Loneliness is not an accident caused by loss, distance, or broken relationships, but a deep incompleteness rooted in the ego’s need for support and identity. Running into noise, distraction, or shallow bonds only worsens it. Freedom begins when loneliness is faced honestly, observed deeply, and understood as a mirror of oneself.
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Originally published in Deccan Herald on 20 jan '26
People run from it into noise and distraction and shallow bonds. But running only makes it worse. Suppressed pain does not heal; it festers.
Loneliness is usually treated as an accident, something that happens later in life after a loss or a breakup or a change of city. We imagine a time when we were whole, and then something went wrong. But if one looks honestly, loneliness is not an interruption in life. It is one of its earliest facts.
Watch an infant left alone for a moment. Nothing is physically wrong; the child is fed and warm and safe. Yet the cry begins. The child simply cannot bear to be left alone. The moment a familiar face appears, the crying stops; all it needed was presence. Long before language, before thought, the seed of separation is already planted.
