EVERY RELIGION HAS WORSHIPPED THE SELF, EVEN THOUGH UNCONSCIEOUSLY, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE

"Whom the ignorant worship, Him I preach unto thee."
This one and only God is the "knownest" of the known. He is the one thing we see everywhere. All know their own Self, all know, "I am", even animals. All we know is the projection of the Self. Teach this to the children, they can grasp it. Every religion has worshipped the Self, even though unconsciously, because there is nothing else.
- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 7/Inspired Talks/Sunday, August 4