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I felt the most curious

I felt the most curious sensation this morning. While lying down on my bed after a shower, I could literally feel the blood surging through my body as my heart beat. Sometimes after strenuous exercise, I’ve been able to feel and hear blood pumping through my head, but what I felt this morning was something I’ve never experienced before; my heart pumped and a fraction of a second later my whole body pulsed and pushed outward slightly. I sat on the bed for about 5 minutes like this, aware of little else, trying to remember everything about this sensation that I will probably never again experience. Even now, the memory is fading….