There is a connected feeling of shared happiness or sorrow in this world- stay connected & spread happiness 💗
Farah Khan Kunder, the film
director made a compelling point on her Instagram recently. This phase the
world is seeing- is not a global party of eating, partying, drinking wine, and
making fancy foods. This is not an
extended spa-cation at home which many seem to be mistaking it for. No doubt we
need to occupy ourselves fruitfully without contracting depression, but on the
other hand, we do so need to understand the gravity of this situation. Many
places in the world are actually running short of body bags for the millions of
deaths recorded and increasing by the day. It is indeed a somber time for
humanity.
We worry about our
loved ones and now through this crisis, we need to also think of humanity as a
whole and reach out with help. In our own way. I am trying to give support and
help to people suffering from anxiety and stress, and offering help for getting
logistics sorted for people who are at sea about testing, PPE kits, masks, and
procuring groceries. I am also working for the spiritual leader and motivational
coach Gauranga Prabhu to generate funds to feed four thousand homeless people
in the Wada area. What is it that is
your chosen path to assist at this time? Imagine how much easier we can make
this period if each of us reaches out, help, and do one little bit for humanity.
Our larger family?
When I see posts of
wine, food, work out on social media I cringe at the emotions that would pass
by someone’s mind who is losing a close family member to Covid or then losing
their own lives. Have we become such a selfish race that we are oblivious to
anyone else’s anguish or pain? That unless we are going through the
excruciating loss of a family member we will not realize the grimness of the
situation just now? In my lifetime I haven’t seen such a devastating situation
where no one knows if they will survive the next week. Of course for everyone
that is cognizant and aware, are ten ignorant foolhardy individuals who believe
that this is a great free extended holiday to drink wine, eat all the time, and
show off on social media about the ‘fun’ they are having at this time. Every day social media posts of wine, workouts, cuisine, and song to increase following and likes at
any cost and with this avarice and attention-seeking selfishness might not be
the way forward when the world is in mourning and the people who are losing
their near and dear cannot see their loved ones one last time due to fear of
contamination. Even last rites are not possible and are being conducted through
computer channels.
Please don’t imagine
you are immune to what is happening around you. Until it hits your life, if you
are going to be insensitive and unconcerned, you are heading for a very big
shakeup of reality. There is panic and loss all around us and we absolutely
need to show sensitivity and reach out to help. All humankind is connected as
one super consciousness.
Don’t get me wrong, am
I advocating fear, somber silences, or anxiety at all. Quite the contrary. I’m not even saying stop your wine and food
binges or relaxation. I’m merely saying apart from your throwback pictures of
reminiscence, do have some sensitivity toward the environment we are in
currently. Have compassion, sympathy, and reach out in some small way to the
suffering world. It is not currently a happy world. It is a world staggering
with the weight of a mammoth unprecedented pandemic of apocalyptic proportion
and formidable unpredictability. Mankind that had arrived on the moon and is
attempting to go to Mars that has AI and robots cannot conquer this very tiny
virus that is even obliterated by some soap bubbles.
So often I’ve had a
friend or acquaintance say --"I’m so miserable, all the fear and stress is
causing strain on our nerves. I have had an altercation with my
husband/offspring/parent/friend/ employee and I’m sorry to admit I hurt them
with my words/ temper/ outburst!". Tempers fly when living cooped up with
each other. Anxiety and imagined future scenarios of corona and loss, make one
behave unreasonable –and
creating unpredictable moods and fuzzy mental clarity.
Is that not a simple
QED? – You are connected and the pain you cause leaves you with as much
discomfort and unease as you caused. And it’s the same with feeling good. So if you
believe that hurting those who are currently suffering hunger, disease,
contamination, fear or just plain anxiety are too far from your current state
of holiday, food, relaxation, and lethargy, you might be wrong. This malaise is
all around us, all over the world, no one is immune, not even little children as
was thought before. Every day new truths come forward about Covid, and new
frightening realities reveal themselves about this insidious virus that even
shows itself twelve days after you have got it.
Your child’s joy or
even your dear friend's success are contagious -there is a connected feeling of
shared happiness or sorrow in this world. Please don’t count yourself immune in
this haze of wine, food, and song. The Buddhist says not just humans but all
sentient life is connected and my Lhasa apso pup taught me that first-hand. He
shared his bouncing joy and love and I was immediately surrounded by his
infectious euphoria. Were I in a moment of tears he’d come up on my shoulder,
smothering my face all over with his comforting licks. No dog lover will
contest the connectedness of all existence! Like we worry about our loved ones because
our innate being is conscious at all levels that we are one connected family,
so also we must be concerned and show that concern for humanity as a whole
because our innate being is conscious at all levels that we are an interconnected
humanity.
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