► “Take away the supernatural, and what remains is the unnatural.”

 

During the pandemic lockdown all the streets, businesses, and social life was totally closed and people were afraid to go outside and simply enjoy of the pure air, the nature and the beautiful landscapes that our city can still offer. 

I am pretty sure that most of the people around the world felt the same, I mean, that feeling of impotence regarding to something totally new that we can´t deal with, just because it was absolutely unpredictable and, on the other hand we live in a society that make us believe that we can controll every aspect of our life. 

I really don´t think so. There are many aspects that we cannot simply manage, in fact, Jordan Peterson have some ideas about this context of post modernism we are living in «Life is tragic. You are tiny and flawed and ignorant and weak and everything else is huge, complex and overwhelming. Once, we had Christianity as a bulwark against that terrifying reality. But God died. Since then the defence has either been ideology – most notably Marxism or fascism – or nihilism. These lead, and have led in the 20th century, to catastrophe».

But this idea of deep and personal acceptance as a first step of working on your own - I mean responsability - do not belong to Jordan Peterson, but Peterson have put in value old traditions we had in the past that helped us to survive the heavy storms of our daily life: «To you do we cry poor banished children of Eve. To you do we end up our sighs mourning and weeping in this valley of tears...»

It is not a random casual thing this interesting coincidence between the social and psycological thinking of Perterson and the ancient pray of Hail Holy Queen. Understanding this will let us survive in a best way these kind of unpredictable challenges. 

Nowadays people seems to be less worried about the impact of the virus, although the rate of death people in Peru is still high. Perhaps they just want to learn how to live with it. 

From time to time I feel people is losing their ability to commiserate with other people's pain. This is because of the process of dechristianization of the world. 
“Take away the supernatural, and what remains is the unnatural.” used to say GK. Chesterton.