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Summary of Question:	Help!
Category:	General Sikhism
Date Posted:	Monday, 8/12/2002 3:15 AM MDT

thanks for answering my previous post, you singhs and singhnees have been a great help!

I would like to ask you lot a very serious question,
when my spiritual side arises when i pray to God,i question myself with doubts at the end "does God really exist?" and things like "why am i doing this"
i really think that its my preordinated destiny to be a true sikh but, there are doubts that arise especially when i read about things like evolution is the answer, there is no God

please can you help, to put me on the right path. thanks

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Sat Siri Akal.

You know what? Doubts are part of the process. If we didn't ask, "Does God really exist?" then we wouldn't have a chance to discover God as a living reality. We're used to relating to our life mentally - everything is a thought, a word, a concept. But God is not a thought, a word or a concept. It's an all-pervading energy that we can experience within ourselves as we become more subtle through the practice of meditation. So at some point, faith - which is belief - has to give way to experience - which is a confirmation of the truth within ourselves. And the long, dark night of the soul between faith and experience is all about doubt.

So - remember that God (if He exists for real :) is vast enough and wise enough to handle all of your doubts. Go ahead and have them. Just keep doing your practice. It keeps the communication open and gives Him a chance to respond.

All love.

GPK