{"id":10001,"date":"2020-03-25T03:46:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T03:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/?p=10001"},"modified":"2020-04-08T06:38:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T06:38:50","slug":"the-teacher-at-our-doorstep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santifm.org\/santi\/2020\/03\/25\/the-teacher-at-our-doorstep\/","title":{"rendered":"The Teacher at our Doorstep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Covid-19 teaching us?&#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>That when fear arises and is not checked with mindfulness, wisdom and compassion, it can quickly escalate into mad behaviour, aggression and harm.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>That when correctly perceiving the immanent risk of illness or death  (which is nonetheless ever at our doorstep), it is teaching us to value  and care for one another. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>That when ordinary household and food supplies become  thin-on-the-ground, it is teaching us to value our resources, to make  what we have go further and not waste anything. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>That when times and circumstances change dramatically, it is not \u2018the   end of the world\u2019, but the beginning of a new way of being \u2013 we can   discover our adaptability and ingenuity, rediscover our humanity and   creativity, and our ability to focus and be content with the small   necessities of life and love for each other, rather than the constant   entropic <em>&#8216;becoming&#8217; <\/em>of getting something else or going somewhere else! <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>That in quietening down and being alone, if we can get over the initial  hump of restlessness it does not have to be lonely, but an opportunity  to breathe and settle and discover a certain kind of oneness, a  connectedness at the centre of our being &#8211; <em>(loneliness &gt;&gt; aloneness &gt;&gt; all-oneness)<\/em>. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>That when governments across the world are choosing to value lives over economies, it is showing us that we <em>can<\/em>  change the world and our priorities dramatically, and quickly, when we  accurately perceive the threat to be real and immediate. If we can do this so purposefully with Covid-19, we can do this all the better with the imposing and immanent threat of climate chaos that requires immediate action to protect the whole of life on earth. <br>On a relative scale, irreversible climate change poses a far greater threat than Covid-19 to humanity and the earth, our home.   And to make the necessary changes, it is not required to shut  down the world economies, but rather to stimulate incredibly promising,  new technologies across the sectors of energy and industry and  dramatically reconsider the way people and objects of trade move around  the globe perpetually, at a dreadful cost to the environment. <br>And this, as opposed to Covid-19, could be a fantastically exciting change to move through, one that surges with economic growth for communities everywhere, as we actually have the intelligence and capabilities at our disposal right now \u2013 we only need to make the decision and change direction at the level of government policy and industry. Now we can all see how easily that can be done if the threat is clearly perceived, and the response is a global one.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This Covid threat will pass; and though with some keen loss and grief to be had, we will see the other side of it before too long. Let&#8217;s hope we can learn  the lessons to make the other side a worthwhile one to arrive at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May we all realise and fathom the great teachings at our disposal during\nthese times of unprecedented change and challenge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>Love and compassion is a doorway to peace and clarity. <br>Peace and clarity is also a doorway to love and compassion. <br>On either side of that doorway, there is also true freedom and fearlessness to be found, <\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>no matter what the conditions displaying themselves. <\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>This is really the ultimate teaching.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayya Jitindriya<br>25\/3\/2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Covid-19 teaching us?&#8230; That when fear arises and is not checked with mindfulness, wisdom and compassion, it can quickly escalate into mad behaviour, aggression and harm. 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