The
power Of Will To Fight HIV
By Anil Gulati
11 October, 2006
Countercurrents.org
Spiritual
Gurus do say and even I do believe that our thoughts, moods, state of
being and feelings are powerful influences on our health and immune
system. Yesterday I was in training on HIV/AIDS wherein I had a chance
to hear Pradeep (name changed) on his experience in fighting with HIV,
which he and his wife had been living with HIV for last six years. One
got moved not only because the way he narrated his story but the way
he has been fighting the dreaded virus. More than anything the most
powerful message one could get from his talk was that there is life
beyond HIV. One needs a will to fight the infection and, which he had
in him in plenty.
I presume the moment you
have that positive will, you would do whatever is needed and advised
to fight the HIV infection. I feel Pradeep is a fighter, a fighter with
weapon of will with him. He not only motivates you and tells you that
it is will which could be more potent than any other vaccine. He may
or may not succeed but more important is his present which he is living
with full confidence. To me it proves a point that thoughts, one emotion
and the various body systems don't work in isolation. They work together
as a whole system.
After hearing from him I
did search for some studies, which was more to add to his belief and
mine too. One which I found close to this was by UCLA AIDS Institute
research which showed that stress enables HIV to spread more quickly
in HIV-positive persons and impairs antiretroviral drugs from restoring
the immune system. Depression and negative attitudes have also been
linked to lowering the immune system, which meant that opposite, could
do better, probably a theory of which Pradeep is living example. I and
many of us get emotional on issue which affects us, but when you see
him and hear about him, his wife and the suffering and stigma they got
in return from the society in this 21st century era of technology and
openness. How his daughter could not get admitted in any school in capital
of this country?
One feels our issues are
nothing as compared to his. I got away with a message from him that
it is positive will power which has helped to fight in his own life.
He is real life role model for me and may be for all of us not only
for person living with HIV, encourages us in our encounter with issues
which have bearing on us.
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(The opinions expressed by
the writer in this piece are his personal)
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