Some people think that spiritual practice is for the outsiders or a marginalized group of the population, and that it relates to other things "out there" and definitely not a solution to how to make ends meet. In others words, there is no relevance for them.
It will be refreshing if we can demystify things a little here, or at the very least allow us to understand spirituality better. Firstly, there is really nothing that makes the lifestyle of a spiritual person different in terms of what he does or maybe even encounters. He still has the thoughts and emotions of a layperson and faces the same issues in the mundane life of any ordinary man. The contrast, lies in the attitude and perspective towards life, people and experiences. He is still be able to experience and enjoy life without needing to hide in a cave. And more importantly, the objective of any spiritual practice is to be free from suffering, and we as human beings all have an aversion and intolerance to that, but are just unable to alleviate ours with clarity and awareness. The removal of our filtered lens through such practice would allow us to achieve that, and incidentally, more.
So not only do we all have relevance to spiritual practice, we all have the common ground on why we need to embark on such a journey. So why would we want to wait until the time that we face our biggest limitation in life to do so, that is, our last breath?
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