Can you truly understand?

[Spirit of Light]

Can you truly understand how it is to live a religious life if you are not religious you self?

Can you truly understand why a spiritual/religious person do or dont do if you are not living that form of lifestyle you self?

 

[Woberts]

Yes.

 

[Spirit of Light]

eh?

Can a non believer understand why someone who live a spiritual life do so? or do they not understand why someone dedicate their life to the spiritual?

 

[Spirit of Light]

Yes.

If you can, that is very good

 

[Twilight Hue]

Can you truly understand how it is to live a religious life if you are not religious you self?

Can you truly understand why a spiritual/religious person do or dont do if you are not living that form of lifestyle you self?

Like monastics?

 

[ChristineM]

Can you truly understand how it is to live a religious life if you are not religious you self?

Can you truly understand why a spiritual/religious person do or dont do if you are not living that form of lifestyle you self?

Sure most people have something they are passionate about.

 

[Estro Felino]

Can a non believer understand why someone who live a spiritual life do so? or do they not understand why someone dedicate their life to the spiritual?

Ah ok...thanks
Well...I try

 

[sun rise]

Can a non believer understand why someone who live a spiritual life do so? or do they not understand why someone dedicate their life to the spiritual?

Understand from a surface level - yes. Because how motivation leads to actions is a common question.

But to truly understand why these words about death are so motivating to some, someone has to share that understanding at least a little:

Rumi: When have I become less by dying?
Saint Francis:It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Meher Baba: Being is dying by loving.

 

[VoidCat]

You could try. Not saying you'll truly understand but you might be able to.And some non-religious people used to be religious so they probably do understand.

 

[Nakosis]

Can you truly understand how it is to live a religious life if you are not religious you self?

Can you truly understand why a spiritual/religious person do or dont do if you are not living that form of lifestyle you self?

I was that religious person myself, now I'm not. Having been there, it's not that hard to relate to.

 

[Spirit of Light]

I was that religious person myself, now I'm not. Having been there, it's not that hard to relate to.

Can i ask what made you walk away from your religious past?

 

[LuisDantas]

Can you truly understand how it is to live a religious life if you are not religious you self?

Can you truly understand why a spiritual/religious person do or dont do if you are not living that form of lifestyle you self?

I am not sure that people can truly know whether themselves are religious, or whether anyone else is.

 

[Vinayaka]

Can you truly understand how it is to live a religious life if you are not religious you self?

Can you truly understand why a spiritual/religious person do or dont do if you are not living that form of lifestyle you self?

I don't think anyone can understand much of anything about another person unless they have walked in those same or very similar shoes. Being persecuted, being beaten, being loved unconditionally, giving birth, traveling to the third world, and more. Experience is the greatest teacher, and without that, what do we have? Some other person's opinion?

 

[Jumi]

You mean ascetics? I highly doubt anyone saying they understand without being one themselves. It's more like guessing.

 

[Spirit of Light]

You mean ascetics? I highly doubt anyone saying they understand without being one themselves. It's more like guessing.

True, only when one has gone that path one can understand it. Personally i have walked it for some times in my life, in monastery i mean. But now i live similar just from my home

 

[PureX]

Can a non believer understand why someone who live a spiritual life do so? or do they not understand why someone dedicate their life to the spiritual?

I don't really see how this matters. There is much that other people understand better than I do. And there are some things I understand better than almost anyone else. Our bodies, minds, and lives are unique, and so, then, is what we "truly" understand, and what we don't.

This will not stop any of us from thinking that we understand things that we don't understand according to the 'truth' that others hold about it. But how could it be otherwise? We can only know what we know, and the truth is bigger than all of us.

 

[Vinayaka]

I am not sure that people can truly know whether themselves are religious, or whether anyone else is.

That's a really good point. When someone says, "I am religious" how many of us roll our eyes? "Yeah, right."

 

[Bear Wild]

Can you truly understand how it is to live a religious life if you are not religious you self?

Can you truly understand why a spiritual/religious person do or dont do if you are not living that form of lifestyle you self?

You can have the same experiences with the natural would without a specific religion attached.

 

[RabbiO]

Like monastics?

Isn't monastics the morning exercises friars do at the gym?

 

[Revoltingest]

That's a really good point. When someone says, "I am religious" how many of us roll our eyes? "Yeah, right."

I take them at their word.
No eye rolling.