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What is the cause of loneliness and how can it be dealt with?
Loneliness takes many forms.
A person can feel lonely
when he is alone or feels neglected,
but there is also the loneliness that he himself makes.
Loneliness is felt because one's self exists.
When he - the self - does not exist,
he does not feel lonely.
All people live lonely lives.
It is fine to console oneself
by thinking of those who are worse off than himself.
Loneliness is made by one's self;
that is, it is not something that originally exists.
It is possible to lose oneself
in the thought that he is lonely or neglected.
All people live such lives
so it is important not to further
make the non-existent minds of loneliness.
Reference: The Great Teacher Woo Myung's Book 'The Book of Wisdom", p.186
