Aloneness and a friendship cake (part three).
Essentially a piece about togetherness
A·lone′ness n.
(əˈləʊnnəs)
A state of being.
An inner sense of place 2. A large internal landscape 3. A place where there is an outworking of our interior dialogue 4. A gentle friendship with oneself 5. The art of inwardness. 6. A tending to the companionship with self 7. ‘The secret place’ 8. A place to commune with Spirit 9. Inner belovedness 10. The inner world.
Dear Reader,
I invite you into the final instalment of this three piece inquiry into Aloneness.
A summary, a celebration, a finale, a friendship cake.
I entered this inquiry without absolutes, just a heap of ideas and a lifetime of questions. It’s the rich and more fruitful grounds of the togetherness I have experienced over the years that had me wanting to understand the ingredients that makes up such a beautiful thing.
I encourage you to read Part one and Part two as a precursor to the cake.
It feels true to the occasion and the closing of an inquiry like this, to celebrate and summarise this exploration with a story, a cake and a very good recipe that has become a love-note amongst friends.
This is the end of the inquiry,
but not a full stop
and still without absolutes to conclude with,
I do believe that after all we have explored together, it is fair to be of belief that aloneness and our intimate relationship with it
might just be,
the perfume,
the prose
the river
the exchanged recipe for living,
for loving,
and loving well…
…for if we can sit gently in our aloneness,
might we then
be able to sit with others, in togetherness—
as themselves?
Now let us get to the story and friendship cake …