Alone Again: Transforming Loneliness, Touching Peace

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From the Living Gems Curation Team

This collection invites us to sit with the experience of loneliness, not as something to escape but as a doorway into deeper connection with ourselves and life.

We explore the nature of loneliness and the longing for connection, learning to recognize the stories that make it feel heavy. We rediscover solitude as a nourishing space to come home to our own presence.

We then look closely at the roots of suffering in daily life, how loneliness interweaves with desire and fear, and how to transform suffering through selective watering of our inner seeds. We remember that happiness is found in the present moment: there is no path to happiness, happiness is the path.

Finally, we engage in healing practices for real change. Deep listening, taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, daily mindfulness, embracing impermanence, and practicing with the Five Remembrances.

Gradually, loneliness becomes something we can hold with tenderness, guiding us back to a warm and grounded relationship with ourselves.

Last update November 21, 2025