09/02/2025
Doubt is always about something positive. When someone tells you that he or she loves you, you ask if it's true. Yet, when someone says they hate you, you don’t question it. We never doubt when someone says, 'I dislike you.' Our instant response is, 'I dislike you too. If you dislike me, I dislike you more!' But if someone says, 'I love you,' we say, 'Really?' We doubt their integrity and honesty, but we never question their dishonesty. We doubt our capabilities, but we never doubt our incapabilities or weaknesses. We take our weaknesses as gospel truth. Similarly, when someone asks if we are happy, we are not sure. We are never sure about unhappiness, but this is never said regarding depression. If someone asks if you are depressed, you will not say, 'Well, I am not sure if I am depressed.' You are sure about your depression!
We doubt love, honesty, and sincerity. Someone may be sincere all their life and insincere in one incident. We will believe in that insincerity more than their sincerity. That's the nature of doubt. That's why we doubt the existence of God, who is all truth. When we know the nature of doubt and go through it, something starts waking up within us. That is what I call trust. Trust in yourself, in people around you, and in the law of nature. This will keep you healthy. Otherwise, paranoia takes over the mind. If you can't believe anybody, you can't believe your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your friends, or your brother. You will find everybody is a cheat and out to get you. Everybody wants something from you. This sort of paranoia shrinks our personality.
Peace and spirituality are like air-conditioning. When a room is air-conditioned, you are comfortable. The spirit and mind function similarly. 'Absolute comfort' is called spirituality. AC for the spirit!
