Who can you trust?

While still in the world all that we cannot trust recedes including the world of mind – the paraphernalia of mind – it all seems ever less real to me now. In humanity only the soul is trustworthy. Don’t trust the arm of flesh. Trust God. Producer: Phil Shankland, InSight New Media Ltd https://insightnewmedia.co.uk Titles: Wendy Mayes Design https://www.wendymayes.co.uk Copyright: InSight New Media Ltd 2025 Topics: Everyday Trust vs Institutional Distrust A light, human opening about shops and brands opens into a deeper reflection on how trust has leaked from modern institutions. The Collapse of Public Trust Banks, governments, churches, professions, and authority figures are examined as once-trusted structures now viewed with suspicion. Inner Trust vs Outer Appearances A decisive shift from trusting external systems — including one’s own thoughts — to trusting an inner, silent presence. God as Stillness, Wholeness, and the ‘All in All’ Trust redefined not as belief, but as lived intimacy with an ever-present, formless reality beyond mind and ego. Restoration, Wholeness, and Hope for Humanity Drawing on scripture, mysticism, Orthodoxy, and poetry, the conversation frames salvation as restoration — the return from separation to completeness. Keywords: Trust Suspicion Stillness Wholeness Restoration Chapters: 00:06 — Aldi, the Co-op, and the Question of Trust Everyday loyalty, brands, and how trust quietly shapes ordinary life. 02:49 — When Institutions Lose Our Trust Banks, government, church, monarchy, and the erosion of collective confidence. 05:35 — “In God We Trust”: What Does That Really Mean? Trust reframed as stillness, presence, and what remains when the world recedes. 07:28 — The Inner Soul vs the Outer Human World Why only the inner ground is trustworthy — and why society feels unstable. 15:43 — The All in All: Restoration, Wholeness, and Coming Home From ego and separation to completeness, redemption, and hope for humanity.