AIDS AND THE KARMIC SPACES

People can understand being jealous of one’s own self, yet what about those who cannot get the AIDS drugs and are jealous of those who can?

People who can’t get these drugs, or any kind of help whatsoever, are not jealous of those who can! It is the last thing on their mind, jealousy. They are hurting and want desperately to bring health to themselves and to their dying children. What they want is for people not to be indifferent to their pain. They cry out in desperation for helping hands.

This is not about jealousy. It is the Karmic Spaces of Indifference and Lack of Awareness that others are in that cuts open the heart. Yet so many others are dug so deep in their desires to be right that they cannot see beyond their own needs.

I have heard people say, “God helps those who help themselves.” I say that those who are breathing each day with so much pain are helping themselves. When you are pushed into a Karmic Space by others, you can pull yourself out with your ability to want to live.

Once a young man came and said, in front of many with HIV and AIDS, that he wanted to get AIDS because he felt the jealousy and pain that he brought to others. You could have heard a pin drop. Everyone there with AIDS and HIV stood up and embraced him and said: “We are not jealous. You are our hope.” That moment will live with me for the rest of my life.

So no, those in need are not jealous; they want to live and have the right to live, the same as anyone else. What you do not even think about can bring such help to others. It is all a matter of hesitation. It is all a matter of listening and asking, “What can I do to make someone’s life easier this day?” It is not about jealousy. It is the pain caused by indifference.

Ma Jaya

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