July 13, 2012

The search for security is an illusion

by Deepak Chopra

The search for security and certainty is actually an attachment to the known. And what is the known? The known is our past. The known is nothing other than the prison of past conditioning. There's no evolution in that...

Uncertainty, on the other hand, is the fertile ground of pure and creativity and freedom. Uncertainty means stepping into the unknown in every moment of our existence. The unknown is the field of all possibilities, ever fresh, ever new, always open to the creation of new manifestations.

In your willingness to step into the unknown, you will have wisdom of uncertainty factored in. This means that in every moment of your life, you will have excitement, adventure, mystery...

When you experience uncertainty, you are on the right path--so don't give up. You don't need to have a complete and rigid idea of what you'll be doing next week or next year, because if you have a very clear idea of what's going to happen and you get rigidly attached to it, then you shut out the whole range of possibilities.