“The Owner of The Ladder,” wrote 125 Virtual Steps for Spiritual Attainment

Zsolt Hermann
2 min readApr 5, 2020

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Sometimes there are situations in our life, that the grey area between stories and reality needs more research.

I heard — that in the early years of the 19th century an old and an extremely “wise man” was living in Jerusalem. His nickname was “The Owner of the Ladder” describing him as a man who attained spirituality.

In these days, while the Corona Virus is breaking all barriers, people are suffering and the new claims of COVID-19 infected people reaching unbelievable and unimaginable peaks and figures, that is a commonly shared trend that people feel that this Corona is a warning or a punishment from the Creator., depends on the point of view, background and the interaction and interrelation of the individual with surrounding environment.

It is interesting to observe how the Global public discourse and opinion shift from corporeality to spirituality within a couple of weeks and how mother Nature is isolating us to feel the deficiency of physical engagement and connection.

Would you believe that Corona Virus was not mentioned even once a day in any family on this planet?

I would definitely doubt it because the fear from the uncertainty and the blurry future does not leave us a rest for a moment.

The reason that I recalled “The Owner of the Ladder” story — because Bnei Brak, a suburb town near Tel Aviv, Israel — appeared in the news today, the same town where the Son of “The Owner of the Ladder” continued his will to teach, educate and raise a new generation of altruists, aimed to prepare humanity for a transition to a new degree of connection — from corporeality to spirituality.

The degree of density in/of our relations, changed from physical interaction outdoors (work, entertainment, vacation..) to in-house virtual connection through internet connection, social media and cell/phone communication — rough estimate will last a couple of weeks to several months, based on the most optimistic forecasts of experts in the social media in the whole world.

So — if the “The Owner of The Ladder” was right — #covidexplained that the Post Corona Era is the New Virtual Connected World?

Since the vast majority of us have more time to spend at home in isolation with our families, maybe it makes sense to do some research?

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Zsolt Hermann
Zsolt Hermann

Written by Zsolt Hermann

I am a Hungarian-born Orthopedic surgeon presently living in New Zealand, with a profound interest in how mutually integrated living systems work.

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