“I set a high value on my experiments.” ~ Gandhi, Autobiography, p. 503

After the Buddha attained nirvana, it is said that he asked himself what he did, what he ate, what was his state of mind, that led to him at last to achieving that blessed state. If we set our eyes on a goal, we have to understand that all of our activities, thoughts, and words will lead us either toward or away from it. Not just the ones we want—all of them. The more we realize this, the more we see that all life is an experiment, a chain of cause and effect, which we can learn from and even attempt, with enough practice, to direct toward higher and higher ideals. Gandhi’s life and life’s work can show us that we can all conduct our life experiments with more conscious effort.

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