The pandemic, through the practice of quarantine, has isolated much of the world's population, forcing it to adapt to its style and pace of life. Remote work has become popular, communication with family, friends and colleagues takes place only virtually, and daily socializing has been reduced to the people who live with us. Social distancing has led us to look within ourselves.
Eager to get out of the domestic cloister, crowds in several countries have ventured onto the streets causing further increases in cases. Really, it seems that the situation is saying to us “stay at home, take the opportunity to reflect on your lives”.
Hostages of a virus, we seek information about what is happening in the outside world, and the news is rarely the best. Among them, the murder of a young man, by a policeman, because they have different skin colors.
Racism is not a new phenomenon in the history of societies. The number of episodes in which racial prejudice tarnished Humanity's evolutionary journey would fill countless books.
North American Indian tribes decimated by the “white” man, who called them Red Indians; discrimination against some eastern peoples, labeled as yellow; the slavery of African peoples, treated as “blacks”.
The brutal murder of George Floyd makes us think that even in the United States, a country considered developed, the plague of racism still shows its claws.
According to Kabbalistic teachings, the body is the temporary abode of the soul. We came to this material world to fulfill our mission, which is to create connection with the Creator, sharing with others.
Aware of our purpose, we understand that young George's mission was interrupted because he was "black", and the policeman who cowardly killed him, distanced himself from his spiritual mission, doing the exact opposite of what he should.
Kabbalah teaches that the world we perceive through our five senses represents only 1% of all reality.
In the material world, we only see seemingly unconnected consequences. Everything apparently happened suddenly, because the causes are actually hidden from our perceptions.
In him we experience pain, death, hunger, fear, chaos. We also experience love, pleasure and happiness, but not fully.
Fullness is found in the 99% that would complete our reality. And that 99% can be reached through spiritual work.
Racism is clear proof that many have not yet discerned what is really important for us to live fully.
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I believe they may have been surprised by the fact that I only marked “white” and “black”, and not yellow or red-skinned, but according to physics, neither black nor white are considered colors per se.
What is inside each of us is sacred. It is a divine spark, a true portion of the Creator.
Where we see colors, we should actually see lights.
