SL02-12 Mourning The Impact of COVID-19

This show is being recorded during the height of self isolation and quarantine and shelter in place at home as the COVID 19 pandemic spreads its destruction across the globe and is in full outbreak in the United States. If you are like me, as each day unfolds during this COVID-19 pandemic being felt across the world and across the United States, your heart grows heavier, your thoughts become more solemn and reflective, yearning sets in… yearning for what?  You are grieving and mourning.  It's ok to feel grief and to mourn those lost during this pandemic. So far, many of us are perhaps fortunate enough to not be directly impacted by the death of a loved one to the Coronavirus.  Some of us no doubt have been directly impacted. As the media bombards us with the growing tally of those infected across the world and those across the United States and those who have died across the world and those within the Unites States due to complications from Coronavirus we feel our hearts weigh heavier as our hearts and bodies and minds physiologically react to the news of many suffering from the virus and dying from the virus in isolation apart from their families.  We begin to worry and sigh as we imagine the impact this will have not only on the economy of the world but most importantly for those of us on this spiritual journey, the impact it will have on humanity, human life, on the souls of those dealing with the loss of a loved one, those who lost their lives, those medical professionals working tirelessly. Sometimes we need permission to cry.  It's ok to cry.  It's ok to mourn. I thought we'd imaginally pray an abbreviated form of the Office of the Dead for all those who've lost their lives to the Corona Virus. I hope you will join me.