Thanks for the fine post, with some great ideas and observations. Some of us might tend to believe that our body, our mind, the world, and such are our enemies.
But as you say, they are tools that we can use for whatever purpose we need them. And as you imply in the following sentence, we are already where we are trying to get to.
Some masters call it "home." We erroneously believe that we are on a path leading to some transcendent ideal, but they say that all we have to do is find that we are "at home," and all we have to do is "be at home."
Keep slaying those dragons.
RE: Slaying spiritual misconceptions - Root your ass in Mother Earth, embrace your Ego and Shadow