When money provides all comforts why is spiritual life needed?

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when money provides all comforts yes because money makes us comfortably miserable it can make us comfortably worried this is a great paradox psychologists are talking about what they call as anxiety epidemic there is so much anxiety all over the world and it is curious normally we associate anxiety with uncertainty I have to catch a flight I don’t know whether I will reach on time for the flight or not and then I feel anxious but externally speaking if we see in say India which is somewhat like a third world country we say the western world is first world country in third world countries there is far more uncertainty than in first world countries you turn on a tap there is no guarantee whether water will come or not sometimes it is like that now although there is greater certainty in first world countries and there is greater uncertainty in third world countries still sociologists have found that anxiety levels are higher in first world countries than third world countries so that means greater monetary security has not brought about lesser anxiety anxiety is caused not so much by certainty or uncertainty anxiety is caused not so much by financial security or insecurity these do matter but anxiety is caused primarily by mentality mentality means that if we are led to believe that we can control everything and the more things seem to be out of control the more we become anxious but if you understand there is a greater whole which takes care of things now I have to play my part in it now so we focus on doing the things which are in our control in the materialistic world we have two options only things are in control or things are out of control but in the spiritual world we understand the things which are not in my control are not out of control they are in Krishna’s control Krishna said in the Bhagavad Gita 181.58 if you become conscious of me I will help you cross over all obstacles by my grace so money cannot provide us freedom from anxiety it may provide us comfort but even in the comfort of a soft bed of a luxurious couch even in the comfort of an AC room we will be fearful we will be anxious and the anxiety will go away not just by getting more money but by cultivating a spiritual consciousness when our consciousness is sheltered in Krishna then whether we have little money or whether we have more money that will bring us satisfaction it will bring us security so we need spiritual connection if we want satisfaction otherwise we may get a lot of money but the money will simply increase our anxiety it will not bring us security it will not bring us satisfaction