“No man is an island,” the great poet once wrote.
We are not alone in our suffering, in our diseases. We are not alone on the highway on the way to work, in the football stadium, watching the tv. We are not alone in our grief, in our outrage, in our happiness. Yet at times we feel so alone, so estranged, so disconnected, even in a crowd.
And so lonely.
Who has not known it, or felt it, or seen it?
We are lonely because we have forgotten Krishna, and forgotten who we are. We have forgotten that Krishna is with us in the heart. The Upanishads describe it’s like two birds in a tree, one is busy eating the fruit, and the other watching. the supersoul, the watching bird, is always with us. Always. But he waits for us to make the first move, to turn to him and say something. Truly we are never alone. Ever.
Try this when you are swept with a sense of loneliness, and the fear and sadness with it. This often happens at night as we lay down to sleep, or if we are ill. “I am situated in everyone’s heart’, Krishna says in the Gita, ‘ and from me comes knowledge, remembrance, and forgetfulness.’ Just think of Krishna, the original personal source of divine love, power, beauty, and energy. Feel loved and supported. Talk to Him. Or just be still in the connection.
The absolute truth is not an idea, it’s a relationship. It’s not about being correct, but of being connected. Krishna, the supersoul ‘bird’ in the heart is not leaving us, no matter who we are or what we have done. We need to turn and exchange with Him. When we face the sun our shadow falls behind us. So too when we connect with Krishna – the shadow of loneliness will be behind us. Forever.
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