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Pandemic Paradox: The Crisis Is A Blessing

Pandemic Paradox: The Crisis Is A Blessing, by Barbara Ann Briggs. Photograph of earth from outer space courtesy of NASA
Photograph courtesy of NASA

The coronavirus may seem like a collective catastrophe, but it is actually a wakeup call to humanity to change our destructive ways

A crisis, like a global pandemic, arises because Nature is trying to teach us a lesson.

A crisis is a situation created through an inability to live in accordance with natural law — the laws of Nature governing the Universe. The crisis is the signal, the red light, alerting us to change direction in order to avert a perilous danger lying ahead. Nature always knows best how to organize. Nature also always

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