*POSSESS/*POSSESSION/*POSSESSIVE
The innate tendency to hang on, to possess, is the biggest obstacle to union with God. The reason we are possessive is that we feel separated from God. Since the security that we should have as beings united with God is missing, we reach out to bolster up our fragile self-image with whatever posssessions or power symbols we can lay hold of.. In returning to God, we take the reverse path, which is to let go of all that we want to possess. Since nothing is more desirable or delightful than the feeling of God's presence, that too has to be a thought we are willing to let go of. It is only the clinging or addiction to things that reduces the free flow of God's grace and that hinders the enjoyment of His Presence. (Open Mind, p88)