God in truth is the Soul, the Self, whic is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.+

The universe in which you exist hides God. God is the Soul, the  Self.  The Soul is present in the form of the Spirit or consciousness.

The religious Gods are manmade.  Every religion has its own idea of God.   He who thinks God is one and the Soul, the Self is another can never be able to understand, assimilate realize the non- dualistic or Advaitic truth.  

God cannot be brought down to the domain of duality. There is only one being in reality and it is the Soul, the  Self.  The Soul is present in the form of consciousness. 

The Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness pervades in everything and everywhere in all the three states.  Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or  God in truth.  

When one realizes the form, time, and space are one in essence. And that essence is the consciousness, then he realizes there is no second thing exists other than consciousness. Thus everything is consciousness. Consciousness is God in truth.

The Upanishads say in effect that: ~ if you believe that ‘Self’ is one and God is another you cannot understand Truth.

No conceptual God can exist, apart from the consciousness. People are not aware of the fact that there is no individual God can exist, apart from the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. Thus, the Soul is the true Self.   

If there is no consciousness, then there is no-body, no ego, no universe, no religion, and no conceptual God.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God, there is no truth."

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

If one objectifies and sees a universe, then he is bound to see many things besides himself and postulate a God, the creator. The Body, the idea of the God and world rise and set together from, and into, the Soul, the Self, which is present in the form of consciousness  If God is apart from the Self, then He would be Selfless, that is, outside existence, that is, non-existent.

The Bhagavad Gita: ~ brahmano hi pratisthaha- Brahman is considered the all-pervading consciousness which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material.  ( 14.27)

In Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~   It has been said that God Supreme or Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. He cannot be seen directly by anyone. He pervades all beings and all directions. Thus,   Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

The Bible says: ~ “God is a Spirit, and they that worship God must worship God in spirit and in truth.-(John 4:24)

Mythreyi Upanishad 2:26 says: ~ All those who desire to have salvation without taking several births, should worship God in spirit and truth.  

The Vedas confirms God is Atman (Spirit), the  Self.

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman (Soul or Spirit) 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)

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

Rig Veda declares God is ‘ONE’ and God is Atman, then why believe and worship in place of real God.

Brihad Upanishad: ~ “If you think there is another entity, whether man or God there is no truth."  

Chandogya Upanishad: ~   Sarvam khalvidam brahma ~ all this (universe) is verily Brahman. By following back all of the relative appearances in the world, we eventually return to that from which it is all manifest – the non-dual reality. 

Sage Sankara’s Supreme Brahman (God in truth) is impersonal, Nirguna (without Gunas or attributes), Nirakara (formless), Nirvisesha (without special characteristics), immutable, eternal, and Akarta (non-agent). It is above all needs and desires. It is always the Witnessing Subject. It can never become an object as it is beyond the reach of the senses. Brahman is non-dual, one without a second. It has no other besides it. It is destitute of difference, either external or internal. Brahman cannot be described, because description implies a distinction. Brahman cannot be distinguished from any other than It. In Brahman, there is not a distinction between substance and attribute. Sat-Chit-Ananda constitutes the very essence or Svarupa of Brahman, and not just Its attributes. The Nirguna Brahman of Sage  Sankara is impersonal.

So, it clearly indicates that God is formless thus there is no scope for form-based God. The religion and its ideas of Gods, and its theories of karma, heaven, hell, Papa, Punya, rebirth, reincarnation are based on the false self (ego), within the false experience (waking). Therefore, they are meant for lower mindset, they are of no use for those who are seeking higher truth as indicated in the scriptures.   : ~ Santthosh Kumaar