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I feel deep aloneness after starting meditation. Is this normal?
Since I began watching my breath every morning, I feel a strange aloneness even among friends. It is not sad exactly, but unfamiliar.
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What you are touching is aloneness, not loneliness. Loneliness is the absence of the other; aloneness is the presence of yourself. It feels unfamiliar only because we are taught to always lean on others. Stay with it — it ripens into a deep contentment.
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Yes, totally normal. I went through the same. Don't rush to fill it with company. That very aloneness is the doorway.