If we are going to successfully move forward, we must also be free of the various nuisances and distractions that could so easily draw us back into our ordinary consciousness.
In every spiritual and religious tradition there is always some regulation of life that attempts to get one’s outer life in reasonable order, free of chaos and frenzy, so that we’re not so preoccupied with mundane concerns that we can’t explore the greater realities within us.
There is also in every spiritual tradition some regulation of bodily habits so the body doesn’t become a nuisance or a discomfort to us.
