Pandemic
Pandemie--von Lynn Ungar
Was wäre, wenn Sie daran dächten,
wie die Juden den Sabbat betrachten --
die heiligste aller Zeiten?
Nicht reisen.
Kein Kaufen und Verkaufen.
Auf den Versuch, die Welt zu ändern,
kurz mal zu verzichten.
Singen Sie. Beten Sie. Berühren Sie nur die
denen Sie Ihr Leben anvertrauen.
Kommen Sie in ihr Zentrum.
Und wenn Ihr Körper still geworden ist,
strecken Sie aus ihrem Herzen heraus die Hand aus.
Man sollte sich dessen bewusst sein, dass wir
in einer Weise, die erschreckend und schön ist, miteinander verbunden sind.
(Man kann es jetzt kaum noch leugnen.)
Man sollte sich dessen bewusst sein, dass unser Leben in den Händen des jeweils anderen liegt.
(Das ist doch wohl klar geworden.)
Streckt nicht eure Hände aus.
Streckt euer Herz aus.
Streckt eure Worte aus.
Streckt alle Sensoren des Mitgefühls, die sich unsichtbar bewegen, wo wir uns nicht berühren können.
Versprecht dieser Welt eure Liebe...
in guten wie in schlechten Zeiten,
in Krankheit und Gesundheit,
solange wir alle leben.
Kernfragen zum Nachdenken: Was hältst du von der Einladung dieses Gedichts, dies als eine heilige Zeit zu betrachten? Welche Möglichkeiten der Dankbarkeit spürst du, wo sich die Strukturen um dich herum ziemlich drastisch verändern? Was hilft dir, dich über die Angst hinaus zu bewegen und dich in der Wärme deines Herzens zu verwurzeln?
Lynn Ungar ist eine Dichterin und schrieb dieses Gedicht am 11. März 2020 als Antwort auf die Covid-19-Pandemie.
Lynn Ungar is a poet, and wrote this poem on March 11, 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the invitation of this poem to view this as a sacred time? As structures around you are changing quite drastically, what openings of gratitude do you feel? What helps you move beyond fear and root in the warmth of your heart?
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25 Past Reflections
On Dec 25, 2021 Paul Irwin wrote :
This is a reminder of the holiness (or sacredness) of ALL, including disease, which is also a part of the wisdom of the evolutionary process that birthed us. Our current chaos is asking its creatures to adapt, to rebalance and learn new lessons, in a resilient hopeful response that will bring new vitality and greater health to us and our mother Earth. Ungar’s writing reminds me to stop, listen, trust, and pray openly to help me be part of a compassionate trusting response to this crisis.
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On Apr 22, 2020 jerard wrote :
lets take this time to realize what is really important in life...
see the good side beyond fear and anxiety...
where it is said then that do not worry much about tomorrow..because tomorrow will worry itself
That handed these all to our God, for He knows how to heal us.
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On Mar 31, 2020 Rachel Goddard wrote :
What a beautiful poem
that's how I felt before the lockdown
as time passes I seem to go deeper in to a depression.
v odd as I've been a spiritual woman all my life.
thank you
this is what my friends do for me now
x
that's how I felt before the lockdown
as time passes I seem to go deeper in to a depression.
v odd as I've been a spiritual woman all my life.
thank you
this is what my friends do for me now
x
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On Mar 26, 2020 Mary wrote :
This hasreally touched my heart. I feel a different energy. Although there is fear and anxiety I have felt a calm from disconnecting from a lot that takes energy. I wish to take the sacredness of the new energy I feel and connect to the healing I happening in me and takethis forward in the pandemic and in my ongoing human adventure. I was unwell but I am slowly recovering.
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On Mar 24, 2020 Charles wrote :
Beace Be Still!
Inspired my your "Pandemic" poem. Asking for permission to circulate it in my network.
See you tomorrow at 6:30 West Coast time.
Inspired my your "Pandemic" poem. Asking for permission to circulate it in my network.
See you tomorrow at 6:30 West Coast time.
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On Mar 23, 2020 Jenny wrote :
A forced opportunity to be still. To focus on what is real. To let nature breathe and breathe with it.
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On Mar 22, 2020 Shelley Friedman wrote :
This speaks directly to my soul. I am most uplifted by this poem.
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On Mar 22, 2020 E Bird wrote :
This is a truly beautiful poem, it’s given me personally a moment to be still just to stop and listen to the words. Thank you for that.
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On Mar 18, 2020 Peter Wasowski wrote :
Yesterday I read a beautiful quote by Joe Dispenzathat I am sharing below:
" We have to begin to do what's unnatural - that is, to give in the midst of crisis, when everyone is feeling lack and poverty; to love when everyone is angry and judging others; to demonstrate courage and peace when everyone else is in fear; to show kindness when others are displaying hostility and aggression; to surrender to possibility when the rest of the world is aggressively pushing to be first, trying to control outcomes, and fiercely competing in an endless drive to get to the top; to knowingly smile in the face of adversity; and to cultivate the feeling of wholeness when we're diagnosed as sick."
" We have to begin to do what's unnatural - that is, to give in the midst of crisis, when everyone is feeling lack and poverty; to love when everyone is angry and judging others; to demonstrate courage and peace when everyone else is in fear; to show kindness when others are displaying hostility and aggression; to surrender to possibility when the rest of the world is aggressively pushing to be first, trying to control outcomes, and fiercely competing in an endless drive to get to the top; to knowingly smile in the face of adversity; and to cultivate the feeling of wholeness when we're diagnosed as sick."
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On Mar 18, 2020 Tracy wrote :
Reflect on what we have and just keep on praying that everyone keeps calm and just do what they are meant to do......
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On Mar 18, 2020 Kiran Pandya wrote :
It's a call from within to sit back , listen to ones' inner voice, and reflect. We feel thankful for soulful moments.. fear goes away when you touch inner immortality.. and you wake up as more better and stronger human being, ready to help out, full of courage and compassion!!
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On Mar 17, 2020 allan G brookstone wrote :
Overly romantic, and not particularly inspiring poetry. The "pandemic" is propaganda to get us "with the program" , which is "sustainability" ( whatever that is) and to become more little automatons, easily controlled and living in growingly restrictive spaces , like, for example, the virtual martial law where we find ourselves . See arthur furstenburg, Invisible Rainbow to find out what Rudolph Steiner would have said about this latest "pandemic." Or listen to ANYTHING James Corbett says at corbettreports.com.
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On Mar 17, 2020 RAJESH C OZA wrote :
Thank you for sharing these words of poetry. Words are keepsakes, keeping us close in good times and distressing ones.
Here are words of encouragement I recently shared with clinicians who care for my family: "Thank you for the outstanding care you always provide to our family. During this time of the coronavirus pandemic, I'd like to also thank you for heroically being of service to all of your patients. Please take care of yourself and your loved ones."
And here are words from a different era that my wife, Mangla, shared with me earlier this week:
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and grew gardens full of fresh food, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently.
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On Mar 17, 2020 heide wrote :
if this event is not the most perfect example of how we must share and care for each other then I don't know what it is. Clearly, stuff and money and status are all irrelevant at this point....I'm sure it is a frightening wake up call for at least one or two generations of people who have been living in an illusion of control, power and immortality..This is a real test of gratitude and faith
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On Mar 15, 2020 Mark wrote :
Another related poem I enjoyed ...
Lockdown
--Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM March 13th 2020
Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and grey and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other
across the empty squares,
keeping their windows open
so that those who are alone
may hear the sounds of family around them.
They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland
Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
Today a young woman I know
is busy spreading fliers with her number
through the neighborhood
So that the elders may have someone to call on.
Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
are preparing to welcome
and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
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On Mar 15, 2020 Jasky wrote :
A text I received last month that I thought you may enjoy reading.
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On Mar 14, 2020 Mariette wrote :
This is happening FOR us, not to us. In every challenge and supposed destruction, there is an opportunity for construction. The fallen leaves turn into compost. The undoing of past beliefs of separation creates the space for wholesome beliefs of oneness. And in this experience as well, there is space for contemplation, creation, transformation and renewal. We each have the opportunity - and arguably the responsibility - of making the choice of our own personal perspective. And each individual choice creates a collective transformation. All thanks to this sacred time.
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On Mar 13, 2020 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
Sound of Silence! In the noisy and busy world of doing and having, we tend forget to listen to the inner quiet and wise voice of the heart, the soul. Our minds get filled with fear, anger, annoyance, grievance, blame and despair. In the times of crisis we need to center down and let our bodies and minds be quiet, calm and clear. We need to turn off our agitated bodies and minds and create to listen to the voice of silence filled with empathy, compassion, kindness and love. We are encountering such challenging and testing times right in front of our eyes.. Can we go beyond our self-serving mind set and heart set and become brothers keepers? These are the times when we go beyond our self-created boundaries and relate to each other as children of God? This way we can shift of our mind set from me to we. As the poet Lynn Ungarwrites " Promise this world your love- for better or worse, in sickness and in health, so long as we all shall live."
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On Mar 13, 2020 David Doane wrote :
All the world and all time and each of us are expressions of God, so the world and time and we are sacred. A time of pandemic makes it more obvious that we are all in this world together, and since we and this world are sacred, a time of pandemic is particularly sacred. I also believe we don't have control, our existence is very precarious, and we are very vulnerable, all of which underlines my gratitude that I am alive and part of all that is happening. Change, including drastic change, is an adventure -- there are definitely times I don't like change and there are times I remind myself that I can grow the most when the change is most drastic. What helps me move beyond fear and root in the warmth of my heart (meaning soul), is knowing that the soul which is essential me is an extension of God, and when I remind myself of that I know there is nothing to be afraid of. Being part of God what could there be to be afraid of?
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On Mar 12, 2020 PK wrote :
Feeling of love and compassion filled my heard as I read this poem three times in a row. As it started reverberating in my heart, I noticed a smile on face. Usually, I am a serious person and almost intense in my silent reflection. Now though, there is a lightness in my heart and instead of feeling helpless that I cannot do anything, there is acceptance and a sense of gratitude. A sense of inevitability -- not emerging out of fear and desperation but emerging out of surrender and letting go of the control I never had. No more words. Silence and deep appreciation. Thank you Lynn.
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On Mar 12, 2020 SC wrote :
My heart feels deep relief at what is remembered within me as I read these words. Such gratitude to Lynn for writing and Awakin for sharing out. "The Great Turning" as Joanna Macy describes it, is underway, even as we see its parallel sibling story "The Great Unraveling" making itself more known before our eyes. Where will our tender attention feed that more beautiful world we all know is possible? Love you, community.