When our body and emotions are balanced, our mind gets the opportunity to experience the events in a much different way than under constant reaction. When our physical, food, clothing, shelter needs are met and we do not have to struggle constantly to meet these, then we have a different approach to life. Rather than just doing what we have to, we begin to take the opportunities to ask the deeper questions in life – The why? The how? The when? We begin to start asking questions and begin to understand our situations better.
Where there are questions, there will be conclusions and answers. When you ask questions to others you get opinions but the when you ask yourself the same questions, you find your personal understandings and the answers coming from your experiences.
When one reads, one can accumulate knowledge but only after one experiences life and the lessons that come with it – one develops wisdom. Wisdom and understanding creates a pathway to full understanding (enlightenment) and eternal bliss (Ananda).