The Search For Security is an Illusion

The search for security is an illusion. In ancient wisdom traditions, the solution to this whole dilemma lies in the wisdom of uncertainty. This means that the search for security is actually an attachment to the known. And what's the known? The known is our past. The known is nothing other than the prison of past conditioning. There's no evolution in that - absolutely none at all. And when there is no evolution, there is stagnation, disorder and decay.

Attachment to the past is based on fear and insecurity - and the need for security is based on not knowing the true God Self. The source of wealth, of abundance, or anything in the physical world is the Self; it is the consciousness that knows how to fulfill every need. Everything else is a symbol: cars, houses, bank notes, clothes, airplanes. Symbols are like settling for the map instead of the territory. It creates anxiety; it ends up making you feel hollow and empty inside, because you exchange your Self for the symbols of your God Self. It's the biggest lie of our modern, consumer based society, "When I get what I want (the symbol) then I'll be happy."

Deepak Chopra