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The psychological and spiritual aspects are two sides of the same coin. In spiritual traditions, the Lower Self, or ego, is always investigated and interrogated, precisely because this is the beginning and therefore the starting point for transforming into higher values. It’s perfectly plausible that the reason a spiritual orientation arose in people is due to the daily observation that people suffer mainly from the ego. Many people want to suffer less, so humans have been searching for the How for thousands of years. What can people do to suffer less? Only the language in which things are expressed is different. In these differences you can see the changes on earth from place to place over the course of time.

With the development of science in recent decades, people’s mental well-being (or lack thereof) has become a specialized field of psychological research. The methods of development in this case are called therapy. It’s not difficult for the spiritual practitioner to recognize in various other therapies the core of what is practiced in one's own spiritual practice. The guru is now called a psychotherapist, one who also focuses on meaning and the pursuit of developing higher values in the client — simply because it makes everyone happier as people!