I am sure numerous have been asking: Why Covid? Why so globally? Why now? And I have addressed some of these queries in prior articles. But at that time I wasn’t speaking from experience, I was just sharing my theories about it devoid of possessing verified them in sensible terms. Effectively, now I have verified at least 1 of these theories, and I am eager to share it.

We have all heard about connectedness and oneness, and how Covid is (hopefully) bringing us a step closer to these experiences, seeing how we are all in this together. But then once again, are we really all in this together? Personally, I am not so certain about that looking at the controversies in government policies (especially in countries exactly where elections are taking place throughout the pandemic), the push-backs from the public against restrictions (not a lot of us are willingness to sacrifice our “precious” routines for the higher superior), and extra recently – the distribution of vaccines (those who pay additional get far more).

So what are we missing? When and how are we lastly going to discover the lesson? And what is that lesson?

Actually, Covid provides us an obvious clue each about the What we will need to find out and the How. What Covid sufferers encounter and in some circumstances die from is lack of air. And air is the extremely point that connects us all. To use pm2.5 filters of Jessica Dibb’s observations, we can make an in-group and an out-group (i.e. manifest separation) based on race, profession, gender, age, social characteristics, looks, and so on. But there is 1 typical denominator which, when applied, leads us automatically to oneness – the breath. Thus, no matter what beliefs, traumas and preferences we have, we all belong to the group of breathers. And the breath (which, as I have come to experience, is the embodiment of Spirit), is what connects us all and provides us the physical, somatic experience of oneness. BUT only if we spend attention to it!

Surprise, surprise – Covid is bringing our attention and awareness precisely to the breath. As such, Covid is asking us to start living a far more spiritually oriented life: a life where we are indeed extra connected, a life lived in the NOW. Importantly, by bringing our concentrate to the breathing, Covid is not only displaying us the lesson we need to learn, i.e. the lesson of oneness it is also displaying us how we can find out said lesion, and that is just by staying focused on the breath and practicing conscious breathing.

Without a doubt, conscious breathing is what can give us a direct spiritual experience (albeit in physical bodies). I personally learnt that through getting forced (immediately after having infected with Covid) to pay attention to the breath. Not that I hadn’t dabbled in a variety of yoga and meditation practices ahead of. But this time the shift in awareness was so profound! Armed with a somewhat survival-driven motivation at the starting of the disease, I dove deep into various breathing strategies, and the a lot more intimately I got to know conscious breathing, the more my encounter of separation was dissolving. I was feeling so significantly lighter, happier and, of course, extra connected. I was getting the lesson! A lot more importantly, I was healing a illness not brought on by Covid but merely highlighted by it.

Sadly, I assume the whole planet is sick with that very same illness – the illness of Separation. Therefore, we have a international pandemic. This pandemic has managed to highlight in a brilliant way the pervasiveness of the pathology we all suffer from, the breathlessness and lack of connectedness all through the globe. Covid is just the red light here signaling we will need to repair the engine. And it really is not going away in a hurry, at least not until we all turn into conscious of the actual difficulty and get started taking the suitable action towards resolving it. The real challenge, indeed, is a profound spiritual disconnect. We, as a planet, have reached the hallmark of Separation. Therefore, Covid is screaming at us: “Use the breath, folks, and connect!”

On the face of it, I wholeheartedly encourage you to seek out some conscious breathing practices and get started incorporating them in your life (if you haven’t already). Talking about oneness doesn’t assist you feel it. Conscious breathing, on the other hand, requires us straight to the physical practical experience of oneness, to the embodiment of spirituality. Attempt it for yourself and I am positive you will in no way appear back. It only takes a few conscious breaths to alter your point of view, and a unique point of view opens doors to new, fascinating and limitless possibilities.