Acharya Prashant explains that what people call loneliness is a lie. The one who is truly alone has all their problems solved. He states that loneliness is never the disease; its real meaning is that one has stopped being troubled or influenced by others. We are never truly alone. The state that you call loneliness or emptiness is, in fact, the state where you are surrounded by a crowd, when there is a commotion of the crowd in your mind. This is an irony of words, a lie of words, that you call your crowd-filled state 'loneliness'. The state of loneliness is when your mind is in turmoil with numerous thoughts, people, and influences. When another person comes along, you focus on them and get temporary relief from the inner crowd, which you mistake for the removal of loneliness. However, it is not loneliness that has been removed, but the crowd. The person who calls themselves lonely is actually a victim of the crowd. Never call loneliness a problem. In spiritual language, loneliness is called 'Kaivalya' (aloneness), which is the highest state, a state of bliss where it is just 'I am'. The real problem is that we are not alone; our minds are filled with thousands of voices from the market, office, home, and the past, which do not let us live in peace. Loneliness is the solution to this problem, not the problem itself. When you feel a great emptiness or loneliness, you should see whose memory is haunting you or what is attracting you. You feel empty because that attraction is not being fulfilled. Loneliness is felt because there is something like a 'second' (duality) that is pulling you, and its non-attainment makes you agitated. We should not give the world permission to sit on our heads. We not only give permission but also invite them to corrupt our minds. If someone comes to clean our minds of these influences, we make them a part of the mental clutter as well. Before you make anything precious for yourself, ask yourself a hundred times if it is really that valuable. The only thing that has status is that which cleanses your mind. A clean mind does not feel lonely. Loneliness is a symptom of a 'sticky' mind that clings to everything.
