tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: >Peter writes: >I think this self-trust thing in regard to realization >is a bit off. Trust is an emotional/mental assumptive >act. You have to trust when there is doubt for >whatever reason. It's hard to doubt your own >experience, even in waking state. But doubting "pure >existence" itself is even more difficult! To say I >doubt my own existence is a bit of a paradox, of >course, because prior to doubting is existence. So you >can't doubt that "you are." You can doubt any >experience, but not that. Now to inquire into who this >"you" is will bring about some interesting results! > >Tom T writes: >If you get the chance it is a real challenge to go to the library and >get a 22 ½ pound unabridged dictionary and look up the word trust. >You will find about 22 definitions for the word trust. Twenty of >these definitions deal with fiduciary relationship with money between >banks, lawyers, trust officers and trusts set up by wills. The two >definitions that concern the real meaning of the word trust are as >follows. The first is information or knowledge received from the >intuitive part of the brain. The second and maybe most important is >action taken regardless of the consequences. In my experience the >real meaning is a combination of the two above. First we receive >information from the intuitive side or part of ourselves and then we >take action regardless of the consequences. It has been my experience >that we live trust without thinking about it. We may squirm or hedge >but eventually we know what we must do and we just do it. We know >what must be done as surely as we know that we are either a male or a >female. A clever and brilliant orator may convince you of most >anything, but we know with an intimate knowledge that we are either >male or female and no one can convince us otherwise. Every time we go >to the bathroom we are very clearly reminded of which we are. The >interesting thing about having delved into the meaning of the word >trust is that it becomes easier to just trust that things will work >out. We feel connected to that part of ourselves from which this >intuitive knowledge flows and we move into and flow with it as a >matter of course. >Tom > > > In tantra we encourage people to develop their intuition. If it is not practiced it won't become very strong. So you have to trust your intuition. The lesson is falling back into a practice of making "rational decision" by examining all side and then following that decision against your intuition only to find that your intuition despite all indication the "rational decision" should be correct was not!
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