Solitude What is It? (216)

Introduction

Solitude is something that we all pass through at some point in our life. It could be when we don’t have any one around us or it could be when we are surrounded by family and friends.

The first type of solitude is the easy one to deal with and is the one that is more easily fixed. The other type is the one that does not make much sense because it is something very internal and deeply seated within us.

We usually feel that inner loneliness at certain periods of our life, especially when we are going through some difficulty or when we are undergoing a change or going through some sort of a transition.

Internal Solitude

When we feel alone it is because we are separated from something, whether it be real physical people or whether it be something within us. So when we miss someone or something it is because there is some distance between that which we miss and ourselves.

When we are going through a difficulty we see others so happy and we are not and so we feel different and lower than them and so this feeling creates a distance and what we want is someone to come and help us and support us through the difficulty, that is great and that is such a help and support but what we really want to accompany us is our own wisdom, force and strength and comfort.

We feel basically alone when we are lacking in our relationship with ourselves or in Gnostic language when we are lacking in the relationship with our interior Being. We feel far and not quite good enough to be close and nourished by our interior Being.

When we are alone we feel some sort of rejection as well, we are not so close and intimate with the Being or with someone else. If we were completely filled and fused with our interior Being we would not feel any type of solitude at all.

Spiritual Related

Sometimes when we feel ourselves in creation, that is thrown into creation we feel abandoned by our Being left only to suffer death, sickness and old age.

Conclusion

To combat loneliness, this type of inner solitude we have to open up ourselves to be closer to our real Being. Make an effort of your heart to warm up to your Being and pray with infinite trust and express all that you have inside with honesty. Most important of all is to trust in your Being, trust that He/She/It will provide you with what you need.

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