Healing Metaphors A-Z - Viral infections

Viral infections
Viruses are minute, incomplete organisms, which infect us and use our cells for their survival. Infection by a virus means that our battle has to do with a part of ourselves that we believe is missing and are trying to get from the world while, conversely, we act independently to hide our needs. This conflict reinforces our ego at the expense of our spiritual identity and heritage.

Chuck Spezzano and Janie Ticehurst, Healing the Body Through Mind and Metaphor