Religions are Like Languages

To me, religions are like languages: no language is true or false; all languages are of human origin; each language reflects and shapes the civilization that speaks it; there are things you can say in one language that you cannot say or say as well in another; and the more languages you learn, the more nuanced your understanding of life becomes. Judaism is my mother tongue, yet in matters of the spirit I strive to be multi-lingual. In the end, however, the deepest language of the soul is silence.Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Source: http://www.rabbirami.com/Accessed: 2017-01-30

What particularly struck me here is "the more languages you learn, the more nuanced your understanding of life becomes." That really hits the nail on the head! For years now I've been working on hybridity and its relation to religion and spirituality ... and to life itself. Here, Shapiro says it very eloquently: Learn as many languages you can. For me, that means in practice: try to get to know as many different worlds / religious worlds as you can ... even to the point when you can claim to a certain extent that you know these worlds somehow as an insider. You are going to be tremendously enriched by that! That has been my personal experience in my life journey so far.