The present times can be said to be the times of social media. People like it or not, many things in our modern societies are done through social media and messenger applications, so almost everyone is connected. I believe that to be connected on these platforms and messenger applications should have some impact on our brain, not necessarily for worse. Yet, the way people interact nowadays is different than it was not long ago.
Another important thing to mention is that people nowadays have worse qualities than the people of the past. People are more unpleasant. We see many people who are jealous and fake to their supposed friends or even relatives. People seem to compete with each other. Some people seem to want to be superior to others in material terms. Wealth confers social status, and some people seem to wish to have that superior social status when comparing themselves with others.
This phenomenon of jealousy and competitiveness between people isn't new. People naturally compare themselves. Some people might wish to see others' misery. As we grow up, we start noticing these things, and many old behaviors of many other people in our youth are explained. Among women, they seem to envy the beauty of each other. This happens more in their youth, and older women might envy the beauty of younger women.
So we can say that this is a very toxic world. In my opinion, things are like this because people don't do any kind of spiritual practice, so naturally they become very much attached to the material things around them, and they identify themselves very much with what they possess, with their beauty, and so on. So by removing spirituality from people's lives, the result is the growth of negative minds like envy and so on.
In a way, being more by oneself can make us more fragile, yet I believe it's important to cultivate real friendships and not fake ones. If we are good-hearted, we will naturally connect with other good-hearted people. Those who are evil-hearted naturally chase away the good-hearted people and draw to themselves the evil-hearted ones. The ignorant people aren't aware of these things. The result is that the lives of these people go wrong. Because they surround themselves with the wrong people, many things just go wrong. These ignorant people end up noticing a big downturn in their lives in the second part of their lives.
To be more by oneself is a way to reenergize oneself. Because spending time with jealous and fake people is a waste of time and energy. These people aren't real friends. So how can we succeed in material terms in this modern world by being more by ourselves? In my view, we should rely on altruism. Through benefiting others selflessly, our good is indirectly and naturally assured. But most people aren't aware of this. Many people believe that one succeeds in life by practicing non-virtue. In a way this is true, but like I wrote in this text, usually these people suffer very much in the second part of their lives.
So spending more time by ourselves can be healing. Yet, some people like very much to go out at night, go to some bar at night to socialize, drink some alcohol, listen to some live music, and enjoy themselves. This can be a good way of enjoying oneself, yet, for our mental and physical health, the best is to wake up before sunrise and go to sleep after the sunset. To go to bed late and wake up late isn't good in the long run. So in my view, we need balance in our lives. I believe that it's very important for a human being to do some spiritual practice, even if it's little. This will change the way we live and we will be happy.
All the best to you all.
