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    Compassion Cannot Choose
    Compassion Cannot Choose
    Compassion Cannot Choose
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    Compassion Cannot Choose

    By Sadhguru

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    “If our humanity is functional, when someone is suffering, we spontaneously feel that we ought to do something about it. No one has to teach this to us. But because we have come to wrong conclusions about those suffering from HIV/AIDS, an environment has been created in this society, to act against human nature, thereby destroying the basic humanity in us.


    When the Tsunami happened, everyone was reaching out. I do not understand why people are not reaching out to the HIV situation in the same way and with the same vigor. Why not?


    Clearly, compassion cannot choose …” – Sadhguru


    Compassion Cannot Choose contains Sadhguru’s interactions with people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs). Sadhguru speaks words of comfort, hope and inspiration, and also words of deeper understanding and clarity about society. The booklet also contains the personal stories narrated by several PLHAs giving a human face to the oft-neglected section of society that comprises HIV patients.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSadhguru
    Release dateJul 1, 2020
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      Compassion Cannot Choose - Sadhguru

      Foreword

      The continuing spread of HIV/AIDS poses a threat not only to Public Health in India but also to the well-being of the society at large. The human suffering and the impact of the problem can be mitigated by a response which, led by the Government, involves all sections of the civil society including non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations. The faith-based organizations (FBOs) can particularly play a critical role in reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS through reduction of stigma and discrimination for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) and preparing the individuals and communities to respond in a compassionate manner, to the problems associated with HIV/AIDS and its consequences. The Isha Foundation is one of the several FBOs working in the field of HIV/AIDS and providing the much-needed spiritual dimension to the response to the epidemic in India. This booklet is the outcome of a successful gathering and discussion by the leadership and volunteers of the Isha Foundation with over 500 PLHAs on positive living. The booklet, in the form of question answers, depicts several personal stories narrated by the PLHAs and the answers to their questions in an emotional, compassionate and spiritual style, thus giving a face to human problems. Every personal story and the response reminds the readers that even the most difficult situations can be used as opportunities for getting strength to face the problem boldly. The booklet will be useful for general public and particularly for thousands of PLHAs in India and their family members, who I am sure, will get lot of solace and encouragement to live stronger and positive lives. I appreciate the work done by Isha Foundation and other similar organizations to alleviate the human suffering of thousands of people and making a contribution to India’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

      Dr. Robert Clay

      Director, Office of Population, Health & Nutrition

      USAID, New Delhi

      Preface

      The story of human civilization has been punctuated with sordid tales of disasters and tragedies. While Nature inflicted some of them, humans inflicted some of the most gruesome ones upon their fellow beings. The story of HIV/AIDS is one that combines the two, making it the most potent threat to the existence of human race on the planet.

      HIV/AIDS is not the first of the deadly diseases to strike the planet. Malaria, tuberculosis, polio, leprosy, plague, etc. have all wreaked havoc and killed people on a large scale before they were tamed by modern medicine. What makes HIV/AIDS unique, however, is that while its epidemiology has posed frightful challenges to the medical fraternity, which are yet to be met, the stigma associated with the disease has caused us to witness some of the worst human behavior since the time of head hunters.

      In terms of epidemiology, HIV/AIDS has the dubious distinction of not being a disease as such. However, by destroying the human immune system, it is the ‘mother of all diseases’, ensuring horrible deaths from the choicest cocktail of diseases which even the best modern medical care grapples to come to terms with. The illness itself can be very long drawn, slowly and cruelly prolonging the misery of those suffering from it.

      While the complexity of the disease is Nature’s contribution to the situation, the prevailing social stigma, victimization, neglect and indifference, surpasses Nature in cruelty. In many ways it is as if the disease has stirred the most fundamental dogmas and hypocrisies of human societies, bringing to fore the deepest human frailties, numbing the basic humanity of individuals.

      Such dilemmas, however, are not unprecedented. Time and again, in human history individuals and societies have been confronted with such challenges. What they made of these challenges or how they responded to them often decided the course of human history and emancipation of the individual. One encounters rather constantly, such dilemmas and challenges in one’s life, though they may not necessarily be of the same magnitude. Whether people come out strengthened and empowered or end up broken and destroyed is an area where all of us can make a big difference.

      The yogic lore is well-versed with this. In fact the most common symbolism of spiritual flowering -- the lotus flower depicts the ideal. Though condemned by the laws of Nature to live in

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