About Non Violence

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Non violence is both simple and multifacetted - it simply describes a clear position, but the more that one examines it, the more there is to be discovered. Non violence is defined by what it is not. It is simply not violence. And when violence is defined as the objectification of a person - when one's liberty is denied - violence can be seen in its many forms: racial, religious, sexual, economic, as well as emotional, psychological and physical. Non violence is an aspiration - a direction to aim for. It can be a guide for both personal action as well as social action. Through recociliation non violence can also affect the past - not that it changes what happened in the past, but by understanding, it changes how the past affects the present and future - both at a personal level and social level.