We see the world through our beliefs, our fears and often our guilt, and even our wishes.
It is hard to get a clear view of reality.
A reality that is stripped of everything but actions.
Reality is often divided into those who see, and those who are blind.
Or more, those who believe and then the nonbelievers.
In my experience, it is near impossible to change someone else's mind.
Or, to clear their vision.
The believers believe in that which they have been programmed to believe.
Actions will not sway them, facts will not be allowed to enter into their already made up minds.
Reality doesn't care what you believe or what programs you have running in your head.
Reality is.
And, wins only but 100% of the time.
There is no point in fighting, fearing and arguing with it. The sooner you can come to peace with reality, the more conscious your choices will be.
As a wise woman said, "In the moment of a crisis, you are only given a few choices."
In the case of this pandemic, we only have a few choices. We are either part of the slow down or part of the problem.
What has been so interesting to me, is that the folks who belong to a very strict religion, a religion who has been telling them what to believe and directing their lives since childhood, are now up in arms about the government "TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO!
I am perplexed by their response.
And, then not.
The religion dogma or conditioning is a sleight-of-hands, in which they have been brainwashed; but feel they have free will.
This is very hard to understand or for me to articulate.
Brainwashed controlled folks, acting like they are free, and that the government is trying to control them. They don't want to have their rights taken away, when they have already given them up to the church.
What free liberties do they truly have?
The women do not have rights to their own bodies.
The things they are not allowed to do - sins - control them in ways they cannot see - BUT they feel they are free. Freely choosing to not do this or that.
It blows my mind, and not. That the most controlled folks are now up in arms about the government telling us to stay home for the health of others.
They are more concerned about their rights and being controlled, then infecting others by their actions; or non actions.
Their fear of losing their power, which is already gone, is what is causing them to act irrationally.
Perhaps it is their subconsciousness making them revolt. They can't afford to lose whatever small freedoms they have left.
It isn't the Covid 19 that has them in fear. It is the way the government is choosing to slow down its spread. They are unwilling to lose their freedom to save the life of someone they don't know.
And, I am sure some are afraid of the loss of their jobs, money and what it will do to them financially. But, what I hear most is the conspiracy and how the quarantine is infringing upon their rights.
Mostly, it is complicated. We are all coming from different walks of life, being asked to do the same thing.
Being one that still has to work, my circumstances feel different. We try to follow the rules while being out and about.
I respect the virus, and I fear those who are revolting against it.
