No, this isn’t the New Normal. The world is in a holding pattern, as familiar systems and structures are replaced by temporary ones, giving us the sense of living between worlds.

We have no idea what the New Normal is going to look like. It would be a mistake to think we do. The corona virus is creating new life conditions in a way that would have been unimaginable just a few months ago.

Space for new thinking

It is easier to accept the uncertainty of this interim period if we can hold hope in our hearts that there is a silver lining in the cloud of global pandemic. What is that silver lining? The corona virus is creating space for new thinking to emerge.

New worldviews that are latent within us may emerge, or not, during crisis

Every single person is facing a new reality right now. Each one is coping in their own way. Some are up-stretching, searching for new, ways to think, ways that can help them cope and make sense of it all. Whilst others are down-stretching, yearning for a return to simpler times and the good old days, when we believed that technology could solve everything.

This interim period gives us time to ponder life’s important questions

It’s as if someone has pressed a PAUSE BUTTON, forcing every one of us to stop from the busyness, giving us time to ponder important questions.

Questions like, ‘What’s really important to me?’ ‘What is life really all about?’ And most importantly, ‘What needs to change?’

The new global life conditions are creating space for Team Humanity to stop, reflect, and take new action, as never before. Whilst there is much suffering, there is also a great outpouring of love in countless acts of service from one human to one another. Even the simple act of staying home is an act of love.

The 14th Century Plague led to new thinking

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What will the new paradigm look like?

Interestingly, the more we explore and test, the more we do not presume to have any idea of what the new paradigm will look like.

Why? In this interim period before The New Normal emerges, we are all being stimulated to question every basic assumption around how we organise ourselves on Earth. This will be a decades-long process that is needed to assure a viable planet and to equip Team Humanity to fulfil a worthy role in Universe.

How can we support new thinking in ourselves?

It is important during crisis not to jump to premature solutions, even though the temptation is there to do so. Very often, the obvious solutions, such as to develop a vaccine, do not address the underlying root cause of the problem, and may actually make the situation worse, because they come from the very same thinking that led to the problem in the first place.

A critical first step is to use this interim period to discover the true underlying root cause, so that we address the problem, not just symptoms.

Be Warned! You are already involved.

You might be thinking to yourself, ‘Am I part of this too?’ You most certainly are. During this interim period, we are literally navigating a major leap for mankind, and every single one of us is needed to make the transition.

Just accept that every day is going to be different. And, every day takes us one step closer to a New Normal that is beyond our imagination.