The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.