On Faith and Securities

I've been busy the past week preparing for a conference that I'd soon be attending at Pune. So while I kept writing in my mind, I just couldn't quite put it down on paper.
Nevertheless, I wanted to share with you these beautiful words that Sri Sri has spoken. This passage was sent over by a friend of mine. I loved the meaning...

"False securities do not allow your faith to grow. When you drop your securities, your faith will grow. When you buffer your life with securities, you keep faith away. It is faith that brings perfection in you. Faith is the greatest security.

If you have material securities and do not have faith, you will still reel in fear. You must let go of all possessions in the mind. False security is keeping things where they do not belong. Having a job, a house, friends these are all illusions of security. Keep the house where it belongs, not in the mind. Keep the money in the bank or in the pocket, not in the mind. Keep friends and family where they belong, not in the mind. The Divine is the only security. Faith is realizing that you always get what you need. Faith is giving the Divine a chance to act. Your body belongs to the world. Your spirit belongs to the Divine."

Time and again we are jolted awake by an Unknown Force. We think we have everything going for us when something out of the blue strikes us, stripping away our false sense of security. And then Faith keeps us going, like the dying embers of a fire need but one strip of wood, to strike a warm glow once again...