New Delhi: Belonging is a fundamental human need, and it has been so throughout human evolution. It was a built-in mechanism during the evolutionary phase of humanity that kept us together. For early humans, it meant safety — being part of a community that protected individuals from threats like predators and scarcity of resources, truly shaping the future of humanity.

In an interaction with News9Live, Sitender Sehrawat, Meditation Expert and Founder of Antaha LLC, explained how meditation could be key to combating loneliness and its consequences like dementia and depression.

In the modern era, however, belonging has taken on new dimensions, and without it, loneliness has emerged as a critical and most prominent issue, affecting mental and physical well-being across the world. Further, it has given birth to something more profound which is mental isolation, also categorised as emotional isolation. It was not just apart from physical safety and connection but also part of being able to share and look after each other, and since then, it has been replaced by hyper-individualism. This has created a dire need to adopt a powerful way to reconnect with ourselves and those around us, bridging the gap between isolation and belonging.

Today, hyper- individualism has penetrated........

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