I need to meet people that I can communicate and share with, who can teach me things and hopefully learn something from me in return, who will assist in my path toward enlightenment rather than reject or dismiss my capability. People who know and understand that THIS IS NOT ALL THERE IS.
You run from it. You cry because of it. You work to forget it. You are lonely because of it. You deny it too. But it haunts you every day. It is the small place inside of you that feels a little sad all the time. A place that feels a little unfulfilled. A place that you can never fill for it is always empty. Yet it is from this place you remember the profound truth of who you are. It is from this place that you remember your cosmic origins. You remember you are a cosmic wanderer. This place (Earth) is not your home. It is a substitute for now and a beautiful one at that. But it falls short to fill the spot that is always empty. Try as you will it never fills up. No matter how hard you try. No matter how much you sacrifice. No matter how much you give. No matter how far you travel. But it is the deep loneliness that is your ticket home. It is important you remember this and dont hide from your cosmic heritage. It is your ticket home and home is remembering. Your not just of Earth, Flesh and Blood you are of the Stars too. And it is only then, when you own your cosmicness that you will feel fulfilled and at home. Loneliness will be a dream of the past, and Being on Earth and being human will become a blessing too. So look up in the sky and the stars and let go a little bit of the gravity and weight of being human. Remember that your presence on Earth lightens the load of Earth and all its life - including yours. - The Star Elders
From the Itivuttaka, Sutta 27 (spoken by the Buddha) Bhikkhus, whatever kinds of worldly merit there are, all are not worth one sixteenth part of the heart-deliverance of loving-kindness; in shining and beaming and radiance the heart-deliverance of loving-kindness far excels them. Just as whatever light there is of stars, all is not worth one sixteenth part of the moon's; in shining and beaming and radiance the moon's light far excels it; and just as in the last month of the Rains, in the Autumn when the heavens are clear, the sun as it climbs the heavens drives all darkness from the sky with its shining and beaming and radiance; and just as, when night is turning to dawn, the morning star is shining and beaming and radiating; so too, whatever kinds of worldly merit there are, all are not worth one sixteenth part of the heart-deliverance of loving-kindness; in shining and beaming and radiance the heart-deliverance of loving-kindness far excels them.
Many people will WALK in and out of your LIFE,but only TRUE friends will leave footprints in your HEART. To handle YOURSELF,use your HEAD;to handle others,use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once,it is his fault;if he betrays you twice,it is your fault. Great MINDS discuss IDEAS;average minds discuss events;small minds discuss people. He who loses money loses much;he who loses a FRIEND,loses much more;he who loses FAITH,loses all. Beautiful young people are accidents of NATURE,but BEAUTIFUL old people are works of art. LEARN from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all your self. FRIENDS you and me.......you brought another friend...........and then there were three..........we started a group............our circle of friends.........and like that CIRCLE...........there is no BEGINNING or end...........yesterday is history,tomorrow is mystery, today is a GIFT,that's why they call it the PRESENT!
Every effort has been directed toward avoiding loneliness has failed, and will fail, because it is against the fundamentals of life. What is needed is not something in which you can forget your loneliness. What is needed is that you become aware of your aloneness, which is a reality. And it is so beautiful to experience it, to feel it, because it is your freedom from the crowd, from the other. It is your freedom from the fear of being lonely. The first thing to realize is that whether you want or not, you are alone. Aloneness is your very nature. You can try to forget it, you can try not to be alone in making friends, having lovers, mixing in the crowd... But whatever you do remains just on the surface. Deep inside, your aloneness is unreachable, untouchable. A person is born in a family among human beings. From the very first moment he is not alone; hence, he gets a certain psychology of always remaining with people. In the aloneness he starts feeling scared... unknown fears. He is not exactly aware of what he is afraid of, but as he moves out of the crowd something inside him becomes uneasy. To be with others he feels cozy, at ease, comfortable. It is because of this reason he never comes to know the beauty of aloneness; the fear prevents him. Because he was born in a group he remains part of a group, and he grows in age he starts making new groups, new association, new friends. Already existing collectivities don't satisfy him---the nation, the religion, the political party---he creates his own new associations, Rotary Club, Lions Club. But all these strategies are just in service of one thing: never be alone. Only those people, very few people who have stood alone in their being, in their clarity, in their light, who have found their own light, who have found their own flowering , who have found their own space they can call their home, their eternal home---those few people are the emperors. This whole universe is their empire.~~OSHO~~