Body, matter, history and time itself are not independently real, according to Hinduism. Mystical experience lifts the spirit out of time and the world. Incarnation and New Birth are eternity dramatically entering time. Eastern religions are not dramatic. The ultimate Hindu ideal is not sanctity but mysticism.
Mysticism is fundamentally a matter of intellect, intuition, consciousness.
This fits the Eastern picture of God as consciousness not will, not lawgiver. When C.S. Lewis was converted from atheism, he shopped around in the world's religious supermarket and narrowed his choice down to Hinduism or Christianity. Religions are like soups, he said. Only Christianity is both. Hinduism encourages us to try all four paths, confident that only the fourth brings fulfillment.