Commander Selvam Siddhar

Trust In  God -Param Pujya Swamiji Sri Selvam Siddhar

Someone asked me a question

Question: How does one connect completely with God, Divine, etc? How does one develop that 

100%, no doubts type of faith, trust and belief in the Divine? How can one lose all fear?

 How does on develop deep trust in anyone or anything? Only through one’s previous 

experiences. If a wife trusts her husband, if a child trusts his parents, if a sister trusts her brother, if a 

student trusts his guru or teacher, or if you trust your friend, what is the origin or cause of this 

trust? It is obtained from previous instances where the person concerned has always been there, and 

has always helped us out of difficult situations. The same is true when we trust our doctor, lawyer, 

astrologer, financial consultant, etc. If a doctor has cured us and our family in the past, or if our 

lawyer has helped us win a difficult legal case, we trust them, and keep going back to them when the 

need arises. We know that they will always bail us out, when we are in trouble. We know that 

our parents will provide us with money, advice, encouragement, and emotional support, when the 

need arises. We cannot trust an unknown person, because we don’t have any knowledge about him, 

and we have no past experience to go by. Trust develops only through past experience. Even if you have 

heard from your family or friends that someone or something is trustworthy, you will not fully trust that person or thing unless you have a good experience yourself.

Now, let us come to the specific question of developing a hundred percent trust in God. There are two problems with this. The first problem arises because we don’t know who or what is God. The second problem arises because we don’t know ourselves. Two unknowns cannot make a known. 

Even if we were to know ourselves---which is much easier than knowing God----that still leaves us with the problem of who or what is God? What we know of God is only what others have told us and what we have read. We don’t have any direct experience of God. Most religions work with the concept that because there is creation, there must be a creator, whom we call God. And since He is the creator, He knows everything, he is all powerful, he controls everything and He is the only one who can save us. In effect, when we say “trust in God a hundred percent”, we are telling people to trust in an unknown entity, whom for all practical purposes; no one has seen, heard or felt.

 As we discussed earlier, trust needs a previous personal experience and since we don’t have any personal experience of this entity called God, we find it difficult to trust God to the tune of a hundred percent. 

Knowing the two problems that prevent us from trusting God a hundred percent, what can we do? It is possible to know God only through our self. So, we must first embark on an inner journey to find out who we are, through prayer, introspection and meditation. As and when we find for sure who we are---

the true entity hiding behind our race, religion, caste, name, position, our economic and educational qualifications, our emotions, our likes and dislikes, our thoughts and feelings.we are ready to embark on the journey to find God.

 Now, we have a torch with which to search in the darkness. Without selfknowledge, we are like blind men searching for something that is lost. Self-knowledge is the flame which will guide us in this darkness. Where this journey will take us, how long it will take, whether we will find God---all these questions cannot be answered and will again have to be individual experiences.

 If I say that I have found God, it is of no use to you, because what I can transfer to you will still be hearsay knowledge, second hand knowledge which is of no use to you, as you cannot trust second hand knowledge. This is the main roadblock or hurdle with what our religions or enlightened men tell us---what they say is the truth, but their truth is not easily transferrable. So, find yourself and then with that knowing and understanding 

embark on the journey to find God or truth. And it is only then, when we get personal understanding and knowing about God that trust can develop.

 Otherwise, we can keep on saying that we trust God, but the moment a problem comes, God is forgotten, and we are as miserable as ever.

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