Gandhi

Tomorrow some of us will be leaving the cold and snow of Wisconsin for the warmth and sun of India. Twelve of us will be going on a Pilgrimage of Peace to India. We will be walking in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi from Hyderabad to New Delhi. One of our guides will be Sri Prasad Gollanaplli a ‘development worker’, or full-time follower of Gandhi. We will visit Gandhi’s Ashram and other holy and historical spots related to the life of Gandhi. We will visit the Nature Cure Ritual center and sustainable, organic farms. We will have conversations with scholars and followers of the way of life practiced by Gandhi.

Gandhi was a prolific writer. Prassad gave each of us pilgrims a five-volume set of “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi.” Although he was a lover of books Gandhi believe real education came from experience, not books. His writings were based on his experiences. In fact his autobiography that he wrote at a young age is called: “The Story of My Experiments with Truth.” As many great women and men he learned from reflections on experiences seeking the truth in all aspects of everyday life. His writings about manure to religion were based on his daily experiences.

Since Gandhi so integrated all things in life, especially nonviolence and growing renewable, affordable food (G.R.A.F), he embodies the spirit that we are seeking on the www.nonviolentworm.org.

It is not too tough to leave the winter of Wisconsin for the warmth of India, but taking a pilgrimage can be difficult at times since one does not know where this Winter Pilgrimage will lead us. Each experience can change our lives. Check out the rest of this site and the Diary of the Worm, God willing, will be back next year, Sunday, Jan. 11th, 2009.

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