Readers’ Letters on the Corona crisis
The editorial of the newsletter of Anthroposophy Worldwide 5/2020 received some feedback.
Here is a reminder of the editorial’s main points:
1. Keeping your head (and heart) free for something other than Corona. There are so many important topics and themes that can nurture us.
2. Filling the empty spaces that have emerged creatively (so they don’t ‘fall into disrepair’ like a deserted house), for instance by continuing to clean or walk through the rooms and corridors of an institution even if it is closed to the public. And be mindful of other empty spaces: how do I nurture my inner soul space? What thoughts do I take in consciously? Am I listening to what my body needs?
3. Fostering my connection with the sensory world, taking in the natural world which is ‘real’ in a more existential way than the digital world and vital for the development of my soul and my ‘I’.
4. Keeping up a sense of humour and joy in life: totalitarianism is when you are not allowed to laugh.
5. Start preparing the future now: think about and plan reopening celebrations. Reflect on what to do if something happens that you don’t consider appropriate.
6. There are many people who are active and productive, many whom I don’t know and whom I may trust. I am not alone.
Sebastian Jüngel
1. Be aware of when you, or others, become fearful or aggressive (in relation to the so-called pandemic). This creates gateways (openings) for the adversary forces to enter.
2. Fear and aggression can be triggers, as a result of the previous earthly life.
3. It is important to have long breaks from information. Remember that we are in the Michael age and that Christ is at work in the etheric; turn there willingly and with the full power of consciousness. From there alone comes the strength we so urgently need.
4. The political posturing is an attack on all of humanity.
5. It is an attack on the human individuality.
6. It is an anti-Christian impulse that even closes churches in times of need.
7. It is a fight against the centre – geographically, individually and in relation to the Christ impulse.
Rainer Schnurre, Hildesheim (DE)
Walking in the vineyard yesterday, / A reassuring picture came to me: / On every side I saw old walls / Surviving crisis and upheavals / As long as no one tears them down / - unheard of - for financial gain. / A little flower fresh with dews / Delighted me: uncrushed, it used / The gaps between the stones to tether / Its roots there firm through wind and weather.
Frank Jentzsch, Stuttgart (DE) (translated by Matthew Barton)
Our consciousness of the boundary of the human being is now changed from the surface of our skin to now being an air and moisture 3 foot radius bubble. So the human being is forcefully being made aware of the mixture of air and water that we exchange with each other and our surroundings. How does one influence the environment as we walk over the earth? How do we relate chemically with those we ride in elevators with? It’s the first step towards attaining consciousness of the life force we carry with us.
Tom Wilkinson, Enfield, Connecticut (US)