tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943895454360619148.post9202469028054671100..comments2023-05-16T17:08:05.562+03:00Comments on Confessions of a Vegetarian Shark: On SolitudeAmmarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01669890793678305822noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943895454360619148.post-73924661340397308512008-04-14T07:00:00.000+03:002008-04-14T07:00:00.000+03:00I agree with you. Being alone is a continuous proc...I agree with you. Being alone is a continuous process of self-healing from the troubles around us.I always try to spend at least 30 minutes a day alone to cleanse my mind and my soul.Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05779469888974806600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943895454360619148.post-35036577028006162872008-04-14T12:57:00.000+03:002008-04-14T12:57:00.000+03:00I agree with you, the worse thing someone can do t...I agree with you, the worse thing someone can do to them selves is not to have some solitude, because that will lead them to be strangers from themselves.Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377310526681733081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943895454360619148.post-10583136557515471032008-04-14T14:21:00.000+03:002008-04-14T14:21:00.000+03:00I agree with you both :)I agree with you both :)Ammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01669890793678305822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943895454360619148.post-40465934648055247782008-04-16T18:46:00.000+03:002008-04-16T18:46:00.000+03:00And if we think about the greatest philosophers, p...And if we think about the greatest philosophers, poets, and scholars, especially the ones in Islamic history, all of them had extended periods of isolation--sometimes forced--and solitude. Great thought does not come from multitasking in chaos, but rather from the chance to truly contemplate, alone.UmmFarouqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05366325597455956128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943895454360619148.post-70974093467205246992008-04-16T19:07:00.000+03:002008-04-16T19:07:00.000+03:00That's absolutely true ummfarouq, not only tha...That's absolutely true ummfarouq, not only that, but all the stories of prophets involve Solitude at some point, from Moses when he left his people to receive the commandments, through Zakarias when he was ordered to "fast" from speaking to people for three nights when he was promised of John, Mary was ordered the same when she received Gabriel, and Muhammad in the cave of Hira' before receiving Gabriel.Ammarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01669890793678305822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943895454360619148.post-81091424194639774892008-08-24T05:10:00.000+03:002008-08-24T05:10:00.000+03:00Solitude comes after a permission/order. This perm...Solitude comes after a permission/order. This permission can manifest in a great urge to be alone, or simply from being the only thing one can do when everything around looks like taking a break from communicating with you... when the world stops seeing you ("sometimes forced" as ummfarouq suggests).<br><br>To achieve solitude while being with people, this seems to start with lengthy isolation periods that pave the way for the day when one is sitting among people, looking like he/she is "with" them, while inner eyes being fixated on Allah.<br><br>People are made of a7wal (states), usually they suck each other into their dramas... into gossip, into misery, kufr, foul play, into waste of time & soul... That's why Prophet Mohammad advised we chose whom we befriend, so their state will take us Places other than those linked to lower self & ego.<br><br>If this whole world took 3 days of solitude would it be where it is today? Na. It is rather drowned in dramas of every kind, dramas that steep us into chaos. People switch on their TVs all day long so they won't hear the voice of emptiness inside, so they would stay "busy" with voices that shun their own."Ruba Saqr"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03242774629613440546noreply@blogger.com