Liuh Shiuh-ya points out that many office workers have attended spiritual cultivation courses in hopes of being able to move faster and work harder in everyday life, or make more money. There's nothing wrong with that, but it is all part of the mundane world, and it would be difficult to really come to understand what it means to feel compassion and love for all things.
呂旭亞也指出，不少上班族，參加靈修為的是在現實社會中，跑得更快，更有力量去打拚，或賺更多錢，原是無可厚非，但那到底是世俗之物，恐怕很難體悟真正的大愛與慈悲。