The egocentric paths are nothing to do with the path of truth or wisdom.

The path of wisdom is inner journey. The path of yoga, path of love, path of devotion and path of humanity is meant for those who has the firm conviction  that,  the practical life within the practical world or experience of birth, life, death and the world as reality,  because they are based on ego or waking entity.  Whereas the wisdom is based on the soul and it is the inner [mental] journey which can be reached only through deeper thinking and reasoning.

A Gnani is loves humanity and does his service to the humanity within the practical world or illusion. It is erroneous to think, the one who follows the path of wisdom are running away for the world.  Followers of path of wisdom  are more concerned with the humanity and love in practical world and inwardly they are moving ahead to their destination seeking for.   The one who takes path of wisdom does not renounce the practical life and becomes sanyasi but he lives like any other house holder enjoying a healthy family life.

 The egocentric paths are nothing to do with the path of truth or wisdom. Deeper self –search reveals the self is not the waking entity or ego but self is formless soul, which is in the form of consciousness then why follow the paths based on the false self. . Thus only by 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 greatest hindrance is realizing ultimate truth.  

Thus all egocentric paths are meant for the mass mind set who are incapable of inquiring into the nature of the universe [waking or mind] in which they exist.   It becomes very difficult for people who incapable of grasping the ultimate truth because of their inherited and inborn conditioning.   One must have the knowledge of the matter [universe or mind] and the spirit [soul or consciousness]

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 keeps one permanently in the grip of duality.

As one goes in deeper investigation find nothing satisfying in any religion.  The more he learns of any religious doctrine he become aware of the fact that, the religion is not the means for self-realization because the true ‘Self” is not the form but the true self is formless.  The religion is based on the false self [ego] and false experience [universe]. Religion takes the false self as real self and false experience as reality. Thus whatever is based on the false self and false experience is bound to be falsehood.