Have you ever tried not saying anything at all for a few hours? If you have, what has your experience been like?
The reason I ask is because I’m looking to see if people may be experiencing the same thing that I have. I spend a lot of time in the bookstore reading or doing some internet marketing training, all in silence, not saying much to anyone else there. I have found solace in my aloneness even though I have people around me who are in conversation.
In those moments, I’m not thinking of anything, so mind my is just synthesizing what I’m seeing. At that moment, there is no ego, no personality, except peace. That peace is love. I find comfort in that space where I just am.
I believe that to be our true nature. But we’re so afraid of it because we’ve always been around people starting from birth. We’ve not been able to stand alone or have not made it a bother to stand alone. Most are unable to be alone and mistake being alone as loneliness. Why are most afraid to be by themselves? There is a big difference between being lonely and being alone. Unless you have spent time with yourself and gotten to know yourself, you’ll think they are one and the same. They are not!
I have learned so much in my aloneness. The peace I feel is total and the knowing that I talked about in my previous post is absolute. One can most feel what I’m talking about by experiencing it through meditation. By just sitting and doing nothing, zazen, you can experience the peacefulness, this aloneness, that is the real you.
Namaste!
