Loneliness/Connectedness series - III "From Loneliness to Solitude"


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Dear friends
Welcome to another amazing thought provoking session of Cafe Philo Eindhoven.
My favourite qoute for this time is
"Loneliness is the poverty of the self; Solitude is the richness of the self."
-May Sarton
This makes me to rethink about my own concepts about introverts who can energise themselves from their solitude.
This time let's gather in a garden and sip a coffee or tea prepared by ourselves :) . Then let's think together this amazing concept of solitude.
Is solitude the panacea for loneliness?
We were always told that for not to be lonely, we need to behave in the soceity, we need to find a partner, or have marriage and children.
The fear of loneliness has occured in us at some point of time in life.
This time we will explore about the method of transforming loneliness into solitude.
How we can cultivate solitude and enrich ourselves?
LIke feeling of loneliness in a crowd, lets think about cultivating solitude in the crowd, so that we dont need the crowd to validate us.
Instead lets look into the idea of compassionately sharing our solitude with the suffering lonely.
Let's revisit the feeling of loneliness again with fresh eyes with an element of magic and wonder.
Lets look into this hypothesis of solitude as panacea for feeling of loneliness.
You are welcome to bring with you all your cool queries on this topic so that we can think together!!
Welcome to a enriching harmonious deep conversation circle !!
See you all soon!!

Loneliness/Connectedness series - III "From Loneliness to Solitude"