The Importance of Direct Experience in Spirituality

Think of all the experiences you have had in your life. Think about being in love, having sex, even eating an orange. Now think of the words you would use to describe those experiences. Think of the most detailed way in which you could speak to another being about what these meant to you, how they felt, the impact they had, etc. Now compare those words to the "actual" experience itself. When you do this the words become flat and dull, lifeless in comparison to the real depth of the experience.

There is simply no amount of words that will ever be able to convey what is involved in the experience of eating an orange. You can only use words to convey similarities between people who have both had the same experience. There is no other way to be on common ground with the words you exchange. I may describe to you a house that is blue and in your mind you picture a Victorian house with light blue paint. In my mind, as I was talking to you, I was picturing a dark blue dog house. We both used the same words, "house" and "blue", but we were coming from different reference points, different perspectives. There is no way for me to make sure you understand the blue I am talking about unless I can show it to you. Otherwise you may think blue looks like green.

This becomes a real problem when when we talk about spirituality, God, the Force, Oneness, Gaia, etc. Religion tells you "this is how God is". Now ignoring the the obvious question of "how do they know" for a minute and assuming they have actually experienced God, how can they ever hope to give that experience to you using just words? It's impossible. Nothing they can say will ever be sufficient. The second problem is that the majority of religious converts were not converted based on experience but based on testimony, i.e. WORDS!

We have just seen how inept it is to use words to transfer an experience to another person. So in most cases, these people are just repeating to you, what was told to them. In reality, they have no experience to support anything they are talking about. Hopefully this is a major revelation to you. There is simply nothing that take the place of direct experience.

"A teacher must not say I believe, but I know." Milarepa

When looking at a system of spirituality, you should always make sure the teacher is not asking you to take his word for it or believe some book. The teacher's job is to show you how to get there yourself, so you can experience, for yourself. If you are being sold an idea based on faith, you are being cheated out of your God given right for something more.

As Eric Pepin says, "God gave us a brain, that means it wants us to find it".

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