May be peaceful but definitely lonely

Looks like a lovely place to live maybe he just needs to get away from all the hubbub of city life for awhile and will join his family again sometime

There are just times that for healing to happen, one needs to "get away from it all". There are certainly types of personalities that succumb to this (I'm one of them). In his case, maybe after being away for a while, he started enjoying what he had. Assuming he's an older man, I would think that he has found a peace that he's been wanting for a while. From what you've described, I think he's attained some sort of nirvana. It will take a while, or maybe not ever, for him to "miss civilization". Given a chance, I would want that, too. Except that, I would want to be isolated just physically. I'd still want my internet, and spend my days on myLot

Maybe it is so lonely for you but for him it's quite good. Because he doesn't want to remember things on his past life.

It is quite a chance and refreshing, living free from everyone and every technology. But, you are right. I can spend several days maybe living like that but cannot more than a week. I would be crazy.

I do think where to live is a personal preference. However, it is good to be far away from civilization when we had enjoyed our life to the fullest and wish to have a peace of mind. Only without technology and other interference that one can really appreciate life and feel the meaning of life. Anyway, i don't think i can do this yet, who knows maybe someday when we are old we might actually do so :p

I have one hactor farms, after retirement i will do same, i will live in farm.

Yes, i would certainly like to lead the type of life that your friend is now leading. Since i am unmarried i do not have any attachments to anyone.Unfortunately my physical body ,which is invalid and dependant on others for everything, does not give me a chance to lead a reclusive life. However due to my spiritual and meditation practices which i have been doing since the last 20 years has made me reclusive in nature and in the comfort of my home i have found the silence and solitude of the cave or forest or the mountain.Even if one aspires to lead a life of solitude,it is not easy because even though one can run away from people,one cannot run away from ones thoughts. One should have reached such a stage where one gets freedom from thoughts, that is the thoughtless state to be able to lead a lonely life. However when one reaches such a state then it really does not matter whether one lives in a forest or in the middle of busy city life.Freedom from thoughts is freedom from life,ie liberation.You can ask your friend whether he has reached such a state.

If I could have my way I'd lead the life of a hermit too. Living sustainably would be a dream come true. I love my boyfriend and I would like to be able to be with him forever, and I do have other responsibilities, but really I would enjoy being alone in the middle of nowhere. I do like my internet though.

dear professor, it is good to be isolated ones in a while but not for long. people who have been so used in the city "would die there" (a figure of speech ). i for one would not survive well in an outback place without electricity and water not coming from tap. have a nice day. ann

I think that I would be able to do something like this for a very short period of time. There are really times that I would love to get away from all technology for a weekend or something. However, I don't think that this would be a lifestyle that I would be able to maintain for an extended period of time because there are too many creature comforts in my life that I really don't think that I would ever be able to give up and still have a happy life.

For me it is happened if you are far from your wife or girlfriend so ,pray to Jehovah God that he can cure your feeling to not alone and lonely.

I think we all have our own need in this world. Which is not the same because we have different history in our life. Many people want to spent their senior life surrounded by their love one especially around their grand children. But many of them seek for peace after loose their spouse but I found its really hard not to talk to any one in one day.

Not everyone can lead a secluded life but it seems your friend is an exception. There is no harm in living alone. We spend our lives interacting with others and we know them well but we hardly know ourselves. Living alone offers you an excellent opportunity to know yourself. My hats off to your friend.

Dear professor, That is my dream life. But I know. At the moment I can't. I have two small children. They find my child bringing up method cool. So they have already asked me to look after their children. ( My daughter(now 10) like to have two girls. My son(now 7) like to have 5 children. So my future task is going to be looking after 2+5=7 grand children.) So I have no hope to have a wonderful life like that. But if my children allow me I like to live a life like that with my husband. (My husband is born to love the nature) Now we will speak about your friend. If he uses his times to pray for the world and other people; if he is a good guide for the innocent village people, his life is meaningful. We all are beautiful pearls of a beautiful chain. He may also a beautiful different kind of pearl. But the beautiful chain needs only few pearl like him. Let him do his important part.

hello Prof, I like the place,i love the peace that it gives. But yes,i won't lived long in such place...no internet (never hehehe) Honestly,maybe a week of vacation is fine for me but living there is a big NO. Sometimes when i want to feel alone,i want a place where i can talk to myself. Back in my hometown i always go to some isolated place,some park with few people or in a gulf course where no players around (or no scheduled) Maybe your friend wants to spend his life alone remembering all the good times that he had with his wife. He wants to live the remaining years of his life that way and we must respect him. Some people are so emotional in so many ways,and that is his ways of expressing his emotion and hide from the other people around him. Have a great weekend dear bhai

Hi there, Prof.:) Sometimes , there are choices we make that only we can understand. That's the reason perhaps why your friend preferred to be silent than gave you an answer to your question.... I will never imagine myself living in such a place, too, knowing that I have a husband, and kids waiting for me to be home. THey are my family, my home and anywhere else in the world isn't home without them, as well as any part of the world can be a home as long as they are with me. I may find tranquility in such a place but it will never give me completeness that only my family can give...And, I'll be doubting then if I truly indeed have peace...

I think we all have our own need in this world. Which is not the same because we have different history in our life. Many people want to spent their senior life surrounded by their love one especially around their grand children. But many of them seek for peace after loose their spouse but I found its really hard not to talk to any one in one day.

i liek the idea but for a day or two not more the that i have to b arrounnd people and a lot of people to start with cant b alsone there was a time i like the solotary confidenement of my thoughts but now m free i like to feel and think about stuff that is my job so i cant live in a house where there is no one to live with no matter how big and lucrative it is

i believe that there's no such thing as lonely place when you are contented of being there. i am very much sure that they are happy there because they withstood the loneliness you are saying. or else you just concluded that it was lonely because it doesn't have electricity, no tv and no internet. but you can be in a far place having those things. people in far places has lived and survived. i guess you just have to get used to it first most especially if you have been used to living in a city.