Osho's perspective on Trust
When Osho Spoke About Trust
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Can trust be cultivated?
A cultivated trust will not be trust; it will be false, it will be insincere. It will just be on the surface; it will never touch your centre. Whatsoever is cultivated remains superficial, because whatsoever is cultivated remains of the mind. Trust cannot be cultivated, just as love cannot be cultivated: you can't teach people how to love. Dangerous will be the days when people are taught how to love, because they will learn the lesson, they will repeat it accurately -- it will be technological but it will not be of the heart. Anything that belongs to the depth has to come out of its own accord. So what is to be done? I understand the question you are asking. Then what to do? The only thing that can be done is to remove hindrances. Trust cannot be brought out; hindrances can be removed. When there is no hindrance,…
Beloved Osho, to have such an incredible opportunity to ask you a question, and to be so fearful of doing so, shows me how little trust I have. Can I still be your sannyasin?
And this has happened all over the world. Everybody is feeling unworthy because he aspired in the very beginning to find the end. Naturally it was impossible -- he could not reach it -- and that stopped him even starting the journey again. I used to live with one of my professors, in the same house. I was living alone and he felt that, looking at the condition of my cottage... he said, "It will be better you come and start living with me" -- because I had my bed just near the door, so that I could simply jump into bed, jump out of it... I never used to enter the house, because who is going to clean it? When he saw this situation he said, "I have never seen such a way of living." Just in front of me was my bathroom; that much space was all that…
Osho, a few days ago in lecture I realized that when I am relaxed the body goes into a most comfortable posture of its own accord. It must be just the same with life. Is this the beginning of trust?
YES, MUKTI GANDHA, this is the beginning of trust, the beginning of yea-saying, the beginning of a great understanding that all that is going to happen is going to happen, and you are not to do it. You have to be alert and passive, you have to be watchful and receptive. This is the whole secret of life. Small things need to be done -- if you want more money, the money is not going to come on its own; you will have to run after it. If you want political power, it is not going to come to you on its own -- you will have to fight for it, you will have to struggle for it. Small things are those which never HAPPEN, which never come from God. Man has to struggle and do them. And great things are those which if you try to do them you…
Question: THE FIRST QUESTION: WHY DOESN'T TRUST ARISE OUT OF THE DECISION TO TRUST? TRUST IS NOT A DECISION ON YOUR PART. You cannot decide for it. When you are finished with doubting, when you have come to see doubt through and through and you are completely convinced of the futility of the doubt, trust arises. You have to deal with the doubt, you are not to do anything about trust. Your trust will not be of much importance because your trust, your decision, will always be against doubt. And trust is not contrary to doubt; trust is simply the absence of doubt. When doubt is not, trust is. Trust is not the opposite, remember. Notwithstanding what the dictionaries say, trust is not opposite to doubt, just as darkness is not opposite to light.
Can I doubt you?
definition"Doubt is the beginning of true understanding; question everything, even the teacher, for only through inquiry can you awaken your own intelligence."
"Surrender not to a person, but to existence itself; begin with whatever little trust you have, and let it deepen through living naturally and attentively."
Can trust be cultivated?
definition"Trust is not something to be cultivated; it is your inborn nature that blossoms when you dissolve the clouds of doubt and fear through awareness and meditation."
"Your suspicion of others is merely a reflection of your own self-doubt; when you embrace and trust yourself, you will naturally extend that trust to those around you."
"You are not defined by your biological father; your true essence lies in your consciousness, here and now. Shift your focus from origins to awareness, and embrace the authenticity of your being."
"When you stop identifying with doubt and trust, and use them both as methods, contradictions dissolve into harmony, allowing intelligence and devotion to work together."
How can trust and doubt coexist?
definition"Trust and doubt are not enemies; embrace doubt as a part of trust, for in questioning lies the path to clarity."
How can we use the mind that swings from doubt to belief to go beyond these two polarities?
practice"Doubt and belief are merely two sides of the same coin; transcend them by embracing trust, which is not borrowed faith but a profound encounter with reality."
"Trust returns not by seeking new bonds or mending the old, but by seeing the illusion clearly and allowing it to dissolve. When you perceive the truth without self-deception, trust blossoms anew."
"When your body finds its most comfortable posture in relaxation, it is the first whisper of trust in life; in that surrender, your intrinsic divine nature begins to unfold."
"Trust is the dropping of doubt; only in that doubtless space can the sun of witnessing dawn."
"The love and trust of even one sannyasin outweighs all hostile publicity, for truth is self-sufficient and thrives in the recognition of the few who truly see."
What are the consequences of refusing to accept someone's warning about a dangerous substance?
outcome"To ignore a warning is to invite the poison of experience, for only through the crucible of consequence do we truly learn the nature of danger."
"Relax into your being; it is in the absence of effort that true presence unfolds."
"Trust is the unchanging essence of being, and when love merges with it, we experience a steady trust-love that transforms every season into an eternal spring."
"When you cultivate trust, the ego dissolves, and in that surrender, you discover the ever-present guest of pure being waiting to embrace you. The door was never closed; it opens the moment you relinquish your claim to separateness."
"Love and fear towards a teacher are not opposites; they are two branches of the same tree, where love signifies the death of the ego and fear reveals its trembling at the brink of its own demise. Choose trust and vulnerability, for love and ego cannot coexist."
"Your struggle to trust others is a reflection of your own distrust; heal the wound within, and trust will flow effortlessly."
"Trust is the bridge that transforms distance into intimacy; only through trust can the heart truly know another."
"Trust in existence begins with unconditional trust in yourself; when you are rooted within, nothing can shake your faith, and you blossom into a state of ecstasy that embraces all of life."
"When you trust unconditionally, you become an inner emperor, free from dependence and the need for approval, allowing love to arise effortlessly and authentically."
"Trust is not passivity; it is the deep relaxation into the understanding that everything is already all right, allowing life to act through you effortlessly."
What happens when I try to relax and trust existence while feeling pressured to be responsible?
outcome"True responsibility is not about duty; it is about being responsive—relax, wait, and mirror what is, allowing life to unfold naturally."
"Doubt is not the enemy of trust; it is the purifying fire that burns away illusions and reveals the strength of genuine faith. Embrace your doubt, for in its depths lies the foundation of true trust."
"Trust is a living communion from the heart, while belief is a brittle construct of the mind; true wisdom lies in embracing the fluidity of trust over the rigidity of belief."
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