Re: Scepticism
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
Originally Posted by
Deshtat
I just can't make up my mind. The only certitude I have is that nothing is certain. But still, I can't help torturing myself about vague questions: Why is there a universe at all? Is there a god? What is a god? What happens after death? Do we have a soul? What is a soul? Shouldn't all of the living cells composing me have a soul? And so on, and so on...
I believe a healthy helping of skepticism in the age of kali can be a useful thing.
How so ?
Skeptical = not convinced that something is true; doubtful ; denying or questioning the tenets of a thought, idea, belief, hypothesis, etc.
A skeptic is a person who may doubt the authenticity of accepted beliefs.
Now this word comes from the Greek skeptics one who reflects upon, from skeptesthai to consider, to think, to look about.
So this notion of consideration, to look about, to ponder, is a reasonable motivator that can walk one though the forest of ignorance.
Yet if this morps into cynical , then one is challanged as I see it. 'Cynical' is perpetual doubt and dis-trust. It is contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions. It suggests being bitter, sneering. This serves little purpose on the road to knowledge.
Yet you ask,
So here's my question: How do you make your way to the answers your looking for? How to get rid of scepticism?
I can offer you this to for kind consideration. Doubts are removed by knowledge (śāstrá and direct personal experience called svatāsiddha:
svatā = the state of belonging to one's self , ownership as sva स्व = one's own , my own.
siddha = accomplished , fulfilled , effected , gained , acquired, well-known.
Thus svatāsiddha is the notion of being self-revealed, self-known on a personal -subjective -intimate level.
And what of the knowledge ? That is our śāstrá-s . More can be found regarding this thoughtout HDF, yet here is a start:
http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/sho...6231#post86231
praṇām
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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