Coping with uncertainty
I will share a few words on uncertainty, and coping with uncertainty.
It is a deeply engraved quality of matter to be certain. Please understand: matter is always certain. So the material part of you always wants everything to be certain.
That is why whenever the spirit, the spontaneity, takes over; whenever life brings some change in front of you, some sudden unexpected movement, you call that uncertainty.
Matter by its very nature is certain. Consciousness by its nature is spontaneity. When you are not able to handle spontaneity, the name you give for that spontaneous movement is uncertainty. The very word uncertainty carries a kind of a condemnation in it, disrespect in it.
First, you need to stop creating this constant illusion of certainty!
Whenever you face uncertain moments, understand life is in front of you. Consciousness is in front of you. Handle it, play with it, live it. There are some moments where you can change the matter and get rid of uncertainty but there are some moments where you need to live with it.
Our big confusion is about how to make this decision - when should we handle uncertainty, and when should we change it? I tell you, be prepared to handle uncertainty 24 hours. That courage will take care even during those moments when you need to change the uncertainty.
So the basic thing which you need is, decide to handle uncertainty consciously, go through it. That courage is enough. Whenever uncertainty comes, if you can change by outer change, you will start changing it. Whenever the consciousness forces itself on matter with uncertainty, matter claims that as chaos. Do not let your matter claim chaos in your life. Chaos is nothing but your declaration. Don't declare emergency, don't declare chaos. Whenever whatever you call as chaos or emergency happens, declare spontaneity! Put a board on your table saying, Now I am living spontaneously.
Shiva in his Shiva Sutras declares very beautifully, living in utter insecurity is enlightenment. When you live in utter insecurity, your intuition, intelligence, everything is awakened by force; just by demand it is awakened.
Uncertainty is Life - live it!