Action grounded in personal and communal spiritual practiice

Thanks again to Dale Hess for his Monday morning missive. Among the items in his list is one that references Gandhi. The article is not short but for The Editor one part stood out:

Effective nonviolent political action does not spring from a vacuum; it grows out of daily living grounded in personal and communal spiritual practice, and in constructive service to one’s immediate and surrounding communities. Nonviolence on the political stage is only as powerful as the personal and community-based nonviolence of those who engage in it. The importance of the ashram experience flows from this understanding.