Yes, @tarazkp ...

”How different is this world of thought to the world of reality? It is hard to tell because they intertwine so heavily, they are impossible to tease apart. But, living vicariously through other's descriptions of their own experience is not living, watching a movie of a war does not make a soldier, a book of giving birth does not make a mother.”

… living it vs. reading it in a book or watching it in a movie is unquestionably not the same thing. From my experience over a long life, amongst many other factors, there are experiences that are beyond words. Unless we live through some things ourselves, we simply do not nor can we understand.

We have to go “through it” and survive to hopefully be of some value to others, should we note they are heading “down the same path” …

Hope all is well with you and yours, as the “cryptosphere” undergoes a major challenge. We’ll see what lies in wait for us “on the other side” …