Affirmations for Emptiness and Loneliness

“I will break through the illusion of emptiness.” This affirmation is about the holes that suffering creates. Know that emptiness is an illusion. No matter how much you have suffered, your soul sees you as whole.

Affirm today that you share this vision and have the intention to allow the light of spirit to come in and fill any voids it may find. To aid in this repair, close your eyes and see white light surrounding you like a bubble or cocoon. Visualize the light filling the entire space within you, seeking out rifts, tears, holes, and gaps. Ask for these to be completely filled with light.

“I will break through the illusion of being abandoned.” This affirmation is about loneliness. One of the worst parts of suffering a great loss is the feeling of utter isolation. The problem of loneliness, which exists for countless people, requires deeper healing than simply seeking out company.

Loneliness can happen in a crowd and may feel most intense when you find yourself alone on a packed street. As a child it was easier to cure loneliness, because the presence of a parent was enough to offer reassurance. As an adult, loneliness becomes more existential – it feels as if you have been abandoned, yet you cannot say by whom.

If you suffer from loneliness, have the intention to befriend yourself; as for spirit to comfort you with its presence, inviting it in with a meditation on the heart. End it by sitting quietly and asking to be allowed into the refuge of your heart. Feel your heart as a soft, warm enclosure; settle there with your attention, and rest as long as you wish. If you repeat this technique enough times, you will find that the presence of spirit is very real and accessible.

Adapted from The Deeper Wound: Recovering the Soul from Fear and Suffering, by Deepak Chopra (Harmony Books, 2001).

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Emma S.

1:59PM PDT on Oct 26, 2011

Thank you. I like the white light visualisation.

send a green star

Teresa W.

4:49AM PDT on Jul 6, 2011

Camilla, emptiness IS an illusion. If a person has nothing to do and is bored out of her mind, then she starts to imagine that her life is empty. I work too hard to think of such things, so I have no time to think about emptiness or whatever such figments of imagination may be. :-)

4:47AM PDT on Jul 6, 2011

I've always been lonely, so I don't care about this sentimental stuff for silly teenagers.

Val G.

12:41PM PDT on May 18, 2011

Inspirational.
Thank you Mr. Chopra.

Robert O.

2:41PM PST on Jan 14, 2011

Thanks.

lyne y.

1:42AM PST on Nov 11, 2010

I find if I make myself say at least one thing I was grateful for each day, I can pull up out of the funk. Usually I first think of my dog and then other thoughts start to pop up to remind me of all that I forget that I have sometimes. Just a thought from me to you.

Melissah C.

8:04PM PST on Nov 10, 2010

thanks

Susan B.

3:39AM PST on Nov 10, 2010

Noted,thanks.

NO ANY FW to me R.

7:55AM PDT on Sep 2, 2010

Beautiful... Thank you

Antoinette R.

11:24AM PDT on Jun 9, 2010

great post =]