Illumination Point

satchitananda · May 21, 2017

GoogleGlass said: ↑

Nice one Satchi.

Good to know that you finally joined the Illuminati's to keep yourself busy
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GG, now that is a dubious honour indeed! I hope I don't join the reptilians very soon!!!

GoogleGlass · May 21, 2017

Shanvy said: ↑

Gg illuminati's??? Vambu vambu... narayana narayana..
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ha ha ha

now that u summoned narayana, he too is an Illuminati having hoarded wealth the real power

jayasala42 · May 21, 2017

Dear Satchitananda,
Loneliness VS Solitude-
The matter is one and the same. Perception and interpretation make them look different.In everybody's life there are such phases which we just push off.Wonderful thought process.Very nice.
Jayasala 42

satchitananda · May 21, 2017

Thank you ma'am.

ojaantrik · May 21, 2017

satchitananda said: ↑

Living is learning. Each day brings new lessons. Some we understand very quickly, others take time to decipher.

A couple of days ago, I saw a post from a lady saying she loved enjoying her 'me' time more and more. She asked whether it was 'selfishness'. I could relate to her because I just love the feeling of being by myself (generally speaking). It was not always like this. There was a time when I used to have a lot of people around me and did not know what being by myself was. Life and circumstances brought me to a point where I was forced into that state of being, forced me to come to terms with it and then brought me to a point where I started enjoying solitude and my own company.

So when I received a forward on Whatsapp today, it demystified for me the process that was taking place.

When I lived at home, I was surrounded by family and friends. I looked for company outside of me. I searched for happiness outside of me. Then when I was thrown into a situation of being by myself, I had to cope with loneliness for a long time. I was still looking for company outside. When eventually I learned to enjoy my own company, it was no longer loneliness. It is the bliss of solitude. To reach this stage, it was essential to first stop being so highly-strung as I was in my younger days. It was necessary to relax, to grow more tolerant and accepting. I had to be able to live with myself, which I could not with that highly-strung person. The day I could do that, I started to enjoy my own company.

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Another mystery seems to have got solved in my head. The result of all my solitude! I have been wondering how it was that when I had so much to do as a young person, I still got bored. Now when I have a lot more free time (including periods of nothing to do), I find time flies as if it has wings. This mystery got cleared up this past week when I had a busier schedule all 5 days of the week - more than I have had in some time. I was so exhausted and by the time I got to the end of one day it was the start of another.

When we are young, we have plenty to do and plenty of energy - physical and mental. Time does not keep pace with us. It drags along leading to boredom.
When we are older and slow down, needing more time to relax, it appears as if there is no time between returning from work one day and going to work another day. Days seem to fly by.

If this reasoning is not true, then maybe it is true that our planet has indeed entered another dimension where the concept of time is something else.
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Dear Satchi,

I liked the distinction between loneliness and solitude. You seem to be saying that the bliss of solitude arrives with age. I am wondering then why do older people complain of loneliness. Perhaps there are three stages -- loneliness, solitude and then back again to loneliness.

Regarding time, true enough that my time seems to fly. I know not how. It's turned so problematic that I cannot distinguish between two consecutive days. It appears to me that I am living through a single day, even though daylight fades away into night and then arrives back again. Strangely enough, this does not make any difference. My days have become dateless.

oj-da

SharadaIyer · May 21, 2017

satchitananda said: ↑

Living is learning. Each day brings new lessons. Some we understand very quickly, others take time to decipher.

A couple of days ago, I saw a post from a lady saying she loved enjoying her 'me' time more and more. She asked whether it was 'selfishness'. I could relate to her because I just love the feeling of being by myself (generally speaking). It was not always like this. There was a time when I used to have a lot of people around me and did not know what being by myself was. Life and circumstances brought me to a point where I was forced into that state of being, forced me to come to terms with it and then brought me to a point where I started enjoying solitude and my own company.

So when I received a forward on Whatsapp today, it demystified for me the process that was taking place.

When I lived at home, I was surrounded by family and friends. I looked for company outside of me. I searched for happiness outside of me. Then when I was thrown into a situation of being by myself, I had to cope with loneliness for a long time. I was still looking for company outside. When eventually I learned to enjoy my own company, it was no longer loneliness. It is the bliss of solitude. To reach this stage, it was essential to first stop being so highly-strung as I was in my younger days. It was necessary to relax, to grow more tolerant and accepting. I had to be able to live with myself, which I could not with that highly-strung person. The day I could do that, I started to enjoy my own company.

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Another mystery seems to have got solved in my head. The result of all my solitude! I have been wondering how it was that when I had so much to do as a young person, I still got bored. Now when I have a lot more free time (including periods of nothing to do), I find time flies as if it has wings. This mystery got cleared up this past week when I had a busier schedule all 5 days of the week - more than I have had in some time. I was so exhausted and by the time I got to the end of one day it was the start of another.

When we are young, we have plenty to do and plenty of energy - physical and mental. Time does not keep pace with us. It drags along leading to boredom.
When we are older and slow down, needing more time to relax, it appears as if there is no time between returning from work one day and going to work another day. Days seem to fly by.

If this reasoning is not true, then maybe it is true that our planet has indeed entered another dimension where the concept of time is something else.
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Ys very true said Satchitananada.

satchitananda · May 21, 2017

ojaantrik said: ↑

Dear Satchi,

I liked the distinction between loneliness and solitude. You seem to be saying that the bliss of solitude arrives with age. I am wondering then why do older people complain of loneliness. Perhaps there are three stages -- loneliness, solitude and then back again to loneliness.

Regarding time, true enough that my time seems to fly. I know not how. It's turned so problematic that I cannot distinguish between two consecutive days. It appears to me that I am living through a single day, even though daylight fades away into night and then arrives back again. Strangely enough, this does not make any difference. My days have become dateless.

oj-da
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OJ da, it probably has to do with two types of people - one type who still have not learned to seek their joy within. Their joy probably depends on their ability to control son, bully dil and bring up grandkids now that they are done with bringing up their own. Then when grandkids grow up, go out to school/college/fly the nest, they are left to their own devices and can't handle their own lives.

It would be interesting to watch the next generation of old people do - maybe my generation or the one after mine. Since they have grown up in families with one or max two children, often live in nuclear families with their spouse and kids, if any and I doubt they would have much of a chance to meddle with the lives of their kids, they may not complain of loneliness. We can only wait and watch.

PushpavalliSrinivasan · May 21, 2017

Dear Satchi,
Being an introvert I never feel lonely or get bored. I get bored only when someone talks incessantly without giving a chance to even acknowledge or oppose their views. I have 3/4 relatives and a friend like that.

Though each day has only 24 hours one day flies fast and another day keeps dragging because of our activities or by sitting doing nothing.

There is a difference between loneliness and solitude.
Solitude is a state of being alone without being lonely and can lead to self-awareness like Ramana Maharishi and other yogis of yester years.
PS

satchitananda said: ↑

Living is learning. Each day brings new lessons. Some we understand very quickly, others take time to decipher.

A couple of days ago, I saw a post from a lady saying she loved enjoying her 'me' time more and more. She asked whether it was 'selfishness'. I could relate to her because I just love the feeling of being by myself (generally speaking). It was not always like this. There was a time when I used to have a lot of people around me and did not know what being by myself was. Life and circumstances brought me to a point where I was forced into that state of being, forced me to come to terms with it and then brought me to a point where I started enjoying solitude and my own company.

So when I received a forward on Whatsapp today, it demystified for me the process that was taking place.

When I lived at home, I was surrounded by family and friends. I looked for company outside of me. I searched for happiness outside of me. Then when I was thrown into a situation of being by myself, I had to cope with loneliness for a long time. I was still looking for company outside. When eventually I learned to enjoy my own company, it was no longer loneliness. It is the bliss of solitude. To reach this stage, it was essential to first stop being so highly-strung as I was in my younger days. It was necessary to relax, to grow more tolerant and accepting. I had to be able to live with myself, which I could not with that highly-strung person. The day I could do that, I started to enjoy my own company.

-------------

Another mystery seems to have got solved in my head. The result of all my solitude! I have been wondering how it was that when I had so much to do as a young person, I still got bored. Now when I have a lot more free time (including periods of nothing to do), I find time flies as if it has wings. This mystery got cleared up this past week when I had a busier schedule all 5 days of the week - more than I have had in some time. I was so exhausted and by the time I got to the end of one day it was the start of another.

When we are young, we have plenty to do and plenty of energy - physical and mental. Time does not keep pace with us. It drags along leading to boredom.
When we are older and slow down, needing more time to relax, it appears as if there is no time between returning from work one day and going to work another day. Days seem to fly by.

If this reasoning is not true, then maybe it is true that our planet has indeed entered another dimension where the concept of time is something else.
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satchitananda · May 21, 2017

SharadaIyer said: ↑

Ys very true said Satchitananada.
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Thanks Sharada.

satchitananda · May 21, 2017

PushpavalliSrinivasan said: ↑

Dear Satchi,
Being an introvert I never feel lonely or get bored. I get bored only when someone talks incessantly without giving a chance to even acknowledge or oppose their views. I have 3/4 relatives and a friend like that.

Though each day has only 24 hours one day flies fast and another day keeps dragging because of our activities or by sitting doing nothing.

There is a difference between loneliness and solitude.
Solitude is a state of being alone without being lonely and can lead to self-awareness like Ramana Maharishi and other yogis of yester years.
PS
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Dear PS Mami, yes, some people can very successfully talk for hours on end about everything and nothing in general without letting another person get a word in sideways. I know one person like that and God, it gives me a headache every time she comes!