You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with. -Wayne W. Dyer
Comrade V.S. Achuthandan was addressing the mass at Shankhumukham beach, Trivandrum ,when I was composing this post. It was a historic moment indeed.But I`m interested in a different issue today.The issue is nothing but loneliness. Most probably, this could be the most serious issue the mankind has ever gone through.Can you remain unfazed in the most difficult times? Can you face the whole turbulence without looking for a hand?
There are thousand and one stories written about man`s survival and the presence of mind in the most difficult situation.For me, Papplilon, written by Henry Charrier was an inspiration. Marx was the political force. Osho was the spiritual clarity and above all my experience was and is the tool to face it cool.
What exactly is loneliness?
Is it a kind of fear to face oneself? Or is it a kind a social seclusion? or both?
Well, We all like to stay alone, depending upon the mood. Kushwant Singh, in his Autobiography-"Of Truth and a Little Malice", has written how he enjoyed walking alone for long. Sometimes about upto 75 miles.Sometimes the whole day! So it is highly acceptable to stay alone. Again, the time frame is the question.When some one stay alone for long, both the person and the society fear it. The person`s reason is nothing but ego.When someone is alone, there is no one to show off. There is no one to talk. The only communication possible is intra-personal. The society fears it, because loneliness re-energise a person and make him/her more powerful.The endurance gained out of loneliness is capable of toppling the whole system. It is revolutionary. Think of Moses, and Prophet Mohammed and their silence!
Well, the afore said para is all about philosophy. But you really thrown up to a deserted island in a fine morning sometimes. It often happens in relationships. As relationship is the most absurd thing the mankind has ever seen, when u get deserted, u fail to connect your philosphical clarity with the life`s fatuity.Thats why Lenin said-"Philosphy is grey,while life is green".But there is no point in leaving philosphy as it is the yatch to cross over.There is no point in leaving the life either. Beause it is the river.The crux lies in mastering the symbiosis!
