Our goal is to participate in the physical while staying connected to the divine. Physical reality is only an illusion. Everything here is temporary. Also, we shouldn't allow our lower phsycial urges to reign supreme. The only way to transcend suffering is to raise consciousness to the spiritual realm.

Your comment is exactly the kind of thing I have heard over and over and what inspired this article. It's like a new-age thing to deny that we should be spiritual and be fully physical. The ego has won in some ways. Good luck with that.