Lisa Weikel, a Shamanic practitioner in Bucks County, believes this forced isolation is making many of us re-evaluate what is important. She says removing the “busy-ness” allows us to look at our real values.
“We’re being grabbed by the scruff of our neck and said, ‘Look. Look at what’s important here.’ Because I think humanity, as a whole has forgotten that,” she said.
Weikel says the lockdown is opening new avenues for connection.
“It’s this oxymoronic thing of, we’re being told to stay away from each other and we’re finding amazing ways to stay connected instead of the superficial physical,” she added.
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Joe Modica, chaplain at Eastern University, says the beginning of the pandemic coincided with the Christian Lenten season, a season of sacrifice and reflection.
“So maybe there’s some silver lining to realize that, we are living, and I can speak of the Christian tradition, we have had this season of Lent and Eastertide, that helps us with our perspective on how we should respond in the world,” Modica said.
He says students have been encouraged to share in the suffering of others by being helpful.