All religions actually answer in the affirmative, so that there is a deep solution to the problem of life. Spirituality is what is meant by praye srea here, the higher life. Enlightenment, morxture, liberation, salvation, whatever you call it, cannot be combined. God and mammon, as the christ said, cannot be worshipped together. They're like light and darkness. You can't have both together. If you want enlightenment, then the play of maya will come to an end.
Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches the Katha Upanishad, which is one of the most popular Upanishads. The scripture concerns the story of a young man who goes to the house of death to find out what happens after death. The reply describes the nature of reality and the meaning of life.