Important social questions
When in mid-March corona restrictions and lockdown began in Finland, life changed very little for Henri Murto.
That not much has changed is due to the fact that farmers need to grow food and work outside every day. So it has been a very interesting experience to be able to observe society as it changed, but at the same time to see all the new possibilities with 'fresh eyes'.
If I Iook at the past few months from Finland's perspective, I see two possible paths towards the future and post-corona time: one path awakens more cosmopolitan Michaelic qualities in individuals around the globe and a new kind of solidarity and spiritual awareness will start to develop through social meetings. The second path leads into more closed national societies and everyday life will be more determined by communication and surveillance technology.
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been able to keep our country society’s ’house’ and office open and the eurythmy school was able to continue practising. Of course, high precaution measurements were implemented also. I think many of our members have started to work more individually and the pandemic has brought important social questions to the surface.
And as we need humour in times like these, we have this joke in Finland that, when the government implemented the two-meter social distancing rule, the Finnish people said that we can't wait for the corona restrictions to lift, because normally we have 5 meter social distancing in Finland.