Aloneness Is Completely Different From Loneliness

**Note: Truth does not always sound pleasant. If the mind is not really peaceful now, it might not be a perfect moment to listen to this podcast, one has to be aware of the emotions or reactions that can block one from listenING ATTENTIVELY and with HUMILITY. This talk is a meditation practice. What one needs to do is listen attentively, without getting stuck in words, examine the mind in silence, nor agree or disagree, just look at the mind as it is. Doing so is already a meditation practice.

Transcript

Aloneness is different,

Very different from the loneliness.

When the mind is living thoughts in all kinds of images,

All kinds of stimulations,

The me is always seeking pleasure,

Seeking some new excitement.

In that seeking,

The mind feels utterly lonely.

It is the oscillation which is created by the me that brings about this feeling of loneliness.

Look around this world,

There are so many lonely people.

The me is oscillated by all kinds of thoughts,

Images,

Its own idiosyncrasies.

And the me find that nobody really understands it,

Nobody understands me.

I feel utterly lonely because I don't understand myself either.

Even when I have a lot of people around one,

One still feels lonely.

Aloneness is a different state of the mind.

When the mind stays alone,

The mind takes actions to keep the mind from all kinds of influences.

When the mind is free of the influences,

The mind is clear.

And only such a mind which is clear can observe and learn,

Learn about the self,

Understand the self,

Understand why the mind feels lonely.

Mmm means all one.

When the mind is free from all kinds of influences,

From the thoughts,

The mind is free from all kinds of divisions.

Therefore the mind is free from all kinds of conflicts,

Contradictions.

So it is really one.

Even when one has a lot of people around one,

One can still stay alone,

Stay clear.