I am a 'bit rigid, about my view of the world, though in view, not conversation of it.
I've thought before, how I might try going about changing my view, of disbelief in the paranormal, supernatural, anything 'more than what I'm expecting.
Only method that comes to mind is a solitary road trip of every location I can lay ears on, that's claimed to 'be such,
But I expect such a search would come to naught.
Other than that, for me it's just asking people's view on souls, now and then, listening to what they say.
Well I wouldn't expect you to change your world view to prove you are open-minded, perhaps we all are a bit rigid after we accept a worldview. The first step is to consider information and knowledge, once you have good knowledge you can weigh that information against reality and your own intuition.
A lot of people believe they can't trust their intuition or instincts, they seem to believe they have access to objective truths and perhaps there is some truth to that. The problem with that is objective facts may only correlate with one particular nature of experience, for example facts about nature or the material world are only true about the material world and they don't exceed those boundaries. They don't reveal what's true beyond the threshold of the material experience, and you could end up believing that's all that exists.
What people might not consider is that intuition is not a conditioned process, whereas other people's thoughts about reality can be. But because there are indeed objective truths about reality, it's good practice to consider your intuition as a means to come to terms with what body of knowledge is true.
If I can give you information that makes sense to your rational mind, you should consider and in that alone you are being flexible and open-minded rather than just fluffing it off or mocking me.
The reason it's good that we expand on any discussion about spirituality is so you can see how it all fits together and works. Not anybody can do that, actually the majority of religious people are fixated on a particular dogma and they really don't care whether or not you understand the mechanics and more than not, they can't get to the mechanics anyways because their ideology cannot connect to reality.
Here's an objective fact for you, there's more evidence and experience for spirituality over the course of human history than any other single topic. As a matter of fact human experience and spiritual phenomenon are so intertwined together they are nearly inseparable as a pair. If you were to take that fact at face value without having any preconceived ideas about it, you have a solid starting point to consider that there is indeed a transcendent reality.
NDE's for example, are flat out evidence that the soul exists independent of the physical body. Yet, you don't have to believe that and can make up all kinds of excuses for why people could leave the confines of the brain and body and have clear conscious experiences but it doesn't change the fact that we have evidence in favor of the proposition of a soul. Now if we add in paranormal encounters that take place all over the world the evidence is incredibly overwhelming that souls exist outside the domain of the material construct, and we can get into the mechanics of how that works.
The tendency to assert that people are just imagining crap will stem from the assumption that the material world is all that exists, and God is just a product of wishful thinking. Let me remind you how foolish that is to sweep mounds of evidence under the rug just for a false worldview. The truth be told, atheism has no way of accounting for the full scope of human experience and to believe it's a superior way of life is nonsense.
But as I said earlier, at some point you're going to begin to rub shoulders with your spiritual nature because that is what you truly are. Time is not an issue here though, you can play the material world game as long as you like because your spiritual journey is endless. The downfall is that your own beliefs will determine your experience, your canvas will never take on new images as long as you keep painting materialism all over it. You can't experience something beyond what you believe. The best way to be open-minded and take on new experience is to keep your canvas fresh and new, ready to be painted over with reality that extends beyond your current beliefs. This will probably happen several times over because spirituality is a cultivation, the reality of creation and God are so vast and dynamic you will always encounter fresh knowledge.
When you leave this world you want to have gathered and considered as much useful information possible, it's more fun when you can control your own journey rather than just blowing in the wind. It's not all just about gathering info either, there's many things for you to apply and experience.
