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The Difference Between Trust and Faith · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Trust is frequently built on the basis of experience.
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  We gain trust by confirmation of a particular development or
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  response from our interactions. Trust is thus primarily based in
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  the mental process, through a process that develops
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  credibility and individual gains trust in the action and outcome.
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  We view and analyse what takes place and with repeated similar
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  results a measure of trust is built up.
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  Sometimes trust is gained through measures taken to
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  provide support or protection as a fail safe mechanism in the
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  external world. We gain trust in government
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  guarantees, insurance companies and their asset base and
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  history, and in the existence of collateral in case the promised
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  result does not occur. When we look at trust from the
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  spiritual seekers viewpoint, we acquire trust in the divine
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  process through our cumulative life experience, particularly if
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  we reflect on situations where we were unexpectedly supported
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  or aided, and we attribute that support to the action of the
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  divine. Faith does not arise primarily
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  in the mind, but in the psychic center.
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  It is based on the knowledge of the soul, of a reality that has
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  not yet become fully evident and palpable to the mind.
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  Faith may be awakened or reinforced through experiences
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  that also can build trust, but it can leap ahead of trust to
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  become a certainty in the soul. Many people have reported
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  returning from a near death experience and upon reawakening
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  they suddenly had an entirely new sense about the existence of
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  the Divine, about the significance of their lives and
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  the purpose for which they had been returned to life.
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  In most of these cases, there is not an externally palpable
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  factual basis for the newly acquired faith.
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  It is something they simply know through what Trioralbindo calls
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  knowledge by identity, the oneness of the soul with the
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  Divine. A disciple asks, what is the
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  difference between faith and trust?
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  The Mother observes, Quote. Faith is something much more
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  integral than trust. You see, you have trust in the
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  divine in the sense that you are convinced that all that comes
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  from Him will always be the best for you.
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  Whatever his decision and whatever the experience he sends
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  you or the circumstances in which He puts you, it will all
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  be always what is best for you. This is trust, but faith, that
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  kind of unshakable certitude in the very existence of God.
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  Faith is something that seizes the whole being.
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  It is not only mental, psychic, or vital.
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  It is the whole being entirely which has faith.
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  Faith leads straight to experience and quote.
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  Reference for your window and the Mother looking from within.
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  Chapter 5. Attitudes on the Path, pages 133
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  to 134.