A Mind That Seeks Security Does Not Feel Secure, It's A Trap

**Note: Truth does not always sound pleasant. If the mind is not really peaceful now, it might not be a perfect moment to listen to this podcast, one has to be aware of the emotions or reactions that can block one from listening attentively and with humility.

This talk is a meditation practice. What one needs to do is listen attentively, without getting stuck in words, examine the mind in silence, not agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already a meditation practice.

Transcript

The mind needs security to function properly.

So this sense of security is very important,

Very essential for healthy mind to thrive,

To function,

To handle all kinds of daily challenges.

But what is security?

Without understanding what is security?

The mind is trapped in all kinds of ways of seeking security,

Wanting to be secure,

To be safe.

In that trapping,

The mind feels more and more insecure,

Becoming more and more violent.

So in this session,

Let's inquire together to look at ourselves slowly and carefully,

To really understand what is security?

To understand how this modern way of life is destroying this security.

Physically,

Human beings are in great need of shelter,

Food,

And clothing.

Food makes life continue.

The shelter keeps the body safe and keeps warm together with clothing.

All those physical needs are necessary to make the mind feel secure physically.

Or else the mind is trapped in survival mood,

Seeking food,

Seeking shelter,

Seeking this absolutely necessary security.

Besides this physical need,

This psychological world is really complicated.

Human beings are always craving for more than they really need from the daily life.

They want better things,

Better house,

Better clothes,

Better food,

Better job,

Better car.

So the mind is looking for something more,

Always.

And look around this world,

The society is merely based on this psychological world.

The shelter has been part of the market to sell and buy houses.

Food,

Clothes,

Are also in the same way.

We don't condemn it.

But when the life is being taken over by the market,

The mind is trapped in its marketing thinking or commercial thinking.

In that trap,

The mind is confused.

Everything goes around the money.

With money,

I can have a larger house,

Better car,

More food.

I can enjoy food in a very good restaurant.

So all my security is based on this way of life,

This way of thinking.

Money money the life.

So the money can be used to buy anything,

To satisfy my desire,

My wanting.

And I want to have money to be secure.

So this psychological process of seeking security starts.

The mind wants to make as much money as possible to be secure.

But the mind doesn't really feel secure.

After a moment of fulfillment and achievement,

The mind feels insecure again,

Starting a similar loop of seeking security by making more money,

Craving for more things.

So the loop stays.