[1] In Jainism, self realization is called Samyak darshan (meaning right perception) in which a person attains extrasensory and thoughtless blissful experience of the soul.
Merriam Webster's dictionary defines self-realization as: Fulfillment by oneself of the possibilities of one's character or personality.
Though Sigmund Freud was skeptical of religion and esotericism, his theories have had a lasting influence on Western thought and self-understanding.
Carl Jung, Erik Erikson, Karen Horney and Donald Winnicott have been especially important in the Western understanding of the self, though alternative theories have also been developed by others.
Jung developed the notion of individuation, the lifelong process in which the center of psychological life shifts from the ego to the self.
The path to extrasensory experience of soul is termed as Bhed Vigyān in scriptures like Samayasāra, Gyaansaar and works of Shrimad Rajchandra.
In Jainism, karma is portrayed as invisible particles of subtle matter that adhere to a living organism or Jiva.
This leads the organism to fall into the bondage of lust, worldly pleasures, ego, hatred, jealousy, anger, etc.
[6][7][8] In Hinduism, self-realization (atma-jnana or atmabodha[9]) is knowledge of witness-consciousness, the true self which is separate from delusion and identification with mental and material phenomena.
Self-realization (nirvikalpa samadhi, which means "ecstasy without form or seed," or asamprajñata samādhi) is considered the ultimate spiritual attainment.
The realization of Self, Parashiva, considered to be each soul's destiny, is attainable through renunciation, sustained meditation and preventing the germination of future karma (the phrase "frying the seeds of karma" is often used)[11][12] Ātman is the first principle in Advaita Vedanta, along with its concept of Brahman, with Atman being the perceptible personal particular and Brahman the inferred unlimited universal, both synonymous and interchangeable.
This is possible by "aatam-cheennea"[15] or "Aap Pashaanae", purifying the self from the false ego:[16] 'Atam-cheene' is self-analysis, which is gained by peeping into one's self in the light of the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.