It
is mistrust that misleads ; sincerity always
leads straight to the goal.
Bowl
of Saki, June 19, by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Commentary
by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan:
With
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.
Every
being has a definite vocation, and his vocation is the light which
illuminates his life. The man who disregards his vocation is a lamp
unlit. He who sincerely seeks his real purpose in life is himself
sought by that purpose. As he concentrates on that search a light
begins to clear his confusion, call it revelation, call it
inspiration, call it what you will. It is mistrust that misleads.
Sincerity leads straight to the goal.
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