Like the coldness of the atmosphere, which freezes, the water, the compelling agony of the Bhakta’s heart casts the formless into the shape and the attribute that are yearned for. Yad Bhavam tad Bhavati, ‘as felt, so fashioned’. He bows to your will, He carries your burden, provided you trust Him with it, therefore, act and feel and speak in such a way as to get ‘ihasoukhyam, parasoukhyam and kaivalyasoukhyam’. ‘joy here, joy hereafter, joy everlasting’, all three. (SSS Vol.2, p. 11)

Remember that trust is built firmly on the foundation of trust; if you do not trust yourselves and your own reality, you can never trust another. Ultimately, trust depends on faith in God, as expressed in your own actions and in the actions of others. Virtue can grow only in an atmosphere of theism; you must have faith in the omnipresence of God, that God is the witness, the guide and the guardian. Self-confidence, confidence that you are the pure unlimited self, is the great reinforcement that religion can endow you with. When you establish this in your hearts, you can be entrusted with any type of responsibility and any type of work. (SSS Vol.9,  p. 92/93)

Treat your family as a sacred trust

Now, man encased in rockets takes pride in zooming round the world at terrible speeds and even racing to the moon; but he has not succeeded in penetrating even an inch into the innermost recess of his own mind and controlling the vagaries rampant there. To save yourself from being carded away by the current of change, you must swim up the river, which is a hard enterprising process, indeed.

Hold all your property and wealth in trust for the Lord who gave them to you; even your family, you must treat as a sacred trust, as persons given to you by the Lord to Love, foster and guide. Thus, you must elevate your attachment into worship and make it an instrument for spiritual progress. (SSS Vol.4, p.155)

You must have not only freedom from fear, but freedom from hope and expectation. Trust in My wisdom. I do not make mistakes. Love my uncertainty! For it is not a mistake. It is my intent and will. Remember, nothing happens without my will, Be still. Do not want to understand; Do not ask to understand. Relinquish understanding. Relinquish the imperative that demands understanding. Meditate upon the feeling between waking and sleeping, knowing how immediate, how close, how deeply compatible it is. There is the feeling of really giving up, the body is limp. Awareness too is limp. Let the feeling of God overcome you like sleep. (SSSm Part 3, p. 89)

Love everybody, but do not trust anybody. You have to repose your trust only in God. What is the reason? Why should you not trust man? Man is not permanent. The Gita says the world is transitory, fleeting and impermanent.

It is made of flesh and bones and is full of dirt.

It is afflicted with many diseases.

It cannot cross the ocean of Samsara.

Oh mind! Realize that this body is ephemera,

and take refuge at the lotus feet of the Lord

(Telugu Poem)

This body is valued and considered to be Shivam (auspicious) as long as there is life in it. It becomes shavam (dead body) and absolutely useless the moment life principle forsakes it. So, understand the transient nature of the body and conduct yourself accordingly. Share your love with everybody. Your entire life is based on love. (SSS Vol.32 Part I, p. 60)