I believe in this. It is not where you stay but what you do in order to help people, or to attain true freedom.
This comes from Prajnaparamita.Living in forests far away from other people is not true seclusion. True seclusion is...'; What is our opinion?
The true recluse is completely alone in mind and body. He/she is far away from others, interacts with no one and thinks about no one else. So, yes, if you are feeling superior to others, you are not secluded. However, if you have no thoughts or feelings about others, and are actually physically alone, then you are truly secluded.
I do not know who wrote it, but it really doesn't make sense. Seclusion or isolation means, basically, being alone not being ';available to others.'; My opinion . . . . true seclusion is being surrounded by people and yet being alone because of the lack of willingness or inability to interact with those around on a level beyond that of daily life.
I have no idea who might have said aside from yourself just now, but it shows a poor grasp of the English language. The word ';seclusion'; is derived from the Latin ';secludere'; = ';to shut off, confine alone, or separate from others'; and has the same meaning. ';the act or condition of being removed or separated from interaction with others, isolation';. A person who is interacting with others in the manner you describe is the exact opposite of someone who is in seclusion. People making up their own meanings for words and ignoring established lexicography is why so many people have lost the capacity for concise and nuanced communication of ideas.
It is a translation of an ancient text that is talking about things that don't lend themselves to language very well. It was first translated from the ancient text about the same time the English language was born so getting uppity about it, at this point, seems a little silly.
Have tried to isolate me by personal issues and could not. Today I have a mature view about the self isolation. I can only be in the midst of many. I try to fill me distributing the gifts that God has allowed me to have, both financial and my own ability to love my neighbor spontaneously. There is a way to be unique, being yourself and loving each other as only we know.
Doesn't sound like Thoreau. Don't recognize the quote.
But it gives a special meaning to ';recluse'; that is not the way it is commonly used. Sort of indicates someone who is adept at adding new meaning to words.
Perhaps Robert Frost?
I have no idea who said this but I do agree very much with this theory.
True seclusion, in my opinion, is Independence, being true to one's self,
and helping humanity anonymously
I have ventured into the forest many times, never been secluded, always surrounded by life. Those of us that can tread the path in remote areas are superior, I've been five feet away from a mountain lion, it was beautiful with fiery red hair from the top of its head, down its back to the tip of its tail, the encounter was brief as we each sized the other up, he turned a strolled away, I've been 2 feet from a black bear that resulted in her death, while the rush was sudden I was prepared, many deer and elk have passed within arms reach, as have badgers and magpies, and squirrels. I have little use for people who lead ';ordinary live'; they live in ignorance of the forest Human beings do not need affectionate speech or personal examples, we need natural selection. Who said this you ask, the Forest does not care.
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