This dualistic thinking is at the root of our inability to deal with many of the natural upheavals, such as forest fires, floods and in particular climate change, global heating and pandemics like COVID-19. Human desire to conquer nature comes from the belief that humans are separate from nature and have superior powers. COVID-19 has reminded us in no uncertain terms about the reality of human vulnerability.
But through Coronavirus nature was speaking to us loud and clear that the talk of conquering nature is sheer human arrogance. Many people believe that through science and technology we can conquer nature. But Coronavirus is a show of nature’s power and beyond human control. Wars are initiated by humans and can be controlled or ended by humans.
I am 84 and I have never experienced such a drastic and deadly situation in my entire life.īeing in this COVID-19 crisis is worse than being in a state of war. Most of humanity was engulfed in an unprecedented crisis. However, I was fully mindful of the effect of the virus across the world and was sad to see so much suffering. So, for me this time of quarantine became a time of inner solitude. I thought of the word, quarantine, with its association with Lent, I learned that originally the word was referred to the period of forty days which Jesus Christ spent fasting in the desert. I read Rumi and Hafiz, I read Shakespeare’s Sonnets. I was in the fortunate position to be able to take that time of self-isolation as a blessing, a time for spiritual retreat and a time for reflection. The year of social distancing, lock downs and staying indoors even when the sun was shining, flowers were flourishing, and birds were singing their sweet songs in the spring.
The year 2020 will be remembered as the year of COVID-19.
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