And they are often the first thing that gets thrown overboard when people try to be spiritual. But they are the essence of spirituality. They represent deep wisdom. The instincts move us to explore the world, survive, thrive, communicate, bond, reproduce and rejoice. The urge to explore meditation is just as instinctive as the urges to talk to other people, work to assure your survival, explore your sexuality, and party.
Spirituality is a spontaneous alchemy that occurs when all of the instincts are working together.
This only happens when all of human nature is embraced. Meditation is not one monotone mood of reverence, nor is it only irreverence. Therefore I advocate a radical informality with the self as the essence of the approach to meditation. In an informal approach, the rebel in you is just as important as the sincere seeker. Meditation should fit into our lifestyle in a natural way.