If we are to continue to cultivate wisdom, we must recognise the many lessons from the pandemic.
Yoga and nutrition provide gateways to truth. There are not whimsical pathways. Viruses are part of life. They are all around you right now. In your gut, in the air. In the soil. Nature is precise and will always seek to balance. The inner work we do contributes to this harmonic balance.
The balance of the opposites within ourselves. How many more reminders must we have. Important times to continue to reflect on are we helping or hindering.
A brilliant essay written by Andrew Nikirouk. The Pandemic Speaks
A bit long and short on reference. But what is missing is that mankind has infringed on land. Viruses survive in dense jungles and even ice. They have their use but they are dangerous to humans and so it is natural to defend ourselves. That is more likely than a lab. The writer says this is a small pandemic. Idk. It has disrupted supply chains enough to increase inequity and decrease safety. While the west gets goods Africa gets little because the containers go where the money is. It has sent women equality back 30 years. It has caused many under privileged to drop out of school. It has widened the divide between left and right, made qanon popular and arguably enabled Jan 6. Is that a wake-up call? Maybe. But it would be much worse without science. It will probably be reduced to the equivalent danger as the flu because of science. The writer seems to support science but not give the deserved credit. In yoga I seek out teachers that follow the data. It is an evolving practice. I have seen how poses have changed with new information. I have Bikrams book and even if I could I know enough to avoid some of those poses. Not just because they don’t provide bang but because I grew up in a western society. For example squatting is a regular practice in Asia but not here.
I do agree with a lot of it but find it a little lacking.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's not a writer I had come across before and found it interesting in the way it's written. Understandably, one article and one human cannot cover it all.
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