Coronavirus: A crisis? Or an opportunity for positive change?
This Coronavirus is literally and symbolically showing us the spread of a human sickness. Literally it’s a virus that causes flu like symptoms. But symbolically it is bringing to the forefront a sickness that has plagued the earth since humans have been on it. The sickness I refer to is the sickness of the human ego which is governed by fear, greed, cynicism, the need for recognition and fame, and attachment. This sickness has triggered the constant need for more which has caused the destruction of our planet, corruption, exploitation of workers, genocides, and wars.
If we continue to operate on the level of the ego, nothing will change, and if nothing changes we continue to bring about suffering and destruction until there’s nothing left.
This a crucial time that presents us with an opportunity, a turning point, a chance for humanity to wake up and rise above the conscious level of the ego. It’s an opportunity because in the wake of this crisis, many of us are stuck at home in solitude giving us the much needed chance to hit the
reset button, to declutter our lives and our minds.
What we do with this gift of time is a choice – we can fill the void of boredom with things: Like binge watching TV, spending more time on social media, or be completely consumed by the media to “keep up with what’s going on”. Or we can turn within ourselves to reflect, awaken, heal, and find truth.
This is a critical time in human history, the solution to the worlds’ problems doesn’t lie within one person, one government, or even an entire country. The solution to the worlds problems lies in every single one of us, and it is our own responsibility to wake up and heal ourselves. Because if one person can wake up, heal, and change, they become a light for others to guide and inspire that same change and causing a ripple effect. Slowly but surely we can collectively undergo a conscious shift moving beyond the level of
the ego. In our healing and awakening we can begin to heal the planet.
It is those that choose to elevate themselves on a conscious level that will come out of this quandary a person more fit to serve the planet and create real positive change. It is these people that will have more inner peace and less suffering in future predicaments, it is these people who will have true deep fulfillment in their lives moving forward, it is these people who can be a beacon of hope and inspiration in times like these.
So what will you choose during this time? Take up a meditation practice? Go within yourself to heal? Face all that you’ve been running away from? Journal? Read? Yoga? Discover your life purpose? Discover the truth? Or will you turn on Netflix, spend more time on social media and fill your mind with mainstream media?
The choice is yours but whatever you choose, know that this time
is of paramount importance to our planet and you play a BIG role in it.
Remember, when everything around you appears to be dark, the light of
truth is within you.
Stay healthy,