Spirituality is not to be learned by flight from the world, or by running away from things, or by turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, we must learn an inner solitude wherever or with whomsoever we may be. We must learn to penetrate things and find God there. Meister Eckhart
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The world is a beautiful place and it is a place to learn and grow. People can learn a lot about how to be a better person by being around others and being in the world. It pays to have a positive outlook on life and keep learning from people, from the world, from nature. Learning doesn’t take away from inner solitude but rather enhances it.

The more we study the world, the more we realize that our experience of the world is just a small part of what is going on in this vast universe. The different things we see in the world are just a tiny fraction of the whole picture. To really learn something new about ourselves or our world, we must go through an inner solitude where we take time away from others and focus on ourselves.

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