isolation
29 subentries
- isolation. See also loneliness
- effect
- divergence of personality from trend of universe (130:4.8)
- exhausts energy charge of soul (160:2.8-9)
- fatal to happiness (111:4.7) (193:3.2)
- most undesirable when prolonged (100:5.8)
- not good for man to be alone (112:1.16) (160:2.6) (193:3.2)
- planetary i. affords opportunity to exercise faith (50:7sec)
- examples
- Adam and Eve painfully aware of planetary isolation (74:3.1-2) (75:0.1) (75:1sec)
- Buddhism advocated i. from objective reality (94:11.6)
- fate of Judas is solemn warning against (193:4.1,12)
- Thomas would have fared better with his fellows (139:8.10-11) (189:4.1) (191:0.1,3,12) (191:5.1)
- from progressive spiritual aims as result of weariness, doubt, and confusion (32:3.6)
- Jesus
- destroyed basis for feelings of i. (103:4.4) (140:8.11)
- faith of Jesus provides salvation from (5:4.5) (101:6.13)
- gospel demands active social contact (140:10.5)
- cf: instruction to go apart (155:5.14) (157:4.8) (157:7.2)
- knows of our i. (181:1.6)
- times of isolation
- 40 days in wilderness (136:2.6) (136:3-10secs)
- on Mount Hermon (134:7.6-7) (134:8sec)
- went apart for communion (136:4.10) (144:3.9,19) (151:0.1) (151:5.1) (152:4.1) (152:5.5) (153:5.2) (158:1.6) (160:1.10-12) (160:3.1)
- triumphed over all fears of (182:3.9) (184:4.6)
- no thing or being lives in (56:10.14)
- prayer prevents (91:2.7)
- religion cures (101:10.7)
- society is result of man’s dislike of (68:2.1)
- Spirit of Truth destroys feelings of orphanhood (194:2.2)
Cross-references
- See also loneliness
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- Jesus 796
- friendship 36
- Thomas Didymus 36
- spiritual communion 26
- meditation 14
- apostles of Jesus 93
- personality 146
- prayer 125