The Seed and the Tree: A Reflection on Nonviolence

There are critical moments in history when it becomes necessary to take stock – times when we must refocus on the basic insights which inform our approach to social realities; times to renew the gifts of the Spirit which alone can provide hope that our activities are authentic expressions of Truth.

The world-wide movement of people who seek to advance human affairs toward that condition of balance, order, harmony and peace which is the natural destiny of the Creation, and who know that this advancement will only be realized through programs of witness which are themselves just and peaceable, is now at such a critical juncture. It is a moment when the way of nonviolence has become blurred and its strategies uncertain.