There is no real aloneness. There is solitude and the nurturing silence that is relationship with ourselves, but even then we are part of something larger.

Linda Hogan
There is no real aloneness. There is solitude and the...
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When you are alone, you are alone. There is no real aloneness. When you are alone, the only thing you can do is feel sad, lonely and unloved. But when you are in relationship with yourself, when you are in relationship with what is happening to you in that moment, then everything changes. You can begin to experience an aloneness that doesn’t lead to isolation and loneliness.

Source: Dwellings: A Spiritual History Of The Living World

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