Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with which many people identify as "me. " Life cracks open that shell, and once that crack is there, then we are reached more easily by spiritual teaching.
But all that is warm will go cold. My ears will fall off and my eyes will melt. My mouth will be clamped shut. My lips will turn to glue. . . . No taste or smell or touch or sound. Nothing to look at. Total emptiness for ever.