As Swanand Kirkire writes a line in a song for composer Shantanu Moitra's departed father, "A part of you lives on in me", it makes us realize the same that our parents, siblings, grandparents, our ancestors, the whole lineage, nay the whole of humanity lives in us. We are all connected. So too is the Atma in me and you connected with the Param(Atma). Rejoice that we are all Buddhas and divine by nature. Although the subject of death dampens our day, realizing that the world is Maya and that nothing is permanent all paints a bleak future for us, and dashes all our aspirations and hopes, let's not draw a solemn picture after knowing that all these is Maya and dump the world. You might be young and raising a family. Go ahead. There is time to take the leap later. As Agathiyar asked those youths at AVM to drop all and look after their responsibility towards their family and career for the moment, go out on an adventure and take that leap from the cliff right now bringing on the adrenalin rather than sitting in your room trying to get your body to ooze that ambrosia that is much spoken about. That can always wait for a later date, something I learned from Lord Shiva who came in my dream as a bachelor in my 20s and put on hold all my practices for some 14 years.
Just an update on what too place upon waking up today. Just as in 2022, I felt dizzy, nauseous and my whole body except by head went freezing cold and numb. A cold shower did some good to regain normalcy.
When the home quarantine was lifted last Friday, my wife, daughter and I did a self-test. Thinking it was clear as it was with the rests of them, my daughter pointed out a faint second line hardly visible. Today I took another test, and the line was there, still faint and hardly noticeable. I guess I have long Covid that might take some time for the virus to leave the body completely. I am continuing with and following all the tips given by medical professionals and the home remedies given by others and also those that Agathiyar gave us including lighting of the Homam that Lord Shiva and Prapanjam asked to carry out at the height of the pandemic.