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There is an urgency for a joint exploration, or international cooperation, for understanding the unique powers of mind for human excellence, or in other words, a collective venture for mutation of human mind under the auspices of the United Nations, as "seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of non-violence". 10 The weapon of "non-violence of the brave" is the fruit and culmination of the researches of savants from all over the world. It is the common heritage of all the downtrodden and oppressed peoples of the earth in the battle of right against wrong, of freedom and justice against tyranny, of the "soul force" against the power of the armaments; and if one might say, their only hope.
A New Vision of Truth and Non-Violence: The principle of Truth and ahimsa (Non-Violence) self-expresses itself when one looks for the cause within oneself. It is to turn the searchlight inward and then wait for the answer. The causation of the problem can be ended, not through a solution, but through the understanding of the problem itself. If we all seek together the causation, then the thing. is solved. Seeing the cause implies understanding the dynamics and limitations of the mind-brain system and living in the light of that understanding. The art of "the non-violence of the brave", or "the Satyagraha of the brave" cannot be taught or practised, but it self-expresses itself when there is understanding of the total psychological process of the mind-brain system. Satyagraha is a living principle; it cannot be put in dead words, it cannot be summed up in inflexible set formulae; it cannot be cultivated by following a discipline; and it comes when we deeply understand the dynamics of one's own mind in action. Understanding comes only through self-knowledge, which is awareness of one's total psychological process. In the art of observation, there is nothing like a failure; every observation is a discovery and stepping stone to success. There is no place for a feeling of despondency or defeat but always of steady progress towards the goal in spite of apparent failure and set-backs. The goal is to end
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