Ever watch a movie and have an inner experience based on what you viewed?
Intellectually, you know it’s fake.
The people are all actors, the sets are constructed and the sound is coming from speakers. Nothing about it is real… on the surface.
We can’t help but feel this movie was speaking to us and giving us meaning in our lives.
We’re skeptical of experience. We feel that in order to have a “proper” insight into life, certain conditions must be met. It must be done in a certain building, on a certain day, while working on a certain project, on a particular mountain, etc.
However, constructing those conditions are just as fake as the movie and aren’t even necessary.
If you’re willing to keep your eyes open, you can extract meaning from anything. But don’t stop there.
Keep studying, keep looking and keep searching.