The path of wisdom is an inner (mental) journey.+

The path of wisdom is an inner (mental) journey. The path of yoga, the path of love, the path of devotion, and the path of humanity are meant for those who have the firm conviction that the practical life within the practical world as reality because they are based on ego or waking entity, whereas wisdom is based on the Soul and it is the inner (mental) journey that can be reached only through deeper thinking and Soulcentric reasoning.

A Gnani loves humanity and does his service to humanity within the practical world or illusion. It is erroneous to think, that the one who follows the path of wisdom is running away from the world.  They are more concerned with the humanity and love in the practical world and inwardly they are moving ahead to their destination seeking for.   

The one who takes the path of wisdom does not renounce the practical life and becomes sanyasi but he lives like any other householder enjoying healthy family life.

The egocentric paths are nothing to do with the path of truth or wisdom. Deeper self –a search reveals the Self is not the waking entity or ego but the Self is the Soul, which is in the form of consciousness then why follow the paths based on the false self. 

Thus, only realizing the form (universe or waking) is formless because form (universe or waking) is made of the formless stuff leads one to Self-awareness.     But other paths based on the false self and false experience as reality never realize the truth because they accepted something else as truth and their accepted truth is the greatest hindrance is realizing the ultimate truth.  

Thus, all egocentric paths are meant for the mass mindset which is incapable of inquiring into the nature of the universe (waking or mind) in which they exist.   It becomes very difficult for people who are incapable of grasping the ultimate truth because of their inherited and inborn conditioning.   

The seeker must have knowledge of the matter (universe or mind) and the spirit (Soul or consciousness) 

A seeker of truth has to know somewhere he is going wrong, and it is for the seeker to go on his own and remove all the obstacles.  

The greatest hindrance is mixing religion, god, scriptures, and yogic theories. Moreover, attachment to scriptures, personal god, and religious code of conduct keep one permanently in the grip of duality. 

As one goes into deeper investigation finds nothing satisfying in any religion.  The more he learns of any religious doctrine he becomes aware of the fact that religion is not the means for Self-realization because the true ‘Self” is not the form but the true Self is formless timeless and spaceless existence.  

Religion is based on the false Self (ego) and false experience (universe). Religion takes the false self as the real Self and false experience as reality. Thus whatever is based on the false Self and false experience is bound to be a falsehood.      

The obsession with "our sins" having been "washed away by the water of the river would be regarded as evidence of a serious mental illness in an individual within any sane society, but when this is an obsession of millions of people it becomes "religious faith", held by many others to be something that should never be criticized. 

It was desperately important for the believers of their belief system for some reason that others shared their beliefs because they assume that their religious doctrine is literally true, and then justify their beliefs because "God says so in their doctrine ". 

It is no use in arguing with someone who has faith in his belief system because for him there can be no possible refutation of what he believes, so rational argument is entirely useless. He clings to his belief so strongly that he makes no distinction between the truth and his belief.  

The seeker has to know the fact that God cannot exist without his existence. The truth does not depend on gods’ existence but it entirely depends on man’s existence.   Thus, it is foolish to venture in knowing the truth of god's existence without verifying the facts about his true existence.  

The seeker has to have the courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Most people will not be able to subscribe to the path of truth because they are sentimentally and emotionally involved with their inherited belief system and even if one does he has to overcome all his doubts, confusion, and despair.  

These are problematic for the seekers who are from a religious background because of their conditioning and they are made to accept their blind belief as truth and their interest or insight is not deep. 

It becomes difficult for the orthodox cult to accept anything else as truth other than their accepted belief, which they hold as truth. Although all religious followers are participants alike in the spiritual endeavor of the world, overzealous followers of each religion are not prepared to accord equal status to other faiths and assert the superiority of their own. 

This universal brotherhood is a total impossibility because it is difficult to accept anything other than their inherited belief system.          

Intense inner longing to know the ultimate truth will guide the seeker, he needs no other guide. People who think of worshiping their gurus as God in human form to get Self-realization is unaware that accepting someone as a guru and himself as a disciple is the greatest obstacle in the path of truth. 

The person who accepts himself as a guru is not a Gnani, because he has already accepted the Self as body whereas the Self is not the body. The person who accepts himself as a disciple of some guru also considers himself as a body thus; it becomes a great hindrance in the path of truth. Guru is essential in the religious and yogic path but not for Self-Realization.:~Santthosh Kumaar