You have experienced loneliness but have you experienced aloneness? Even in a crowd, even with many people, you have known loneliness. Loneliness is wanting the other because you're not enough unto yourself. Loneliness is painful but aloneness is enriching. It has a great beauty. All the Awaken Ones began by searching for aloneness. This is what meditation is. It is a search for aloneness. And from the enrichment of aloneness blossoms the Ultimate treasure.

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