Guest guest Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 My personal feeling is that trust is about power. Because I trust I am easier to persuade. I am a prime " victim " in this sense...and I must accept the risk of be betrayed. And this is what I mean by unconditional love....for there is no division of power in love...and by loving without condition I can trust in myself as well as another. I take that step into " a voluntary transfer of resources " and hence risk being betrayed. If I approach such with mind vs heart then in the case of my teacher Chrism, I believe in his honesty, competence and benevolence and of him I am fully trusting. Wikipedia says: " Trust does not need to involve belief in the good character, vices, or morals of the other party. Persons engaged in a criminal activity usually trust each other to some extent. Also, trust does not need to include an action that you and the other party are mutually engaged in. Trust is a statement about what is otherwise unknown -- for example, because it is far away, cannot be verified, or is in the future. The person in whom trust is placed (trustee) is trustworthy, then the trustor will be better off than if he or she had not trusted. Conversely, if the trustee is not trustworthy, then the trustor will be worse off than if he or she had not trusted (this is reminiscent of the classical prisoner's dilemma). Trust is an action that involves a voluntary transfer of resources (physical, financial, intellectual, or temporal) from the truster to the trustee with no real commitment from the trustee (again prisoner's dilemma). A time lag exists between the extension of trust and the result of the trusting behavior. *I'm sure I'll need to think back upon and fine tune what I just wrote, but spoken from heart this is my raw feeling. I'm certainly appreciative of others philosophy and thoughts on such. Love: Danielle , " Julia " <jajahern wrote: > > Me again... I seem to be making up for my few weeks of absence with far too many posts..lol! > Sandra your beautiful dog and your difficult experience which you have so generously shared seems to offer learning for us all about trust > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Dear Danielle and Julia and all who are thinking about trust, My thoughts are beginning to coalesce. It feels like I have been drowning in the depths of a turbulent sea, and now I am rising above the surface. I can see beyond the turmoil. Trust and fear are both about the unknown and future expectations. Trust and fear are both about conditions. There is a place above trust and fear, and it is the platform of Knowing and Seeing. It is the place of unconditional Love. Love, Sandra , " iamwaitingmoon " <iamwaitingmoon wrote: > > My personal feeling is that trust is about power. Because I trust I am easier to persuade. I am a prime " victim " in this sense...and I must accept the risk of be betrayed. And this is what I mean by unconditional love....for there is no division of power in love...and by loving without condition I can trust in myself as well as another. I take that step into " a voluntary transfer of resources " and hence risk being betrayed. If I approach such with mind vs heart then in the case of my teacher Chrism, I believe in his honesty, competence and benevolence and of him I am fully trusting. > > Wikipedia says: > " Trust does not need to involve belief in the good character, vices, or morals of the other party. Persons engaged in a criminal activity usually trust each other to some extent. Also, trust does not need to include an action that you and the other party are mutually engaged in. Trust is a statement about what is otherwise unknown -- for example, because it is far away, cannot be verified, or is in the future. > > The person in whom trust is placed (trustee) is trustworthy, then the trustor will be better off than if he or she had not trusted. Conversely, if the trustee is not trustworthy, then the trustor will be worse off than if he or she had not trusted (this is reminiscent of the classical prisoner's dilemma). > > Trust is an action that involves a voluntary transfer of resources (physical, financial, intellectual, or temporal) from the truster to the trustee with no real commitment from the trustee (again prisoner's dilemma). > > A time lag exists between the extension of trust and the result of the trusting behavior. > > *I'm sure I'll need to think back upon and fine tune what I just wrote, but spoken from heart this is my raw feeling. I'm certainly appreciative of others philosophy and thoughts on such. > > Love: > > Danielle > > > , " Julia " <jajahern@> wrote: > > > > Me again... I seem to be making up for my few weeks of absence with far too many posts..lol! > > Sandra your beautiful dog and your difficult experience which you have so generously shared seems to offer learning for us all about trust > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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