“bondage of self”

Desires for what are impractical, impossible or not due to us at any given moment will quickly morph into fear and resentment; poison to anyone seeking fulfilment. That, in turn, will energize and set in motion the patterns of thought, speech and action that cause our suffering. This is bondage of self. “The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear – primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or fail to get something we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands.”