Try to imagine that you are a screen in a movie house. Every few weeks, there is a different movie that is playing. One week it's a western, then it's a psycho-thriller, then a drama, then a comedy. And yet, whatever is projected on it, the screen remains unaffected in any permanent way. When the story ends, the screen remains just as it was before the movies were projected on it. It's inherent, clear and blank nature is intact.
Perhaps a better way to express loneliness is to say "I feel lonely" instead of "I am lonely". This puts feelings in the right perspective and makes them manageable. We dis-identify from them without denying them, and because we do this, they become easier to deal with.
Be aware, feelings can really be powerful, overwhelming even. They are not to be denied, but we should not allow them to reign over us permanently or absorb them completely into our identity as persons.
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