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[readoldthings]

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry for the light posting over the last week-- We had a virus blow into the house with last Friday's snowstorm. I assumed it was a flu, but test results today show that it's actually Covid! As of right now, the worst seems to be past-- the symptoms so far have been those of an ordinary flu or cold, but weirder. In any case, one of the lingering effects is a kind of fatigue and difficulty with concentration that's making writing something of a challenge. I'll have something new up here in a couple of days-- and in the meantime, if any of my readers happen to have a good relationship with St Raphael the Archangel, I'd be very grateful if you would put in a good word!

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take care!

[randomactsofkarmasc]

Hope you feel better soon!

Re: take care!

[readoldthings]

Thank you!

[lp9]

I hope you all feel better soon!

[readoldthings]

Thank you!

[methylethyl]

May you have a swift and uneventful recovery!

We had something blow through our house over Christmas that started with two days of raging sore throat that felt like the last time I got strep, and then turned into a couple days of impressive sinus drainage, and then a lingering touch of bronchitis. We're pretty much over it now-- I'm still taking cetirizine to keep it from turning into bronchitis (which is like my personal kryptonite). Nobody tested, so... no idea what it was. But everybody around here seems to have either been sick with it over Christmas, or is sick with it now. We are kind of hoping it was the latest coof iteration, so we can just check that off the "to do" list...

[readoldthings]

Might have been it-- I had the same feeling, that I was grateful to finally get it out of the way. I have noticed that it had a very odd psychic effect, which I might write something about here...

[methylethyl]

I'm curious to hear about it. I didn't notice anything particularly different about this crud, vs. previous generic winter crud. Made me feel dull and inert for about two weeks... but for me that's pretty typical for any acute illness/recovery. I read that as "my body is saying get some rest"... so I don't try to get out and clean the whole house or run errands or start projects just because overt symptoms are over.

[readoldthings]

I'm not sure that I can explain it exactly. It's a sense of disembodiment accompanied by awareness-- brief flashes of looking down from above and seeing the meaning of certain patterns in my life and my family's life. It started the first night I was sick. It's actually similar, on a very small scale, to the kind of "life review" in the after-death state that some writers talk about; certain things became clear, and I knew them, not intellectually, but on a deeper level. It was most intense the first night-- when I was running a fever-- but then I've gotten flashes of it every day since then.

I've been wondering if it isn't part of Covid's nature-- it has a disembodying effect, that's similar to the after death state. If so, it would explain a number of things, including why the death toll increases so dramatically with every decade of life-- more years means more karma. And also why people are so terrified of it.

[methylethyl]

That's fascinating-- like the virus is giving you a glimpse of... death? Non-material reality? I can see where a whole lot of people would be very resistant to that experience! I wonder if there's any correlation between severity of illness and resistance to the more ...astral? aspects.

[readoldthings]

Yeah, that's what I'm wondering...

[flanerieoconnor]

Hoping you feel better soon! For what it's worth, I offered a quick prayer on your behalf to St Raphael, St Luke, and Saint Panteleimon the unmercenary healer.

[readoldthings]

It means a great deal; thank you!

[boccaderlupo]

Wishing you a speedy recovery, and may Raphael cover you and yours with his wings.

[readoldthings]

Thank you very much for this!