It's very different because the Indians live as if they are their souls and Americans live as if they are their egos. - Ram Dass

Though Peter claimed not to be spiritual, he had found a peaceful place, as I had decades ago, in Quaker meeting

The art of life is to stay wide open and be vulnerable, yet at the same time to sit with the mystery and the awe and with the unbearable pain — to just be with it all.

What you feel is most important may not be seen as most important to someone else. This is a very complex society we are a part of. Stay in the world, do your part, raise your children, earn your living, and assume your responsibility at every level.