Most people live a life that is normal by the standards of society. That includes all the social programming. For some this never changes. For others something happens and shifts their focus to higher self, real self.
For me it was realizing as a 6 year old child that my telepathic and psychic gifts were not imagination, and that the abuses of a parent were not my fault. Those guided my first steps in a higher direction. What event or events in your life caused\inspired your Spiritual shift?