Solitude to Self-Explore
At a festival, I recently
attended, one of the speakers gave the members of the audience an interesting
exercise. It was an exercise in solitude. The speaker told us to close
our eyes, and to take in long deep breaths. He told us to focus on our
breathing and to do this for one minutes. I closed my eyes and
started the exercise. After a few seconds, I got restless. My thoughts wandered
and I started thinking about the following things:-
· When will the speaker tell us to open our eyes?
· If I open my eyes now they see me?
· What if I open my eyes and the person next to me open
his eyes as well and then we see each other?
· What will I get out of this activity?
After the activity the
speaker told us to think about the past one minute of our life and to think
about how it felt.
That is when it struck me
that I could not close my eyes and be at peace for even a minute. I was
uncomfortable being on my own. I was uncomfortable with solitude.
Why spend quality time with
yourself alone?
