Self-realization means knowing about your self, and not about your name, profession, identity, nationalism, or anything. This can be done just by deep diving in your own's self and find out your own self by self-inquiry. You ave to dig inside yourself until you find out your true self. Once you do realize about your true self then there is nothing left to achieve after that, you ill feel complete and blissful about yourself and thus nothing else matters to you.
COVID-19 crisis is a call to humanity for being self-realization because a situation like these makes everyone realize the importance of true's self. So many people around different countries are uniting to fight a common enemy and the world should be like it where everyone will be happy with what you have and to work harder to achieve more without disturbing the peace and harmony among others.
The best way to do self-realization is by introspecting about one's self as much as possible. The best tool for doing it is meditation, if you can meditate for like 15 minutes daily to understand about your own self like what you are like, why you do certain things, the way you do, your style of functioning, your way of thinking.
Self-realization is just like a Natural Medicine, where you will make you a better person by knowing about yourself and without taking any medication or professional care.
People often try to link Self Realization with Spirituality, by saying that do obtain self-realization you need to surrender yourself to a Guru, and then only you will be able to get self-realization. But I don't think so if you are happy about yourself and why you are in without complaining much about your condition, but you always find a way to make it better for you and others then yes you have to attain a certain level of self-realization.
What I know about people who have done self-realization are coping up with this pandemic are, they are happy with whatever they are getting it because they know that this situation is not permanent and it will be better soon. They are kind to themselves in this pandemic because they know that this is not business as usual, this is business unusual. And thus it is very important to acknowledge the fact and cope up with it.
The great think about people who have attained self-realization which I think is those people want everyone to be happy, they help others in any form possible and that is what needed in this pandemic situation. We all should help everyone in however form possible because this good deed will be remembered for long and thus it will be a golden sword for you to become happy and to get self-realization.
