Trust 2

Is the divine stronger than man? What will happen if we trust in the divine and men tries to destroy it?
The answer is that the divine is stronger on the level of mind. On the material level, man can be strong as destructive force.
Eventually, the futility of destruction will be obvious. So eventually the divine principles will win.
To keep to the divine while being attacked by men is not easy. It is a nuisance, and totally unnecessary. But common.
The strength of the divine is in the perfection of the ideas. It works. It is possible. The cost is low. We want the good ideas.
This is the positive aspect.
But there is a negative aspect as well. Mistakes are mistakes and have negative effects. It is not a matter of sin or punishment. It is bad management. A waste of resources. Inefficient methods.
On mind level, everything we do is processed over and over again. If we put in bad ideas here, they will infest in mind and give bad experiences later.
The suffering we experience is the result of earlier mistakes, and of negative actions done now by ourselves or others.
So the divine principles are stronger than man. negative actions will give negative effects. It is a natural process in mind.

Four rivers 2

In Tibetan the word "dad-pa" means both to like and to trust. In order to clarify the meaning in a certain context, an analysis is necessary. This analysis is useful even for those who use languages which have different words for liking and trusting.
The normal translation of "dad-pa" is conviction or faith - that which governs our actions. Our conviction is very important, and the foundation of our conviction is thus important. The foundation can be what we like or what we trust or both.
So "dad-pa" is not blind faith. "dad-pa" has a foundation. It is based on something.
If our faith is based on what we like, the basis is not necessarily strong and stable.
Trust is a phenomenon reaching down into the dark regions of mind. Trust can be blind - having no real foundation. Trust can also be founded on a deep analysis and many diverse experiences.
In Buddhist psychology, the ideal is to have a trust that has this very deep and stable foundation. Then it can be used for good purposes, which is guidance in difficult situations.
Difficult situations are described as crossing the four rivers of sensuality, existence, opinion and unknowing.

Fragility

What defeated the Soviet empire? Nothing. It collapsed by itself. It was fragile.

In a democratic state the collapse is constant. Every decisions is questioned and often severely critizised. There are frequent changes of power. The whole construct is fragile, but all know that, so new - fragile - structures are erected immediately.

The fragility is a safety measure. If there is no fragility but for example military or economical control, the effects for humans can be very difficult.

The stability - whenever there is stability - is on mind level. Even mountains have "minds" that give stability. This mountain "mind" is technically seen the electromagnetic field that supports the atoms and the molecules in the mountain.

In the human world, the stability is given by human minds. The stabilising factors are agreement and trust.

In the inner world of the mind the difference between compassion and self centeredness is very important. Compassion leads to the good, and self centeredness to the problems. But it seems to be the other way around.