Doubt takes many forms. One is fear that you'll hurt yourself by going forward. Another form of doubt is feeling that you've misunderstood your life and that you're constantly making a fundamental mistake. Being without doubt has nothing to do with accepting the validity of a philosophy or concept. Absence of doubt comes from trusting in the heart, trusting yourself. Being without doubt means that you connect with yourself, that you experience mind and body being synchronized together. When mind and body are synchronized, then you have no doubt.
Chogyam Trungpa, from The Sacred Path of the Warrior
Found on This Moment. It was posted there sometime September 2004. Rediscovered (in draft posting status) this moment. Perfect timing all around.
It does always come back to fear and love, doesn't it?
Posted by: Anne | May 16, 2005 at 08:54 PM
May your mind be free from doubt ... as confidence in the Refuges arise as faith and inspiration :-)
very best wishes in the Dharma to you ....
Posted by: Chodpa | May 19, 2005 at 07:25 AM
Very nice post. I think the best way to overcome fear and doubt is to listen to your deep heart. You have to be willing to learn and to develop discernment, but the truth always resonates within. To say that is doesn't is to be in denial.
Posted by: Mark Walter | Jun 04, 2005 at 12:30 AM
This is something that I'm struggling with at the moment - this belief that nothing worthwhile will get done without me taking the lead to make it happen. Trusting my heart to lead rather than my head (which I'm used to) takes more courage than I thought, because I still sometimes doubt I can rely on it.
Posted by: jeb | Jun 27, 2005 at 08:07 AM