Has it yet become obvious that dealing with waves of
insecurity is natural to human life?
From one perspective, insecurity is a powerful evolutionary
force in a human. The discomfort
of insecurity, used with awareness, forces seeking clarity, stimulates the
search for freedom.
After enough attempts to change physical reality, only to
still be faced with more waves of unsettling not-knowing, a larger question
looms: Why are we so awkward with
not knowing, not being in control of all of the forces of life? It's an aspect of fear. Fear of what? If we’re going to bother to animate fear, to actively give
energy to fear and thoughts of fear, we might as well be crystal clear on what
it is we’re indeed afraid of.
Say you’re afraid there’s a boogey monster in the
closet. Do you know for certain
that one is there? One either is
or is not crouched in there. Why
not find out? If there really is
someone lurking in the closet, there are things that can be done. If it’s just the product of
imagination, opening the door and looking is a common sense action to move on
and reclaim the wasted energy of pointless worry.
So the question remains, are the fears that are claiming
dominion over your personal energy, your creative thinking power, and your
freedom rightly justified by circumstances, or simply made up?
Insecurity rightly studied reveals illusion in each and
every case. This doesn’t imply
that having insecurity makes one less of a person in any way, shape, or
form. It merely points at the
places where one isn’t yet consciously embodying the true Wholeness.
The Saints, Sages, and Siddhas have said, and continue to
say in so many ways, “You are Whole, you are complete, you are One with your
Creator. Wake up. See the Truth.”
Insecurity is gift to let you and I know very precisely
where this embodiment of Wholeness needs exacting and focused attention through
Living Practices over time to dissolve the attachment to some form of
illusion.
The Truth is Wholeness. Anything less is made up. Concerted effort at reconciling this and living it fully is
the work of the spiritual path.
All Rights Reserved, Scott Patrick Schwenk 2012
