Anubistic Solitude
In the previous article we saw how being plunged into society leads to intense Anubistic adorations...
by The Prophet — 2026-01-15
1 In the previous chapter we saw how being plunged into society leads to intense Anubistic adorations.
2 Being among other people is often felt not as a choice but as an “inescapable condition”.
3 It isn't, though. It is always a choice: even being unable to be alone is a choice.
4 Whoever doesn't make the effort to work through their own condition ends up exactly where Schopenhauer described:
5 “The ordinary man can do nothing that cannot be done in the company of others; he is so much a part of the mass that, outside it, he feels like a molecule torn from its natural compound.
6 The wise man, on the other hand, finds his nourishment and his greatness in solitude, while the fool discovers only his own foolishness.”
7 In the light of all the bullshit reflections in the previous chapter, it is clear that the greatest freedom is found, necessarily, in the hermitage.
8 The word has a religious ring to it, so let us say “in solitude”, ideally in complete self-sufficiency.
9 Anubis, unlike other gods, is not known to have kept any company outside the family circle.
10 He minded his own fucking business, Anubistically, setting an example of life in solitude.
11 Solitude and isolation are the only way to reach the purest form of freedom.
12 When a person chooses to live alone, they free themselves from social expectations, from the pressure of other people and from the distractions of the outside world.
13 Freedom, in this sense, is the chance to shape your own life without being pushed around by outside forces, and to follow your own rhythms, wishes and leanings.
14 This is not meant as a simple praise of solitude. It is only meant to point out that relationships, and being plunged into groups of humans, necessarily limit our freedom.
15 The more of us there are, the more rules and limits on freedom inevitably get produced.
16 The more people crowd together, the more clashes, rows and pointless arguments there are, and the more rules and laws that limit freedom become necessary.
17 Since solitude can also feel like a limit on freedom, though, a person who is aware of it can choose to give up a little freedom in order to be with others.
18 And if relating to others is a choice, the aware human will understand that the limits they put up with are necessary and serve the goal of living among other people, so they won't adore Anubis over every little clash.
19 If relating to others is an inescapable need, the human will end up relating to anyone at all, without understanding that this necessarily means limiting themselves somehow.
20 And that will lead them to bust their neighbour's divine spheres, breaking the second precept, simply because they don't understand that “keeping company” means giving things up, which is only bearable with a certain “ability to adapt” to others.
How to handle it, Anubistically?
21 When you are young, relating to others is necessary, simply because to know yourself you have to know other people.
22 Each of us has limits, and only by dealing with others can we find them.
23 As time goes by and old age begins, though, you need to get ready to “be fine on your own”.
24 We won't go into the psychology of solitude itself, which is another subject, but let us recall that the Enlightened Aldo Busi, an Italian writer, used to say that being on your own and being lonely are two very different things.
25 The Prophet likes to say: “You must know how to be fine on your own, and better in good company.
26 There is no other way to find a good balance between Freedom and Solitude.”
27 “A man can be himself only so long as he is alone;
28 and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom.” (Schopenhauer)