There are talks about confidence building everywhere. Everyone is asserting to be confident. Confidence building is probably a multi-million dollar industry in itself. But let us pose a question to ourselves. Is confidence an essential thing to live? My answer would be an emphatic NO. Let me give my explanation.
Confidence is required only when the person is in the state of diffidence. The state of diffidence is a kind of negative state. To negate that state, confidence is required. In other words, both confidence and diffidence are not realities. Both are a kind of beliefs. If knows about oneself properly, in that state of being, there is neither confidence nor diffidence. In that state, there is self knowledge.
Knowledge should be placed higher than belief. No doubt, belief can do wonders. But, knowledge is always more potent than belief. Because knowledge is always about NOW, always facing the reality. But belief evades reality.
