It seems to me that we’re all — the entire human family! — currently engaged in an intense practice of Nishkam Karma or “action without attachment to the fruit of the action”.
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita (verse 47, chapter 2): To action alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be in thee any attachment to inaction.
Of course, this is not an attitude that most of the world endorses. In fact, the exact opposite is usually the norm. But hey! even though I know the concept of Nishkam Karma and seek to apply it in my life, it’s still not easy to see my plans get changed or to not know whether the thing I’m working towards is actually going to be able to happen or not!
But then I read about the San Francisco Symphony cancelling their final tour with Michael Tilson Thomas directing. And Major League Baseball delaying the start of their season. And entire school districts closing for three, four, even six weeks! And it does put things here at Ananda Village in perspective. 😕