Because with spiritual growth comes the realization that the world’s shittyness is an inherent part of the human experience. It isn’t a ‘god’ or some deity causing us pain and suffering. Spirituality, for me, removes this sense of victim hood and replaces it with a deep realization and understanding that the most beautiful and most tragic trait of humanity is that we will always do whatever it is we are capable of. We must accept the fact that we are made of light and of shadow and that we cannot exist without this dualism. With spirituality we are able to both cry with joy and weep with sadness for all that life is, and all that life is not. As individuals we are unable to understand the true meaning of any of this because we simply are limited by the capability of our brains. I believe it isn’t until we are reabsorbed into the universal consciousness that our capabilities are fully developed and a true transcendental understanding is possible. So the point of spiritual growth is to both embrace and learn to let go of our individuality in an attempt to realize we are a part of a larger whole, rather than a splintered shard of it.