The lyrics of this song encapsulates my post:

“You’ve got to walk this lonesome valley…
You’ve got to walk it by yourself
Ain’t nobody else can walk it for you
You’ve got to walk it for yourself”

On this walk one must walk towards the sunrise….towards the light(enlightenment). Of O course the sun rises in the East. Symbolically in the Bible wisdom and higher truth come from the east. This is the journey….