Three attributes to be nonviolent

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As I studied Gandhi and Dr. King
and tried to grapple with

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how do you define nonviolence
and talk about it.

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I think they reached a kind of
holistic integral nonviolence

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nonviolence requires three
simultaneous attribute.

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You have to be really nonviolent to yourself.

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You have to be really nonviolent to

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every human being you meet
for the rest of your life.

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and the creatures and creation itself.

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And you have to be part of the
grassroots movement of nonviolence.

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While nobody likes that because

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it's hard. It's almost impossible.
Anybody can be violent by the way.

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Violence is easy.

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That's where we're used to that.
I'm trained in violence

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but nobody wants to go that
Gandhi and King and level

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of holistic nonviolence and we
need to train ourselves.

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So that's why it's way
beyond a tactic or a strategy

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or even a Political Methodology.
It's actually a way of life.

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And should be what every
religion is about.

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But I'm arguing
it's about our humanity