Trust as a Muscle for Building a New Earth

One of the things I have been reflecting on is trust. 

Trust is synonymous with surrender, in the sense that as we surrender, we trust that everything will work out, even though we do not know exactly how it will.

However, what do we exactly mean by trust?

Given that here in Gaianet, we value Primordial Wisdom, which is one of the 7 principles for a New Earth, we know how connecting to our inner wisdom is crucial to integrate our growth and actions as builders of this world we wish to see. 

So, timeless wisdom like understanding and embodying trust is part of how we move as co-creators of paradise on Earth—as stewards of a new society built in harmony within and around us.

Going back, I remember watching a video this week about what it actually means to trust.

Long before we were born here, for thousands of years, we have developed that need for certainty and security. It was natural for us to protect ourselves from predators and prioritize our nourishment. 

Tribes and communities have existed even in the growth and death of different civilizations throughout our history, and so we have started to trust from there.

But even so, especially with the proliferation of interweaving societal issues that made us disconnect from our inner guidance and perceive one another as separate from us, trusting has become more difficult to do so.

To see the world we grew up in crumbling before our eyes may cause us to not trust that everything will get better.

However, I remember this idea from Darryl Anka/Bashar:

Trust is never absent. 

That means, even mistrust or lacking trust is an expression of trust—because we trust in the fact that we do not trust. 

And so, if we choose to empower ourselves into trusting more, we can reframe our current narratives on trust as though they were never absent. Rather, we may be trusting the wrong things.

It becomes a muscle, then, to train ourselves to trust the more empowering beliefs, even with the discomfort that arises. 

We develop muscle through consistent training, and trust requires that as well.

As we learn how to trust more, we empower ourselves with the belief that we have what it takes to navigate the situations that arrive from that trust.

This allows us to detach from outcomes. The reason why we may attach ourselves to outcomes is primarily due to the fear that we might not know what to do with whatever comes after. 

But trusting doesn’t only mean surrendering to divine intelligence that things will work out. It also includes trusting ourselves that we have what it takes to thrive and continuously strive. 

And by doing so, we meet people along the way who are reflections of the trust we have within—because we see them now as key puzzle pieces for everything we are exploring in life.

We get to trust that the people sent to us hold the gifts that we need in our respective journeys—whether it be through lessons, meaningful discussions, or even connections that anchor us into the beauty of the present moment. 

So, as we choose to trust, we trust in these three things:

The divine intelligence, who knows more than what we currently know.

Other people, especially those we meet along the way, who know things we do not know.

And lastly, ourselves, who know how to uncover and navigate what we may not currently know. 

With love,

Gertie