Most people spend their lives skittering across the surface of existence. They are terrified of the stillness, terrified of the silence, and most of all, terrified of being alone. But a person who has not sunk into eternal solitude is a person who remains in the shallow water. Their life lacks depth; their existence isn’t truly alive.
If you are always running toward a crowd or a distraction, you are merely staying on the surface layer of your own soul.
The Burden of Spiritual Loneliness
Everyone who has not yet found spiritual liberation carries a heavy burden: the pain of existential loneliness. This isn’t the loneliness of having no friends; it is a fundamental struggle within the soul.
To escape this ache, we create goals. We chase success, relationships, or possessions, hoping they will “cool down” the fire of our inner isolation. But look closely at the pattern:
- You reach a goal.
- The excitement is quickly extinguished.
- The mind becomes tired and painful once more.
Most people are trapped in the dark because they cannot see this mechanism. They believe the problem is that they haven’t reached the right goal, when the truth is that the “chase” itself is the distraction from their own depth.
The Addiction to the Thinking Mind
Because of an addiction to the thinking process, we oscillate constantly between a dead past and an unborn future. In this frantic movement, we lose the only thing that is real: the true happiness and enlightenment that exists in the present moment.
The mind uses the past and future as a shield to protect you from the “now,” because “now” is where your solitude resides.
The Path to Total Disappearance
True liberation is not an achievement; it is an acceptance. To reach the ultimate state of peace is to fully accept this moment and embrace the eternal solitude within you.
It is not about “finding yourself”; it is about letting your identity—the “I” that is so afraid of being alone—pass away into that silence. When you stop resisting the solitude, you don’t become lonely; you become Infinite. You disappear into the silence, and in that disappearance, the struggle of the ego ends.
Living the Truth
When you stop running from yourself, you are freed from the cycle of craving and disappointment. You experience the highest peace while alive.
Accept the stillness. Sink into your depth. Let the “dreamer” vanish into the eternal present.