What should I read to stave off the existential dread and content myself with hermit-esque solitude/desolation? I already accept it logically but emotionally it's a bit of a hurdle sometimes. I've only ever read some Seneca.
Steppenwolf The Underground Man
Reverend Insanity
>>24881306Golden Sayings of Epictetus
The Flame of Love by Richard Rolle.> “Men say that solitude is hard; I say that company is harder, for it slayeth the soul’s peace.”— Fire of Love, II.9--- 3. Solitude as divine companionship> “He that is alone is not forsaken, for God is with him. And if God be with thee, what lackest thou?”— Fire of Love, I.12> “When I am alone, I am with Him whom I love most; and when I am with others, often I am far from Him.”— Fire of Love, I.14> “To dwell with God alone is better than to dwell in the courts of princes.”— Fire of Love, II.3> “He who leaveth the company of men for the love of God shall find the company of angels.”— Fire of Love, II.8---> “Silence and rest kindle the fire of love; for when the tongue is still, the heart speaketh to God.”— Fire of Love, I.18> “The more I fled from men, the nearer I came to God.”— Fire of Love, I.15> “A hermit is a man that is dead to the world and liveth only to love; he hath left the crowd, and is found of God.”— Fire of Love, II.10
>>24881306Reading is what helps you accept it logically, which you have already done. To accept the solitude/desolation emotionally you should follow the tried and true time tested method: forming unhealthy attachments to anime girls.
>>24881306To live fully is to create. Write a book, a song, paint, build a house, build furniture, whatever. I think being a hermit without that would be too difficult, unless you spend 90% of your time meditating like the buddhist monks do.
>>24881306The Temptation to Exist, CioranHights of Despair, CioranThe Book of Disquiet, PessoaBernhardAll of them lived pretty isolated and they took it more or less well.
>>24881794I'd commit suicide if someone who I loved said that to me. She's essentially saying she doesn't love you as much as she could.
>>24881996You got it all wrong. If you reach the best state of life, it can only go down (or stay equal, but good luck with perfect stasis), hence it's best that life only gets better—forever.
