As light filtered through the crack
of the collective mind
new codes were given ...new ways of living ...
old modes of perception deepened through reflection
cut through deception
until we saw on mass through the illusion of separation
And birthed into creation
A new vision ...
A vision foretold in books of old ...
Held in the bloodlines of our indigenous ancestors
for us to manifest
when the time of a great test
Came upon us ....
Some thought it would be
world war three
Not a tiny little bubble of protein ...covid 19
A virus that doesn’t even fit the characteristics of anything living
Inert ... unable to assert to procreate
or dictate any trajectory in our lives
Only the one assigned by us
As we provide the hosts

Taking on its DNA ...

In this yes ...some sadly passed
Some stayed ...

As is always
The balance of life
revealing impermanence
unveiling in its wisdom
our collective state of cognitive dissonance
As we found ourselves
Sat on sofas in our homes
Plugged into mobile phones
Watching the news 24/7
Political and spiritual porn...adorned
in our Pjamas
Others springing into action
making plans .. or engaging in distractions
from these heightened states of alert and anxiety
When faced with the challenge of rethinking our whole society
To a society built on the principle of unity
of innate beauty and value ... seen in ALL

Let the words of Aldous Huxley stand tall

“The true measure of any society is how it treats its most vulnerable members ”

And by grace we remembered
our own frailty
Sat in our vulnerability
Bought to our knees in humility
And made a collective effort to
to bring about
Spiritual social and economic reform
Reborn when faced with our most primal fear ...
Death
Biblical words ringing true
death the final enemy
as we slip through the veil into eternity ...
awaken from misplaced identity to mastery
Walking between worlds and multiple realities
Yet grounded in our humanity ...
Balancing the masculine with embodied femininity
To bring about real social change ...
Politics infused with love , collaboration consideration
For the elderly the poor , the disabled
Those on Zero hr contracts NHS staff and key workers
The new hero’s in our 2020 ground zero ...

You see As the light filtered through the cracks in our houses our windows and doors
The house ...
Symbolic of the self
We paused ...
we stopped
We took a break from the norm
the mundane the insane pace ..
the 9-5 rat race
And we breathed !
We breathed
And the longer we stayed in social isolation
Tiring of the saturation of mental stimulation..
the more we were taken into
Unification of self ...
Feeling the pull into deeper contemplation
one by one we started to awaken

You see

“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”

And and through each window came a different spectrum of light
Specific to each person
In varying degrees of fight or flight
Each with their own narrative
Their own story
Each faced with the truth of their own vulnerability
At first was indifference
then fear
then anger
then projections
judgements
unsolicited advice
preoccupations with other peoples lives ,responses and choices
Other peoples voices ...
Until we were effectively placed under house arrest
The real test
To be with ourselves ....
no spectators
Faced with four walls ...
We learnt to be the hero in our own stories
It was all we were ever meant to do...

So let’s not only define our experience by the tragedy of these times
let your story and yours and your and mine
Re define this book of LIFE
And honour those who are dying