Speaker: The question is: why does my confidence get low while speaking to others? I feel I have the required knowledge, yet when it comes to dealing with others, communicating with others, I find myself helpless, I find myself unable to put things across, unable to articulate, unable to communicate.
There are two things in this question. One, my knowledge: the content of my mind, what I claim that I know. And the second factor is the presence of the other person.
We need to carefully investigate where the problem lies. Is it the lack of knowledge, or is it the presence of the other which is causing all the anguish?
The same thing that you want to communicate to the other, if you were to write on a piece of paper, would you still feel hesitant and helpless? You would not. If writing the same thing on a piece of paper, the same information is smooth and easy, then surely the lack of knowledge is not the real problem. Knowledge is there. Otherwise, how you could have brought it forth on that sheet of paper? Are we together?
Listener 2: Yes, Sir.
Speaker: So, let us discard the first factor. What is the first factor?
