It is possible to live a good, productive and meaningful life without any thought or any effort given to spiritual considerations. It is possible to be compassionate and to contribute to the benefit and nurture of humanity and the world without any religious affiliation or any thoughts of God whatever. But what is the benefit of that? To abjure spiritual ideas, to reject the calling and ignore the immensity of mystical teaching and thought is to shut oneself off from a dazzling inspiration, to isolate oneself from the richness of the human psyche. It is like sitting in a corner at a banquet with your own little sandwich and thinking, “This is enough for me.” The plus side is that you’ll have much more time to spend on Facebook, or watching the news.
Nick Hilton - Reflections 