Disconnected

Whatever is called loneliness is actually incompatibility with the environment.

Then, we convince ourselves of our strength, independence and sense of completeness. We don’t need any one to complete our thoughts.

We read a lot, toy with different view points and then that straying thought comes back – is there a thought process somewhere that matches mine?

What would people with a similar thought process do? Commune in silence, launch a movement, never argue, complete each other’s sentences and then yearn for something different, something new.

So, this is not the real issue.

Loneliness is actually a hunger for being respected as an individual, recognized for your uniqueness, not derided or rejected.

Then, we say maybe they are losers for losing me. Good thought! It floats our boat for some time.

Walk out, look around in the market and what do you see? Everybody needs a buyer – for their goods, services or ideas. If you are not a buyer, you are bound to get left out.

Have something to sell? Are you trying to describe your ideas or goods in another’s words and discover that their vocabulary is inadequate, or the language is different? Can you squeeze yourself to fit into pre-existing templates? Can you shape shift to meet expectations of a frozen mindset?

Now, we hear loud and clear that we are condemned to loneliness.

Are those people out there really happy and enjoying companionship? Or are they passive minds who accept the world as it is to achieve success that the world worships? And they worship themselves to have fit in so beautifully in borrowed ideals…

Intellectuals, philosophers and wealth-generators are all different species. Power-seekers are yet another but are found in all the categories mentioned above.

There is a disconnect, and it remains. There are overlaps which draw us to the other. Physically, we are all connected and co-dependent at some level – of what we are made of, what we consume.

Mentally and emotionally, we are designed to keep searching for common factors. What feels alien to me is someone else’s uniqueness.

Can I accept? Can I connect despite the difference?

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #293