Doubt
the single most dangerous toxin in all of human life
"The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n."
John Milton, Paradise Lost: 1:254-255
Francisco Goya: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos, c 1797
The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Vocabulary for "Doubt" from www.etymonline.com: to dread, fear," from Old French
doter "doubt, be doubtful; be afraid," from Latin dubitare "to doubt, question, hesitate, waver in
opinion" = originally "to have to choose between two things."
The sense of "fear" developed in Old French and was passed on to
English. Meaning "to be uncertain" is attested in English from c.1300.
The -b- was restored 14c. by scribes in imitation of Latin. Replaced Old English tweogan
... from tweon "two," on notion of "of two minds" or the choice of
two implied in Latin dubitare (cf. Ger. Zweifel "doubt," from zwei
"two"). A: The nice thing about understanding a man's view of women, is that we don't
have to examine a long list of example women. (college girlfriends, wives etc.) As a love interest of a guilt-ridden man, I would caution you to watch for
psychic signs of :
At the higher levels of moral and material development, where people
are overall heavily ego-invested in wealth and position, adult boys and
girls have to rebel
Q:
Why should I believe it will be better at all
in the next bhukti? It is pure misery and there is nothing I can do
to change it. Should it have
been this BAD in the first place?A:
The issue that blocks my ability to deliver a coherent and
satisfying Jyotisha answer to you is the pervasive presence of guilt
within your "should" questions. 'why should I believe'
is not answerable within Jyotisha. Jyotisha cannot answer "should" questions. The presence of "should"
indicates that the question is driven by As I'm sure you know, guilt is a never-ending loop of self-blame,
other-blame, and repeat.
Because guilt is
a never-ending cycle, no matter what outside information the native might acquire, the answer never reaches one's core, and there is
no possibility of a conclusive
answer. These questions need to be reconstructed to be more specific and
factual. Belief is the antidote to doubt.
Belief is a spiritual choice.
While this choice may seem arbitrary on the surface,
it
is actually the single most important most foundational choice of anyone's life.
Anyone's. The person who makes a positive choice to believe in
the goodness of one's own life will be sustained through times
of crisis. The person who chooses not to believe in the
existence of a higher power will be faced with a lifetime of
failed relationships, wallowing in the misery of toxic doubt. Sogyal Rinpoche says that the single most
destructive mental behavior in human life is
indulgence in
doubt. I agree with that 100%. Jyotisha cannot assuage your
doubt. You could ask me a thousand questions and never be
satisfied with my 1000 answers if you are committed to living in
a state of doubt. This is a decision which you alone can take,
and a commitment which you alone must maintain. If you would be willing to go through the
questions that you sent me and rewrite them with no
'should' and no sweeping negative generalizations ("this
BAD", "I am incapable", "never
live a normal life again") I will try to match your questions
with answers from the database of Jyotisha commentary. But
please understand that I cannot tell you what you "should" do,
morally, beyond my usual and quite reliable mandate to offer service to
those less fortunate than oneself. Seva does work, but one
must establish a basis of faith upon which to act.
No one
outside of oneself can force you to have faith. If you are
willing to take the positive step to accept an assertion that
there is goodness in human life, and specifically that there is
a permanent and unremovable seed of goodness in YOUR life, then
we can talk.
But neither the great vidya of Jyotisha nor the
small personality of my human self serving as a humble channel
of that tradition can do a darn thing to help you if the voice
of negativity and doubt is allowed to dominate your consciousness. Throw off that slavery. Do not permit the
self to become addicted to doubt.
Assert your right to
Faith, which is freely available to all people at all times.
Simply claim that Right.
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updated:18 May 2012
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