Insecurity
Would it surprise you to know that most people feel insecure in one way or another? Many of us don’t know it, some of us do. You probably recognise these things in people around you. But, you may also be aware of these things in yourself. Are you insecure? What should we do about it? Some things seem so impossible that we just learn to live with them. But we’re afraid to look, afraid to face up to what lies behind it. We may know of the superficially presenting problem; but what is the root problem, what’s at the bottom of it all? Maybe we don’t know; maybe we do, but it’s too frightening to confront it.
Often, people think that certainty is freedom. If you feel the freedom when you are uncertain, that is “real” freedom. Often, your certainty or uncertainty is based on the relative world. Being certain about the uncertainty of the relative makes you certain about the existence of the absolute and brings a certain faith in the absolute. Can one still be enthusiastic when one is uncertain? Yes, in knowledge you can be enthusiastic in uncertainty.
Would it surprise you to know that most people feel insecure in one way or another? Many of us don’t know it, some of us do. You probably recognise these things in people around you. But, you may also be aware of these things in yourself. Are you insecure? What should we do about it? Some things seem so impossible that we just learn to live with them. But we’re afraid to look, afraid to face up to what lies behind it. We may know of the superficially presenting problem; but what is the root problem, what’s at the bottom of it all? Maybe we don’t know; maybe we do, but it’s too frightening to confront it.
Often, people think that certainty is freedom. If you feel the freedom when you are uncertain, that is “real” freedom. Often, your certainty or uncertainty is based on the relative world. Being certain about the uncertainty of the relative makes you certain about the existence of the absolute and brings a certain faith in the absolute. Can one still be enthusiastic when one is uncertain? Yes, in knowledge you can be enthusiastic in uncertainty.