Fear

 Many people are devoured by activities and strangled by attachments, as someone said.  What is behind this?  Fear, I believe.  Fear of being alone with oneself.  Such people tend to draw others into their activities, their promotions for good works and usefulness.  Such compulsions fail to develop us into our truer self, which does need some solitude and silence.  But also, there are others who flee the world out of fear or disgust.  They seek solitude as an escape, not as a place to be found and find their deeper self and Source.  Some think they “escape” to encounter God, but in fact, God is Love, and one who escapes life is not interested in Love.  They are not into love of others who they judge as “bad” or “wrong.”  The reason for solitude is to encounter oneself in all our foibles, to encounter a God of Love and Acceptance, and then to go forth and love others.