"In all forms of spiritual practice other than atma-vicãra (self-investigation) our attention is directed towards something other than ourself as we actually are, our fundamental awareness 'I am'. So such practices will only sustain and perpetuate the illusion of the false 'I' who is practising them, and hence they can never destroy it. The only means by which we can destroy this illusion is to withdraw our attention from everything else and focus it exclusively upon 'I'."
#SriRamanaMaharshi