Lessons from the Corona Moment of Humanity

The globe has stopped for a virus. It sounds crazy but it is real. While we are in lockdown and practicing social distancing to fight COVID-19, it is also a time to think and reflect. Distanciation is special to human. We can stand out of the stream of life and still look at it. We can mark a distance without being distant to life. Distanciation is our ability to reflect. But we cannot stay in the cave of our distanciations. We have to return back and face the immanence of life. We transcend life only to return with direction and vigour. The corona moment of humanity that we are facing is one such important moment in human history. Let begin this reflection with the basics. Distanciation takes us temporarily apart from the world. We transcend the hustle and bustle of life and look at it with critical eyes. Unfortunately, transcendental mode of thinking is mostly linear and hierarchical and we begin to believe that we are completely apart from the world. The corona moment of humanity is driving us back into the stream of life. It is teaching us that we are not entirely different. We are worldly and bodily and as such are vulnerable as any living organism