Self Growth through Solitude

There are many paths to self growth and enlightenment. Most famous spiritual forefathers around the world have been known to achieve enlightenment through solitude of one form or another.

Throughout my life I have cherished my moments away from the distractions of traffic, congestion, noise and confusion.  My greatest ideas have come in moments where I’ve been true to my intuition, most often found in solitude free of distractions and the disturbances of others.

If you consider us as individuals to be creatures of ideas, emotions and energies then you will understand that we consciously and sub-conciously give off signals and influencers to the environment and those around us.  This has been explored by scientists and mystics alike in the pursuit of explaining certain phenomenon, such as preminition and attracting that which we think about deeply.  How often have you thought of contacting a person you haven’t spoken to in a while and then the same day or next day that person calls you?  For me it happens constantly.  I also get thoughts or images in my mind of something happening and then I get this feeling in my stomach, but not really in the stomach itself more like from that area of my body.  If the image is of a positive thing then the feeling is good, but if it is of a bad thing (like someone dying or lying in a casket) then I get this horrible feeling in that area of my body.  That’s when I know that it isn’t just an image, but something more. Without the feeling, I usually attribute the thought, idea or image to some external stimulous that triggered it.

So, how does this tie into growth and enlightenment?  Well, If growth and enlightenment are a natural progression in connection with that which preceeds it, then could it be possible that we can emotionally and mentally progress more quickly along the process by focusing on it?  I believe we can.

In solitude we are able to focus on our true self and intentions in life.  It allows us to find our clarity so that we can own it and develop the path to achieving it quickly.  Solitude allows us to reshape our thoughts, beliefs and feelings so that we can align ourselves to more quickly achieve our goals or life mission, or to align ourselves towards new goals.

I read a book once called the “Genius of Man” in which the author wrote about some great figures throughout history.  The author successfully made the point that the most influential figures, those that we look up to today, where individuals that entered their growth phase towards greatness after extended periods of solitude.  Some were imprisoned, others wondered in wilderness, and others experienced great illness that held them in a hospital bed or institution for extended periods of time.  For these individuals, coming out of their solitude they were much more clear, focused and powerful.  They then continued to become great figures by being unique and following their unique ideas.  But, they weren’t unique for the sake of being unique.  They were unique in that they followed different ways of thinking and being simply because it was clear to them that they made sense.

The question then becomes why didn’t the rest of society see these ideas?  And my answer is quite simply because they were not in solitude, but busy being part of the social environment known as ‘society’.  In this busy environment an individual would be confused by the bombardment of other people’s ideas, desires and beliefs.  Very simply, they were overly stimulated and pre-occupied to recognize, let alone pursue better truths, beliefs and ways of being.

How are you growing as an individual and how enlightened are you?  Are you being driven by your environment?  When was the last time you thought about your life purpose in a significant way?  I don’t mean asking the question, but actually knocking on the foundation that got you to the point you’re at.

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