Generosity and Security

[lunarious]

Generosity is blocked by Security. ... Studying is learning Security.

Security against thieves or Lions, or economical security enables to to talk through this forum.

What are your thoughts?

 

[mw2530]

Generosity is blocked by Security. ... Studying is learning Security.

Security against thieves or Lions, or economical security enables to to talk through this forum.

What are your thoughts?

I think security gives you more freedom to be yourself and showcase your talents. Lack of security does not prevent generosity, but it is more difficult if someone does not have physical, financial, and emotional security.

 

[Au Naturel]

Security is a feeling more than a fact. If you lack the feeling, you will feel anxious regardless of how secure you really are. If you have the feeling but the reality doesn't match, you may be in for a bumpy ride.

People who feel secure take risks, and most of the time, a carefully calculated risk benefits the risk taker. However, risk tolerance seems to be partly heritable, as is the willingness to do the calculation. (Some people have an impulse control issue.) You can also have risk taking beaten out of you.

People who feel secure about their affairs are usually more generous because they know they can afford the cost.

 

[stevens]

Security is a feeling more than a fact. If you lack the feeling, you will feel anxious regardless of how secure you really are. If you have the feeling but the reality doesn't match, you may be in for a bumpy ride.

People who feel secure take risks, and most of the time, a carefully calculated risk benefits the risk taker. However, risk tolerance seems to be partly heritable, as is the willingness to do the calculation. (Some people have an impulse control issue.) You can also have risk taking beaten out of you.

People who feel secure about their affairs are usually more generous because they know they can afford the cost.

I need to feel "secure about my affairs" but what this means to me is that I have control over as many outcomes as possible. I have taken plenty of risks in my life and continue to do so, but I avoid as much as I can any risk whose success pivots on the requirement of social approval from others.

I find security in my areas of competence. Competence allows me to avoid being taken advantage of by people who see the Aspie and move in for the narcissistic "fix."

 

[jsilver256]

I see this was posted in the religion thread.

Generosity is a command - this is well known. Quite popular because everyone agrees that rich people (richer than themselves, usually) should give away money.

Economic security is a teaching that is not as popular as generosity. The Apostles were homeless, starved, lived in poverty, did not know retirement, etc. Luke 12:13-21. Matthew 6:25-34. The takeaway shouldn't be that it's bad to have a pension, but rather that chasing economic security can become a false idol next to faith in God.

 

[lunarious]

Security is a feeling more than a fact. If you lack the feeling, you will feel anxious regardless of how secure you really are. If you have the feeling but the reality doesn't match, you may be in for a bumpy ride.

People who feel secure take risks, and most of the time, a carefully calculated risk benefits the risk taker. However, risk tolerance seems to be partly heritable, as is the willingness to do the calculation. (Some people have an impulse control issue.) You can also have risk taking beaten out of you.

People who feel secure about their affairs are usually more generous because they know they can afford the cost.

Feelings are such things autists struggel with. I need to understand what Security is as a Thing before i can proceed..

Economic security is a teaching that is not as popular as generosity. The Apostles were homeless, starved, lived in poverty, did not know retirement, etc. Luke 12:13-21. Matthew 6:25-34. The takeaway shouldn't be that it's bad to have a pension, but rather that chasing economic security can become a false idol next to faith in God.

I feel Security is a social thing. Social as in society is antonym of hermit. Society is a Garden.

So i've vowed, to kind of, live aschetic as an Apostle. Apostles are representatives of Prophets. Right? So i think i'm Royal Guard. I wait for a happy ending where i'll join Socities Garden which I Gard. ... that of a generous God where i'll have what I wish as salary and payment.

Edit: Chapter 85

All Lords are generous, Christian or Muslim. What is a non-generous Lord?

 

[lunarious]

I need to feel "secure about my affairs" but what this means to me is that I have control over as many outcomes as possible. I have taken plenty of risks in my life and continue to do so, but I avoid as much as I can any risk whose success pivots on the requirement of social approval from others.

I find security in my areas of competence. Competence allows me to avoid being taken advantage of by people who see the Aspie and move in for the narcissistic "fix."

That's your generosity.

If you do not give, you will not take. You will keep what you have made yourself. But you will not leagally enjoy our Garden.

Allah and Prophet Mohammed and Imams says repeatedly: Spend from what we have given to you... The most generous of you is he whom pays zakaat (alms) ... Trade is Halal

 

[Au Naturel]

I need to understand what Security is as a Thing before i can proceed.

We all define our individual security. It isn't something objective. You create your own definition. It isn't absolute. Always on a sliding scale somewhere between 0 and 100

For me, security comes from having some control over how something plays out. More perceived control, more perceived security.

What makes me insecure is a situation over which I have no control and yet the consequences for me could be dire. (Imagine a traffic accident, and then your insurance carrier refuses to cover it.) This drives anxiety. Once anxiety hits a threshold value, catastrophization kicks in, and the anxiety spirals out of control. I discovered that when I'm able to do something to control the situation, the anxiety fades.

It never completely disappears because it sits in your amygdala, waiting for another uncontrolled incident to latch onto.

Thirty years ago nothing made me anxious. Today, any time lost is a much bigger percentage of my life. There is no way to replace lost money. I don't have the energy for concerted action. I don't heal well and something I could shake off as a youngster can leave me a permanent invalid. Getting older makes one more insecure.