You should not underestimate the importance of a simple step. Here is an easily overlooked practice that will set you on the road to spiritual discovery: do what you say you will do.
An example: you agree to meet someone at 9:00 AM. You either will or will not. If you do not, you have either an unavoidable or an avoidable excuse. You may have a flat tire from a nail, or a flat tire because you neglected to get a leak repaired. One is avoidable and one is not. An avoidable excuse is used to soften the blow to your self-image that would occur if you admitted your lie.
You lied because a new desire-self arose later in the day, and overruled your well-intentioned commitment (that required making sure your transportation was reliable). Or you lied to your self in order to please another – part of you knowing all along you couldn’t meet them.
Either way, you have not observed or understood what you are. Especially if you believe such mundane commitments are not part of the spiritual path.
You are what you do, not what you believe – until you discover otherwise.
You will not discover otherwise unless you are truthful in both word and deed.
Of course, you can sit on your hands and make no commitments, thus avoiding the whole messy issue. Thus becoming a powerless creature of no-action.
Or you can discover the power of commitment and the action it necessitates. By funneling this action into a continual pursuit of truth through the observation of egoistic poses and facades, you eventually unveil the source of all power, action, and life.