[Shaktheyem] Doubt!

June 11, 2009

Dear Shreeram,

Very well said. you have not just answered questions, you have shown path for many from your answer.. the example what you just gave of changing boring music to intresting one is so relevant and amazing.

I am a big fan of yours ...

Thanks to Vivek for posting the discussions too.

Best Regards,

Sowmya.

--- On Wed, 10/6/09, para_anuloma <para_anuloma wrote:

para_anuloma <para_anuloma[shaktheyem] Re: Doubt!Shaktheyem Date: Wednesday, 10 June, 2009, 3:14 PM

Dear Vivek,"Doubt" is not a friend but an enemy to our Sadhana."Faith" and "Shraddha" are the real friends.How do you keep an enemy at bay? By not giving strength to it(bythinking about it in this case), by avoiding it, by association withrighteous minded spiritual people, by constant reading of scriptural andspiritual books, by having a positive attitude, by attracting positivityinto life by the tool of positive focus(the crux of Law of attraction asbeing taught these days), by the Grace of one's Guru and God.Fire in the belly attitude is not a myth.It is there for material thingsand relevant in those cases.Aspirative fire in the heart is what isneeded for spirituality. It is a different kind of fire.Fire in the bellygives you a competitive edge and makes you material and wants you to winat all costs.Wheras the aspirative fire in the heart when cultivatedcarefully and in a

discerning manner throughmeditation,dhaarana ,guruseva, punyashravana, punyatheertha darshana andother sadmargas would liberate a person from shackles of birth anddeath.It makes one transcend automatically, bereft of the ego-component.The enemy "doubt" has no tenacity.It is verily the brother of MotherMaya, who has fangs without teeth, who hisses without poision,whofrightens without substance."Doubt" and "Fear" are sibling-demons whichimpede the progress of a sadhaka."Doubt" has no capacity or tenacity ofits own, except that which is given by you.The more you focus on "doubt"and other negatives, the more they manifest in you.The very human birth is a miracle, the very question putforth by you byyour discerning mind which seeks God is a miracle, the very existence isbliss and verily a miracle.When so many miracles are within you andexist in a supreme fashion, is an external entity or tool needed

towash it away? or can it really? The only "miracle" which can "wash" it is the "soap"of Gnana whereby the filth called "doubt" gets washed.How does it get washed away? by cultivation of what iscalled "Faith"Eachtime you want something negative to be off, you have to switch on the positive.There is no point in brooding over the negative.One must strive to concentrate on the opposite quality which is there...and then go beyond that too, as that too is maya.If you are driving a car and you dont like the music which is coming in the car, say from a radio or a CD Player..what do you do? Do you keep hearing it or switch it off or turn to something better.Most probably you will switch the station off or turn it to another station or flip the disc over or change the disc to another disc.Same is the case with "doubt", each time this assails you, think of people who have succeeded, read spiritually uplifting books,do

something but dont hear that "bad music"But the concentration toward the opposite of an undesirable thing is thefirst step.Yours yogically,Shreeram BalijepalliShaktheyem@gro ups.com, "Kluber" <vivekkvn@.. .> wrote:>> My Dear Brothers and Sisters,>> The biggest hindrance of any upasana is our dear friend "doubt".>> There are few things which I guess will make it interesting todiscuss:>> 1. How do we keep it up at bay?> 2. Fire in the belly attitude is a myth and is often overcome orwashed away by our dear friend, "doubt"> 3. What is the "tenacity" of our dear friend "doubt"?> 4. Do we require miracles to wash away, our dear friend "doubt"?>> Happy

discussion!>> May All be Happy and Peaceful!>> Vivek>

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