Holy Saturday is a docility post-trauma experience

Holy Saturday is the most appropriate day to talk about what I call the post-trauma docility syndrome. This expression refers to the tendency we all have to withdraw into ourselves,
become docile, submissive and even inactive, out of fear and as an attempt to avoid further suffering. “I’m staying at home; stay at home”, the chorus we have taken up in relation to the coronavirus scenario, depicts this human attitude we all have in a crisis situation but above else, it is also a coded message of what could happen even after the trauma or danger of coronavirus (in this case), is over. Holy Saturday is a docility post-trauma experience for Christians. Any Christian who has a little knowledge of Secrad Scriptures knows what I am talking about.

After Jesus is arrested in the Garden of Getsemani and later killed, all his disciples and apostles escape and seek hiding places. Judas' hiding place is suicide when he realises that the events he thought he had planned so well get out of hand and out of his control.
Peter does exactly the same as Judas, only that his suicide is psychological and is redeemable by love. By denying Jesus, he denies himself and all that has to do with his identity. (Mathiew 26: 69-74)
69 Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said. ( that was Peter's history because all began in Galilee ) 70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said. 71 Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.” ( that was Peter's likes and dislikes and his greatest dream, the love of his life, he had given up all in his life for his love for the person and message of Jesus of Nazareth. ) 72 He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!” 73 After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.” ( Peter's roots, his birthright, where he came from depicted by his accent) 74 Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!”
As you can all bear with me, a man who denies his history, his roots, the love of his life, his identity and dreams is a dead man but paradoxically Peter and all the apostles did it in order to survive.
The experience of the followers of Jesus is a common experience for us human beings. After a traumatic experience, all we want to do is either to disappear from the face of the earth or to survive by any means, even if it means psychological death. Conditioned and tamed by fear, we become docile and can be led by the nose by anyone and to anywhere. Fear, fear and all because of fear. This is survival, yes, it is existence, yes, but it is not living life to the full.
What do we do then? Where do we go from here? The answer is simple but complex; undertake the longest journey of your life, the journey inward. That is the meaning of the Holy Saturday silence. Christians say keep watch and pray. To every human being I say, cultivate your inner garden. Stay awake, be vigilant and cultivate your mental, spiritual and emotional strength to overcome all fear. Fear defeats and kills the best in us. Go back to your inner self, trace your roots, your history, the story of love in your life, your broken dreams and fan the ashes into a flame. It's first about you, freeing yourself from fear, finding you, and only then will you be available for others. Take advantage of this cold winter and sow the seeds of your freedom, the new spring, your rebirth. This is what Christians call the resurrection experience.
To all Christians, I say Happy Easter!!!
And to you all I say be happy, be hopeful and stay positive, do not let fear overcome you. There is life after coronavirus and do not let anyone steal it from you. We shall overcome and we shall be stronger!
- T.V.King.