Gandhiji

I watched the film "Gandhi" the other night and, as the quote by Einstein goes, I could scarcely believe that a person such as this had walked the earth.

You see films, and hear stories all the time, about epic rivalries between warring gangs, warring factions, warring nations.  And when the underdog decides to take a stand and fight back, it inspires.  

Yet, here is a man who knew he had to walk into the ambush, with no protection, and you could see the light and joy in his eyes as he argued, with enthusiasm, about the fact that he would be severely beaten, and he inspired his countrymen to do the same, and moreover, to do it with joy.

After this, watching a film about a war seems....  What is really being conquered?  Not the mind, which is what matters.   

This is the beauty of satyagraha.  It is the practice of a person or group of people in possession of truth.  

   

"If they kill me," Gandhi said, "they will have my body.  But they will never have my obedience."