I’m a strong believer that there is a spiritual purpose behind everything that happens, whether that is what we perceive as being good or being bad.

我坚信每件事的发生背后都有一个灵性的目的，无论我们认为是好是坏。

As I meditate upon this, I want to share with you what I feel the Corona/ Covid-19 virus is really doing to us:

当我就这个问题进行冥想的时候，我想和大家分享一下我觉得新冠毒真的对我们造成了什么：
1) It is reminding us that we are all equal, regardless of our culture, religion, occupation, financial situation or how famous we are. This disease treats us all equally, perhaps we should to. If you don’t believe me,just ask Tom Hanks.

1） 它提醒我们，无论我们的文化、宗教、职业、经济状况或我们有多出名，我们都是平等的。这种病对我们大家一视同仁，也许我们都应该如此。如果你不相信我，问问汤姆·汉克斯。

2) It is reminding us that we are all connected and something that affects one person has an effect on another. It is reminding us that the false borders that we have put up have little value as this virus does not need a passport. It is reminding us, by oppressing us for a short time, of those in this world whose whole life is spent in oppression.

2） 它提醒我们，我们都是彼此相连的，影响一个人的事情会对另一个人产生影响。它提醒我们，我们设置的假边界没有什么价值，因为这种病毒不需要护照。它在短时间内压迫我们，提醒我们这个世界上那些一生都在压迫中度过的人。

3) It is reminding us of how precious our health is and how we have moved to neglect it through eating nutrient poor manufactured food and drinking water that is contaminated with chemicals upon chemicals. If we don’t look after our health, we will, of course, get sick.

3） 它提醒我们，我们的健康是多么宝贵，我们是如何通过食用营养不良的人造食品和饮用水而忽视它的，这些食品和饮用水都被化学物质污染。如果我们不注意自己的健康，我们当然会生病。

4) It is reminding us of the shortness of life and of what is most important for us to do, which is to help each other, especially those who are old or sick. Our purpose is not to buy toilet roll.

4） 它提醒我们生命的短暂，提醒我们最重要的是要互相帮助，特别是那些年老或生病的人。我们的目的不是买卫生纸。

5) It is reminding us of how materialistic our society has become and how, when in times of difficulty, we remember that it’s the essentials that we need (food, water, medicine)，as opposed to the luxuries that we sometimes unnecessarily give value to.

5） 它提醒我们，我们的社会已经变得多么物质化。在困难时期，我们才能记住我们所需的物质只是一些必需品（食物、水、药品），而非我们有时所看重的那些不必要的奢侈品。

6) It is reminding us of how important our family and home life is and how much we have neglected this. It is forcing us back into our houses so we can rebuild them into our home and to strengthen our family unit.

6） 它提醒我们，我们的家庭和家庭生活是多么重要，而我们是多么忽视这一点。它迫使我们回到我们的家里，这样我们就可以把它们重建成我们的家，以加强我们家庭的联结。

7) It is reminding us that our true work is not our job, that is what we do, not what we were created to do.Our true work is to look after each other, to protect each other and to be of benefit to one another.

7） 它提醒我们，我们真正的工作不是我们的营生，这些（赚钱的营生）只是我们在做的事情，而非我们为之而生的事情。我们真正的工作是互相照顾，互相保护，互相受益。

8) It is reminding us to keep our egos in check. It is reminding us that no matter how great we think we are or how great others think we are,a virus can bring our world to a standstill.

8） 它提醒我们要控制好自我。它提醒我们，不管我们认为自己有多了不起，也不管别人认为我们有多了不起，病毒能使我们的世界陷入停滞。

9) It is reminding us that the power of freewill is in our hands. We can choose to cooperate and help each other, to share, to give, to help and to support each other or we can choose to be selfish, to hoard, to look after only our self. Indeed, it is difficulties that bring out our true colors.

9） 它提醒我们，自由意志的力量掌握在我们手中。我们可以选择相互合作和帮助，分享、给予、帮助和支持，或者我们可以选择自私，囤积，只顾
自己。事实上，正是困难使我们的本色显露出来。

10) It is reminding us that we can be patient, or we can panic. We can either understand that this type of situation has happened many times before in history and will pass, or we can panic and see it as the end of the world and, consequently, cause ourselves more harm than good.

10） 它提醒我们，我们可以耐心，也可以惊慌失措。我们既可以理解这种情况在历史上已经发生过很多次，而且会过去，也可以惊慌失措地认为这是世界末日，因此给自己造成的伤害大于益处。

11) It is reminding us that this can either be an end or a new beginning. This can be a time of reflection and understanding, where we learn from our mistakes, or it can be the start of a cycle which will continue until we finally learn the lesson we are meant to.

11） 它提醒我们，这可能是一个结束，也可能是一个新的开始。这可能是一个反思和理解的时刻，我们从错误中吸取教训，也可能是一个循环的开始，这个循环将持续下去，直到我们最终吸取教训。

12) It is reminding us that this Earth is sick. It is reminding us that we need to look at the rate of deforestation just as urgently as we look at the speed at which toilet rolls are disappearing off of shelves. We are sick because our home is sick.

12） 它提醒我们地球生病了。它提醒我们，我们需要像关注卫生纸从货架上消失的速度一样，立即关注森林砍伐的速度。我们生病是因为我们的家病了。

13) It is reminding us that after every difficulty, there is always ease. Life is cyclical, and this is just a phase in this great cycle. We do not need to panic; this too shall pass.

13） 它提醒我们，在每一个困难之后，总会有轻松。生命是周期性的，而这只是这个伟大周期中的一个阶段。我们不必惊慌，这也会过去的。

14) Whereas many see the Corona/ Covid-19 virus as a great disaster, I prefer to see it as a *great corrector*，It is sent to remind us of the important lessons that we seem to have forgotten and it is up to us if we will learn them or not.

14） 尽管许多人认为新冠病毒是一个巨大的灾难，但我更愿意把它看作是一个“伟大的修正者”。
它是为了提醒我们，我们似乎已经忘记了重要的教训，我们是否要学会这些教训，这取决于我们。