The world is going through historic yet unpleasant time.
By: Shobha Jain
Tags: Covid Diaries, Covid 19, Spirituality, Covid 19 Crisis

The world is going through historic yet unpleasant time. We are prepared and pledged to fight this pandemic with social distancing which I would rather call it 'physical distancing 'and quarantined life.

Efforts go on with prayers and hope to tackle the issue and its impact on the economy, ecology, and livelihood.

Today economy and livelihood have been suffering because of a microscopic virus. It presents a real case of out of the box chunking. For all to accept to cruise towards times to come. The virus has changed globally the way we are living in. We could create a better quality of life for every creature if we want to learn from this pandemic.

On the 50th anniversary of the world, Earth Day on April 22, WHO chief said, "COVID 19 is reminding us of a simple but vital truth; WE ARE ONE SPECIES: SHARING ONE PLANET. "Nature has given us this warning. It’s putting us right now in our time out room and we should this time to think. When we come out of this, how we are going to treat this planet and nature. It has become more necessary to do this -to give time for humility and the earth to heal. If the life of materialism came to a standstill, it is wonderful that mother nature emerges once more at the forefront of our awareness. social

(Physical )distancing provides an ideal environment for self-reflection and to enhance hidden creative skills. A movement towards inner peace and enlightenment could be one outcome from COVID-19

Fear of this virus provokes emotions that we all share in one another 's suffering and joy and we are all tied up with a cosmic rope. We need to become more inclusive and emphatic for fellow creatures and the environment.

For us, all, glimmers of hope emerged from this pandemic COVID 19. It is a great time to rediscover our compassion as one people and step up to alleviate the sufferings of all those who are vulnerable among us. As Bhagwat Gita says "that karma yog is the surest path to personal truth and enlightenment. "

Every drop is an ocean in itself. So think about doing small acts, you can do to brighten someone else’s day.

IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC-

Time to stay focused on the spiritual path and prayers. Watch for ways to grow and learn. We can truly evolve ourselves during these times of the crisis

The anxiety caused by this situation can be channeled into spiritual growth. Though the impact of this pandemic is not the same. We can say that we are in the same storm but we are sailing different boats. For some it is a time of reflection, to some, it is a crisis, few of us are facing loneliness, others are looking for the ways to survive, some are in a great depression as they have seen deaths of their dear and near ones, and for some, life is smooth and it is not a big deal. So the perceptions and needs of every person are different, we are not in a state to judge the situation rather we should try to navigate the route with compassion.

HOW DOES A PANDEMIC END?-

Fear and ignorance nourish a pandemic. Either we get medical treatment or we need to fight with our fears. So it gets weaken and slowly eradicate from society. Bigger threat other than this is the recession facing economy.which either may fall into depression or we may choose another way to live life. Whatever it is but together we need to fight and win the war against this pandemic.

Japanese author Haruki Mura Kam writes in his novel 'Kafka on the Shore' -"and once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you manage to survive, you won’t even be sure in fact weather the storm is over but one thing is certain, when you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. "

So maybe the world is not going to change as after tsunami nothing has changed in affected areas, but it’s people certainly will. Whenever a challenge comes up a lot of theorists assume how things will take a turn, certainly negatively or positively, though not well-rooted in reality. But in my opinion, we should use the present COVID-19 situation as a great upheaval to change certain aspects of life.