𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝟒

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - 𝟒

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦

You have probably been there - curious about mindfulness or meditation, but somewhere deep inside, a small voice whispers,

“Is this real?  Will it actually help me?”

You may feel a tension: wanting calm, but distrustful of spiritual promises or practices that seem too lofty.

Meet Sahana (name changed). She was precisely in that tension.

“I was torn. I believed in presence, in awareness, but I also doubted - was this just another fad? Could I actually sustain this?”

𝐌𝐲 𝐎𝐰𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟

Long ago, I too believed in the power of meditation.

But I doubted it the very first time I was asked to sit silently for half an hour during initiation.

Nothing “spiritual” happened - only pain in my knees and back.

Then came the instruction to sit for an hour. Still, nothing - except a restless mind counting down the minutes.

It went on for more than two decades, as life unfolded with all its ups and downs.

I believed. I doubted. I stopped. I restarted. I questioned.

And somewhere along that long journey, I discovered something different -micro-practices - small, simple ways to touch awareness without fighting the body or mind.

Moments that made me comfortable with both my beliefs and doubts.

Now, both sit side by side peacefully - like old friends who finally stopped trying to win over each other.

💭 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

In her sessions, Sahana learned to hold both belief and doubt the same way.

She didn’t try to force belief or suppress skepticism.

She simply practiced awareness - noticing sensations, breath, and thoughts.

Over time, she said, “I realized I can feel calm and doubtful at the same time - and that’s perfectly fine.”

Her practice deepened, not because she eliminated doubt, but because she stopped giving it power over her.

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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

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