The Dream Book of Self-Knowledge
- this is a negative state that arises from the ego and from the need to share the company of others, to have our views and opinions validated by them; feelings of nostalgia are especially frequent with young people at the start of their life journey or at the start of a spiritual journey when a person often feels isolated and bitter since he does not find in others (usually family and friends) agreement with his own differing attitudes; the way out of this vicious circle is understanding the negative influence of nostalgia, the positive influence of loneliness on one's soul and filling it with the presence of the self (being a light to oneself and later also to others).
