The loneliness of the long distance runner!

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On Wed, 04 Oct 2000 17:54:03 Tony O'Clery wrote:

>Musing on Harha's comment on loneliness. It feels to me like the

>loneliness of the long distance runner. You have to feel it and do it

>yourself. The more consciousness of the illusory separation of our

>mnds and the Universal the more the loneliness perhaps. The orignal

>feeling of duality must in essence surely be that of loneliness.

>

>How many times did I write loneliness.?

 

That was 5, last "loneliness" included.

 

Isn't the film "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" a Japanese film

about three men that run through the city with no clear aim ?

If that's the one, I have seen it.

 

The three men have different reasons to be running, but when meeting, they find

they have a fellowship in the running. In the end, they find out there is a joy

in simply running.

 

A feeling of loneliness (as opposed to aloneness) must be some of the most

common human experiences and at the same time, maybe the experience that can be

the most difficult. It also seems that as living standards and health care

systems improve in a society, cases of loneliness and depression that needs

medical treatment rise in the population. This to me means that the human mind

has other basic needs besides those of food and clothing.

 

Some years ago, a young entrepreneurial Norwegian planned an expedition and set

out on the continent of Antarctica with the South Pole as his goal, alone.

All this time, he walked through the ice pulling his own food and equipment on a

sled. I often wonder about this feat, how he managed the feeling of loneliness

that must have appeared in the two months he was away.

 

I have been to the Arctic and the silence that is in the nature there, because

everything is so bare and there is no vegetation, is profound. I can only

imagine the sense of isolation there must be on the big white continent of

Antarctica. So the the feat of the man who walked to the South Pole by himself I

have found to be very inspiring in times of loneliness. Of course, the would be

South Poler had a radio with him at all times and was able to communicate with

other human beings with this.

 

Nice to see you back, Tony and UnbrokenCha8n.

 

Love,

 

Amanda.

 

 

 

 

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