Alone With Yourself

Take time alone to yourself is extremely important for spiritual growth. Shamans become shamans by taking long breaks in the woods alone to connect with the world and to connect with themselves; to see life how it really is. The advantage of being alone is that you have greater control over your thoughts and become more conscious. When people come together, we develop a synergy with each other. This synergy used unconsciously is not in our favor. It can propel both of you towards a direction of your choosing but also you may be taken a direction not most optimal to you; without consciousness it becomes fairly random. The monkey mind (compulsive behavior) comes out of humans more when we are together than when we are alone. Time alone allows us to tap deeper into our consciousness which is a significant characteristic that only humans possess. When we are alone, that is our time to plan, that is the time to create ourselves, and that is the time to tap deep into consciousness. When we connect with ourselves in this way it can be looked at as preparing ourselves to reenter the community as a better person. We are products of our environment, but when we are alone, we control what product we are becoming and when we reintroduce ourselves to our daily environments, we begin to change the environment itself to fit us more. Life is sort of like a battle, of external things shaping you one way, and you trying to shape yourself another way. If we want our lives to be the way WE want, alone time is important. It reminds me of the quote, “If we want to improve the world, first we must improve ourselves.” It’s true, we cannot force others to do anything, all we can do is set the good example to change the environment. But I must add that our alone time is only useful if we do not distract ourselves with social media, television, and et cetera. Things that are good to do alone (if you feel you must do something) are journal/write, draw/paint, or exercise. What is most effective for spiritual growth is to do nothing. Quietly sitting still is the best. If you cannot be by yourself then you do not know how to be with other people. “If you cannot sit alone with yourself that just means you are in bad company.” -Sadhguru. If we cannot be good company for ourselves, how can we be good company for other people? When we see other people, do we use them to give us energy or do we contribute energy to them? Do they balance us out chemically, and if so, why can we not balance our own chemistry? Alone time is when we learn to contribute energy and still maintain our own balance even when the other person is not contributing. Alone time is when we learn to gain stability. Stability of thoughts, stability of emotions, and stability of self. It’s how we find WHO WE ARE. This blog is mainly about creating our lives and world how we want, so I want to add that, when alone, a lot of manifesting is happening; more-so than when with company. Conscious creation is the purpose to being human, it is why we were made, and it is the next phase of evolution. Neville Goddard interprets each character in the bible to be allegorical for a phase of life. When we go through these phases, the unconscious part of us dies and are reborn conscious creators, Jesus Christ. “If you can sit alone and believe your thoughts are creating forces, with no help from others, you have reached Jesus Christ.” -Neville Goddard. If you really want to learn what life is about become silent, still, and spend time alone; alone with yourself.