“We want to reach not the dead level, but unity in diversity.” ~ Yeravda Mandir
The world is beginning to reawaken to the foundations of indigenous wisdom in agriculture, what some call “permaculture”: diversity is the expression of a thriving, healthy system. Monocultures weaken the environment, thus reducing security for everyone. Human beings are not separate from the environment: we’ve evolved from it and everything that evolves from the system has an essential role to play. If we allow ourselves to grow with appreciation for unity in diversity among our human systems, which requires nonviolence, the purpose of our evolution will reveal itself. In other words, nonviolence is only the beginning!
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By: Stephanie Van Hook
Stephanie Van Hook is Executive Director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence.
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We cannot love our “enemies.”
The unity of all breathing creatures with plants and trees is realized in there symbiotic relationship. Each individual is set within a larger, extending framework. In the spirit of the Maori and the Haka, “satyargraha” as encompassing this relationship. Mohandas would not have pronounced the word as I do, so it might be my interpretation. Nonetheless, I think it works consistent with derivation and meaning.