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Here is a great quote from Henri Nouwen.

Only by denying the world can you live in it, that only by surrounding youself by artificial, self-induced quietude can you live in a spiritual life. A real spiritual life does exactly the opposite: it makes us so alert and aware of the wold around us, that all that is and happens becomes part of our contemplation and meditation and invites us to a free and fearless response.

Unfortunately most Christians are more part of the former type of spiritual life than the latter.