Why Would God Value Faith Over Doubt?

[Reply to a question by Shri Ngherappa]

O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,

Swami replied:- Doubt is most welcome, but, the discussion shall remove the doubt and create faith. Doubt is the seed, discussion is the growing tree and faith is the final fruit of the tree. Fruit is naturally given the highest importance. Blind faith is the rotten poisonous fruit obtained by you freely in the path. A person fearing for the hard work to be done in the discussion (growth of the tree) is fascinated for a free fruit available in the path. Certainly, the faith obtained after a long time discussion in all angles is the healthiest fruit that gives you healthiest fortune. Hence, you must start with doubt only and not with blind faith that is coming from long tradition. The long time can’t support the faith. A tenant occupying your house for rent also has adverse position claiming his long time of stay. But, the darkness residing in a closed room for 100 years onwards has to run away in a fraction of second when the Sunlight enters suddenly. The darkness can’t claim adverse position over the room! A false concept blindly followed from several generations as a tradition can’t claim any strength based on the long time in which it is followed by all! This example was given by Shankara. If you don’t make any effort to clear the doubt through discussion, you will be leftover with the seed only, which gets rotten in course of time (samshayaatmaa vinashayti— Gita). Sadguru or the contemporary human incarnation is the best to clarify all types of doubts in perfect way.

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