The Illusion of Security
One of the Washington Post's headlines
yesterday read "U.S. Downturn Dragging World Into
Recession." How does that headline make you feel? Insecure
perhaps? Scared?
BTW, in keeping with Joseph's frequent advice about not reading
"bad" news, I didn’t read the article. But the headline
intrigued me.
Most of my life I was a "security freak." I wanted
absolute certainty in my life. In an effort to achieve that I
planned everything out in advance. I had a ridiculously detailed
written 1-year plan, a 5-year plan, a 10-year plan, and far beyond.
It gave me the illusion of security.
I was raised, as I'm sure many of you were, to believe security
could be found in -- well, you name it -- a college education, a
stable career, a happy marriage, a big bank account, a religious
faith, the government, and so on. We were taught to believe security
existed only outside ourselves.
Despite that background and that near-paranoid craving for
security, I usually did whatever I pleased with my life. I suppose I
was the "black sheep" of my family because often I didn't
do what "conventional wisdom" dictated.
In that sense, I’m still the black sheep. But I no longer have
the illusion of security.
Here’s Chief Joseph.
Chief Joseph
We would ask you to define what security means to you. It is
probably any number of different things, including some of those
John mentioned.
What is going to happen if you place your faith, your trust in
those things -- dollars, religion, government, other people, etc.?
Once you've reached some sense of security in whatever way you
can, you still don't, and never will, know with absolute certainty
what lies ahead of you. Isn't that what lies at the heart of your
yearning for security -- wanting to know what the future holds for
you?
You all live with uncertainty, no matter how much false security
you think you have. That perhaps is the real key here today. Can you
still live a joyful life in the midst of uncertainty?
There are no guarantees, friends. As long as you live in these
physical bodies, you will never know what the future holds.
Even we in these dimensions of spirit do not know your or our
future -- because we are all growing, changing, evolving into
greater and grander expressions of divinity, of God.
None of the illusions of security can give you real
security. Your real security lies within you. You are all powerful
beings, free to create whatever you wish.
Why not create a life of joy, even if you know not what the
future holds? Even in the midst of global recessions? Why not live
fully in each present moment, loving your life and everyone,
everything in it?
You can live joyously even in the midst of uncertainty. You
are your security. Finding joy in your life is the only
guarantee of security. It's all you need. Then you will find
security amidst the uncertainty because then you will know you, as
an extension of God, can create the life of your dreams.
You don't need to know what lies ahead. You only need to know you
are the creator.
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