Seeker blames the infinite instead of discovering the true fact of the mystery of the existence by discovering and realizing about its own existence, by discovering what is the invisible self that is the Atman or consciousness , in the whole Waking experience. When the formless self that is the Atman or consciousness is able to trace its true position, the truth will unfold itself.

From the spiritual point of view the purpose of conceptual religion is to reunite man with his innate divinity, it is indeed the only purpose of human existence. But they have become the tool to condition the man into personality with all their conceptual injections. Thus man forgets his purpose and remains unaware of his main purpose to reunite with his true state of existence. Thus the conceptual religions and its scriptures becomes the greatest obstacle for the truth seeker to realize the truth.

The seeker therefore attempts to discover the truth of his own existence which is camouflaged by illusory experience of the Waking experience that which he perceives it which consists in mistaking the experience of ephemeral Waking experience as reality. As a man the invisible Self that is Atman or consciousness  is not aware of the infinite is within the experience of every human experience. The Seeker is not aware of the true fact, since it is not aware of its own invisible true state of its existence.

To realize the truth of the existence abide in the self or the witness  of the three states . The self itself is infinite lone.

To know the truth of the existence the seeker has to adopt the Formless.Spirituality as tool to discover the truth, to assimilate what he is, in this experience of the universal existence.

The only truth that is formless transcendental absolute is the self or the witness described as ‘ substance of the Mind’, ‘Atman’ or consciousness , ‘Brahman’, ‘Atman’, ‘Emptiness’, ‘Being’, ‘Holy Spirit’,’ Me’ or  the true ‘I’,’ true  Self’.

It is human dispositions to look for prescriptions but in reality there are none. The spiritual journey is intensely a personal journey.  The scriptures act as sign posts and the way they explore cannot be understood or followed by the truth seeker. They create lots of confusion and doubts and their practice cause hardship and impossible for any seeker to follow.

The truth is hidden as insights within the scriptures and the confusion is created within their own preaching and practice. The scriptures have mixed and messed up the divine infinite with the names and forms and creates confusion of personal gods, apart from the present universal existence.

 The Seeker   need not go in to details about the authority of religion and scriptures. When he realizes his own invisible non-dual true substance of the Waking experience, all the confusion and doubts automatically dissolves by itself. The religion and scriptures are of no use for the truth seeking seeker. The reasons for this can be understood when the seeker completes reading this book.

The true goal is to know one’s own existence. The conceptual paths and practices creates many paths and variety of practice that will not lead the truth seeking mind towards its goal, rather it takes it to hallucinated idea of the self realization. The physical bound practices are bound to keep the seeking mind within the scope of its illusory experience as reality.

It is foolish to argue without understanding the truth of the true  existence on bases of the god, religion and scriptures or sun moon and the stars. The invisible ‘self’ that is the Atman or consciousness  that thinks itself as a man and perceives the world as a person   is the cause of the misery and pain. The Seeker has to remove all the fetters and chains that are holding it as the physical body by accepting the true fact , that the invisible ‘Self’ that is the  formless Atman or consciousness  is the witness or the self.

The thirst of seeking is not for the material comforts  but for the truth alone. Finally the truth seeking seeker will realize that there is no other practices other then realizing  the truth of his true existence.