To understand something, the first reality one needs to face are the limitations of having understood it. Nothing that we understand about, seems to exist in the same way we understood it. No matter how clear we consider ourselves about a matter, there is always another moment, soon after it, when we have a doubt. The motive behind this effort to understand is to get clarity. Eventually it is this clarity that helps us live in peace, with us and with our surrounding. And in that context, understanding something is one the most important needs. The proof of its relevance lies in the comfort we find in us every time we manage to convince ourselves that we understood something. To some, managing it mutually makes it even more worthier.
To an extent, I have come to realize that the clarity that we seek and find, is as good as the belief we have in it. Belief is a tricky word. To validate something outside of you by the strength of your belief inside doesn't seem rational. But if you were to accept the limitations of your capacity to understand, the weakening reality that belief truly is a stronger force, dawns on you.
The pursuit to understanding should always end in reality. That is the intent. Having that cut short by belief is near equal to giving up. In perspective though, whenever we have thought we managed to understand something, we have unconsciously replaced our understanding with a belief. So it can probably be said that Belief is that roof or root which Understanding needs, when its stationary.
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