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A Reflection on the Experience of “Presence” and “Absence” and Their Relation to “The Art of Love” and “The Art of Solitude”
Love is the experience of 'absence' and the presence of the beloved in the form of absence; positive solitude, in turn, is the art of enduring the absence of the experience of love and its 'other side.' The difference between life-giving solitude and self-alienation lies in the relationship between presence and absence.
? The Art of Love:
Although ◽️love is the experience of the "becoming-we" of "two I's" (lover and beloved), but ◽️the "we" is absolutely not the sum of the "two I's." Just as ◽️the "we" is also not an absolute "selflessness." In fact, ◽️the "we" is the mutual experience of the "I within selflessness" of the "two I's" (lover and beloved). Therefore, ◽️"love" is more an experience of "absence" than an experience of "presence." Just as, on the one hand, ◽️the true presence of the lover is the result of his "non-presence," that is, "absence and loss unto himself," and "presence unto the beloved." In this sense, ◽️love is the experience of "discovering oneself in the other." In other words, ◽️the absence and loss of the lover is not only not his non-presence, but the highest manifestation of his presence. On the other hand, ◽️the true presence of the beloved is also the result of his "non-presence," that is, "absence and deprivation for the lover." In this sense, ◽️love is the experience of the beloved's presence in the form of absence. In other words, ◽️the absence and deprivation of the beloved is not only not his non-presence, but the highest manifestation of his presence. Thus, ◽️love is the "simultaneous and concurrent presence of two absences": first, the "presence-filled absence of the lover," and second, the "absent presence of the beloved."
? The Art of Solitude:
But ◽️the tale of the "absence of love," that is, "solitude," is a vastly different tale from those two "life-giving absences in love." In fact, ◽️the "absence of love" or "solitude" has two completely different, indeed contradictory, types: first, "negative solitude," which is "lethal and deadly"; and then, "positive solitude," which is its opposite, and like love and the absences hidden within it, is "beneficial and life-giving." It can be said that ◽️sometimes the state of solitude can be considered a "deficiency" resulting from the "individual's inability or unworthiness to love," which is in fact "negative solitude." And ◽️sometimes the state of solitude can be considered a "paradox" that exists "despite the individual's ability or worthiness to love," which is in fact "positive solitude" or "solitude as an art." In this sense, ◽️the "art of solitude" is, in fact, not the "antithesis" or even the "alternative" to the "art of love," but rather its "other side." Because ◽️the non-experience, too, if it is not out of incapacity and is accompanied by "longing" and "waiting," is itself a kind of experience, indeed its highest type and degree. Therefore, if ◽️love, "as an art," is the experience of the beloved's absence and enduring it, then ◽️solitude, "as an art," is also the absence of the experience of love and enduring it. In this sense, ◽️solitude is the absence of the "experience of absence." In other words, ◽️solitude is the experience of love's presence in the form of absence. With these details, ◽️solitude is not only not the absence of love, but its highest type and degree. Thus, ◽️love is "absence" and "deprivation" and ◽️solitude is "the absence of absence"; it is "repeated absence and deprivation," and in a more expressive and beautiful interpretation, ◽️solitude is "repeated love." Thus, ◽️only when we are "alone" are we not "alone." In fact, in "solitude," we are not only one "body," but we are "bodies" and with "bodies" (two thousand I's and we's). But, ◽️in the "absence of solitude," when we are apparently not "alone" and are with "bodies," we are not only not "one body," but we are "nothing"; it can be said that we are only one "body." In this sense, ◽️one who possesses the "art of solitude" will never be "alone." Just as ◽️one who is "incapable of solitude" will always be "alone." Thus, ◽️there is a great difference between "solitude as oneness and seclusion" and "solitude as self-alienation and abandonment," just as ◽️there is a great difference between "the body as an individuated person" and "the body as a lifeless corpse."
See and read other parts of the "Vain Words" collection, previously published on the "Sedanet Telegram channel," at the following addresses!
A Reflection on "Philosophizing" and Its Relation to "Human Errors" and "His Longings"
A Reflection on "Philosophizing" and Its Relation to "Human Errors" and "His Longings"
A Reflection on "Creativity" and the Difference Between "Divine Creativity" and "Human Creativity"
A Reflection on "The Secret" and Its Relation to "Love" and "Art"
A Reflection on “The Art of Solitude” and Its Relation to “Being” and “Non-Being”
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A Reflection on the Experience of “Presence” and “Absence” and Their Relation to “The Art of Love” and “The Art of Solitude”
Author: Masoud Zanjani
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