It s not just about trusting our ego, our smaller self. It involves the faith that wherever we step, the path will appear beneath our feet. Each has ripple effects, and many such willed moments mold and create an enlightened life. There are masters who claim they've been permanently enlightened. I have a different opinion.
Life is a series of moments.
We have enlightened moments and unenlightened moments, and maybe those who call themselves enlightened have more enlightened moments, but I've seen some of them in some distinctly unenlightened behaviors and moments. To me the saints were not saints because they felt loving all the time. So the highest human form of awakening love, it seems to me, is not about feeling loving all the time or trying to generate loving feelings. That's not realistic. Rather than waiting for a feeling of love, the highest form of love is to act with loving kindness no matter what we happen to be feeling.