If people have believed religious propagated myth over millions of years, the length of time does not prove it true.
There is no need to follow the religion, study the scriptures or glorifying the Gods and the Gurus, and follow the path of doubts and confusion by losing oneself in the labyrinths of philosophy in order to get the Self -realization, when there is an easier path.
By mentally tracing the source of the mind, from where it rises and subsides, one becomes aware of the fallacy of the mind, which rises as the duality (universe or waking or dream) and subsides as the nonduality (deep sleep). The mind arises from the consciousness and subsides as consciousness.
Since it is eternal and infinite, it comprises the only truth. The goal of Vedic religions is to realize the fact that the 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 Brahman. For this reason,- "ekam sat" (all is one), and all is Brahman.
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
Thus, the goal is to realize the Atman (consciousness). The Atman (consciousness) is nothing but Brahman. By realizing Atman (consciousness) as Brahman (ultimate truth) is truth realization or Self –Realization or God-realization. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar
