 Inglis writes that " Living in the Material World " contrasts not only the physical with the spiritual , but also a number of other issues for Harrison , including " past and present , West and East , noise and calm " . Leng notes the irony in the fact that although Harrison 's experience with the Beatles " cast him into the material world " , his exposure to Eastern philosophy came through that same experience , and thus the Beatles were " both his nemesis and his saviors " . 
