A Relaxing Break

It is a mistake to believe that solitude is the path to loneliness or isolation. Quite the contrary, the availability of solitude to those who are accustomed is curing and healing of the body, thought and spirit.

We may feel lonely, while we are surrounded by a crowd of people. The real companionship is not merely confined to human bodies surrounding us. It deepens if spirits inclined and recognized each other.

We often would like to overcome those who hear us talking about our daily problems, plunge into the core of the spirit, deepen in the essence and provoke places in our heart and mind that are worth exploring. Each one of us wishes to find a companion to live up and rise to those expectations and to join us the inner journey, a journey for exploring the secrets of the body, the thought and the spirit.

One of the advantages of solitude is making us get rid of the challenges and chains of time. Here, the benefit lies. The person who gets used to solitude from time to time will definitely feel its effectiveness in separating us from the negative aspects of the outside world and gives us a deep focus on ourselves, yes ourselves and nothing else. It is the anesthetic of the body, the stimulant of thought and balm of the spirit through which ideas flow profusely. Thus, the self is liberated from the restrictions which have tied it for a while and limited it by days. When Naguib Mahfouz secluded himself with his pen, he left us a literary legacy still being told. When Thomas Edison preferred to enlighten the world, he gave us a first successful experiment after seven thousand failures. While Malaysia sat on the highest peaks of progress and civilization at the hands of the Savior Mahathir Mohamad. Be whatever you want. Be the master of the people or sing out of tune. But in all your conditions, be towering lofty believing that you are not alone...!

Loneliness or isolation is considered the escape of the self from reality combined with emptiness of emotion and conscience. The concept of loneliness is relative which means that you might see someone accustomed to solitude, gaining benefits and dispensing the fuss and noise of the world willingly. Such person may seem to us at the top of his happiness and satisfaction. Quite the contrary, you may see that miserable grim laments his luck in the world, while he is under the spotlight and surrounded by people in his morning and evening.

The solitude is synonym to a state of positive thought. Unlike loneliness or isolation, the optional solitude nourishes our senses and strengthens our will to begin a new day. It is a charger for faith and a roadmap for the coming days. It is the first step to identify the human as created by God before being contaminated by the world’s materialisms in which lies enlightenment for men of understanding. The whole of humanity of its different kinds of personalities from the extreme of extraversion to introversion (self-motivation) are in urgent need of the grace of solitude before the body perishes.

Pluto, one of the geniuses of Greek philosophers, uttered one day: “wise men speak because they have something to say; fools speak because they have to say something”. As for Mary Sarton, one of the most famous American poets said “loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.” In the words of the enlightened late Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud, in which he revealed to us that: “the sincere moment is the moment of solitude with oneself when the secret talking begins, this internal dialogue, such solitary call where one listens to himself without fearing that the ears of other are spying on the line. This communication, disclosure, confession and explicit declaration from the depths to the surface of awareness in a sincere attempt to understand, is the moment of the most precious moments."

Smile, never feel the difference. There is still time in the lifetime. Oh Lord!