I know you are sceptic about whatever I have to say. You
should be.
You should question everything everyone tells you – if people
asked questions, the right ones, and truly tried to appreciate the answers, we’d
live in a different world. People would not accept religious or political
rhetoric, politicians who make a career out of misleading people’s sentiments would
be looking for more productive jobs, companies will spend less money on
advertising and more on making great products at lower costs.
However, being sceptic should not stop you from listening.
If you are not listening for the new, you are missing out. It is easy to be
sceptic about the latest invention of science, but it is nevertheless real. It
is difficult to be sceptic about something that has been accepted by everyone
else, something that no one questioned for a long time – but usually that is
where scepticism is most useful and apt.
Your scepticism is a weapon, use it to destroy long
established myths, not to nip the buds of fresh ideas and new voices.
couldnt have agreed more on what u say abt scepticism. just wanted to share what the buddha once said about doubt
ReplyDeleteBelieve nothing, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings – that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.
thanks