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plural of “I”. If “I” count myself out, “we” are out. We wil] do what I start. Many “I’s will have to come together to become “We”. But who should start? “I”. Vinoba pointed out that in the Vedas there is a sentence Sva tantrah Kasta, “Syq” the self alone is “tantra” capable of being Karta (doer). | alone am free, that is, self-capable. Every thing should start with me. And I should start things. All good things are started by some one “I”. What “I” start, “we” complete.
Vinoba then proceeds to say that lots of people say there are no people available for social work, because they count themselves out, and then expect things to happen! See the world in yourself. “Sva-roop” is the “visva-roop”.
Changing oneself, starting with oneself is in our hands. Without bothering whether others will follow you or not start a good thing which you think is right. Leave the rest to God. He will take care of it. You are like a centre point of a circle. The people, the world is like the circumference of a circle. You have to keep control over the centre point, which alone is in your hands. The world will then remain within sight and control.
What I will not do, we will not do. If I want a change ir “we”, it must start with me. Because “we” is the plural of “I’.
I shall be telling you many such stories which will bring home Vinoba’s points. Hope you like them.
With love, /
Yours, L.N. Godbole �
