Significance Of Being Alone!

As per the wise men, there are primarily two types of events that take place in life viz; Blessings and Blessings in Disguise. Today I am focusing on one such blessing in disguise i.e. Being Alone.

 

All of us are human beings and yet we spend most of our time in Human Doings with hardly any time just to be one. This takes away the golden possibilities that are linked with the period of Being and these includes possibility of reviewing ones past, observing present, planning for future and most importantly self awareness.

One of the main reasons for missing these opportunities is having our focus on things or beings that are Outside Us. We are found busy listening, speaking  and thinking about others, and doing things for someone else. We tend to do so because as a social animal we have created our self image in terms of relationships with others. Thank God for the time when we are alone that we are able to take charge of our lives back in our hands with much self-awareness and self-understanding. One relationship which gets prime attention during lonely time is our friendship with our self. It is vital for our life to be meaningful and being worthwhile.

Surprisingly, many people make a mistake of misinterpreting people alone as available/vulnerable however in reality it is quite the reverse. A person who is found vulnerable in relation to someone can be quite a strong human being when alone. This is thanks to greater clarity of thought and deeper command on one’s own behavior. It is very tough to accept the fact that you come alone and you leave alone. The lonely people live this fact day in and day out making them much more mature and stronger than many others. It is no wonder or co-incidence that most of our Saints, Philosophers, Scientists, Leaders, Artists, Writers, Teachers etc. lived significant part of their life alone. Next time when we meet any person who is generally alone, let us take the privilege of learning from them.
 

On the contrarary, next time when we are alone ourselves let us honor the opportunity by focusing our energy on understanding our baser nature. When we accept and understand our baser nature we would realize the immense energy it carries. Channelizing our baser nature towards harmony and balance will act as a bridge between the higher self and the incarnated us so as to become more receptive to the flow of Abundance, Wisdom and Joy.

As Guided by Shri Krishna in The Bhagavad Gita, "Steady in the Self, being freed from all material contamination, the yogi achieves the higher perfectional stage of happiness in touch with Supreme Consciousness." This is the time when a person becomes steadier, develops system perspective and realizes his integration with the universe (Yoga). Therefore such a Yogi naturally attracts goodness in his life and enjoys it through his mastery in sustaining the same.

 

Thus Social life is a Blessing and Solo life is a Blessing in Disguise so let us make the best of both the blessings for our own self realization. It is a good idea to nurture right balance between social and time alone in daily schedule of our life.

As a social citizen let us treat the people living alone with due respect and space because whether together or alone we all are one.

 

In the journey of self realization.

Shilpa Savant Inamdar