Constructive solitude???

Question

Benefits on society?
Who does this?
Is it a good idea?

Answer 1

It's a great way to reconnect with the natural world, relieve stress, and feel free. Sometimes I get stressed out from work, home to do lists, and family pressures and need some time alone to reflect. I just let my mind rest and try not to think of anything but my own breathing and how good it is to be alive. A lot of people get constructive solitude from long walks, bike rides, meditation, or long car trips. The benefits for society if more people got this time is less stress and conflict with others.

Answer 2

When one is able to have a better grip of one's own inner self, then they can channel that energy into being a more productive member of society. The majority of philosophers & sociologists, scientists, computer geeks, and even some politicians have used constructive solitude to, in their way, help benefit society. Constructive solitude is certainly more preferable than blind "groupthink."

Answer 3

There is no better purpose served to a man by solitude than to become a better person, and if one is to aspire to become a better person than one is soon to seek a better company for himself, company of fellow men.

The most rigorous and the toughest self-examinations take place in solitude, and solitary thoughts are the most honest thoughts one could ever entertain in one’s mind. Solitude is a place where one reposes in the true company of his own heart, where the deepest recesses of the mind are exposed, where one could eventually come face to face with the reality of his own being. But solitary thoughts can be misleading, and feeling engendered in isolation can be deceptive and wrong. There could be ignorance in what might be accepted as truth; one could be sincere but still a hypocrite, due to ignorance.

Solitude can only be constructive if there is a purpose to it, a purpose connecting a person to the world around. One needs to see, every now and then, into the mirror of life around, as there is difference between solitude and isolation.

Answer 4

The "poor in spirit" are of great benefit to society, but giving us "constructive solitude" will make us very usefull to civilisation. Makes no difference if it is positive or negative.

Answer 5

I like solitude personally.I despise really crowded places with lots of shouting etc. but i am afterall HSP.It can be constructive ,some of the greatest thinkers were solitary individuals but by and large people waste their solitude on procrastination and don't get anything done.Solitude can also result in lonliness,and a spiral of downward negative thinking as one muses on the human condition too much.'the mind is a place in itself and can make hell of heaven and heaven of hell'-john milton.If you are a creative individual though its rather essential!

Answer 6

Benefits for society - hopefully a slower, more considered decision making process for those who tend to destroy as a knee jerk reaction.

Who does this - I am guessing folks who need a break from others for a while and some folks are forced through their religious beliefs.

Is it a good idea - I believe so, as long as the isolated people return to share what they have learned.

Answer 7

When I was a practicing Catholic, we would periodically have retreats, a weekend or so where you went to a quiet location to contemplate, were not allowed to speak for several hours or even the whole day, were expected to leave your daily cares behind as much as possible.

I highly recommend it.

People tend to forget how much stress they're under, how they've let little things occupy them, how to see small and quiet things.

I'd love a place for such retreats now, but I'll have to make do with the occasional long walk.

Answer 8

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