Why is evolving our consciousness
(spirituality) so important?  Because
for example, if we are a freshman in
high school, we don't plan to be a
freshman for the rest of our lives
right?  Why do we need to incarnate to
help evolve our consciousness?  As
souls we never experience suffering
and we are in complete bliss.  Think of
the physical world or dimension as a
'training facility' where souls are born
into physical bodies so they can train
or evolve their consciousness.  The
whole physical world and our whole
physical life is one big test for
humanity as a whole, and for each
individual as well.  It is a test of
whether we choose the spiritual path
(evolve our consciousness) or the
physical path (materialism).  
We are not saying to completely
neglect the physical world.  It is the
focus that is important.  The test is to
see whether we focus on the spiritual
path or the physical path.  We can
focus on the spiritual path and live in
the physical at the same time.
Many of us are going through some
sort of crisis right now.  It could be
financial, emotional, etc.  Don't lose
faith because a crisis is a wake up call
from our soul to remind us of the
purpose of life.  Maybe some would
say that is not fair that our soul would
give us such suffering, but it would be
even more unjust if our soul neglects
to give us a wake up call, or simply
allows us to follow the wrong path.  
Why is it the wrong path?  The
responsibility and duty of a parent is to
guide and to care for a child, and if this
is neglected...we all know the rest of
the story.  So in a way our soul is like a
parent guiding us to the purpose of
life, in this case we are both the parent
and the child simultaneously.