Security. Everybody wants it. And it's such a source of suffering for most of us. People make terrible life decisions just to hang on to a semblance of security and end up living miserable and unfulfilling lives that they loath (working at a job that one does not like is rather common in the West).
We want security because we correctly perceive that we need it in order to be happy. We just look for it in the wrong place. Trying to find security in a world that is inherently unstable and unreliable is a recipe for a disaster. It cannot be build on such a flimsy foundation. It will always be vulnerable, unstable, and ultimately unsatisfactory (For starters, there are 3 defeaters of our security in the world: old age, sickness, and death... nevermind the day to day problems and difficulties that never stop.)
Where to look for security then?
There is only one place, and that is within. You need to find a place within yourself that is NOT unstable, changing, and a subject to disintegration. To get there, you have to dig deep. On the surface, you find only your mind, which is actually insane with its insatiability and contradictory wants. Dig deeper into your real being. Real security lies within, beyond the mind, in the depth of your being. Few find it, the place of unbroken Peace that changeth not.
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