I just got this GPS thing and when it arrived at my house I promptly opened the package, tossed aside the manual and put it together and began figuring out how to work it. I figured out a lot of how to use it and went on my way.

A day or so later I got out that user manual and looked through it and found out how to do things I hadn't figured out yet, and even some shortcuts to make it easier.

Today I was driving along and took a moment to be in awe of how the GPS gets a signal, and how the computer works and how they made this thing in the first place.
Then I asked myself the question:

"Do I really need to know Why and How it works, or just how to use it?"


Vampyrism too came to mind in that moment. I thought of the years I had awakened to it and didn't have a manual about how it worked and just went on about figuring it out like with that device.

I thought about how many of those surveys and research topics and discussions I had seen on the origins of Vampyrism. How many people seemed to want to know WHY they were vampyric. What made them this way, if their parents might have been, or if they 'caught it someplace'.

Is it important to know that? Really? Or is it more important to know how it is to be one, and to learn the basics of living as a vampyre?

ADN, and sites like it, are like that owner's manual for vampyrism to me. I can learn things I didn't know about it, how to do things better or with less struggling or work involved. I'd much rather have that and be able to go forward into my life with it as a facet of my being, than to try to figure out all the technicalities of why I am what I am.

Do you think it is important to you, in your life as a vampyric person, to have all the answers as to why vampyrism IS, or just to know what to do with it?

I see it this way, if it helps the individual to understand their vampyrism and questioning why they are vampiric, there's no wrong against that. Afterall, it's helping them look inside of themselves and getting to know themselves on a different level. Some people, need to go through a lot of questioning of themselves, other's do not, which is perfectly fine. I feel both are as important as the other depending on the individual.  I suppose, it could even be compared to learning. We all learn at different speeds and we all learn different, some are more hands on and others are more analytical and need to spend more time reading that manual you talked about in your opening post LB. I think it's important to share our experieces and our theories and thoughts no matter what the topic, be it vampyrism or spritual, etc... it's how we grow and learn from each other.

I hope that was clear and made sense, it made sense in my head anyway. lol

I think it is also a matter of the differences of right brain and left brain. (Bear with me a moment, I hope this makes sense..lol)

Some people are more left brained in the way they think...the way they process information. These people need facts, logic, explanations for the reason things are the way they are.

Some people are more right brained in their thinking...we are less likely to need facts and are more likely to just accept without needing to know the reasons behind it.
I fall into this category. Being an artist I tend to use my right brain more.
I think that my years of meditation practice (Zen) also contributed to this, as meditation tends to quiet the left brain a bit.

We all use both sides of our brains, but we naturally use one side to process information more than the other side.

One is not better than the other, simply a different way of processing what we are.

I hope that made some sense. *chuckles*

There is certainly NOTHING wrong with asking questions, especially when one is trying to feel ones way in a new situation. That is why boards like this are so beneficial.

I believe that vampyres are eternally inquisitive, searching, and wanting to expand their minds and abilities in general.

I doubt that most would long be satisfied with only partial answers or unexplored angles. It's the nature of the beast, for better or worse.

For myself, I've always been a "why, how, who, when, what if,  why can't I, why should I, etc." kinda gal.

So..... yes, I always read the entire manual. And then bug the tech people with questions that hadn't even been considered for the FAQ section.

Hope that explains properly....... LOL.

I agree very strongly.