The effect of spirituality on married life

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Questioner: Acharya Ji, a lot of changes have happened in my lifestyle and in my relationship with my wife after I have started watching your videos and reading your books. We spend a lot of time alone now. We don’t get into escapes easily, don’t get into such entertainment activities which can cause suffering later on.

But, as I am spending more and more time with books, watching your videos, and observing my mind, at times I wonder: is this also an escape?

Is this the right way, or am I am doing something wrong?

Another question is: As a married couple, there is aloneness in our relationship, though we are together. Can aloneness happen between a couple?

Can marriage and Spirituality go together? What is the effect of Spirituality on marriage?

Acharya Prashant:

A movement into oneself brings about a lot of new things.
That which used to frighten you does not appear so very frightening.
That which would easily disturb you appears a bit childish now.
The tendency to lose equilibrium reduces, you do not easily go off-center.
And even if you do, you return comparatively sooner.
An urge to explore new things arises.