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Other days, especially when I have one of
those rare in-person meetings with a friend, I feel more hopeful, that someday
this pandemic will run its course, that this new normal will meld into a newer,
less scary reality with more possibilities for connection and entry back into a
life of engagement and productivity.
This is a time of distance, physical,
psychic, spiritual, and emotional. This distance is within me, as well. Often I feel
estranged from my core, out of sync with my emotions, and my best self. I strive
to take care of my health, meditate, exercise, eat well, and keep in touch with friends by
phone and Internet as much as possible. It isn't as comforting as being in the
physical presence of others, but it is some contact...and contact is what I am
really missing. In my mind I hear the words, "Is anybody out there?" These words
echo and race around and around inside my being.
One time I got a pretty good
answer coming back to me. In the wee hours of night, in the middle of a deep sleep, some words suddenly blared loudly
inside my brain, waking me, prompting me to jump up to a sitting position in bed. It was someone singing a
particular chant, "Baba Nam Kevalam," "Love is All There Is." Who had so
abruptly woken me up from such a deep sleep chanting these Sanskrit words? I looked around me, still groggy with sleep. There was no one there. No electronic device was on.
It's
a mystery. I'd like to think it may have been an answer to the question running
around my mind, "Is anybody out there?" Shall I venture a guess that it was my
Higher Self, or God reaching out in my despair. My spiritual teacher has said,
"You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you,
too." We all need one another in these challenging times. We need to show one
another that there IS somebody out there. We are all one.WE are who is out there. Each and everyone of us. That thought does give me some comfort here during this strange time of COVID-19. May it be of comfort to you, too.
Beautifully said, Mirra. I think we all feel off Rhythm with the isolation. I like to think the voice you heard was a high Truth.
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