How can I build trust in life?
Trust towards life, likewise many other things, is a matter of practice; however, we cultivate it through letting go of the control we think we have. When we are strongly identified with our mind and the ego construct, we believe we are fully in control of our lives. When we are interested in our spiritual growth, and we act towards it, identification with the mind dissolves, and gradually we come to the experiential conclusion that we are not our thoughts; we can observe them. It is also a time when our inner spaciousness expands, we learn more distance towards various changing experiences, and we open up to life in its various expressions. We also become much more attentive and sensitive to our inner and outer world at the same time, the idea that we are not separate from the entirety of life becomes more familiar to us. Life lived in a sense of separation is full of suffering and the belief that we need to handle everything by ourselves. But it is not true.
This is where the art of tracking one’s life and the art of paying attention come with a huge help. The art of paying attention is the “practice” of being deeply attentive to two main ecosystems that hold so much precious information for each of us. The first is our inner ecosystem of emotions, thoughts, bodily sensations, intuition, and dreams, and the second is our everyday environment. Both of them hold important pieces of information for finding a unique path, true fulfillment, tremendous growth, and a life of purpose, and when they are tracked and followed, life opens up possibilities we often cannot see by ourselves. This is where we can ask: What is life calling me to? And this is where we are asked to step into trust because quite often, life will guide us through and towards the unknown, of course, until it becomes known.
If a person follows life guidance by using the art of paying attention, respects its guidance by being attentive to these two main ecosystems, life will take us on an adventure we cannot even imagine. An adventure of full aliveness, fast-paced growth, expansions of consciousness, and the ability to discover and live by one’s life purpose, the qualities that are often impossible to live by, when we are in our comfort zone, and seeming safety. It is here that we build an unshakable trust in life because we have a chance to realize how much support flows from it, likewise to see that it always guides us for our highest good. Every time you decide to enter the experience, you feel called to, and you will decide to honor your intuition, your deep desires coming from your heart and soul, you will express trust towards life. And with every experience, it will grow.
