Meditation masters skilled in navigating expansive states of consciousness may be confused in the realm of emotions or relationships. Devoted nuns or monks with a close relationship to God may have troubled or even destructive relationships with their families — or with their own bodies. Yogis and gurus who have amazing physical dexterity and breath and thought control may have unexamined beliefs and opinions that cause those around them to suffer. Most mature monks and nuns, meditation masters, and spiritual adepts eventually discover whole areas of life about which they were unconscious. For many teachers, their spiritual training itself may have taught them to neglect or to deny their basic human needs. Yet until these dimensions are included in their practice, they may suffer unnecessarily with everything from poor health to emotional problems. Any area that is still unconscious brings with it suffering, conflict, and limitation.
— Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, The Laundry