Trust

[CoolDreamThanks]

 After realizing how my mind truly doesn’t know much and isn’t able to make wise choices, I felt humble and depressed.  

If I am incapable, then what will happen to me? Probably something bad. I was scared. I felt like it’s me against the world. I even tried working alot, trying to win the rat race and it only destroyed my mental and physical health.   

There is so much responsibility on your shoulders when you think you have to take care of yourself in this chaotic world using a mind which isn’t able to forsee the future or control life. 

It feels like being a small bird caught in a hurricane. 

I came to a point where I felt hopeless.  

However, I was guided to come back to the teachings of David Hoffmeister, as the main point of focus in his teachings is to teach people how to Trust in Divine Providence. 

He says: dear child, this world is only a dream and the dream is orchestrated by God Himself. You need only learn to Trust it is so and all will be taken care of without your effort. God goes before you, making straight your path. Not one seeming difficulty will but melt away before you reach it. You need take thought for nothing!  

Perhaps true spirituality is built on Trust?

David instructs: You must become completly dependant on God your Father. 

Put all of your life on His shoulders. It’s the only form of dependance that gives strength instead of taking it away. 

You must travel through this labyrinth of life completly oblivious of everything. Absolutely careless, yet totally Trusting that He will provide.

It’s like the prodigal son’s story, where the son left his Father’s home, squandered the wealth the Father gave him and fell into slavery and poverty, eating worse than the animals in his Father’s home.

He then decided to come back to his Father on his knees, begging to be taken back in, promising to work as much as he can whatever laborous work Father gives him. 

 But Father wanted to hear nothing of that. As soon as he saw that the son is coming back home, he ran to greet him, instructed his servants to bring the best robes and he threw a grand fiest, celebrating the return of his beloved son. 

That’s how I felt.  

Incapable, poor, scared, and overworked. Nothing went according to my plan. The uncertainty was too much to handle for my little mind. 

Instead, I want to try Trusting in Him. I don’t want to carry anything on my shoulders. I want him to arrange for all of my needs to be taken care of without my effort.  

I want him to remove all obsticles from my path. I don’t want to live in fear. I don’t want any responsibility at all for my life. I want to be like the son whose father takes care of everything and celebrates his return back home. 

From now on, I want to stop living like a son of man, and start living like the son of God.  

I don’t want to believe that I came from flesh, will die and crumble into dust.  

I want to believe that my source is Divine and he takes care of every aspect of my life. I need only have Trust in him.  

I experienced more miracles than I can count in my life. I don’t know why it took so much time to surrender to Him.  

But perhaps that was also a part of his Plan.  

Now, I walk in Trust, careless of everything, except my Loving Father.

 

[CoolDreamThanks]

User from Reddit shares his beautiful message:  

I live in the abundance of God. Now. He takes care of me in ALL ways. ALL of my needs are met. He is my Source, whether that leads me to stay in my current job, or to transition to another job, or to quit my job. He uses these time and place situations for salvation, for miracles.

He loves me and guides me, even if I am stupid in somebody else's or my own eyes. There is no need to worry. The 'future' is in God's hands, whether I ask for financial help at the last second, or have been struggling with guilt thoughts, attack thoughts about this topic most of my life.

Ask, Jesus says. Ask and receive the Answer. Money is not excluded in His teaching. Why would it be?

I have also learned from His teaching that I need to choose whether I want freedom of body or freedom of mind. Choose one and the other will be used as means for reaching that goal.

You need be neither careful or careless, just cast your cares on Him. Take no thought for TMR. I have what I need. I am taken care of, I keep my eyes open for His plan for me. He gives me wisdom, not 'human judgement'. I consider the birds and the lilies And avail my self of my Father's help, He WAnts to help me, with and about EVErything. With His plan for me. I simply give a nod to God, my Friend and He lovingly handles, corrects my misperceptions and 'my life.' I belong to Him. There is no guilt or worry in His thought system, nor shame. Therefore none in mine. He undoes it all, all false perceptions for me.

Imo, I need do nothing means my, and everybody's 'problems', are already solved in His plan for each of us and everyone. All I need do is ask, and as I go, I can See with Christ. I trust Him, my Father. He brings me home to the awareness of His Love. I can drop all fear. God's loving plan for me goes on no matter my misperceptions, I need do nothing to be saved or to have my 'problems' solved in the vision of the holy spirit, of the Christ that I carry. He shows me that I am already free.

 

Another user shares his miraculous experience based on Trust:  

The trust comes first - and then the results show

I know, for sure, that you were not in a state of trust. The same way I was previously unable to really let go and 'trust', despite spiritual teachings telling me to do so, and despite thinking I was 'trusting'. What happened was that I would 'trust a little', then get frustrated that there were no 'miracles', and then a small miracle would happen, but not quite enough, and I would see-saw between this state of trust and doubt. This see-saw lasted for close to ten years - before I gradually built up enough trust to really let go of the fear of not having money/ needing to work. For me, trust was built up over time - I trusted a little, and then reality reflected that trust a little (by having a little good things come my way). And then the more I trusted, the more good things came my way, until I built up sufficient trust to deeply let go, and then good things came pouring forth.

As it is, just trust as much as you can, and let the Holy Spirit guide your way. Stop waiting for results to show - when the trust is there, the results will come. If you cannot trust deeply, the Holy Spirit will work with your current level of trust to help you gradually trust more. In the meantime, don't focus on wanting to see what you judge to be 'miracles' - just let the Holy Spirit guide you towards doing what is most helpful for you to do (whether it be work or otherwise).

The Course says 'I need do nothing" - and I literally did not plan or work towards any of the income that I have now - I simply did what I felt guided to do at the time, not knowing how it would lead to having money, or this and that, and yet it did, and I have more than enough to live on with very little work (maybe a few hours a month), and what work I do, I did not 'plan' on doing - it came to me. In fact, every deliberate, ego-fear motivated, plan or attempt I made to 'work', or 'to find work' fell apart, or I very quickly lost motivation, or did not pan out

 

[Salvijus]

This is a topic i don't fully understand myself but here's my take. 

If you don't want to look where you step, you better be floating above the ground. If you don't want to worry about earthly matters, you better be abiding in Spirit with your every breath. 

It takes a certain level of development to sustain yourself with the light of God alone. And the problem is, it's really hard to tell when a person is ready for such a lifestyle. 

Ramakrishna paramahamsa says, the day you think of devi and tears of love flow from your eyes. From that day you can stop going to office and your life will be taken care of. 

You can apply that same logic to yeshua. But even that is not a perfect marker i feel. This topic is very confusing with many exceptions imo. 

Edited June 8 by Salvijus

[Salvijus]

Also i liked the guru nanak wisdom about job being the means for your spiritual growth aswell. It's all very confusing in the end. 

[gettoefl]

be careful not to make the dream real, what happens here is meaningless uncontrollable and capricious

bad things happen to good people but no big deal

you have one assignment

know the world as effect rather than having any effect

it effects nothing, it is here merely as a vehicle to get me home 

[CoolDreamThanks]

49 minutes ago, Salvijus said:

This is a topic i don't fully understand myself but here's my take. 

If you don't want to look where you step, you better be floating above the ground. If you don't want to worry about earthly matters, you better be abiding in Spirit with your every breath. 

It takes a certain level of development to sustain yourself with the light of God alone. And the problem is, it's really hard to tell when a person is ready for such a lifestyle. 

Ramakrishna paramahamsa says, the day you think of devi and tears of love flow from your eyes. From that day you can stop going to office and your life will be taken care of. 

You can apply that same logic to yeshua. But even that is not a perfect marker i feel. This topic is very confusing with many exceptions imo. 

Tears filled my eyes today when I realized how good Father is. 🖤🖤 

developing Trust as I go.  
 

Learning to see his care and gentlesness as he guides me Home. 

[CoolDreamThanks]

25 minutes ago, gettoefl said:

be careful not to make the dream real, what happens here is meaningless uncontrollable and capricious

bad things happen to good people but no big deal

you have one assignment

know the world as effect rather than having any effect

it effects nothing, it is here merely as a vehicle to get me home 

I don’t think I’m making it real, stopped thinking about life being illusory and started to focus more on Faith.  
 

I generated some AI pictures to express how I feel now: 

 

[gettoefl]

awesome images @CoolDreamThanks

yes i didn't mean you should not enjoy and engage here

life is wonderful awe-inspiring and to be savoured to the full

grace is remembering that we do indeed walk with one who knows the way

and we can lean on his understanding rather than our own

Edited June 8 by gettoefl

[Salvijus]

55 minutes ago, CoolDreamThanks said:

Tears filled my eyes today when I realized how good Father is. 🖤🖤 

developing Trust as I go.  
 

Learning to see his care and gentlesness as he guides me Home. 

Aww. 

Nice pictures.