loner nom alone and lonely 051227 ... nom yeah i said it 060121 ... unhinged milarepa was a loner and a saint it's an unfortunate reality that the idea of ever_expanding_compassion can only be actualized by separating yourself from the reality you seek to improve with this ideal milarepa lived in a cave on a mountain alone for years to achieve the wonders of the dharma that he eventually possessed being alone helps you cultivate the ideal without the corruption of the 'eye for an eye' mentality that brutilizes the world i'm a loner because i can easily convince myself that the world hates me as much as i hate myself 060121 what's it to you? who go blather from