The Voice of other’s Perceptions
The longer you’re in solitude the more you become aware of the anima voice in your head that takes a place of people. It has the perceptions of people, at least the expected perceptions. It was always there, but the more you’re in solitude, the more you see this anima as something separate from yourself. You begin to listen to it less because you are no longer around people, therefore, do not need the constant presence of the ‘voice of perceptions’ to guide you in social relations.
The New Voice Born from Solitude
Once you make the separation from this anima, you will feel lonely, but you will also hear a voice that has been otherwise silent. This new voice might say things that you don’t want to hear, things that you’ve been hiding from yourself, but can longer ignore. It will bring up things that will make you self-critical, and you will feel like it’s constantly judging you. Although this voice makes you ache if you don’t listen to it, it feels like your true voice.
What Voice to Listen To?
Once you listen to this voice, you begin to learn who you are beneath the perceptions of others and you can choose to manifest yourself in any way you like, or rather more accurately, manifest yourself in a way that puts you in favor of this new voice, your real voice, rather than being trapped in the loops of a persona that you project for others. At times, it is comforting to live in a persona that you show to others. You feel as if you are connected to others as if you share a conscious space, somewhat analogous to sharing physical space and being comforted by it. Sharing the warmth of unity. Sharing thoughts. This feeling reminds us that we exist and that we are sane.
Insanity
It is true, if you are in solitude for too long, you can follow a path that leads you to insanity, but some insanity is the precursor to great achievement, creativity, and innovation. If you were to ask humans of an earlier time, they might think the people of today with our current ideas and culture are insane. We’ve all moved in a more insane direction together, pulled and lead by the obsessed and insane geniuses throughout history. Once their genius, art, or achievement becomes undeniable, they are no longer tagged as insane, but rather as commendable. Then, we wish to emulate these people in the hope to accomplish what they have accomplished. So, as it follows, the culture changes, and society moves in a more insane direction. Definitions of insanity change.
Solitude all the Time?
Although solitude can cultivate your true voice and source of creativity and achievement, there are times when you would benefit most by being around people. If you are in solitude for too long (this varies for everyone), you could hit a plateau and need to return to people to test your ideas and present the updated persona you’ve created for yourself that resulted from listening to your true voice gained from solitude. In the process of exiting solitude, you attempt to find your place in your community, and once that is accomplished, if your ambitions are higher you can find your place in the world. This is the process of growth – entering the world, acting in it, and returning to solitude to re-tune yourself, like an instrument, and then return to the world to find your place in it among your community and world.
Conclusion
Solitude is a great strategy to utilize if you ever need to get to the bottom of something, or if you feel you need to put your finger on something, or if you are lost and need to find your inner, true voice.
