Anything in this world that you believe is good and valuable and worth striving for can hurt you and will do so. Not because it has the power to hurt, but just because you have denied it is but an illusion and made it real.
(A Course in Miracles)
David Brooks has a fascinating description of today's in-crowd which he calls 'Bobos in Paradise'. Bourgeois meets Bohemia, knowledge worker meets artist, the right part meets the left part of the brain, the Bobos supposedly have it all. High income, spiritual quest, intellectual curiosity, appreciation of diversity; they care about the community and the environment, they are athletes, health-conscious and so much more.
The problem is that one cannot run after spirituality the way one can after self-expression. Sure you can, but your efforts will always be superficial. Spirituality starts once you are willing to transcend the self, once you are willing to let go of things. This world is not real, it is as simple as that, but as long as you think it is, it will be. So if you are currently in your prime work life, prime family life and prime self-expression stage, get your job done first. Rest assured that the Tao will be waiting patiently for you until you are ready to take a more serious look at spirituality.
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