Skeptism vs softness in teachers in spirituality.
Human beings seem wired to seek meaning, yet life itself often appears indifferent to that search. As Albert Camus observed, “Man seeks meaning, but life does not seem to care.” Some even suggest that hope itself can prolong suffering. In this light, spirituality can become both refuge and trap. It often promises enlightenment, hidden abundance, or inner diamonds—if only we awaken enough to see them. Yet many seekers eventually grow frustrated when these promises fail to ease ordinary human pain. Spirituality may become an obsession with meaning, while rarely teaching how to live fully without requiring life to provide one. J. Krishnamurti tells a story of how the devil and a friend of his were walking down the street, when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down and pick up something from the ground, look at it, and put it away in his pocket. The friend said to the devil, “What did that man pick up?” “He picked up a piece of Truth,” said the devil. “That is a very bad business for you...