How to Turn Loneliness in Your Favor

According to Blaise Pascal, people fear the silence of existence, afraid of being bored and prefers to engage in purposeless activities rather than boredom.

This too to run away from our problems and it causes us to deceive our brain.

According to this idea, the biggest problem of people is not being able to learn the art of solitude.

Today, one of the greatest characteristics of humanity is our peak in communicating. Thanks to technological devices we can reach the whole planet instantly, we can get news from everyone. As a result of globalization, humanity is closer to each other. Although this situation is positive, it also has some negative aspects. As a matter of fact, we are now connected to everyone, but disconnected from ourselves.

Pascal’s alone not being able to sit quietly in a room can be explained by these technological developments today. While you can reach a person at any time, be aware of everything at any time; why should we be alone

The answer is actually being alone, feeling lonely lies in the difference of concepts. If you feel uncomfortable when you’re alone, it may mean that you don’t know yourself very well. Therefore, over time, you hate being alone more and more, and you become more and more distant from yourself.

The fact that we use technology to stay away from ourselves, that doesn’t mean it really keeps us away from ourselves. We try to trick our brains; However, these problems continue in our subconscious and return as psychological disorders after a while.

In fact, every person thinks that their self-awareness is high. Everyone is extremely sure of how they feel, knows what they want, and analyzes their problems well. However In reality, things are not like that at all.

To become such a person, spending a lot of time alone, You have to devote a lot of time to yourself. In today’s world, the number of people who do this is very few, there are many devices and applications that will allow us to not hear our own voice.

According to Pascal, each of us as human beings, We are addicted to being bored. That’s why we hold on tightly to everything that keeps us from getting bored, and over time we make it a habit. Every habit that is harmful to our life is rooted in our distraction from our troubles and loneliness.

Rather than just sitting around and thinking, we want to do something, even if it’s empty. So that we can get to know ourselves, we are wasting time.

Therefore, according to Pascal, we We must embrace solitude.

We should spend more time alone, we should focus on our hobbies and our inner voice. We must question our place in life, our goals, our abilities. As we get to know ourselves, it will be possible for us to become more peaceful and determined, and our perspective on life in general will expand considerably.

So at the first opportunity take some time for yourself and try to be alone with your thoughts…