Never before have billions of people had such easy access to the greatest talks, books, blogposts, etc. about spirituality, but the appearance of unique opportunities bring unique challenges...

Consuming spiritual theory without doing spiritual practice

Avoid the trap of consuming spiritual theory (videos, books, podcasts, etc.) for the purpose of feeling a little happier for a while. That would be using spirituality as an emotional crutch: when one is suffering (due to lack of spiritual practice) using spirituality as a pick-me-up, just like some people do with food, cigarettes, etc. If they still suffer and do not have a formal practice, they're probably using spirituality as mere entertainment. If they're serious about liberation, it's time to get serious about practice, too, in the same way that aspiring musicians must decide to get serious about practice.

Like with learning a musical instrument, theory should be sought after for the purpose of improving one's practice, and should be applied immediately. It's wise to not move on until one has finished learning a particular piece of theory. It's foolish and impatient to think: "I'm struggling to play this simple, boring major scale, so I'm just going move on to this complex, elaborate, interesting scale." It's the boring that one must get acquainted with. See Digital Minimalism in the forum. Musicians know that large, complex, interesting things require repeated execution of small, simple, boring things. The things you learn about may sound true, but please take the next true-sounding thing and practice it for until it has been mastered. Let's go deeper into this.

Learning a bunch of musical scales as theory doesn't enable the ability to play them at a piano. The practice is essential.

TBC