Doubts get instilled at a very young age. A toddler keenly looks at the parent for permission, unsure if it’s okay to eat the doughnut or for that matter even touch the mobile phone device. The dilemma continues as one grows. Every individual has some doubts in mind. Arjuna’s doubt whether to fight his kith and kin in the battle led Lord Krishan to recite Bhagwad Geeta. Repeated requests by Arjuna to dispel his doubts are addressed by verses in Geeta. Geeta tells us that our act, be it of austerity, penance, sacrifice or charity, done in mode of goodness, as duty, in line with scriptural teachings, without attachment to results and fruits thereof, with complete faith in the Supreme is the solution to all doubts, bonding and delusion in life.

Our common doubts are,

1.What do others think of me?

2.Would I succeed?

3.Am I permitted to do this?

4.Would they find out?

5.Is this true?

6.What is everyone up to?

7.What will happen tomorrow?

8.Is this the right thing to do?

Doubts as above have negative impact on our health, relations, profession and peace. Doubts ensure that mind does not concentrate on the task at hand. Sceptical of every single feat, our actions get half-hearted, belief tumbles, confidence is shattered, life wasted. All this gets yet worse during difficult phases in life. Imagine a pilot flying an aircraft through rough weathers unsure if he would be able to clear through the turbulence or a surgeon sceptical of his hands operating on patient’s heart. Umpteen marriages, partnerships, projects and ambitions have suffered at the hands of doubts.

Could likes of Sakshi Malik and P V Sindhu have won Rio Olympic medals without faith, belief and conviction in their act or would Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa achieved goals they pursued had they fostered doubts in their minds? Our subconscious is a powerful servant that ensures happenings in life in tune with instructions as fed. Doubts confuse our subconscious, no wonder results mostly are not to our liking.

We need complete faith in our Master to lead a doubt-free and happy life. The eight year old girl was not worried while the Fokker swung up and down in the winds, as her father piloted the aircraft, nor did a six year boy feel awkward, being the only one carrying an umbrella to the prayer ground while the priest performed prayers and rituals to invoke rain Gods to bless the drought stricken village with showers. It is all about faith.

Life is full of uncertainties, yet what can be fixed should be quickly fixed. Some fixes are just a telephone call away. Just talk to the concerned person, ‘now’ and be done with. Some five hundred years ago, Michel de Montaigne said, “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune, most of which never happened”. Interestingly multiple current times studies suggest that over 85% of what we worry about never happens. Some doubts may serve limited good through caution and ‘Stop’ signs, preventing one to indulge in the negative, yet it is time to dispel doubts in life through prayer, meditation, exercise, practice, affirmations, good company, expert coaches and mentors.

(source: spiritualityandmanagement.com)