Why do people believe in urban myths?
For the same reason they believe in Christianity.
It is something to hold on to.
Something separate, yet close.
Something different , yet ultimately attainable.
If you separate yourself from original experience, then the truth can be stretched.
If you did not see, it does not mean that nothing happened.
Belief leaves too much information in the air.
It leaves too much room for possibility and circumstances.
How long was the fish?
"This long"
How much did that cost?
"This much"
It is a telephone wire world that we live in.
Our parents, our teachers can do amazing things with assembling young minds. They know what switches to pull, buttons to push and holes to mend for us to mature. They know how to create a working member of society. They know what morals to teach, they know what lessons need to be learned, they know how to discipline, medicate, cheat, love, just enough for us to work. Just enough for us to get a job and hopefully create a family of our own. On and on and on.
For humans to advance we need more. We need an all around belief. As good as morals. We need something to hold on to, or at least ultimately know. Most of all we need something to experience. If we do not experience, then we do not know; we may believe, but we do not know. If we do not see your fish we will never know the size. If we did not watch the transaction we will never know the price. If we did not see the miracle we will never know its awe.
As humans, in the realm of spirituality, we are left out in the cold on our asses and told to find our own way.
I know it is near impossible to explain existence.
I know it is nearly impossible to define reality.
Is it not nearly impossible to transplant human hearts?
Is it not nearly impossible to clone a being?
All we need is school.
All we need is students.
All we need is thought.
All we need is practice and something will arise.
Surely, something will arise.
Discovery is what happens when ignorance learns.