I have been getting messages that it is time for me to write again. It's hard to believe that it has been almost one year since my last post. Well, the obvious good news (at least for me) is that I am still here. I am still thriving with AIDS. And the other good news (at least for me) is that you are still here, too! In my deepest heart, I hope that you are thriving with whatever challenges you face in your life. All of us have karma. All of us have blockages and challenges at the level of heart, soul, mind, energy, or body. Just to have survived another year, means we have made it through many tests.
For those who have joined me over the last year for my show, Soul Healing Miracles for Thriving with Chronic and Life Threatening Conditions, at tv.drsha.com, we have had the chance to connect, at least a number of times each month. I so enjoy hearing from you in the chat room, and knowing that your journey is moving forward. As I travel, I am frequently stopped by someone who has been part of the webcast, and hear that we have been connected in this way, and that it has helped them to do so. Please know that I feel the same. I don't know all of the eighty, or a hundred, or more people who are tuning in. But your presence there supports me. Your presence there gives me the reason to do my own healing practices. Your presence there expresses a love and commitment together to accomplishing something truly wonderful. It tells me that there are others out there like me who believe that we can create soul healing miracles in our life. It reminds me of the power of coming together in love and support of one another, committed to personal transformation and healing.
In the last year and a half, my T-cell count went above 700 for the first time since my diagnosis. This was excellent news. T-cells are the key measurement of immune system function. When I almost died in 1996, my T-cell count was down to 7. Now it is around 700. This is an indicator to me that both Soul Healing, and the medication I am taking, are working.
I also had a bout with Shingles, and a moment of visible viral load. Viral load, is the actual count of HIV in a milliliter, or about one-fifth of a teaspoon, of blood. this measures how active the virus is. For sixteen years, my count had been "undetectable", or so low it couldn't even be measured. Then suddenly it was back again. And I had shingles. I wasn't scared that the shingles would kill me, but I was scared that my karma had caught up to me again, and I was going to go back to living with active HIV disease. There are so many things I have been through that I would not want to repeat again. The diarrhea, the fatigue, the wasting, the seizures, the worrying, the fear. Master Sha sent further blessings, and gave me guidance to sit in the Inner Temple at our center. Within this Temple is a Tao Field, or Tao Chang, created by the sacred calligraphy within. Each calligraphy is a portal to a different realm in Heaven. The field created is a place of unbelievable healing.
I have known people who suffered for weeks, months, and even years with shingles. Shingles is a painful and itchy outbreak form the chicken pox virus. It is miserable. through Master Sha's blessings, and the power of the Tao Chang Field, this condition passed in just a few days. My viral load became undetectable again. After a couple weeks of rest, I was back to work serving people at our center in San Francisco.
So, what does this tell me. The conclusion that I draw is that the journey isn't over yet. I believe that the blessings I have received, along with the great medical care, are working, and are clearing out darkness on every level. I believe that I am in far better shape than I have been in the last thirty years since I was diagnosed. I am not cured yet. I have not completely transformed this condition. But progress is being made, and life is good. I am thriving. And I am joined heart-to-heart, soul-to-soul with amazing people who share this journey with me.
Years ago, I used to ask Heaven if I would ever be cured. The only answer I would get is that I wold have this condition as long as I needed it. It appears I have more to learn.
Our Tao Healing Center is growing each month. We now webcast to people all around the world. Our Love Peace Harmony World Family - our project to encourage people to chant for healing and peace - now has members in Japan, Malaysia, Australia, across the USA and Canada, Peru, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, The Netherlands, Germany, India and more.
I know from my own experience that we can thrive with HIV and AIDS. I know from my own experience, and the heart warming stories of people all around the world, that we can overcome challenges. I know that when we gather together, with love, to support and encourage each other we can and do accomplish remarkable things. Let's keep thriving together.
