When we consider the New Age movement there are certain mantras that come to mind: We are co-creators and empower that which we focus upon; love and light; love each other deeply and truly.
I have been speaking out against much of the injustices that are happening in the name of the new coronavirus, SARS COV-2 which causes COVID19. When I do so, it is not from the place that there is no serious disease, but from the place that our ‘cure’ and prevention are much worse than the disease. Humanity is being asked to become inhuman in the way we are to respond to the pandemic of SARS COV-2.
When we look at the ‘guidelines’ we are given by those we are supposed to trust, we must be discerning, on the individual level as well as the collective before we just do as directed. When we consider the consequences of locking down our elders and those who are ailing to such a degree that they are not allowed to receive a hug, a smile, or a visit from a loved one, one has to wonder which is worse? Living a life bereft of love and connection and joy or a life safe from getting an illness that might not be fought off by the body? Right now, many people are dying of despair and loneliness so they are safe from a virus. Aren’t there fairy tales written about fair maidens placed in ivory towers to protect them and how sad they are until they are rescued by a prince? Ivory towers are not safety they are prisons.
When families are told not to gather for the holiday’s or special occasions, which is worse? Keeping mom, dad, grandma or grandpa safe from an illness that might make them quite ill or denying them the opportunity to enjoy kinship and laughter and singing at this event – one is never guaranteed the next day, let alone the next year.
When mothers are placing a mask over a crying child’s face, how must that child internalize this act and what it signifies? If I was constantly disallowing another person to express themselves, making emotions and voice wrong, wouldn’t you see me as an emotional abuser? How is this any different and less horrific than what is happening to the three-year-old’s today?
When small businesses are told they cannot operate these same people are driven to desperation as they wonder how they will feed their families and/or keep a roof over their heads. Many of those who are not considered ‘essential’ right now by those in power are chooseing to take their own lives because of this despair. Where is the compassion in this? I feel much more comfortable in a small business shopping where only a few others are inside and the air system is not circulating air from many, many others who may or may not be ill. A small shop will make obvious someone coughing and sneezing well before a large, high-ceilinged open warehouse type store will.
And what about the limit to the number of households gathering? If we are limited to 3 households and 5 households make up the entire family, can they attend in shifts? Does this put anyone, especially grandma or grandpa at any less risk of a virus? I guess I just am not computing this one. If 5 people gather together and it only takes one to give the gift of the virus how is that less dangerous than just that one person visiting? I vote for staying home if ill and allow the entire family to gather. Or… let’s get creative. 2 households take the morning shift with grandma and 2 households take the evening shift with grandma. That way grandma has all of her family around her. Again, I am not a fan of living in fear of death to the point of stopping living. I plan to live a full life until I die. That is what life is…. Risky. Living. Breathing. Laughing. Hugging.
I opened by speaking of the New Age mantras and then apparently changed the subject to our response to SARS COV-2, but allow me to integrate these ideas. When I speak out about the above inhumane practices, the most kick back I receive is from those who follow the love and light path and bypass the dark. These people operate from the perspective that we are not allowed to look at or even call out evil because we would then be empowering it.
Yet, these are some of the first people to respond with sneers about lacking empathy, compassion or logic when I question and refuse to not speak out about inhumane practices. These people who will tell me that I am a co-creator (which I firmly agree with) and manifest more of what I focus on (a tricky part of the equation) are the same people who refuse to gather with loved ones because they do not want to spread a virus. I seek to gain clarity on this part of the practice/belief. If I am not to focus on that which I do not wish to empower, how come I cannot spend special time with those whom I love because I don’t want to bring potential illness to them? I am not even discussing the conflicting science of germ theory and asymptomatic spreaders because this isn’t the point of this blog. What I am wondering about is, if I am a co-creator of all that is good and loving and health bringing, I would think that I would choose to be healthy and spread only health and love and joy through my presence. It would seem to me that this belief would say, ‘all is good and I only participate and co-create in the all that is good which is to hug and love my family members unconditionally.’ This would spread the love and joy and healthy immune systems that mom, dad, grandma and grandpa need to thrive. Compassion in action.
I titled this blog as New Age or complicit because I can only wonder about how evil is able to proliferate. I sit and I watch and I question and I see and I point out and then I make choices that align with my beliefs rather than just following orders and condemning others for their lack of compassion. I look at the dark and then I choose the light. I cannot choose the light if I am unwilling or unable to look at the dark and move away from it.
Happy Winter Solstice. The day of celebrating new life and the proliferation of light as we now move into longer days. May you choose light through discernment and the practice of that which is humane and loving.
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