Unshakable Trust: The Journey of the Mind Toward the Spirit
Introduction: The Crisis of Trust as the Core of the Existential Dilemma
At the heart of human anxiety lies a profound existential dilemma manifested in the absence of trust. It is not merely a transient psychological issue, but a crisis that prevents the human being from attaining inner serenity. Trust in God is not a religious duty imposed from the outside; rather, it is a rational and existential necessity to calm the animal self within us, which can only be soothed by a firm bond connecting it to its highest source. What is today known as “trust issues” is precisely the veil that prevents the individual from understanding God or reaching a state of inner peace. For how can a being put an end to the conflict of his emotions and instincts if he does not trust the solid rope that binds him to existence? This article explores the concept of “Al-Samad” not merely as a Divine Name, but as a state of absolute certainty and tranquility reached by the mind when it fully surrenders to the Supreme Manager, realizing that trust is the only path toward meaning and healing.
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1. When the Mind Is Illuminated by Spiritual Commands
This represents a spiritual and intellectual rank that a person reaches through the gateway of complete trust. At this level, the mind is illuminated by spiritual commands, and the human vision of the universe undergoes a radical transformation. One begins to see “meaning in every impression” left by the Divine imprint on the page of nature. God becomes the “initial and final imprint” in everything imprinted within this existence, from the movement of atoms to the cycles of celestial spheres.
Trust, in its simplest definition, is “leaving no gap between you and the other.” This gap with God is created only by doubts: doubt in His encompassing knowledge, His awareness of the finest details, or His ability to manage what is best for us. When thoughts such as “Perhaps God does not know the importance of what is happening to me” or “Perhaps He is not aware of the extent of my weakness” infiltrate the mind, the gap widens until the human being becomes incapable of trusting his Creator. The destructive paradox here is this: lack of trust in the Creator—the source of generosity and bounty—inevitably leads to the inability to trust any created being, including oneself. For if I do not trust the One who created me, how can I trust myself or anyone who shares my weakness and deficiency? Another paradox is that the path to this spiritual surrender does not pass through abolishing the mind, but through activating it to its utmost limits.
2. Ultimate Rationality: Recognizing Incapacity as the Highest Form of Reason
In common perception, reason is often associated with doubt and rebellion. Yet the spiritual perspective overturns this equation, presenting reason as a tool for reaching absolute certainty by recognizing its own limits. The most rational act a rational being can perform is to acknowledge his incapacity. As stated in the text: “The most rational thing that can issue from any being is your mind’s acknowledgment of your incapacity.” This acknowledgment is not defeat or passive surrender, but the peak of intellectual maturity that opens the door to trusting God as “the Best of Planners.”
The principle that “reason is the basis of moral responsibility” places upon the human being a primary intellectual duty— not management and control, but witnessing and observation. The truly rational person realizes that he is neither the creator, nor the knower, nor the manager, and thus leaves creation to the Creator, knowledge to the All-Knowing, and management to the Ultimate Manager. This stance represents “a profound degree of transparency between me and God,” where one ceases attempting to intervene between God and His Names, or between destiny and its action. It is the realization that everything is calculated and decreed with precision, and that any human attempt at interference is not true action, but futile noise. As the source describes it with sharp bluntness: “You are not actors; you merely disturb flies and struggle with them.” This intellectual realization redefines the human role in existence, from a presumed agent to an honored witness.
3. The Human Being as Witness: From the Absurdity of Control to the Honor of Observation
When a person moves from attempting to control his destiny to realizing that his true role is “witnessing,” a radical revolution occurs in his identity. He discovers that his existence in this universe is not an acquired right, but a privilege he did not pay for—a purely gratuitous gift. God granted him the blessing of existence out of sheer grace, without request or entitlement. As stated in the text: “I entered this stage for free… I paid no price.” This perspective abolishes all false claims of entitlement and establishes a relationship with the Creator based on humility and gratitude. Deeper still, the human realizes that he is in a state of constant gain, “always in profit,” for his very existence is surplus and net gain over the nothingness from which he came.
4. Love as the Fruit of Trust: When God Becomes the Supreme Beloved
The text presents a profound causal relationship between trust and love: true trust can only arise from deep love, and love is not complete without absolute trust. The pivotal statement here is: “Trust is one of the motives of love. I cannot trust something I do not love.” Accordingly, trust in God is not merely a cold intellectual conviction, but necessarily an expression of deeply rooted love for God. Whoever does not trust God, in truth, either hates Him or does not truly know Him.
5. From Chaos to Discipline: Submission to the Higher Regulation
The speaker describes himself as inherently chaotic, like “oil” that no earthly system can restrain or contain. The discipline he now lives by does not originate from himself, but is definitive proof of the presence of a higher regulating power. This personal experience becomes an existential proof through powerful metaphors: “I am a beast that turned into a human,” and “I am oil… if you find me restrained, know that there is a Wise One who restrained me.”
“If you find me listed among the believers, know that the record is from above.”
Conclusion: The Circle of Healing in the Realm of Divine Self-Sufficiency
Ultimately, the journey of trust manifests as a complete circle of healing that begins from above and descends downward—from idea to body. The text summarizes this hierarchical order of healing as follows:
- The cure of the mind: a sound command from the Lord.
- The cure of the heart: a sound mind.
- The cure of the soul: a sound heart.
- The cure of the body: a sound soul.
The foundation of this entire circle is the “sound command” received by the mind. This command is not merely an intellectual choice, but in its essence a Divine command—a higher assignment placed within the servant’s intellect. “To have a sound belief about the Divine is itself a Divine command.” It is the first obligation that opens the gates of healing wide. True calm and complete healing lie in relinquishing the illusion of control and management, embracing the reality of servitude to God, contentment with His judgment, and absolute trust in His management that neither errs nor misguides. When the mind reaches this station—the station of “Al-Samad”— the human being finds himself within an impregnable fortress of serenity and certainty.
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