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Doubt



Sometimes we may encounter a moment where something we assumed to be fundamentally true about the world, ourselves, or even the Divine is suddenly cast into doubt. Depending on how much of our worldview or identity we have based around this assumption of truth, we can be anything from perturbed to shaken to our core. Although it can be terrifying, doubt can be a gift that guides us on our journey to truth and authenticity if we can hold the courageous space to answer the question, “What if this new possibility is true?”

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Great Doubt, Skeptical Doubt - Hogen Bays, Roshi

Roshi Hogen Bays examines the difference between the concepts of skeptical doubt and the Great Doubt in Zen Buddhism.

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FindCenterDoubt isn’t the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.

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Mr. Monkey and Me: A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs

What if the secret to being a successful entrepreneur had nothing to do with your business plan, resources, market size, or strategy? If your success or failure weren’t dependent on how much money you have, where you grew up, or the level of education you received? Here’s the truth: the...

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Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Filled with secrets from a therapist’s toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times.

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Losing My Religion: Facing the Trauma of Leaving a Faith

Sherrie D’Souza was ostracised when she left the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith after four decades. She is now part of a group helping other ex-believers make sense of the “madness”.

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FindCenterI have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom had told me—that the opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty. Certainty is missing the point entirely.

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The Opposite of Certainty: Fear, Faith, and Life in Between

All Janine Urbaniak Reid ever wanted was for everyone she loved to be okay so she might relax and maybe be happy. Her life strategy was simple: do everything right.

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Self-Doubt & Other Emotional Phases of Entrepreneurship

Here are a number of negative emotions every entrepreneur is going through in the initial stage of business and also in the journey afterward, but there are also many effective ways to cope with these feelings. And as your business evolves, your positive feelings regarding it are likely to grow.

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Self-Doubt and Other Emotional Phases of Entrepreneurship

Here are a number of negative emotions every entrepreneur is going through in the initial stage of business and also in the journey afterward, but there are also many effective ways to cope with these feelings.

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FindCenterAnd your doubt can become a good quality if you train it. It must become knowing, it must become criticism. Ask it, whenever it wants to spoil something for you, why something is ugly, demand proofs from it, test it, and you will find it perhaps bewildered and embarrased, perhaps also protesting.

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