When we see this with clarity, then the determination arises to make spiritual progress our priority. We need not live in a monastery or a cave for that. We can make progress or backslide anywhere. Whatever happens is used as a teaching aid, whether it is sickness or death, whether it is ill will or the loss of possessions, physical discomfort and pain or love and fame. Attachment to other people and worry about them are a teaching aid. Take nothing for granted, but use everything in order
