HAVE YOU EVER BEEN EXPERIENCED

WHEN

an experience

trumps our beliefs

the

experience

will always win out

Theory will only take us so far.  It’s our experiences that really drive the point home.

We are continually exposed to theory (everybody’s opinion), which may or may not register as TRUTH, based on whether or not our own experience provides confirmation.

We face various levels of disconnect between theory and experience.  An endorsement of something may find no corresponding evidence, be it for an individual, restaurant, book, movie or theory.  In the end, it is only our experience that carries any weight.

Religion, theology, philosophy, doctrine and dogma are replete with various theories, but it is only our experience that makes itself a part of us.  A perfect example is the near-death experience (NDE).  Here we have an immense cross-section of humanity, from all walks of life, including race, religion, culture, gender, age, social and financial demographic.  Each ‘participant’ takes with them theories of the beyond, which are then met with the experience.  What we find is when their experience encounters their theory, their experience always wins out.

There is the old saying:  “Without a vision, the people perish.”  But, another way of looking at it may be:  “Where there is experience, theories perish.”

Theories will only take us so far.  It will be our experience that brings us HOME.