Solitude is a Signal. The signal to think through YOUR pain, suffering & problems that are tied to the material world.
WHAT is YOUR Aspiration? YOUR awareness?
All pain is caused by false identification with the OBJECTS of experience.
Ask YOURSELF: How do I avoid pain?
Answer #1
If you identify with the WORLD, YOU will suffer.
It is this thing called '' clinging to'' by way of common mental habit seen well in things like 'opinions." If someone was giving away free opinions, how many would you take ? Have opinions by all means, but do not have an opinion ; An opinion is the cause of war. The worldy anicca, dukkha, anatta is NOT presented by our perceptions. Not our perceptions, and I keep reading this about 'perceptions ! Nay verily. Perceptions though limited, are pure ; it is the Interpretation we make that impairs the perception thus fed. By the way, there is no 'real' reality anyway and that said may draw man inbreath or 'aspiration. Sitting in Hua Tou or sitting in Mo Zhou, my daily sitting Rations are of themselves, my aspiRATIONS.. All blessings, Namo Hsu Yun Bodhisattva Namo Namo.. Sifu Ji An 籍安 Order of Hsu Yun & Linchi.