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Embrace Your Loneliness

James Anderson

“Our souls can visit in great lonely hours
Still regions of imperishable Light…. (2)”

Abstract
We are never really alone. The sense of isolation is only an illusion. To address this malaise,
our human love needs to translate into a love that exists just for the sake of loving. To be
conscious of the Divine Presence is the only panacea. Aspiration is essential. The author
describes a simple practice to help make this shift.

Loneliness is a perplexing and painful state in all innately divine and one with everything.
which to find oneself. It can be very distressing We may be alone but we are never really
to live without the companionship and support alone. If you experience loneliness, you
of our fellow human beings. To lose a ‘soul are standing on a bridge between two
mate’ would be even more unbearable if one worlds: one of lack, the other of plenitude.
didn’t recognise the immortal spirit behind The lack creates a vacuum which will be
everything and everyone. Acknowledging filled to overflowing if one adopts a true
this truth is the first step out of this condition. and conscious approach. Because of this,
loneliness, in many ways, can often offer
Loneliness is an illusory state because we are an ideal platform for the spiritual life. The

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