Wisdom of Insecurity
The whole of the ancient, master teachings on suffering come down to this: Suffering is the notion “This isn’t it,” and it’s variants such as, “I can’t bear this, it shouldn’t be happening,” and “I have to know how this will turn out” and “What if it gets worse?”
Freedom, waking up and fearlessness come down to the simplicity of, “Wait a minute, wha
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It must be obvious, from the start, that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity. But the contradiction lies a little deeper than the mere conflict between the desire for security and the fact of change. If I want to be secure, that is, protected from the flux of life,
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We need all functions until we don't, even the ugly and unpleasant ones. How do we know? We have them. Let us be clear from the outset that What Is rules. Anything opposing What Is can only be of the imagination—pure fantasy. These debilitating flights of fancy, which bear only suffering, are what we might call what isn't. Frankly, this is where th
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