Loneliness

 

Loneliness

In today’s world we find that children go abroad to study and then settle down overseas. They fly away and live their own lives. Many of us who stay behind, with the passage of time we find that one by one our companions, friends have moved away or moved on. This is when a feeling of loneliness begins to set in and we start living in our minds. We keep recalling past events and incidents and reliving them as sometimes there is no one to talk to or talk with! As we grow older this feeling of loneliness starts growing on us – the question is do we convert this feeling into an opportunity for inner development or we start living in the past and create a sense of depression in our minds?!

It is a very real scenario as most of the children from middle class India are going overseas for studies as the competition in India is humongous and most of the students find it tough to cope up. With the massive population if you have to compete then you have to be better than the best to get yourself admission after the Board level exams, then higher education and then a job – you are competing against too many people for too few jobs! Even though India is slowly emerging out of the shadows – it may be another ten years before reverse migration begins – today the scene is youngsters heading abroad for seeking a ‘better’ life for themselves.

With the children away the only way one can avoid the sense of loneliness – this sense may develop even though you are surrounded by people – is through meditation and yoga. Keep yourself physically and mentally fit. Both yoga and meditation help you connect with your inner self and make you comfortable with your own self. Once you start meditating you realise that the inner silence, the inner peace is what one craves for all one’s life – to find that inner peace one runs around all over the place trying to earn more and more money and buy gadgets etc with that money – as if money has bought peace!! We look for happiness outside whereas true happiness – nay joy and bliss lie right within you.

To find that peace and joy, to revel in that inner silence one needs to meditate under the guidance of a realised Master. Remember this inner journey has to be done alone – no one comes with you, so the ‘loneliness’ becomes a blessing as you now prefer remaining alone and even when you are in the presence of people, you are alone because your chitta is centred deep within you and you learn to participate in life as a witness – you start living a life of detached attachment – splendid in your loneliness!

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