One of the advantages is that you become more of a spectator of life than a participant in the usual sense. Maybe that's because you're no longer chasing after something. Or focused on a goal of some kind. Or concerned with what people think of you. Or some such thing. 

Having developed that kind of detachment, there's something I've noticed. Maybe concluded would be a better word. And that is that most people I know are dissatisfied with life on balance. 

But that's just the first part of it. The second part is the sad part. They won't do anything about it! 

Maybe that's because they don't think they can do anything about it. That one's quality of life is a matter of luck. Or of fate, destiny, karma. 

If that's the way they feel, then my heart goes out to them. Because they're missing the whole point in life. Growth. The journey of the soul. Transcending. Transforming. Becoming a better person today than you were yesterday. Becoming more God-like with every passing moment. 

Which means that happiness, fulfillment, self-actualization, however you choose to put it, is the ultimate goal of the spirit. And to accept anything less is to dishonor one's spiritual heritage. To turn one's back on his or her reason for being. 

You know, I once asked a young friend of mine who had confessed to me that she was very unhappy why she didn't do anything about it. Her reply was that she didn't have to do anything about it. Someone would come along sooner or later to bail her out. 

Yeah. Right. And I'm going to be the next president of the United States. 

Think about it