But the ideas you are stating are found way back, that the self and Self are one and the same. Religions who teach that warn of “distracting siddhis” aka magickal powers to be had as one approaches and then attains true Self-realisation. 
I don’t want to demean your own personal path, because I think it’s great, but please also take care not to demean what others are doing just because you don’t understand why they do it. I’ve walked that direct route and experienced those siddhis so I’m not speaking theoretically here.
People want different things from life, therefore their work takes different forms. the idea we must all want the same thing and anyone who doesn’t want that is deficient doesn’t really sit well with magicians, it’s more the territory of religions to insist on conformity.