Acharya Prashant explains that spirituality is essentially self-knowledge and is not something distant or mystical. He clarifies that there is no fundamental difference between the processes of scientific analysis and spiritual insight. Spirituality is rooted in philosophy; without a philosophical foundation, spirituality reduces to mere beliefs, practices, or superstitions. He notes that psychology itself is a branch of the tree of philosophy, and figures like J. Krishnamurti and Sigmund Freud share a common ground as philosophers. The primary distinction is that while psychology studies the mind and its processes, spirituality uses that understanding for the ultimate goal of the liberation of the self.
