Turn the Dogs of Doubt on Doubt Itself

I approach any organization, institution, or leadership with a huge dose of healthy cynicism. Because spiritual faith has certain tried and true aspects of abandoning reason it leaves us open to manipulation. Master manipulators, in politics and religion, use our emotions to lead us to conclusions whereby the sheep are easily sheered. Healthy cynicism can be about skillfully taking on doubts in a way that is useful. This takes courage and training; (Chogyam Trungpa says it better than me in today’s Glimpse After Glimpse) "to turn the dogs of doubt on doubt itself"… to unmask cynicism… to uncover fear, despair, hopelessness, and tired conditioning until doubt opens the door to an awakening that welcomes doubt as a means to a deeper realization of the truth about myself. 
To conclude that love is the glue that holds us together is the result of thousands of years of spiritual exploration engages a healthy cynicism to the order of the day.

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