Recent conversations with one or two friends have revealed that emotional connections are of great importance to us women. This realisation came to me as a bit of a relief as I thought I was a weirdo who seems to constantly go through life seeking for this non-existent ‘connection’. At last, I know it is normal but this does not mean that establishing or sustaining this connection becomes any easier. Though it appears that all humans need this deep sense of connection between each other, nowadays it tends to be purposely severed. Perhaps this is because of our modern culture, the independent-ness, the constant isolation and most of all the FEAR of exposing oneself completely (or close to that) to another. It makes me wonder how much we ‘distrust’ each other and ourselves, how separated we are. It is painful. Even more painful, especially for those of us who have a natural tendency to be ‘connected’ to oneself and others. These are thoughts I’ve been sub-consciously contemplating since I read the exceptional book by Eckart Tolle (A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose). Since reading that book, to some extent I understand the reason why I had been walking through life in that familiar dream like ‘lost-ness’, forever wondering the reason for my underlying dissatisfaction. Now, it is as if the muddy lake that is my mind has settled to some extent letting me see some clarity and insight. Perhaps this is the dawn of the new beginning that I have been waiting for.
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