For Earthy people especially, this idea that we should just transcend the physical completely, right here and right now, transcend our bodies, our surroundings, move beyond it to some enlightenment somewhere else can be an odd realisation.
We are here, in these meat skeletons, on a planet, having a human experience. What if the purpose of this life is to embrace that rather than try and get away from it? What if the physical, and the joys it can bring, is spiritual?
If our human experience is to escape the human experience, then what type of experience is that?
Our emotions can be honoured, as can our spirit, as can our bodies.