Raggie Jessy Rithaudeen
چوۏيد-19: تهنيئه، اندا كيني بيبس
#TTFCovid19
The Covid-19 causing Coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a near-standstill, with almost all nations imposing some form of lockdown or the other. As a side-effect – or, as some might have it, a plus-point – people have been forced into the confines of their homes, having nowhere to go as businesses shut doors and authorities impose nationwide movement restrictions.
And, as with the case of forced isolations, at some point, the anger and frustration of losing what you perceive to be your freedom subsides, only to be replaced with contemplation over the new experiences and emotions you go through and whether in fact you’re freer than you ever thought you were before.
Some may slip into depression, granted. But for others, perhaps a select few, these could well be some of the things they may have come to realise or probably are in the midst of realising:
1. The power of prayer or positive thinking isn’t about where you are
When you hear of a loved one dying and can’t be there to perform the last rites, you begin to appreciate the fact that your prayers or thoughts are just as valid from where you are as they would have been were you at the scene of burial or cremation to perform the last rites.
2. You’ll walk the remaining mile alone
Seeing a loved one pass on with almost nobody to send him (or her) off makes you realise that you don’t need an army to send one off, as the passing of life is a journey every individual undertakes by himself (or herself). It suffices that the closest of relatives be there to console the bereaved. You already know this, the only difference being, you realise it more now than ever. You begin to see, that in a queer way, you were always ‘an army of one’ even when you were surrounded by many.
3. You’re free – you just got a second chance
When you are isolated, you begin to miss the handshakes and the occasional hugs you got from that relative of yours. It is then you begin to see that when you were not forced into isolation, your focus was more on the worldly than the handshake or the hugs, which probably were rites to you more than anything else. In isolation, it is the human gesture, proximity, love and warmth that you crave for the most.
So you see, you’ve been a prisoner of your own devices and selfishness all along. You failed to realise that the world is merely a stage for you to live your life on, that everyone else is a player just like you, connected to you through a consistency in the harmony of life. Handshakes, hugs and warmth in relationships are all part of this consistency, which is universal across diverse cultures within the human race.
But when it comes to greed, power and lust, there isn’t a single, universal binding factor that harmonises with every crooked individual, which is why the crooked can never come together and flourish as a single race. This tells you that the goal is never to use the accumulation of power and wealth as the yardstick to success, but to discover a consistency in the harmony of life so that the paths of many may converge into the path of the one.
4. You’re unplugged
When it dawns upon you that your coming and passing is but a harmony, everything else becomes secondary. It is at this point that you reevaluate your next step, i.e. whether you intend to slip back into your mental prison and believe that your journey is about power, money and greed, or if your mission is to figure out where you went wrong and what you intend to do about it.
Chances are, the majority will plug themselves back into oblivion.
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