APRIL - Nonviolence & Sustainability

Illustration by Miki Howenstein

The concept of non-violence includes an outer and an inner dimension, simply understood as not harming others (or yourself) deliberately, physically or intangibly ………  (From page 114 of the book “Jumbo Jumble”)

​Author’s Comment: Nonviolence is often understood in terms of how we relate to other human beings, and yet, in a more wholistic way, it also must be included in the way we relate to all other living beings, including ourselves. A very important premise of Jambo’s way of life is that you must be good to yourself if you wish to be good to others. This includes not only not hurting yourself (through destructive bad habits) but also being nonviolent to yourself spiritually (by not wracking yourself with guilt, blaming yourself, etc while developing the good you have to give to others and focusing on positive actions you can take for yourself and others).