How to Remove Doubt

Question: I have a very strong habitual tendency toward doubt, and the power of these doubting thoughts is very great. When my mind lacks the strength to think things through, I tell myself to just observe the thought and do nothing else, letting the manas deliberate slowly on its own—there will eventually be a result. What is going on here?

Answer: The mind consciousness can introspect and observe its own thoughts. After observing them, it gains a certain degree of understanding of those thoughts, and can analyze and reflect on whether its doubting mind is right or wrong. As for what the final result will be, and how to deal with and handle it, that is the business of the manas. The mind consciousness will transmit what it has discerned to the manas and then stop interfering with the manas's deliberation. The manas will then slowly and quietly deliberate, and in the end it can think through the doubt clearly—knowing whether the doubting thought is right or wrong and knowing how to handle it—and thereby remove the doubt.