Acharya Prashant addresses a question about visualizing God within oneself, contrasting the Vedantic perspective with the Christian tradition of praying to an external God. He clarifies that the notion of the Atma (Self) being 'within you' is a gross misinterpretation of Vedanta. At no point does Vedanta state that the Atma is within you. This idea is a product of the ego, as it implies that 'you' are bigger than the Atma, which is an egoic assertion. The talk of 'my Atma' or a 'personal self' is pure ego, akin to pure poison. The speaker explains that the path of knowledge (Gyan Marg) involves looking within, but not to find the Truth. Instead, one looks within to encounter one's own falseness and ignorance. This is the path of negation, or 'Neti, Neti' (not this, not this). When you scrutinize everything within yourself—thoughts, emotions, beliefs, identities, possessions, knowledge, past, and future hopes—and ask if it is the ultimate, the inevitable answer is always, 'No, this is not that.' The path of realization is one of ruthless questioning and negation. When everything that can be negated is put aside, what is left is a void within. Nothing is 'found'; rather, everything that could be found is hacked down. Acharya Prashant further elaborates that the idea of God is a helpful method, not the end in itself. The purpose of spirituality is not so much to attain God but to look honestly at oneself. The ultimate end is the dissolution of the ego. The concept of God is a useful tool to instill humility and help in this process of self-inquiry. He explains that the myths and parahuman representations of deities in traditions like Hinduism are deliberate. They are meant to keep the ego in check by presenting a truth that is transcendental and unlike the limited human form. The purpose of spirituality is to address the restlessness and discontentment that arise from the ego, the little self. Therefore, spirituality must be about looking at oneself.