Spirituality and practicality

A major challenge for us is to balance spirituality and practicality. Most of us lead a bracketed life. We preach certain values relating to spirituality on certain occasions in the company of certain people, but when we are faced with real life situations related to practical issues like finances and business, we discard those values.

The only solution is to integrate our values in practice. At first, it may seem crazy and impractical to adopt values consistent with spirituality in our daily life. However in the long run, to be spiritual in daily life is to be practical. There is no dichotomy at all. If our spiritual beliefs are too abstract to be made practical or to be realized, we have to abandon them. Similary, if our practical approach is contradictory to core values, we must modify our approach. That is the only way we can lead a balanced life.