Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.
Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self discipline, that's important. Self discipline with awareness of consequences.
Spirituality is meant to take us beyond our tribal identity into a domain of awareness that is more universal.
Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.