What to do if our doubts block us in relishing bhakti?
Anwser Podcast
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in doubts about some sections of the Bhagavatam, what do we do? Yes, if there are specific doubts then we can consult devotees who are specialists in those fields and from that we can get the cosmography which is quite helpful in reconciling at least to some extent the Bhagavatam’s cosmology and the modern cosmology.
See, there is the Bhagavatam’s cosmology, we can talk about something is intelligible, something is acceptable. Intelligible means, I understand where this is coming from. Acceptable means I accept it.
So, for many people in today’s world, I am not talking about devotees, first let us talk about new people. Now, at least the Bhagavatam cosmology can become intelligible where it is coming from and then as we get our doubts clarified by asking specific questions from specific devotees, then we will say it is this. Okay, from this perspective it makes sense like this.
So, I would say if specific doubts are there, we have to find out devotees who are expert in those doubts, in those areas and get the doubts addressed and again another thing is it is also, it will vary according to individual to individual. When we are studying Bhagavatam, sometimes it happens that, that okay, this section doesn’t make sense to me but what do I do? I just move on and I go to next session. It is not necessary that even when we study any subject in school, in college, is it that we don’t study anything next step unless I understand this.
So, sometimes there are so many sections we just skip, study something else and move on. So, we may have to go through many readings before we understand it. But if as I said, if there are some doubts are preventing one from loving Krishna, then one has to associate with some devotee and get the doubts clarified.
But the point is that the doubts also grow depending on how much attention we give to them. The more I think about a doubt, it will grow. It is said that we should doubt our doubts and believe our beliefs.
But sometimes what happens, we believe our doubts and we doubt our beliefs. So, the more we think about something, sometimes our mind just goes there again and again in spite of our not wanting to. Then we may have to get it addressed.
But to whatever level we got it addressed after that, now we focus on that which uses belief and helps us move towards Krishna.