>>14401>What can you do to feel more secure in life?Well, you could try to establish a job to get money, and stay healthy through diet and exercise and do and buy things you enjoy. That way you could feel secure, yes?
But then again, you CAN lose your home, your job and income, your health, anything. You can lose everything you hold dear to you; family, friends, material possession… So that cannot be the answer; if nothing is permanent and everything is in flux, can there thus be stable and permanent security? No, it is impossible! Why cling to something like that? It's like chasing the sun; you can sit for a while but then you have to run because otherwise the sun gets away! So that cannot be the answer!
So I believe security cannot be achieved by something outside of you for the reasons mentioned above; nothing is permanent, everything is in flux. Clinging to them doesn't bring you security, it makes you obsessed, and disappointed when you lose them.
So the answer is not to be found outside of you. Maybe it is found inside you? Maybe when you are content with little or nothing, unattached, are you then secure? Because if there is not much to lose and there is no attachment to the things that can be lost - (by 'no-attachment' I don't mean indifference or coldness, mind that) - maybe then there is security?
Or maybe you can own a lot and feel secure even if there's a chance you can lose it all? That might prove to be difficult if you get used to owning so much. You need to practice detachment to feel secure, but how do you practice it? That needs to be investigated more. We also need to understand what is attachment and detachment. Maybe some attachment is good for you and some detachment bad for you, and vice versa?
In the end, I don't really know. I don't honestly know. I have ideas but I just don't know. And I don't know how to be detached or secure. I don't really know.