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Not Loneliness, But Aloneness — by Craig Childs

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:38 pm
by Welles
Alone is a state of being. Not loneliness, but aloneness. It is something sought rather than avoided. You can find it in just a moment, a breath: in Central Park, or early morning on the street, sitting on a stoop, or leaning against the window of a bus or subway car, alone in a throng of commuters. Sometimes in a grocery store, I’ll turn into an aisle and find the row to myself, and I’ll pause to relish the emptiness before the next shopping cart rounds the corner.
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We do need others, just not all the time. The tincture of solitude is worth a thousand conversations.

Not Loneliness, But Aloneness — by Craig Childs

http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?op=audio&tid=2316

Re: Not Loneliness, But Aloneness — by Craig Childs

Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2019 3:51 am
by happyrain
Thanks Welles,
For always giving me some spiritual substance to think on.

I hope you're well.
:lol:

:loves

Re: Not Loneliness, But Aloneness — by Craig Childs

Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:26 am
by Sandy
Hey Welles,
I enjoyed the article. I do appreciate my aloneness. It seems to open up the closed places within as well as just about anything
Thank you!
:loves
Sandy