“The ecstasy of solitude comes when you are not frightened to be alone.”
– J. Krishnamurti
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The Ecstasy of Solitude
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So true. I have always wondered why others feel alone or sad in solitude. I find it rejuvenating and a chance to clearly use every one of my senses to see, hear, etc.
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I feel the same way. I enjoy the feeling.
I wonder if others feel alone in solitude because they are far away from themselves, not willing to look and listen inside. I have found that many people find the thought of being alone with themselves for extended periods quite frightening.
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Well said. Perhaps they just don’t have any sense of self. Maybe they’re not far away, just without roots or a foundation of belonging.
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Indeed. In modern society, with its multitude of distractions, people put a lot of effort into avoiding their deeper roots.
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Even as a youngster I delighted in being alone with my universe. Still do. When asked a long time ago – and again not so long past – don’t you ever get bored? I replied then and again: “How could I? I have me (and my universe) with which to play! As much as I enjoy – crave sometimes, often a lot – people, I do sometimes prefer solace sitting beside an empty space filled with the roaring silence to match the tumult I often struggle to quell going on inside. And at other times I break out my gongs, cymbals and drums and begin the mayhem and madness ‘twixt those to so-abused ears who decided to call me home (originally dropped the “e” off of hom and like its entendre.
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I now have a wonderful image of you madly cacophonising in a wood cabin somewhere (I don’t know why I imagine a wood cabin) for no other reason than ‘mayhem’.
The difference between the two extremes – silent solace and noisy mayhem – mirrors your interest in storms, I notice. The calm, the storm, the eye, the storm, the result.
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Solitude…..never feared it…..people wondered how I could party alone….why not I would tell them, I am the happiest friend I have……kat
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