Mistrust Misleads...

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.