news: coronavirus: After the Pandemic - Reflecting on This?

news: coronavirus: After the Pandemic - Reflecting on This?

After the pandemic we'll eventually revisit to figure , school, et al. . But will there be a replacement normal? a replacement start?

For many folks the lockdown means more stress cooped up reception , more worry about income, more frustration. Yet, perhaps there's also a chance arising from this pause in customary living.


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After all, we've had longer on our hands. More chance to believe things. to think about what really matters: what's actually of lasting importance.

So, I'm wondering whether this thinking is revealing anything to us. Any issues previously swept under the carpet?

How to do self-reflection now for after the pandemic
This is now the prospect to interact in some self-reflection, but how can we do this? the difficulty is we will lose sight of the larger picture of our life if we are trapped within the minutia of daily concerns.


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How then can we exit of what usually pre-occupies us and hopefully gain a deeper perspective? Here are some recommendations on the way to do that .

1. Make time for quietness alone.
Create a couple of minutes space faraway from others perhaps within the garden or take a walk then deliberately engage in self-reflection.

2. Have a start line
Start the amount of thought with whatever is uppermost in your mind. we've to start somewhere and this is often an honest an area as anywhere else. as an example , it might be a priority , a problem, an issue , or simply a vague feeling that beckons you.

3. Mull it over
Let the mind wander because it pleases from the start line . do not be frightened to permit it to require you places you haven't visited lately. Admittedly, it can feel uncomfortable if we've been exposed to harsh criticism for wandering off the straight and narrow. Just be mindful of the central issue where you depart .

4. Challenge excuses
Notices the justifications you come up with for not bothering. Challenge the thought that you simply haven't any opportunity for self-reflection. we will always make time for something if we drop something smaller .


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Likewise, question the notion it's a waste of time: just a pleasing escape. But is that this true? I even have found my mind can go exploring and make discoveries. that's to mention , when contemplating my life, I determine why i would like certain things and what I expect from them.

5. Consciously reflect on your goals in life
Ponder about what's really important to you. What you actually value. Question your own motives and values. In other words, it'd involve asking yourself 'who am I?', 'where do I come from?' and 'where am I going?'

6. Consider looking 'above self'
Spiritual philosopher Swedenborg contrasts 'looking above self' with 'looking below self'.

'Looking above self' is considering what's good for one's family, friends, and community. Letting that inform what we attempt to do. Asking ourselves what matters most to us or where we would like to require a stand. Probably, one's values will start to emerge together chews over things during a calm rational way.

Looking 'below self' is that the opposite. it's like closing the mind to a better view. This egoism produces a defensive . It prefers dishonest self-justification for doing things 'my way' instead of following any alternative path. This attitude comes from desiring only one's own welfare as an end in itself. most significantly , this severely limits a better meaning and purpose one can personally discover for one's life.

7. Remember any deeper sense of calling
We can sometimes forget a once experienced feeling of being called towards a replacement horizon. A glimpse of a better plan for our lives - perhaps one we will kick-start after the pandemic. Have I been sidetracked or thrown astray by my inward personal struggles? Perhaps I even have disillusionment, depression, regret, impatience, a way of futility. this might flow from to a scarcity of gratitude, insensitivity, or disloyalty shown to me.


news: coronavirus: After the Pandemic - Reflecting on This? 

According to Swedenborg much of this will be expected. Our spiritual progress is subject to a repeated cycle. Awakening, searching, finding hope and faith, struggling, then re-awakening to meaning and purpose.

Summary about after the pandemic
To sum up, by using this current pause within the hectic pace of life we'd discover new horizons, gain insights, or clarify goals. we will only each do what we will do. But hopefully will have an opportunity to place a number of what we've learned into action after the pandemic.


news: coronavirus: After the Pandemic - Reflecting on This?

As a psychotherapist , Stephen Russell-Lacy has specialized in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, working for several years with adults suffering distress and disturbance.

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His eBook Heart, Head, and Hands draws links between the psycho-spiritual teachings of the eighteenth-century spiritual philosopher Swedenborg and current ideas in therapy and psychology.

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