The minds that are under the influence of ignorance, that are ignorant towards itself is being conditioned
by worldly egoistic social/cultural/religious thinking and belief, are being limited to be in certain ways and not to be in certain ways to feel good, happy and meaningful, or not. There will be judgment or
identification of "If I'm like this, I'll be okay, good and happy. And
if I'm not like this, I'll be not okay, not good and not happy." or "If life
is like this, it's good and meaningful. And if life is not like this,
it's not good and meaningless." or "Things/people should be like this or shouldn't be like that, then it's right and good, or else it's bad and wrong."
Such as many 'yoga teachers' would think and believe that they need to attend Internationally recognized 'yoga teachers training courses' and be 'qualified' and 'certified' to be 'yoga teachers', to be 'authorized' and 'allowed' to teach yoga to other people, and need to be attending ongoing 'yoga courses' to be upgrading one's knowledge and teaching skills, and also believing that 'possessing all these names and forms' would also make them responsible 'good', 'well-trained' and 'well-informed' yoga teachers. Or, many 'yoga students' who think and believe that 'yoga teachers' who attended Internationally recognized 'yoga teachers training courses' to be 'qualified' and 'certified' to be 'Internationally recognized yoga teachers affiliated with such and such yoga alliance/association/organization' as well as attending ongoing 'yoga courses' to be upgrading their knowledge and teaching skills or those who have been 'teaching yoga' for such and such years, that they must be 'good and responsible yoga teachers', or else, they are not good or responsible yoga teachers. But yoga and teaching yoga to others are not determined by all these names and forms at all.
Such as many people including many yoga enthusiasts and physical/mental health professionals, who think and believe that 'the practice of silence', 'seclusion', 'solitude', 'dispassion', 'renunciation from worldly affairs/ties/connections/relationships/activities/interactions/communications', 'refraining the mind from going out chasing after the objects of the senses that stimulate the mind and to gratify the desire of craving and aversion which empower the ego/egoism that feed the ignorance', or 'reducing/limiting mind imprints of ceaseless inputs and outputs to silent the restless modification of the mind' are something 'sad', 'bad', 'wrong', 'unhealthy', 'insane', 'mad', or 'meaningless', as all these observances appeared to be contradicted with the 'normal' and 'healthy' worldly thinking/belief/values/behavior/practice/way of living. But, these are the observances that would free the mind from ignorance and suffering.
The egoistic minds that are under the influence of ignorance and egoism need the presence of someone else or something to be constantly acknowledging/validating one's existence or purpose, or to feel 'needed/wanted' by other people, to be acknowledged and identified by oneself and others as "I am a lovable, knowledgeable, intelligent, generous, friendly, helpful, good, kind and caring person who is needed/wanted by other people to be there in their life."
Meanwhile, the minds that are free from ignorance, that are not being conditioned by worldly egoistic thinking and belief, are free being anyway, being undetermined by the quality of names and forms, impermanent changes, time, space and causation (actions and the consequences of actions), without judgment or identification of "If I'm like this, I'll be okay, good and happy. And if I'm like that, I'll be not okay, not good and not happy." or "If life is like this, it's good and meaningful. And if life is not like this, it's not good and meaningless." or "Things/people should be like this or shouldn't be like that, then it's right and good, or else it's bad and wrong."
The selfless minds that are void of ignorance and egoism don't need the presence of anyone or anything to be constantly acknowledging/validating one's existence or purpose, or to feel 'needed/wanted' by other people, to be acknowledged and identified by oneself and others as "I am a lovable, knowledgeable, intelligent, generous, friendly, helpful, good, kind and caring person who is needed/wanted by other people to be there in their life." even though they might be performing actions that are 'helping'/'supporting'/'benefiting' other people, without attachment, identification or association.
The minds that are void of ignorance and egoism have no 'problems/troubles/disturbs/hurts/disappointment/dissatisfaction' that need to be 'shared with' or 'heard by' other people, and don't need other people keep asking oneself "How are you/Are you okay?", to feel being noticed, acknowledged, heard, understood, sympathized, empathized, cared, liked, loved, helped, supported or touched by 'other people'.
It's everyone's freedom for what and how they think/believe/behave/desire/don't desire. Only those who have sufficient awareness to be aware of and acknowledge the ignorance in one's mind would have initiative to free the mind from ignorance.
Being alone doesn't induce the sense of 'loneliness'. Being alone is not something sad, bad, or unhealthy. It's the thinking that is under the influence of worldly social/cultural/religious thinking and belief about "Loneliness is deriving from being alone, and being alone is something sad, bad and unhealthy." that causing the mind thinks and feels lonely, sad, bad and unhealthy for being alone. As there are many people who are not alone also would suffer from 'loneliness', while there are people who often being alone by oneself don't suffer from 'loneliness', neither will they feel disturbed when surrounded by other people, just that they don't associate/involve with other people's actions and reactions, and they do not interfere with other people's different ways of thinking/belief/behavior/practice/living.
Most mental health professionals would suggest and encourage people who suffer from 'loneliness' to be with other people, to talk to other people, to interact with other people, or to engage in some form of physical/mental/emotional activities with other people so that they will feel less lonely, and it might make people feel less lonely when their minds are being busy with the engagement with physical/mental/emotional activities with some other people, but it doesn't really free the mind from the suffering of 'loneliness'. Because 'loneliness' is not caused by being alone, or isolation from other people, or not engaging in any activities with other people.
It's the egoism of attachment/clinging towards the presence of other people being around and the desire of craving for receiving acknowledgement, attention, empathy, sympathy, love, care, liking, understanding, or support from other people and the attachment/craving towards the mind stimulation of inputs and outputs derived from engaging in social physical/mental/emotional interactions/activities with other people, that the mind feels lonely/miserable/sad/wrong/unhealthy for being alone without any physical/mental/emotional contact with 'someone' or 'something' for an extended period of time. It's like the addiction towards certain substances and the mind will feel great/satisfied/happy/relieved momentarily within the effectiveness of the substances, but once the effect of the substances is gone, the mind will crave for getting the effect of the substances again, and again, and it will feel uneasy/unhappy/dissatisfied/irritated/agitated/anxious/aggressive/sad/miserable/sicked if it's craving for the effect of the substances is not being gratified over an extended period of time.
Just like low self-esteem, dissatisfaction, disappointment, hurts, anger, fear, worry, guilt, regret, pride, arrogance, unhappiness, meaninglessness and etc, 'loneliness' is the by-products of ignorance and egoism and being conditioned by worldly egoistic thinking and belief to think/feel/analyze/judge/behave/desire/act and react towards all the mind perception of names and forms or life experiences in certain ways, it's not coming from particular environment, condition, situation, people, things or happening being sad, bad, wrong, negative, depressing, disappointing, disturbing, hurtful or unhealthy. Such as by giving the mind what it likes and wants and not giving the mind what it doesn't like and doesn't want would give momentary satisfaction to the mind, but it doesn't free the mind from 'dissatisfaction'. By doing what the mind likes to do and achieving what the mind wants to achieve might give the mind the momentary sense of confidence, happiness and meaningfulness, but it doesn't free the mind from the sense of 'low self-esteem', 'unhappiness' and 'meaninglessness'.
'Loneliness' doesn't exist in the selfless/'I'less/egoless and silent mind. In silence and selflessness, who is there to perceive/experience/feel/identify with loneliness, low self-esteem, dissatisfaction, disappointment, unhappiness, meaninglessness, hurts, anger, fear, worry, guilt, regret, pride, arrogance and etc?
Be free.
Such as many 'yoga teachers' would think and believe that they need to attend Internationally recognized 'yoga teachers training courses' and be 'qualified' and 'certified' to be 'yoga teachers', to be 'authorized' and 'allowed' to teach yoga to other people, and need to be attending ongoing 'yoga courses' to be upgrading one's knowledge and teaching skills, and also believing that 'possessing all these names and forms' would also make them responsible 'good', 'well-trained' and 'well-informed' yoga teachers. Or, many 'yoga students' who think and believe that 'yoga teachers' who attended Internationally recognized 'yoga teachers training courses' to be 'qualified' and 'certified' to be 'Internationally recognized yoga teachers affiliated with such and such yoga alliance/association/organization' as well as attending ongoing 'yoga courses' to be upgrading their knowledge and teaching skills or those who have been 'teaching yoga' for such and such years, that they must be 'good and responsible yoga teachers', or else, they are not good or responsible yoga teachers. But yoga and teaching yoga to others are not determined by all these names and forms at all.
Such as many people including many yoga enthusiasts and physical/mental health professionals, who think and believe that 'the practice of silence', 'seclusion', 'solitude', 'dispassion', 'renunciation from worldly affairs/ties/connections/relationships/activities/interactions/communications', 'refraining the mind from going out chasing after the objects of the senses that stimulate the mind and to gratify the desire of craving and aversion which empower the ego/egoism that feed the ignorance', or 'reducing/limiting mind imprints of ceaseless inputs and outputs to silent the restless modification of the mind' are something 'sad', 'bad', 'wrong', 'unhealthy', 'insane', 'mad', or 'meaningless', as all these observances appeared to be contradicted with the 'normal' and 'healthy' worldly thinking/belief/values/behavior/practice/way of living. But, these are the observances that would free the mind from ignorance and suffering.
The egoistic minds that are under the influence of ignorance and egoism need the presence of someone else or something to be constantly acknowledging/validating one's existence or purpose, or to feel 'needed/wanted' by other people, to be acknowledged and identified by oneself and others as "I am a lovable, knowledgeable, intelligent, generous, friendly, helpful, good, kind and caring person who is needed/wanted by other people to be there in their life."
Meanwhile, the minds that are free from ignorance, that are not being conditioned by worldly egoistic thinking and belief, are free being anyway, being undetermined by the quality of names and forms, impermanent changes, time, space and causation (actions and the consequences of actions), without judgment or identification of "If I'm like this, I'll be okay, good and happy. And if I'm like that, I'll be not okay, not good and not happy." or "If life is like this, it's good and meaningful. And if life is not like this, it's not good and meaningless." or "Things/people should be like this or shouldn't be like that, then it's right and good, or else it's bad and wrong."
The selfless minds that are void of ignorance and egoism don't need the presence of anyone or anything to be constantly acknowledging/validating one's existence or purpose, or to feel 'needed/wanted' by other people, to be acknowledged and identified by oneself and others as "I am a lovable, knowledgeable, intelligent, generous, friendly, helpful, good, kind and caring person who is needed/wanted by other people to be there in their life." even though they might be performing actions that are 'helping'/'supporting'/'benefiting' other people, without attachment, identification or association.
The minds that are void of ignorance and egoism have no 'problems/troubles/disturbs/hurts/disappointment/dissatisfaction' that need to be 'shared with' or 'heard by' other people, and don't need other people keep asking oneself "How are you/Are you okay?", to feel being noticed, acknowledged, heard, understood, sympathized, empathized, cared, liked, loved, helped, supported or touched by 'other people'.
It's everyone's freedom for what and how they think/believe/behave/desire/don't desire. Only those who have sufficient awareness to be aware of and acknowledge the ignorance in one's mind would have initiative to free the mind from ignorance.
Being alone doesn't induce the sense of 'loneliness'. Being alone is not something sad, bad, or unhealthy. It's the thinking that is under the influence of worldly social/cultural/religious thinking and belief about "Loneliness is deriving from being alone, and being alone is something sad, bad and unhealthy." that causing the mind thinks and feels lonely, sad, bad and unhealthy for being alone. As there are many people who are not alone also would suffer from 'loneliness', while there are people who often being alone by oneself don't suffer from 'loneliness', neither will they feel disturbed when surrounded by other people, just that they don't associate/involve with other people's actions and reactions, and they do not interfere with other people's different ways of thinking/belief/behavior/practice/living.
Most mental health professionals would suggest and encourage people who suffer from 'loneliness' to be with other people, to talk to other people, to interact with other people, or to engage in some form of physical/mental/emotional activities with other people so that they will feel less lonely, and it might make people feel less lonely when their minds are being busy with the engagement with physical/mental/emotional activities with some other people, but it doesn't really free the mind from the suffering of 'loneliness'. Because 'loneliness' is not caused by being alone, or isolation from other people, or not engaging in any activities with other people.
It's the egoism of attachment/clinging towards the presence of other people being around and the desire of craving for receiving acknowledgement, attention, empathy, sympathy, love, care, liking, understanding, or support from other people and the attachment/craving towards the mind stimulation of inputs and outputs derived from engaging in social physical/mental/emotional interactions/activities with other people, that the mind feels lonely/miserable/sad/wrong/unhealthy for being alone without any physical/mental/emotional contact with 'someone' or 'something' for an extended period of time. It's like the addiction towards certain substances and the mind will feel great/satisfied/happy/relieved momentarily within the effectiveness of the substances, but once the effect of the substances is gone, the mind will crave for getting the effect of the substances again, and again, and it will feel uneasy/unhappy/dissatisfied/irritated/agitated/anxious/aggressive/sad/miserable/sicked if it's craving for the effect of the substances is not being gratified over an extended period of time.
Just like low self-esteem, dissatisfaction, disappointment, hurts, anger, fear, worry, guilt, regret, pride, arrogance, unhappiness, meaninglessness and etc, 'loneliness' is the by-products of ignorance and egoism and being conditioned by worldly egoistic thinking and belief to think/feel/analyze/judge/behave/desire/act and react towards all the mind perception of names and forms or life experiences in certain ways, it's not coming from particular environment, condition, situation, people, things or happening being sad, bad, wrong, negative, depressing, disappointing, disturbing, hurtful or unhealthy. Such as by giving the mind what it likes and wants and not giving the mind what it doesn't like and doesn't want would give momentary satisfaction to the mind, but it doesn't free the mind from 'dissatisfaction'. By doing what the mind likes to do and achieving what the mind wants to achieve might give the mind the momentary sense of confidence, happiness and meaningfulness, but it doesn't free the mind from the sense of 'low self-esteem', 'unhappiness' and 'meaninglessness'.
'Loneliness' doesn't exist in the selfless/'I'less/egoless and silent mind. In silence and selflessness, who is there to perceive/experience/feel/identify with loneliness, low self-esteem, dissatisfaction, disappointment, unhappiness, meaninglessness, hurts, anger, fear, worry, guilt, regret, pride, arrogance and etc?
Be free.
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