Spiritual self-realization is thus not a self-realization and self-discovery in the secular sense, but a higher self-realization in the sense of the personal dharma, a process of purification and subsequent development of the spiritual self (Jivatma, Paramatma, Trikaya) with the goal of a divine self-identification and the associated permanent enlightenment.
The path of spiritual development, the multi-stepped universal doctrine, develops the access to these high planes in contrary to the magical path, which first develops the lower and the mental planes and eventually climbs higher later.
The goal of spirituality is enlightenment (Moksha, Jivanmukti, Nirvana) and beyond.