APRIL - Nonviolence & Sustainability

                                                                    Illustration by Miki Howenstein
                                                     (From page 80 of the book “Jumbo Jumble”)

 …..A vital component of non-violence is to learn forgiveness since, as long as you are unable to forgive, you are letting the past control you and engendering a spirit full of bitterness and remorse—in effect, committing violence to yourself…..
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Author’s Comment: Non-violence is usually thought of in terms of our actions towards the outside world (of people and nature). Yet, committing mental violence to oneself (continually feeding your anger, bitterness, sadness, depression) is rarely discussed, and may be worse as it moves you into a living hell. While these emotions are important to feel, harboring them does damage to body and soul. Learning from them and “using them constructively” (for your own good as well as others) is true non-violence in action.