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    Can a person live alone in this world?

    Many people have introverted tendencies. They prefer to be alone and generally do not mix with other people. Psychologists tell us that it is not a healthy situation as such people are prone to depression and other unwanted personality disorders.
    On the other hand, gregarious people are generally happy and enjoy life with friends and family. For any activity, they will search company and enjoy the group activities.
    Now my question is whether it is possible to live alone in this world without any company. We know that there were some saints and sages in our society who, as the legends say, lived in caves all alone living with nature. How could they manage it? Can an ordinary person survive in an isolated environment without interacting with others or having company? Please share your experiences and views on this.
  • #777279

    Points:5
    Yes. They manage their life with their disciples. They are also not alone in the caves and hills. They will always have some disciples with them. They eat raw food available from trees and drink water. They always spend their time praying to God and doing japam and tapam.
    In this world, a common man may be unable to live alone. He should have some friends and some other people in society. Otherwise, he will not have any charm in his life. His life will become monotonous. But if we start meditating and pass the time praying to God, we may have peace of life. But in the end, nobody will be there to take care of you.
    There is a saying in Telugu which means that even a Gold plate wants support to stand. Similarly, any person requires at least 4 persons to carry his dead body to the burial ground. Otherwise, the dead body will be eaten away by animals and birds.
    drrao
    always confident

  • #777284

    Points:4
    People by nature are gregarious and generally move in a company or society or group. It is very rare to live alone without company. Even animals live in groups. Living beings identify themselves with a group or society and without that they do not feel to exist.
    So company is very important in our lives whether it is the family members, relatives, friends, or some people living near us.
    In my area the senior people generally go for walk in the nearby park and walk in a group or exercise or chit-chat and it is so common that it has become a part of their routine and they cannot imagine life without it.
    I do not think that a person can live alone without any company.
    Knowledge is power.

  • #777302

    Points:4
    No, I don't think that it would be possible for a man to live alone. At least, he must have a couple of friends to share both happiness and sorrows being felt them. If such a facility is not available, life would be monotonous and dull.
    Everyone of us would like to express our own feelings in case of their achievements and there might be some occasions sometimes when they feel loneliness due to sudden loss of a friend on account of the death. There might be a feeling of expressing the same in their own words how badly they are feeling under the state of sorrows.
    If there is an absence of dialogue between the two living creatures, life would be certainly dull.

  • #777319

    Points:5
    I know many people who love to live alone. They are exactly opposite of people who love socializing and whenever they are in a social setting they behave awkwardly. Many people including their own family members think they have some psychological problems but can't do anything because it's their basic nature. You can't force someone to become which he/she is not. May be they are suffering from autism or any such inborne condition which makes them like that.

    Just like every finger of our hands are not equal, everyone is not same. We need to keep an open mind and not force someone because it can hurt them. These are all psychological things and we don't know what can offend a person. People can also go into depression if they are forced to do something which they are not comfortable doing. Such people have a limited circle and not many friends like other extroverts but they are definitely better and more trustworthy than most social people.
    Humble yourself or life will do it for you!

  • #777323

    Points:5
    Fist of all, I pray God forbid such situation(lonely living) happening to any one.

    While in our healthy, wealthy and youthful times we may swear that we don't need anyone and can live alone, the drastic truth is that no one can live alone- in the real sense of alone. That person will soon become depressed, and may become mentally affected and or may fall sick and meet death faster. Loneliness is the most cruel thing happening to a person.
    That is why solitary confinement is given rarely and only to very high risk offenders and dangerous people.

    Living as only one occupant in a flat in an apartment is not a real lonely life. We can see and interact with people if we open our doors and windows. Sometimes even the TV and radio, social media are also our companions and so we are not alone in the strict sense.

    Man is a social animal. He has to socialize. Living without any close ones or relatives is no living lonely. Even such people socialize and interact outside their homes while shopping ,travelling, going to worship places and places of public utilities.

    But I pray even such thing as staying as the single occupant in a house also not occurs to anyone.
    We are happy that we have got a big virtual family or friendship in this forum. Let us feel blessed and privileged.

    (The life of Rishis is a different matter. All through their life they train and control their senses and focus their minds. Even they do not stay alone and aloof all times, but interact or live with others too. They also interact with nature's other creatures and animals also)


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