Training in Nonviolence

Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Anuvrat Global Organization

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Transformation of Consciousness - a Solution to All Problems
are victim to intense emotionality. That's why most governments in the world concentrate rather on retaining their authority than on solving the problems of the people.
We face innumerable problems. There is a scarcity of means of living. Moreover there are many other physical, mental, emotional problems. On deliberation we came to the conclusion that there can be no solutions until we integrate emotional solution into our system of education. Out of these three-physical problem or physical disease, mental problem or mental disease and emotional problem or emotional disease - the last one is the most important. Until we teach the students emotional control by combining emotional problem and education, the above problem will continue to exist. Conferences will be held, solutions will be sought and the new generation will continue to create problems. This will go on endlessly.
The question is how to examine the whole thing. It is for this reason that we should deeply contemplate on education. I concede that conferences take place in my presence and in the rest of the world. I also put forward precepts and give lectures, but I consider precepts, lectures and conferences as the gross means. I do not consider them the main solution of the problem. The only solution of the problem is training in nonviolence, for until a transformation in our consciousness take place, the problem will continue to grip us. For, whatever we hear will enter our conscious mind, will certainly leave its temporary impression, but will not stay there permanently. We can talk about a solution only when the same thing goes into our unconscious mind through practice, because both the problem and its solution do not dwell in the conscious mind but in the unconscious mind.
According to the Science of the Mind, the unconscious mind is a veritable storehouse of problems, solutions, emotions, memories, headaches etc. The solution for everything is there. Without practice we cannot access it. Merely through lectures, speeches, deliberations, conferences and think tanks, it is not done. If we do indeed seek a solution its only method is dedicated practice. Listening, reflecting and constant or repeated contemplation is the way pointed out by the Upanishads. Without constant or repeated musing or meditation just listening and reflecting will yield no result. For listening touches the ears and the mind, but disappears after some time. Lord Mahavir gave a formula: listen, know critically, evaluate, and finally refute it and leave it. It is only through renunciation and self-restraint that a solution will be found. This alone is the formula, which leads to the first solution.
We discovered the root of the problem moving forward into the direction of solution. We have started the experiment of training in nonviolence for meeting the challenge facing us. Training is the key word. In the present, faith and food have become separated. How to bring them together again will be the main function of training in nonviolence. Let the government and educational institutions and those working in the field of nonviolence take a pledge that no student passing
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