Let me tell you a story about the Buddha, when he was on his spiritual quest. One in which he lived a life of pure enjoyment, pleasure, and human experience. One in which he left for a life of pure ascetisism, and extreme spiritual practice. Both in which he was unable to reach a place of spiritual enlightenement, a place of great awakening. This came only when the Buddha realized that neither life would lead you to enlightenment, only once one takes the middle path.
Often when we embark upon a spiritual quest, we find ourselves in the friction fo duality. The duality of our newfound spiritual awakening, and the material world that most others seem to exist within. The beauty of the dual nature of life is that both exist simultaneously. However, when we’re first exposed to reality in a different way than we’ve seen our whole lives, in a different way than all those around us see it, creates a friction. Friction creates sparks, within, with others, with the world and our place in it. So, it’s important to give this friction space, and find our footing in the middle of this polar duality.