http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/dont-be-afraid-of-loneliness/ Open-Minded Inquiry About Spirituality and Self-Improvement Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/dont-be-afraid-of-loneliness/#comment-652 Aaron Agassi Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:49:31 +0000 http://spiritualinquiry.com/blog/2007/10/15/dont-be-afraid-of-loneliness/#comment-652 http://www.FoolQuest.com/alien.htm#lonely http://www.FoolQuest.com/alien.htm#lonely

]]> http://spiritualinquiry.com/articles/dont-be-afraid-of-loneliness/#comment-630 Dealing with loneliness Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:01:23 +0000 http://spiritualinquiry.com/blog/2007/10/15/dont-be-afraid-of-loneliness/#comment-630 [...] Loneliness results from a sense of lack. Usually, we make the mistake of believing that some specific condition is necessary to relieve it. Thus we have thoughts such as “I am lonely because I do not have friends”, “I am lonely because so-and-so doesn’t like me”, or “I am lonely because my husband doesn’t spend enough time with me”. The more that we focus on the perceived cause of our loneliness, the more that we amplify this sense of lack. For example, if we constantly focus on the fact that we do not have a partner, then we are constantly telling ourselves that something is missing. In this way, the loneliness is escalated. We make it seems like a bigger deal than it really is (see Don’t be afraid of loneliness). [...] [...] Loneliness results from a sense of lack. Usually, we make the mistake of believing that some specific condition is necessary to relieve it. Thus we have thoughts such as “I am lonely because I do not have friends”, “I am lonely because so-and-so doesn’t like me”, or “I am lonely because my husband doesn’t spend enough time with me”. The more that we focus on the perceived cause of our loneliness, the more that we amplify this sense of lack. For example, if we constantly focus on the fact that we do not have a partner, then we are constantly telling ourselves that something is missing. In this way, the loneliness is escalated. We make it seems like a bigger deal than it really is (see Don’t be afraid of loneliness). [...]

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