SAI: When you don’t have absolute faith
in the result, then doubt arises. An example: now it is daylight
and the objects in the room are seen very clearly, and there
is no doubt in regard
to them. At night when it is fully dark and you have to grope
around and do not see any of the objects, there is no doubt
about that situation. But at dusk, when it is half light and
half dark, doubt can arise and you may see a rope and imagine
it to be a snake and be frightened. Light is not full and
vision is not clear. Full light is wisdom, and full darkness
is ignorance. Doubt arises when there is half darkness and
half light. The half light is wisdom and the half darkness
is ignorance. When you have partial ignorance and partial
wisdom then you have doubts. Now you are in the middle stage
when you have this little bit of wisdom and also some ignorance,
where ignorance and wisdom are mixed. You are not fully experienced.
When you have proper experience, the doubt will vanish. Because
you are not fully experienced you are having this doubt.
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