Poor Gandhi.
He would never have imagined the Greatest weapon of Truth and Ahimsa which drove the Britishers out would become such a laughing stock in the hands of the likes of TRS Chandrasekhar Rao,Ramdev and Anna Hazare to follow.
In a way it is good.
We realize what Ahimsa ,Truth and Fast is and Spiritual power is what was behind the Mahatma.
No ACs, no electronic media, no ‘face in TV‘ crowds.
No fancy speech ‘Opinion Makers‘.
A simple letter in his paper.
The Nation rose and stood behind him.
Naked Fakir, we miss you more than ever!
Gandhi on Civil Disobedience.
Civil disobedience means capacity for unlimited suffering without the intoxicating excitement of killing.
Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.
Disobedience to be civil implies discipline, thought, care, attention.
Disobedience that is wholly civil should never provoke retaliation.
Non-cooperation and civil disobedience are different but branches of the same tree call Satyagraha (truth-force).
On Fasting.
Fasting is an institution as old as Adam. It has been resorted to for self-purification or for some ends, noble as well as ignoble.
A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.
A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free.
What the eyes are for the outer world, fasts are for the inner
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove one must fast and pray.
Fear is not a disease of the body, fear kills the soul.
A fear-stricken person can never know God, and one who knows God will never fear a mortal man.
Where there is fear, there is not religion.
It is weakness which breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.
There would be no one to frighten you if you refuse to be afraid.
For a nonviolent person, the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.
The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.
Fearlessness presupposes calmness and peace of mind.
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