
07/22/2025
Experience of the Ultimate Reality is the real purpose of and all spiritual and religious traditions — not merely the performance of rituals nor the demonstration of scholars. If one has not experienced the unity of God and soul directly, even if he has studied numerous scriptures and recites countless incantations by memory, he is still limited to mental concepts and practices. In this situation, the speech is like a map, which shows direction, but is not the destination itself.
If the seeker has not experienced this truth directly, then the knowledge remains limited. It is the same as a person who imagines the taste of water only by looking at the maps of rivers, but never touches water himself, never drinks. The Reality exists beyond the intellectual, logical, scientific mind. Overemphasis on scientific concepts only becomes a means to increase debate and ego inflation.