Doubt: the methodology of the seeker
Doubt is something of tremendous significance. Only those who have doubted to the very end have found what truth is, what love is, what silence is, what beauty is. Skepticism finds nothing. It is utterly empty, but it makes much noise. Empty drums make much noise. And you cannot argue with a skeptic because he will go on saying no to anything, to any value which you cannot place as an object before him.But doubt – of course, it is a long way and a hard way – goes on eliminating all that is not true. Ultimately only that which is true remains. And nobody can deny truth when one is facing it, experiencing it. Out of that experience comes yes: "Yes, Bhagwan, yes.”
It is not a belief. You have searched, gone into great anxiety, anguish, despair. There were many moments when you wanted to stop, because it looked as if the journey was endless. It is not. There is an end; you just have to keep yourself going. Doubt is surgical – it goes on cutting all that is absurd. But finally the real remains, unclouded. Doubt removes the clouds.
Comments (6)
it will enable you to find the truth.
This is a good read, I read and I understood the points made.
Doubt is what really causes someone to be inquisitive thus opening avenues of making the unknown known. While as you pointed out skepticism will cause someone to refrain from exploring so in turn, they hold back..Agree with most of what was said.
an empty stomach makes the most noise
an empty heart beats like a drum.
Those who hold strong convictions yet keep an open mind, listen to another point of view and see logic in it - that's the sort of person I treasure. Few and far between.
Got that right..meaning the same ofcourse.
Never heard it that way but it surely makes alot of sense.