Freedom = loneliness

[LP]

Re: Freedom = loneliness

@Obama

Not to worry, I can bring this back on track by qouting Paul Simon:

“The Sound Of Silence”

Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

**In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a streetlamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dare
Disturb the sound of silence
**
“Fools” said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you”
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said “The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence”

becoming free from societies constraints does cause a state of loneliness for some not all!

quote
Why those few?

@Illuminate

Ironically on my drive home on the radio they were talking about how today was “cheering up a lonely person” day. They said loneliness usually happens when people are depressed, and isolate themselves.

I don’t know how freedom and loneliness co-relate. I think you can be free and lonely and free and unlonely and lonely and not free. To be “free” in my opinion is to have Allah in your heart and the world in your hand. That is true freedom from all of life’s desires. To be lonely is to not find joy and contentment when connecting with others. To feel like you are alone and there is no support system around you. Maybe it can be when we don’t appreciate the people around us, and don’t want them to be a part of our life nor share their sorrows and happiness by being a part of theirs.

What if we do appreciate the people around us and want them to be a part of our lives and are a huge part of their lives, yet feel lonely?

@Bobby1

Socrates said that all we need in life is one person to love and one to love us back. I think finding that one person and not really worrying about what others think of you and living life on your own terms is freedom.

Is one really ever living life on their own terms? Don’t we all follow some kind of societal or religious norms? Everyone follows some kind of a group, be it hippie’s, gays, vegans, hindus, Christians, Muslims?

@Life01

Loneliness really is a state of mind. you change the way you think and your overall perspective and i guess it probably possible to feel less lonely in any circumstance. really even when we conform with society we still can be lonely. Having relationships, money, careers or living a life that fits the idea of “normal” does not mean that we are not lonely. Loneliness is a feeling. And you can always feel anything , without really any logical base. you can always feel like there is something missing, that you dont connect with the rest, with the ones you want to connect with , that you are misunderstood, etc…you can always feel anything…

freedom in the real sense , i guess would be to be free from emotions as well or at least free form negative emotions if that is humanly possible..somethings are just part of human nature. and i guess maybe feeling lonely at certain times, or in general might be one of them and its different for different people . however being free , I would not say , it linked with being lonely.

I agree.. It’s a state of mind.

@Chicken_Biryani

I think this is true . Eventually we just have to come to terms with the fact that freedom comes with its perks and a down side . Down side has lonliness as one of its factors . We tend to move away from a lot of things that we dont enjoy and it slowly cuts us off our social engagements and life .

What kind of freedom are you referring to?

@Bobby1

one has to learn to be good company to themselves.

This is the solution I think. But how does one do that?

@Hakuna_Matata

This…

I agree with naanguard