The egocentric paths such as religion, yoga theoretical paths are nothing to do with the path of truth or wisdom because path of truth or wisdom is soul-centric.

The path of wisdom is inner  or mental journey. The path of yoga, path of love, path of devotion and path of humanity are  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.  

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.  They 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 such as religion, yoga theoretical paths  are nothing to do with the path of truth or wisdom because path of truth or wisdom is soul-centric. Deeper self –search reveals that fact that,  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.     

The obsession with "our sins" having been "washed away by water of 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 of 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. One 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 gods existence without verifying the facts about his true existence. 

Seeker has to have courage to accept the truth and reject the untruth. Most people will not be able to subscribe to path of truth because they 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 problem for the seekers who are from religious back ground 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. Thus universal brother hood is 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 by worshiping their gurus as God in human form in order to get self-realization are unaware of the fact that, accepting someone as guru and himself as disciple is greatest obstacle in the path of truth. The person who accepts himself as guru is not a Gnani, because he has already accepted self as body whereas the self is not the body. The person who accepts himself as disciple of some guru also considers his self as body thus; it becomes a great hindrance in path of truth. Guru is essential in religious and yogic path but not for Self-Realization