Excerpted from Sherry Turkle's blog post: Relearning how to talk in the age of Smartphone addiction
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does successful solitude mean to you? Can you share a personal experience of a time you experienced successful solitude with another person? What has helped you develop the successful solitude muscle?
Thanks for sharing this. Being alone and lonely is two different things and those will affect the mentality so much.
Solitude is good for me as it is a 'Dil Ki Baat', Dil Ka Dil Se and Dilaram ( Dil + Ram + Aaram).It connects head,heart and hands with the soul.This brings out a natural smile of happiness and peace while connecting with anybody to create a mutual bond.Every soul is just abundance of purity,power,joy and love.Meditating on the innate,ever present qualities of the soul- the very life force may prove quite helpful to develop our own inner self on a solid sound footing.
If with someone who does not yet understand this concept, they often think something is 'wrong' if you are not interacting or speaking. "No, I am not angry or lost or uncomfortable. No, I do not dislike you. Please understand me." This article sums it up nicely. I wish everyone would read this and understand that not everyone is like they are. Thank you for sharing.
I love it. The story, the voice with my mind reconnecting thoughts to my deep needs for stillness and bonding
A beautiful reflection! Indigenous cultures have traditionally recognized & cultivated the art of solitude as exists even while immersed in community. An interesting dimension on this concept is the practice, manifesting differently across cultures, of women retreating as needed from usual responsibilities to be in the fold of other women, to rejuvenate and to heal. Some women practice abstention from physical touch for several days per month to acknowledge & honor a sacred, cyclical cleansing of the body-mind. Elders inspire a deepening into ourselves through their simple modeling of successful solitude in whatever form is authentic for them.