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A journal was published in 2014, by Timothy D. Wilson titled “Just Think: The Challenges of the Disengaged Mind”. The idea of the research was simple, to find out, can people comfortably sit alone with only their thoughts? The researcher carried out the experiments with 11 college students. The participants were simply asked to sit alone, in a quiet room, without phones, without music, without books, without distractions, and simply think for about 6–15 minutes. And after that, each participants described how they felt. The result, most participant became bored, they find it hard to focus, disliked being alone with their thoughts, and preferred external activities instead.
Some participant even preferred to administer electric shocks to themselves instead of being left alone with their thoughts. Indicating how humans often prefer “doing something” over simply thinking.
The research shows that many people find it difficult to sit alone quietly with their own thoughts. This is a great issue that is presently affecting our generation. How? A man without alone time lack thought, and a man without thought do not think critically, resulting to bondage in mind, thereby enslaving man. No critical thinking equals no free mind, and no free mind equals no free man. That is why in today’s world it is difficult for anybody to fight liberally for any movement, even those that fight, ask for little, we demand less because of our inability to think. A man who doesn’t have freedom of thought thinks he’s free but in the real sense, he in bondage.
That is why it’s important to identify the main different between being alone and being lonely. Let me help. Being alone means no one is physically with you, either by choice or condition. Being lonely is feeling emotional or physiological disconnected, even when people are around you. Just this indescribable, unseen emptiness. Here is the problem, most people confuse being alone to being lonely. Someone who is lonely needs help, but if you are alone, it’s a message and a chance for you to work and build yourself. Most people think when they are alone, they have a problem, being alone feels scary and it's because alone time isn't utilize properly, people quickly assume that they are lonely, they start feeling sad, they keep posting sad lonely quote, they start feeling abandoned, they assume that they don’t deserve love, but in the reality all they are passing through is just alone period. A period for deep reflection. This alone time might be a message, maybe there is something you are doing wrong and you need to fix, maybe there is something you need to do that other activities hinder. This alone period help you adjust and put you on the right track.
Well, it’s really not completely our fault, society has sold us lies, they said true happiness comes from constant connection, and that our life remain unfilled and incomplete without others. So we try to fit in the world filled with noise, distractions, opinions and expectations from others. Everyday people are preach different ideas and perceptive, which make solitude difficult.
Okay let’s be honest, when was the last time you truly sit with yourself without any distractions? When did you last listen to that inner voice that whispers inside of you? When last have you make use of that solitude moment to connect with your deepest desires and aspirations. Alone time is a means of building a long lasting relationship with yourself. I'm not advocating for a life of isolation, naturally, human are social being and we need relationship but we need to strike a balance. We should not always long for constant connection and constant company. Most people already forget how to stay alone and we all forget that nothing great is built in noise, and that greatness require solitude.
We assume that true happiness lies in others and not within. No wonder most people remain unhappy, we forget that we attract who we are. Someone who is unhappy from within will never find happiness from the company of others. Lasting happiness is not in the company of others, it is within you. My aim is to explore with you, the benefits of embracing solitude, navigating it as a way to genuine happiness, and by the end of our conversation as you journey with me, we would be able to be feel comfortable with being alone and not feel lonely.
