Does any one elss fell that we are truly alone on some level. I'm going through some shit right now and it fells like no matter who I talk to there is never a real connection, just me putting on an act and comparing it the other persons. I try to be myself and to find people like me but every one seams so fake, I even act difrently to try and get peoples approval... this rases many problems like finding love or frendship when you don't even truly know your self let alone any one elss. Drives me crazy!
hmm.. i sometimes get an overwhelming feeling of being alone.. when i realise that all we have with other people and the outside world.. is interaction.. we are never connected to anyone/anything else.. we can only interact.. and anything we feel we are part of could cease to exist.. just like we feel a part of life.. as though we are part of the universe.. but if you think about it, we are all seperate from it - just our conciousness. and death is the end of interaction with the universe. hmm how depressing
your own conscousness is the only thing you can truly be aware of. it would be easy if we could crawl in other people's heads and understand what they want us to. i think i know how you feel about being alone in the world. michael franti: 'surrounded by a million other people but feeling lonely like a tree in the desert' i remember that quote because it is true. we are alone in the world. and we're trapped in these silly little soft fleshy bodies of ours. and it sucks sometimes because we are so limited...physically, socially, mentally, etc. nobody is ever going to fully understand how you feel or think. the reason you have problems interacting with people is because you are 'playing your role', the 'role' being what you think people expect of you, right? because they are fake. you are fake. the entirety of human interaction is just acting. it's all fake. it's like a costume we put on before heading out the door, so we can act out all the important parts for the other people who are watching. there is no such thing as a true connection, only a superficial level of understanding, not much deeper than that. and as far as your thoughts on knowing yourself... there is no 'you' that defines and separates 'you' from 'me'. you aren't limited to 'you'. you can also be 'me' if you want. your personality is just a combination of all of the things that you will potentially do in a given situation. 'YOU' is simply your actions. we don't like other people, we like the things they do. we don't fall in love with other people, we fall in love with the things they do. the collective personality can be very static sometimes. sometimes it helps just to do things 'you' wouldn't normally do. when you change what you do or say, you are, in essense, changing your entire self. every action shapes our potential future and our outlook and perspective. maybe that's what you need is another perspective. it helped me the last time i had serious shit to deal with. maybe im just rambling but hopefully you can take something from what i said, fallout
I feel like we all just want to be loved, on some level. People have different, usually contrived, ways of going about it, however. Knowing that, it's up to you to bring out the best in other people if you are to expect the same from them. Love them unconditionally if you can -- help them to feel free, and you'll gain a little freedom for yourself.
We are all connected. Feeling alone is simply a delusion that I hope one day you will see beyond. Peace and love
I think in life most people really don't meet a lot of people they connect with... but everyone meets a few! The trick is holding onto the few, and really putting all your energies into making sure those people know they are important to you. And sometimes you have to take the first step and just tell them how much they mean to you... it sounds corny, but a lot of people really like to hear it!
I greet everyone like they are my family, no matter what their reaction is to me. That is how I feel connected to the world. Peace and love
Where do you live? I really want to smoke with you! lol It would be an intense session of stoner thoughts and conversation about life. It would be awsome!
A lot of people are fake because they're living fake lives like they see on TV, movies, and read about in books. They take their words from characters they've heard, and they make their opinions from what they've read other's believe. I know it's a little hard to find other's that understand, but you'll find them if you look. Maybe not right away, but you'll find them
