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June 2008 
When was the last time you felt insecure?
Posted on Jan 31st, 2008
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Wabisabisatva
Wabisabisatva
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for January 31, 2008:
My thoughts are immediately of Krishnamurti who says that there is no such thing as "security." I suppose, then, that I have never been anything other than insecure. Last night I read in
John Daido Loori's book: The Zen of Creativity (which is great, btw), the following related to security: "In a society that assures us that more is better, it's not always easy to trust that we have enough, that we are enough. We have to cut through the illusion that abundance is security, and trust that we don't have to buffer ourselves against reality. If we have learned to trust abundance, we can learn to trust simplicity. We can practice simplicity." It seems to me that trust overrides the duality of being either secure or insecure, rather you simply remain with what is.
John Daido Loori's book: The Zen of Creativity (which is great, btw), the following related to security: "In a society that assures us that more is better, it's not always easy to trust that we have enough, that we are enough. We have to cut through the illusion that abundance is security, and trust that we don't have to buffer ourselves against reality. If we have learned to trust abundance, we can learn to trust simplicity. We can practice simplicity." It seems to me that trust overrides the duality of being either secure or insecure, rather you simply remain with what is.
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Beautiful. I'm delighted to have visited your blog garden, to be inspired by your perspective and very much enjoyed quote, as well as your perspective: “It seems to me that trust overrides the duality of being either secure or insecure, rather you simply remain with what is.”.
Funny how words and mental constructs like “security” entice us toward an experience that is “other than” our own experience. “Buddha” or “enlightenment” are similar: “when I become enlightened,” etc. Interesting.