Acharya Prashant explains that religion, as commonly practiced, is outward-looking and focused on rituals, past traditions, and external books. It often ignores the self and relies on beliefs that have been followed for centuries without personal inquiry. In contrast, spirituality is the center of religion but remains distinct because it focuses on the 'looker' rather than the 'seen'. It begins with the fundamental question of who the 'I' is that experiences, suffers, and questions. While religion is the periphery meant to lead one to the center, many people remain stuck at the circumference and even resist spiritual inquiry. He highlights that spirituality is more rigorous and scientific than religion. While a religious person might ask who created the world based on the assumption that they and the world exist, a spiritual person asks if they exist at all. Acharya Prashant uses the analogy of a drunk person seeing extra fingers to illustrate that we must first examine the state of the knower before questioning the creation. Spirituality does not rely on stories or myths about God; it focuses entirely on purifying and understanding the entity that perceives reality, rather than getting lost in external rituals or auspicious symbols.