Thursday, August 26, 2010

in praise of solitude

“In praise of solitude”. Lots of people have written about it. The following list begins with four individual impressions then moves on through Thoreau and official psychology to a couple of Buddhism sources. The transpersonal dimension is not always appreciated. Contemplatives unite - yoh!

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/garrison_keillor/2009/06/24/solitude
http://zenhabits.net/creative-habit/
http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2009/02/16/in-praise-of-solitude/
http://www.cfidsselfhelp.org/library/in-praise-solitude

http://thoreau.eserver.org/walden05.html
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199802/the-call-solitude

Shantideva
http://www.tricycle.com/dharma-talk/cutting-ties-the-fruits-solitude
Wander alone like a rhinoceros
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.03.than.html

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