Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat KhanWith regard to trusting people, a person may think, 'Is it right to believe in anything a person says? Is it right to trust everybody? There are many people who are not worthy of trust; shall we then trust everybody in order to develop our trust?' The answer is yes. Perhaps we will have failures, but we will only trust another person when we trust ourselves, when we have faith in ourselves then we will have faith in another. Without faith in ourselves we can never have faith in another; to have faith in another is to have faith in ourselves. It does not matter if once or twice we are disappointed, but if we are afraid of being disappointed even once in our lives, perhaps we will doubt all through life, and so there will never come a time when we will be able to trust anybody, even ourselves.
https://wahiduddin.net/saki/saki_date.phpI think sometimes doubt is okay but I certainly get what he's saying here- I sometimes hold expectations over a partner or potential partner and realize it's because I carry an insecurity or fear towards unfaithfulness. But how unfaithful have I been to myself? Many times. Maybe that's why I think others are also unfaithful. Learning to let this old way go is a challenge but proving to be very rewarding... Learning to take action and walk in the direction of my deeper desires is strengthening that trust in myself once more... and it is as he says above....
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if we are afraid of being disappointed even once in our lives, perhaps we will doubt all through life, and so there will never come a time when we will be able to trust anybody, even ourselves....
Perhaps we will have failures, but we will only trust another person when we trust ourselves, when we have faith in ourselves then we will have faith in another. I am bewildered by Hazrat Inayat Khans ability to place trust in All knowing he truly believes God exist in the heart of All... I've even read a statement from him, saying he'd serve his Enemy knowing he'd be serving God. It's hard for me to fathom but I am sure the weight and closeness to his indwelling Spirit, the feeling to walk this Ideal is something many of us on the spiritual path desire... or so I imagine.
