COVID-19 has for many been an upset of normal. Add to this that there are a myriad of theories abounding about Covid-19 -- from the ridiculous to the sublime -- and many can find themselves adrift in a limbo of seeming truths, the most dangerous kind. Then there are surely half-truths, some truth, and lies. In the limbo, it is easy to get lost.
But as the saying goes, truth will always come out. Some of us, methinks, are beginning to see hoaxes where they are. But let us leave them for another day.
This weekend, let us think of calm and find some, particularly much needed in these times.
I read somewhere a long time ago that to rest one's eyes by closing them is one way of calming one's self. And then to think of something peaceful: a quiet lake, a quiet mountain, a quiet time and place where and when one felt at peace, inner and outer. Then to mentally go there and soak in that peace for even a minute or two. Personally, I stay there longer before opening my eyes.
With eyes open, one can seek green landscapes, because setting one's eyes on them lengthens and relaxes a section of the eyes, achieving the same effect as when they are closed and relaxed. Green is also known to be a healing color.
We are also advised that to relax, that one "think black" for a minute, meaning to clear one's mind of everything except the color black, visualized. When younger, I found that this "think black" technique worked, along with shutting the office door to keep out disturbances. Thinking black somehow morphed into thinking white, which worked, too.
Which then led to the technique of the so-called "power nap." If one is good at thinking black or white, I find that the power nap rather easily follows, and one awakens refreshed and relaxed, better able to think, function.
To my mind, however, the best of all these calming techniques remain those of Meditation, a type of which is precisely: To calm the mind. I find that Yogic breathing along with the calming techniques work best for me. My personal choice of meditation focus point is the biblical verse, "Be still, and know that I Am God." Thirty minutes of this exercise calms my being like none other can, and I emerge refreshed, recharged, and better able to deal with any and all things, this pandemic included.
Find which calming technique works for you. Commit to engaging calm at least ten minutes three times a day. Your being and your home more often than not benefit from calm, especially during times of stress.
If you like, you can even join the online Brahma Kumaris guided meditations for world peace and healing. Imagine all that energy from many minds together downloading God's Peace and God's world.