[StitlyDute]

The point is, it's all very well using mantras, poems, music meditation, fantasies etc to attain some level of inner peace, but it's temporary. When you return to the physical world, the neg is still there. So you are having to deal with it in the end. Permanent inner peace is attained through introspection, working on your issues and resolving things within yourself that hold you back. Nothing else will achieve this.

Yes, I totally agree with the last part. I only suggested the "lifeline" as a temporary measure. Sometimes, though, temporary measures help us seize on the permanent ones. It's very difficult to perform meaningful introspection when you're in the middle of an anxiety attack. Lifelines help a person calm down enough to take real action.

For sure, emotional highs should not be confused with the high of real soul growth.