Covid-19 insight

I'm beginning to realize how careful we must be with each other in this time.

People are extremely sensitive, many without even realizing it. Many are contradictory and volatile. Many are still in denial. Many are very afraid.

What this virus is giving humanity is a direct insight into what loss of control feels like. To realize that we can't control something that we can't see, that we don't know if we carry it, or our friends carry it, because we can't get tested, is shaking up the illusion quite a bit. The illusion being, that we are in control.

Complete liberation is the freedom from that illusion. It is incredibly liberating, but the passage to realize the ultimate absence of control can be extremely challenging (to the one that thinks it knows how to be in control). It tears down all the strategies we have relied on to maintain that illusion. We are shifting from what we have relied on, to something we can't "do" in order to change a circumstance.

So, if we can recognize those that are in denial, or are angry, or are afraid, that they might be beginning to encounter the loss of those strategies. Some of them might be unconsciously getting in touch with what it would feel like to lose control, and maybe its just too much for them to handle, which is completely understandable. Because when control gets ripped away from us, there is nothing to handle (except in this case stay-at-home and wash your hands, and do your spiritual practices).

If we can understand what people are going through, and support them, rather than judge them for their denial, or their anger, we can have a great insight into  the evolution of humanity, as consciousness. And yet, we can also still hold each other accountable, as we all need to be held accountable. To see where we are coming from, in each and every encounter, will enable us to remain alert, and compassionate.