LONELINESS

What am I doing here? Do I mean on this Earth? In this body? Or why am I sitting here at this keyboard? All of that, perhaps. I don't know what to write about. I was kicking around the idea of writing about loneliness, but that is such a huge subject. Where do I start? At some level we are all lonely and searching for connection.

Our whole existence can be described in our attempts to overcome our separation from Oneness.

But most people when they talk about loneliness start at the other end. We live in a society, that with all its pretenses of the opposite, promotes isolation. We do not promote individuals connecting with each other. We do not take care of each other in that way. Has it always been true that society does not respond to those in need of companionship after a death or divorce? I don't know. I see it. Some folks belong to churches or other groups that respond to this need, but many don't.

There are so many levels and types of loneliness. There is the person who goes from a nourishing relationship to emptiness due to divorce or death. There are folks with chronic problems who feel no one can really appreciate what they are experiencing. There are folks that were taught from infancy that no one really cares and they don't try to reach out to anyone.

I suspect that folks were more sensitive to others in this area in communities of the past. It seems as we have come more and more into this modern age we have increased our personal isolation. Walk into any restaurant and notice tables occupied by folks looking at their electronic devices rather than talking to each other.

Every house has a television set. Hey that doesn't do it. Folks need face to face interaction. They need to hug each other. They need to be not hesitant to share with others that sometimes they are lonely. We are all lonely sometime. It should never be agonizingly painful.

That first layer of loneliness, the need for companionship should be supplied by the community. Instead of staring at the idiot box, we should be getting together a couple nights a week to share our musical or other talents. We are so rich in our ability to entertain each other. The fact that we stay isolated in our houses rather than getting together is mind boggling to me. We could write a book about that.

Some folks carry the loneliness around with them. They don't feel they have anything to offer. They have yet to learn that to give and receive are the same. When we feel empty and think we have nothing to give, we cannot receive either. Giving is receiving. Receiving is giving.

We are all lonely. This world promotes isolation and encourages loneliness. We need to feel complete. That feeling is not dependent on others. There are some hermits that do not know loneliness. They know their Oneness with all even if they see no one.

Our world has promoted divisiveness for centuries. We can't have divisiveness without isolation and separation at the individual level. At the macro level divisiveness was promoted to get us to go to war with each other. The more separation created between different peoples the easier it is to control them. If one looks at some of the so-called world leaders you will see that phenomena right now.

We are One. We cannot have a practice at the macro level that doesn't effect the individual.

The loneliness of the individual is always accented during holiday periods, especially the Christmas Season. The message is that there is something wrong with us if we are lonely. That may be true, but there is something more wrong with a world that promotes separation.

At every level the solution is love. We can't wait for that to happen at the macro level, as we awaken we will shrug off these so called leaders and they will be replaced by those who make loving decisions. For now to overcome our loneliness, we need to appreciate our richness. We need to see we have a great deal to give. We need to love ourselves. Instead of wallowing in our loneliness we can look around us and see others that may need our company. The problem with that solution is that if we don't love ourselves we don't believe we have anything to give. Let us not spin around in that self-defeating place.

Sometimes we have to put our hand on our own collar and pull ourselves out of a crazy place. We can do it. We are not empty husks. We are all part of the One Creative Being which is Love. We are therefore Love. We are never really alone.

I wish I could have everyone in a room with me so I could teach them a little bit about going inside and feeling the warmth of love that resides in all of us.
 
We are not empty! We are brimming with Love.

Love and Peace, Gregg