Spiritual work aims to clearly and cleanly distinguish the different dimensions of body, mind and spirit, so they can co-operate in communion, as community, through awareness. This entails the slow dismantling of the fearful self – what we call the Ego. Ego moulds mind, body and spirit together into what it takes to be an attractive front but which is in fact a frightful mess. This is clearly seen in the TV talent shows my daughter loves so much. Talented but boring people using their talents to appear interesting to people who lack talent themselves. However, every now and then a performer comes along who has real spirit breaking out of them like cytoplasm from an amoeba. Vulnerable, fragile, delicate and beautiful, regardless of how they look. They are the real artists, performing out of inner need rather than because they've been told they have a talent they can profit from.