Gandhi It made me realize that one little tiny, seemingly meek/weak little man could change the world and the world could be changed without resorting to violence. After I saw that movie, I read the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, and shortly after, I became a vegetarian. That was in 1981.
After that, I made a point of trying to figure out what is the best way to live one’s life. Sometimes the easier way, is not always the right way. Sometimes, doing the right thing or doing the right thing according to one’s own views/beliefs/investigations is not the easisest way to go. Also doing the right thing should always be predicated on doing things that are in the best interest of most people and other living beings, even if it’s hard or inconvenient. To me it goes along with the Hippocratic Oath “First Do No Harm.” So sometimes you have to go against the grain of modern culture, and go against the status quo (without hurting anyone) to do the right thing.
I’ve found out along the way, that going against the status quo is likely to make you appear to be “a weirdo” or an “outcast” or “an annoyance” or a “threat” to other people. Because of that, I’ve had to make concessions in my own life, to create situations in which I would cause the least amount of trouble to the least amount of people, whilst still following my own convictions (which I realize are my own convictions, and I will never be able to convince anyone to believe what I believe. People have to come to their own beliefs by their own experiences).
So for me, trying to make a better world never involves bullying people into believing anything, but it does involve showing people by example, that there are better ways of doing things that result in less pain and hurt and destruction and violence, even if it means that some things are a little bit more difficult to achieve with regards to patience, willingness to look at other alternatives, or reigning in one’s tendency towards violence and quick solutions, and learning new ways to behave and learn.
In some ways I think it would have been so much easier if I had never learned about Gandhi and the meaning of Ahimsa, but I would not be the person that Iam now.
All I’ve got are my own experiences to share with other people, but that doesn’t mean that even for one second that I expect even one person to agree with me.
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