Being the Change We want to See-- Who will go first?

Arun Gandhi is born and cultivated a rich philosophy about the nature of peace and accountability to quieting active and passive violence. His assertion is that whether active or passive violence, participating in that environment is creating a residual outcome of violent action.

Behavior modification is the best way to start to shift energy and thinking on peaceful living, is to focus on pursuit of what is truth. It seems to require an ongoing practice to trade greed, selfishness, and possessiveness for love, compassion, understanding, and respect. To achieve this, requires a deep practice, more as a basis of our existence than something we say, but something powerful that we choose to do.

Arun Gandhi is a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi founded the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis, Tennessee. www.gandhiinstitute.org.

We have to be the change we wish to see. Unless we change individually, no one is going to change collectively. For generations we have been waiting for the other person to change first. A change of heart cannot be legislated; it must come out of conviction.