The Problem With “Trusting in The Universe”
by Alexandria
One of the main concepts surrounding modern spirituality is
the idea of letting go and trusting the universe. Many people preach it, many
pictures quote it and many of us live by it.
This ideology can get a bit dangerous when it’s overused.
There becomes an air of carefreeness in the typical ‘spiritual’ person that
stems from the mentality of just trusting in the universe.
The idea of trusting in the universe is a double edged
sword. One side says don’t try to control every single thing because you can’t,
and the other side says don’t worry about it because you don’t need to – just
trust the universe.
It is that other side of the sword that gives spirituality
it’s taboo reputation and discredits people in the new age movement. You are
the physical manifestation of the universe and you need to create the actions
in your reality that generate the results you want. To just trust in something
greater than yourself and not take the steps to seeing its fruition is void of
accountability.
The core issue with simply trusting in the universe is that
it is void of accountability, responsibility and reflection. It is a mechanism
of spiritual bypassing that disallows us from reflecting on why things happen.
It stops our thought process when we ask why something happened, and answers it
with because the universe said so.
Countless things exist outside the realm of our control in
this reality, and in many regards we need to allow life to flow as it will.
Trust in your friends, trust in yourself, trust that everything will work out
because you’ve put the actions forth to ensure it will.
Everything in life will work out someway or another, but
your influence on it’s direction is paramount in shifting the outcome to
benefit you and everyone.
A good example of how this mentality is misused is one time
when my friend was going to the store, he said he wasn’t sure how much money he
had on his card. His other friend replied to him with oh, sometimes you just
need to trust in the universe. And that way of thinking blew my mind. When you
are able to influence or respond to a situation you are responsible – the
ability to respond.
If you never take the actions to ensure you have money to
buy something – you never will be able to. If everyone operated from the
mentality of trusting without taking any actions to ensure there is something
to trust in the first place, absolutely nothing would get done in this world.
Trust the universe that you will be taken care of after
you’ve taken the actions to ensure your safety. Sometimes we are in dire,
unpredictable or unfortunate situations where we are forced into a position of
having to trust in the universe because we are unable to respond.
If you are in a situation you cannot control and you’ve
taken all the actions possible, then it is time to trust because you have done
all you can.
If you have an exam the next day and don’t study for it –
you cannot trust the universe for YOU are the universe. Energy works as an ebb
and flow, and if there is no energy put towards a goal, the universe has no
energy to give back.
Give the universe a reason to trust you. Show it you are
capable of directing energy and being a creator in your reality – that’s when
the real magic happens.
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