When the self is not the body but formless consciousness then what the use of hearing the sound is, seeing light, feeling vibration in the spine.

MYSTICISM could lead to big trouble. MYSTICISM, for one thing, might result in endless rationalizations like "If I am god, then whatever I do is right," and so on. The result: More people justifying their violence in the name of god.  and it also  turns the people  into a sheepish mentality. The result: The duality or illusion  becomes reality.

In short, religion  builds a strong ego, though one may call it by different names, and also it destroys all freedom to reason. The path of  devotion, love keeps one in the grip of emotion  and emotion keeps one in the bondage of illusion.Illusion keep one in bondage of duality . duality keep one in bondage of ignorance.  ignorance makes one feel the experience of birth,life,death and the world reality.

 The ego keeps one in the prison of burden and bondage.  The only way to resolve it is to understand the fact that the  ego is not the "Self" before plunging into pursuit of truth.

For an inflated ego, Philosophy  merely acts as an opium, so the best thing to do would be realizing the  fact that, the ego is not the "self".   it is impossible  to destroy the ego because, ego is part of the illusion. The ignorance is the cause of the illusion. If one overcomes the   ignorance,  then  the wisdom dawns. When wisdom dawns the ego,body and the world becomes unreal on the standpoint of the true self , the innermost soul.    No philosophy  is essential in pursuit of truth  because, philosophies  are based on the ego or physical self.

Pursuit of truth  more important than all Philosophical  theories put together. So there is need to investigate the truth instead of arguing  about which philosophy is correct, why it  is flawed, or why  it is wrong and all that! 

When the self is not the body but formless consciousness then what the use of hearing the sound is, seeing light, feeling vibration in the spine.  When body, sound, feeling, sight and ego and the world are made of single stuff, and that stuff is formless consciousness, which is the innermost self.

 All these sound, light, vibration belongs to Yoga prescribed by the great yoga master Paramhansa Yogaananda [PY] and also in Radhaosomi.  I also used to get all that type of experience when I was practicing Yoga [PY] for many years. But all that body based practices did not satisfy my inner urge to the ultimate truth. 

 Experience belongs to individuality. And individuality is falsehood. There is neither individual nor his experience in reality.

Man and his experience of the world cannot exist without waking experience. Whatever we are discussing, we are discussing within the waking experience, which is mere illusion from ultimate standpoint.  Thus whatever is known, seen, believed and experienced as a person is bound to be falsehood.

The path of religion, path of yoga and path of wisdom is meant for different classes of people. Mixing up with one another is like mixing oil in water.