Me : Is spending time in solitude spiritually significant ?
Voice : You tell me..why do you choose to be by yourself most of the time ?
Me : I enjoy being alone and quiet. I love it.
Voice : Why do you enjoy it ?
Me : When I am alone I hear you speak inside my heart. I feel your presence. I do not dislike interacting, but your companionship is such a fulfilling experience that I want it to be uninterrupted as long as I can…just like how it is now. I want to be attentive to each word you whisper in my consciousness. Maybe, this is why I choose to be in solitude whenever I can.
Voice : You tell me..why do you choose to be by yourself most of the time ?
Me : I enjoy being alone and quiet. I love it.
Voice : Why do you enjoy it ?
Me : When I am alone I hear you speak inside my heart. I feel your presence. I do not dislike interacting, but your companionship is such a fulfilling experience that I want it to be uninterrupted as long as I can…just like how it is now. I want to be attentive to each word you whisper in my consciousness. Maybe, this is why I choose to be in solitude whenever I can.
These are the moments when I desire nothing else. What else is needed beyond the company of the Highest ?
Voice : You have answered your own question.
Me : So, avoid all company if one wants to talk to God ??
Voice : That is not what I said. Being in solitude does not mean dispelling people or rejecting interaction. On the contrary, it is about finding adequacy.
Me : Finding adequacy ?
Voice : Finding adequacy in My companionship, finding contentment in divine immersion, finding fulfilment in our conversations. When nothing matters except growing in this divine flow of love.
Me : So, avoid all company if one wants to talk to God ??
Voice : That is not what I said. Being in solitude does not mean dispelling people or rejecting interaction. On the contrary, it is about finding adequacy.
Me : Finding adequacy ?
Voice : Finding adequacy in My companionship, finding contentment in divine immersion, finding fulfilment in our conversations. When nothing matters except growing in this divine flow of love.
Solitude is not a spiritual regimentation, but an outcome of the longing for more and more of God’s love. You become helplessly drawn to it.
Me : Hmm
Voice : When the noise of the world is muted and you are by yourself, you create external silence. This helps inner silence. Solitude is exploration of this penetrating silence.
When you pray I am listening but when you are silent, you are listening to Me. And when this is allowed to flourish, you hear me clearly.
When this becomes deeper, even conversations will no more remain and only manifestation of pure, silent, fulfilling love.
Me : Wow. Then why do some people dislike being alone ?
Voice : You would probably dislike it too. But, you have never known being alone because of our companionship which is older than you know...an earning through the yearning which has been since lifetimes.
Me : Hmm
Voice : Solitude is to know you are not alone.
So profound!
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