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We all have days when we feel lonely, but the very idea of
loneliness comes from the false notion that we are separate and isolated
parts in a world filled with other separate, isolated parts. In truth, we can
no more be separate from our world than a fish can be separate from the water
in which it swims. When we really begin to look at the boundaries we see as
so solid, they prove to be, in fact, quite porous. For example, it is not
clear exactly where our skin ends and the air begins when we consider how our
skin is affected by changes in the quality of the air. When it is dry, our
skin becomes dry, and when it is humid, our skin becomes moist and
supple.
By the same token, it is difficult sometimes to distinguish the boundary
between one person and another, especially when our actions tie us together
so inextricably. Every move we make has an effect that touches all the people
around us. On an even more subtle level, when we share space with another
person, we often pick up on their energy, feeling how they feel and attuning
to them, whether we mean to or not. This is what we mean when we say a mood
or a feeling is contagious. We cannot help but be part of the realities of
the people around us because we take form from the same energetic force, and
this force unifies all life. This force is the light that all the great
mystics and gurus encourage us to move toward, and it is the light we will
dissolve into when we move beyond our individual egos.
If loneliness is a temporary condition based on an incomplete understanding
of what we are made of, we can think of its presence as a catalyst for
exploring our ideas about reality. We can respond by testing the boundaries
we believe separate us from the life within and all around us. If we test
them, we will discover that they are not so solid after all and that we can
never really be alone.
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