Sage Sankara declares the Atman is Brahman. That is the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. +

Sage Sankara declares the Atman is Brahman. That is the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. The ultimate truth itself is worthy of Godhood 

Since God is eternal and infinite, God comprises the only truth. The goal of the Vedic religion or Santana Dharma is to realize that consciousness (Atman) is actually nothing but Brahman or God in truth. 

The Vedic pantheon of Gods is said, in the Vedas and Upanishads, to be the only higher manifestations of consciousness. 

For this reason: ~ “ekam sat" (all is one), and all is Brahman or God in truth.

Rig Veda: ~ 'Prajnanam Brahma'- Consciousness is the ultimate reality or Brahman or God in truth.

God in truth is the Atman, the Self. Atman is present in the form of consciousness.

Do not accept any other God other than Atman not worship other than Atman.

Let these words be inscribed in your subconscious.

Nothing is real but God. Nothing Matters but love for God in truth. God in truth is everywhere and in everything.

God in truth is hidden by the illusory universe. God in truth alone is and all else is an illusion.

Yajur Veda 32:3:~The Supreme Spirit that pervades the universe can have no material representation, likeness, or image.

 

Yajur Veda – chapter- 32:~ God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions.

Yajurveda: ~ There is no image of God in truth. God in truth is unborn and eternal. (Chapter 32, Verse 3)

Yajurveda: ~ God in truth is nondual and pure"

Yajurveda: ~ "They are entering darkness, those who worship the natural things (like air, water, fire, etc.), they are sinking more in darkness who worship created things." (Chapter 40, Verse 9)

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

Yajur Veda 

Translation 3 

"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.) 

So, Yajur Veda indicates that: - They sink deeper in darkness those who worship sambhuti. (Sambhuti means created things, for example, table, chair, idol, etc.- (Yajurveda 40:9) 

Vedas and Upanishads clearly indicate that, If the human goal is to acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana then why indulge in rituals and glorify the conceptual Gods and Goddesses and Gurus to go into deeper darkness. Instead spend that time moving forward towards Self-knowledge, which is one’s prime goal. 

Kena Upanishad (1) Chapter II - If you think: "I know Brahman well," then surely you know but little of Its form; you know only Its form as conditioned by man or by the Gods. Therefore Brahman, even now, is worthy of your inquiry. 

Kena Upanishad (2) Chapter II - The disciple said: I think I know Brahman. The disciple said: I do not think I know It well, nor do I think I do not know It. He among us who knows the meaning of "Neither do I not know nor do I know"-knows Brahman. 

Kena Upanishad (3) Chapter II - He by whom Brahman is not known, knows It; he by whom It is known, knows It not. It is not known by those who know It; It is known by those who do not know It. 

Kena Upanishad (4) Chapter II -Brahman is known when It is realized in every state of mind; for by such Knowledge, one attains Immortality. By Atman one obtains strength; by Knowledge, Immortality 

Kena Upanishad (5) Chapter II - If a man knows Atman here, he then attains the true goal of life. If he does not know It here, great destruction awaits him. Having realized the Self in every being, the wise relinquish the world and become immortal 

The human goal is to realize the Atman, which is present in the form of consciousness. The Atman is the ultimate truth. The ultimate truth is nothing but Brahman or God. Realizing Atman as Brahman is truth realization or Self-Realization. 

There is no need to follow the religion, study the scriptures, or glorify the Gods and the Gurus and follow the path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself in the labyrinths of philosophy when there is an easier path. 

By mentally tracing the source of the mind (I) from where it rises and subsides one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind, which rises as the waking or the dream (duality) and subsides as deep sleep (nonduality). The mind (I) rises from the consciousness and subsides as the consciousness.:~Santthosh Kumaar