Post-COVID Spirituality
Pandemics have always changed the course of human history. People start redefining themselves when there are external threats, the values and the notions which were unchallengeable gets challenged and changed.
Powerful lessons we’ve learned during the lockdown in addition to witnessing unprecedented decline in pollution, re-organisation of food supply chains, new social and economic order as a result of accelerated use of digital applications and intensified dependency on the internet, media and communication technologies.
The world as we know it is transforming rapidly, a collective shift, global reset. In a time of crises, the impulse is to go into survival mode, fear, anxiety and the spiritual effect of the outbreak gets pushed aside, neglected. And yet, the spiritual response is more urgent.
Our collective awareness of vulnerability, uncertainty and death is stronger than ever before. Many are returning to their religious foundation and finding more meaning. Speaking of prayer is a new way, and connecting to nature and gardening is becoming the new prayer.
In times of distress, turning to mindfulness can help us remember that there are a lot of things we can control. Being able to acknowledge where we are emotionally can be empowering as we are pleasure-seeking, pain-avoiding species who crafted a reality in which we can tune out when things get tough. Pandemic has been a remarkable moment of truth, triggered a historic spiritual moment where people are more open to higher consciousness and God.
According to recent data, alternative medicine and healing is highly sought after for comfort in crises and self-help is growing exponentially in the form of meditation, shamanic journeys, ritualistic practices, plant medicine ceremonies as well as recreational use of psychedelics as a higher source and aid for the emotional suffering.
During this historic time, the value of connectedness, holistically integrative bio-psycho-spiritual stand will show the way towards a higher order of human being, community-driven but self-reliant at all levels, taking full ownership and responsibility across the board for a sustainable existence.
Love and Courage
